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1960s | |
Eric Burdon and War's, "Spill the Wine"
Misheard Lyrics: Say it right, p*** that girl
Original Lyrics: Spill the wine, take that pearl
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Simon & Garfunkel's, "A Hazy Shade of Winter"
Misheard Lyrics: Looking down
Original Lyrics: Look around
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Young Rascals', "Grooving on a Sunday Afternoon"
Misheard Lyrics: You and me and Leslie.
Original Lyrics: You and me endlessly.
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1970s | |
Elton John's, "Bennie and the Jets"
Misheard Lyrics: Say, come around and see the seamen, yeah
Original Lyrics: Say, Candy and Ronnie, have you seen them yet?
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England Dan and John Ford Coley's, "I'd Really Love To See You Tonight"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm not talkin' 'bout Bolivia
Original Lyrics: I'm not talkin' 'bout movin' in.
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Foreigner's, "Cold as Ice"
Misheard Lyrics: You’re Tigger and Pooh
Original Lyrics: You’re digging for gold
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Joni Mitchell's, "Big Yellow Taxi"
Misheard Lyrics: They paved paradise and put up a barking dog
Original Lyrics: They paved paradise and put up a parking lot
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Led Zeppelin's, "Bron-Yr-Aur Stomp"
Misheard Lyrics: I got lump sums so glad
Original Lyrics: I sung love songs so glad
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Michael Jackson's, "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough"
Misheard Lyrics: Keep on where the porn stars go,
Don't stop till you get it up. Original Lyrics: Keep on with the force, don't stop
Don't stop 'til you get enough. |
Stevie Wonder's, "Living For The City"
Misheard Lyrics: Living just enough
Just enough for to sit there. Original Lyrics: Living just enough
Just enough for the city, yeah. |
1980s | |
Crosby, Stills, and Nash's, "Southern Cross"
Misheard Lyrics: I have been around the world looking for that common, girl
Who knows love can endure Original Lyrics: I have been around the world looking for that woman, girl
Who knows love can endure |
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Culture Club's, "I'll Tumble 4 Ya"
Misheard Lyrics: I'll tell my lawyer
Original Lyrics: I'll tumble 4 ya
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Culture Club's, "Karma Chameleon"
Misheard Lyrics: Comma, comma, comma, comma, comma and period
Original Lyrics: Karma, Karma, Karma, Karma, Karma Chameleon
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Culture Club's, "Move Away"
Misheard Lyrics: You can do the way
Original Lyrics: Move move move away
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Stephanie Mills', "Never Knew Love Like This Before"
Misheard Lyrics: One side was lost and one was found
Original Lyrics: Once I was lost and now I’m found
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The Police's, "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic"
Misheard Lyrics: I reach out for Toblerone a thousand times a day
Original Lyrics: I resolve to call her up a thousand times a day
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The Police's, "Every Little Thing She Does is Magic"
Misheard Lyrics: Below, below, below, below
or Viola, viola, viola, viola Original Lyrics: E.O., E.O., E.O., E.O.
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The Police's, "Every Little Thing She Does is Magic"
Misheard Lyrics: Fiona, Fiona, Fiona, Fiona
Original Lyrics: E.O., E.O., E.O., E.O.
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Ultravox's, "New Europeans"
Misheard Lyrics: A lonely man sits cheek to cheek,
With your knicker signs in chrime Original Lyrics: A lonely man sits cheek to cheek,
With unique designs in chrome |
Whitney Houston's, "How Will I Know"
Misheard Lyrics: Take me to the skies above
Original Lyrics: Take me to the clouds above
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Whitney Houston's, "Saving All My Love for You"
Misheard Lyrics: Now I'm saving all my rubbish for you
Original Lyrics: Now I'm saving all my love for you
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1990s | |
Chemical Brothers', "Elektrobank"
Misheard Lyrics: Who is this who is this? Take for house, suck it, damn it, f*** it!
Original Lyrics: Who is this doing the synthetic type of alpha beta psychedelic funkin'?
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Coolio's, "1, 2, 3, 4 (Sumpin' New)"
Misheard Lyrics: Get to detention
Original Lyrics: Get your attention
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Eternal's, "Good Thing"
Misheard Lyrics: You're not such a doofus
Original Lyrics: We've got such a good thing
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Kidsongs', "A Pirate's Life"
Misheard Lyrics: Oh, a pirate's life is right for me
Original Lyrics: Oh, a pirate's life is life for me
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Kidsongs', "Boom, Boom, Ain't It Great to Be Crazy?"
Misheard Lyrics: Being silly with my teens
Original Lyrics: Being silly with my team
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Kidsongs', "Here We Go Loopty Loo"
Misheard Lyrics: Oh, what a wonderful flight
Original Lyrics: Oh, what a wonderful ride
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Nirvana's, "Smells Like Teen Spirit"
Misheard Lyrics: A Brito on keto
Original Lyrics: A mulatto, an albino, a mosquito, my libido, yeah!
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Puff Daddy featuring Mase's, "Can't Nobody Hold Me Down"
Misheard Lyrics: Melt like it's hot flash
Original Lyrics: Melt like it's hot wax
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Republica's, "Ready to Go"
Misheard Lyrics: From the rooftops selling out
Original Lyrics: From the rooftop, shout it out
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The Wildhearts', "I Wanna Go Where The People Go"
Misheard Lyrics: Out of my misery, to wash my a***hole
Original Lyrics: Out of the misery, to wash my soul
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Whitney Houston's, "I Have Nothing"
Misheard Lyrics: I have rubbish, rubbish, rubbish
Original Lyrics: I have nothing, nothing, nothing
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Whitney Houston's, "I'm Every Woman"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm Andy Warhol
Original Lyrics: I'm every woman
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Whitney Houston's, "I'm Your Baby Tonight"
Misheard Lyrics: Whatever you're not for me
Original Lyrics: Whatever you want from me
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2000s | |
country | |
Big and Rich's, "Big Time"
Misheard Lyrics: I don't need that stuff 'cause
I've got friends like you To buy me drinks and bolts and blades that I can use Original Lyrics: I don't need that stuff 'cause
I've got friends like you To buy me drinks, have boats and planes that I can use |
Collin Raye's, "Little Red Rodeo"
Misheard Lyrics: She said, "Good way's gone, but I'm closing the gap."
Original Lyrics: She's a good ways gone but I'm closing the gap
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Commercial's, "Loan Depot"
Misheard Lyrics: Leave me alone?
Daddy, it's for you Original Lyrics: You need a loan?
Daddy, it's for you |
Garth Brooks', "It's Midnight Cinderella"
Misheard Lyrics: 'Cause I'm the bigger, better ball container
Original Lyrics: 'Cause I'm Peter Peter the Pumpkin Eater
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Keith Urban's, "You're My Better Half"
Misheard Lyrics: I pull into the drive and Jewel's standing there
And Jewel looks at me Original Lyrics: I pull into the drive and you're standing there
And you look at me |
LeAnn Rimes', "We Can"
Misheard Lyrics: We have to borrow a little help
Original Lyrics: We have the power in our hands
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Martina McBride's, "Happy Girl"
Misheard Lyrics: Cross my harp, I was so far gone
Original Lyrics: Lost my hope, I was so far gone
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Martina McBride's, "Independence Day"
Misheard Lyrics: Father's gone away
Original Lyrics: Roll the stone away
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Michelle Wright's, "Take It Like a Man"
Misheard Lyrics: He started right before God's invention
Original Lyrics: He's got a wife he forgot to mention
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Toby Keith's, "Who's That Man"
Misheard Lyrics: Turn left at the Oval Tail
Original Lyrics: Turn left at the old hotel
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Tracy Lawrence's, "Better Man, Better Off"
Misheard Lyrics: I wouldn't change a thing except 4 a.m.
or I wouldn't change a thing except Ford 8N Original Lyrics: I wouldn't change a thing, except for the end
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Travis Tritt's, "More Than You'll Ever Know"
Misheard Lyrics: But mine has doors of painful past as close
Original Lyrics: But mine has doors a painful past has closed
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