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1960s | |
Angels', "My Boyfriend's Back"
Misheard Lyrics: My boyfriend's black and you're gonna be in trouble,
(Hey-la-day-la my boyfriend's black) Original Lyrics: My boyfriend's back and you're gonna be in trouble,
(Hey-la-day-la my boyfriend's back) |
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1970s | |
Chicago's, "Just You 'N' Me"
Misheard Lyrics: You are my love that I like
Original Lyrics: You are my love in my life
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Chicago's, "Just You 'N' Me"
Misheard Lyrics: You are my own precious wife
Original Lyrics: Give me your own precious smile
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TV Show Scripts', "Here Comes Peter Cottontail"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm a pebble by trade
Original Lyrics: I'm a peddler by trade
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TV Show Scripts', "It's the Easter Beagle, Charlie Brown"
Misheard Lyrics: It's the gift-giving season
Original Lyrics: It's the gift getting season
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The Bar-Kays', "Shake Your Rump to the Funk"
Misheard Lyrics: Shake your legs to the f***er
Original Lyrics: Shake your rump to the funk, yeah
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The Ramones', "I Wanna Be Sedated"
Misheard Lyrics: I want a pizza, baby
Original Lyrics: I wanna be sedated
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1980s | |
Commercial's, "Finesse"
Misheard Lyrics: Sometimes you need a little caress
Original Lyrics: Sometimes you need a little Finesse
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Commercial's, "Twix"
Misheard Lyrics: You can keep on, keep on movin' with this
Original Lyrics: You can keep on, keep on movin' with Twix
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Force M.D.'s', "Tender Love"
Misheard Lyrics: Hey - are they all alone?
Original Lyrics: Here I lay all alone
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Force M.D.'s', "Tender Love"
Misheard Lyrics: Hey - are they all alone?
Original Lyrics: Here I lay all alone
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Force M.D.'s', "Tender Love"
Misheard Lyrics: More often I feel your touch
Original Lyrics: Ooh, then I feel your touch
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Force M.D.'s', "Tender Love"
Misheard Lyrics: Please let me be in your heart
Original Lyrics: Please let me be a part
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Force M.D.'s', "Tender Love"
Misheard Lyrics: Please let me take apart all the tender love you've given to me
Original Lyrics: Please let me be a part of the tender love you're giving to me
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Men at Work's, "Be Good Johnny"
Misheard Lyrics: Be cool, be cool
Be cool, be cool, be cool Be cool, be cool, be cool Be cool, be cool, be cool (shorty) Original Lyrics: Be good, be good
Be good, be good, be good Be good, be good, be good Be good, be good, be good (Johnny) |
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Prince's, "Kiss"
Misheard Lyrics: You don't have to be Richard
Original Lyrics: You don't have to be rich
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The Rolling Stones', "Harlem Shuffle"
Misheard Lyrics: The Holland Shuffle
Original Lyrics: The Harlem Shuffle
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1990s | |
Amy Grant's, "Find a Way"
Misheard Lyrics: And how you feel confused
Original Lyrics: And how you feel abused
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Amy Grant's, "Good for Me"
Misheard Lyrics: I like to sing when I'm banned
Original Lyrics: I like to sing with the band
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Amy Grant's, "I Will Remember You"
Misheard Lyrics: Our love is broken in time
Original Lyrics: Our love is frozen in time
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Amy Grant's, "That's What Love is For"
Misheard Lyrics: Dark signs best unseen
Original Lyrics: Dark sides best unseen
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Babyface's, "Every Time I Close My Eyes"
Misheard Lyrics: It feels like Christians in June
Original Lyrics: It feels like Christmas in June
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Brandy's, "Sittin' Up in My Room"
Misheard Lyrics: In my Empty Nest
Original Lyrics: In my happiness
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Cathy Dennis', "Everybody Move"
Misheard Lyrics: Somebody better start making brew
Original Lyrics: Somebody better start making room
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Celine Dion's, "Where Does My Heart Beat Now"
Misheard Lyrics: Driven by the humbug
Original Lyrics: Driven by the hunger
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Counting Crows', "Angel of the Silences"
Misheard Lyrics: Every time I scream
Original Lyrics: Every time I dream
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Counting Crows', "Rain King"
Misheard Lyrics: Don't try to be me
Original Lyrics: Don't try to feed me
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Guns n' Roses', "Don't Cry"
Misheard Lyrics: I know how you feel missed out
Original Lyrics: I know how you feel inside
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Kim Appleby's, "Don't Worry"
Misheard Lyrics: He said he loved you like no other
Taught you that you were the only one Original Lyrics: He said he loved you like no other
Told you that you were the only one |
Proclaimers', "King of the Road"
Misheard Lyrics: I smoke old fogies I have found
Short, but not to bang around Original Lyrics: I smoke old stogies I have found
Short, but not too big around |
The Presidents of the United States of America's, "Cleveland Rocks"
Misheard Lyrics: Teenage rock
Original Lyrics: Cleveland rocks!
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Vanessa Williams', "Save the Best for Last"
Misheard Lyrics: Newborn will save the best for last
Original Lyrics: You go and save the best for last
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2000s | |
Counting Crows', "Accidentally in Love"
Misheard Lyrics: Turn to Louis Pasteur
Original Lyrics: Turn a little faster
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Counting Crows', "Round Here"
Misheard Lyrics: Through the door, I hear her trying
Original Lyrics: Through the door, I hear her crying
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Hellogoodbye's, "Here (in Your Arms)"
Misheard Lyrics: We say, "Hello, I've missed you so terribly"
Original Lyrics: Whispers "Hello, I've missed you quite terribly"
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Michael Buble's, "Everything"
Misheard Lyrics: And you play your cards but it's kinda cute.
Original Lyrics: And you play it coy but it's kinda cute.
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Natasha Bedingfield's, "Pocketful of Sunshine"
Misheard Lyrics: Gimme a break
Original Lyrics: Take me away
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2010s | |
Aloe Blacc's, "Brooklyn in the Summer"
Misheard Lyrics: You feel like pooping in the sunlight
Original Lyrics: You feel like Brooklyn in the summer
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Justin Bieber's, "Sorry"
Misheard Lyrics: You go out and spell the truth
Original Lyrics: You go out and spill the truth
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