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1950s | |
The Chordettes', "Lollipop"
Misheard Lyrics: Her kids are sweeter than an apple pie
Original Lyrics: Her kiss is sweeter than an apple pie
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The Chordettes', "Mr. Sandman"
Misheard Lyrics: Give him tulips like Russell Stover
Original Lyrics: Give him two lips like roses and clover
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1960s | |
The Beatles', "In My Life"
Misheard Lyrics: All these places have their mornings
Original Lyrics: All these places have their moments
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The Beatles', "Magical Mystery Tour"
Misheard Lyrics: Roll up
Bad-da-dup Ba-da-deep-ba-dee Tour Original Lyrics: Roll up
Roll up for the Mystery Tour |
Tommy James and the Shondells', "Mony Mony"
Misheard Lyrics: 'cause you make me feel (like a phony)
Original Lyrics: 'cause you make me feel (ride your pony)
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1970s | |
Aretha Franklin's, "Until You Come Back to Me"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm gonna walk on the shelf
Original Lyrics: I'm gonna walk by myself
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Black Sabbath's, "Paranoid"
Misheard Lyrics: Can you help me knock to find my brain?
Original Lyrics: Can you help me occupy my brain?
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Commercial's, "Hawaiian Punch"
Misheard Lyrics: How'd you like a nice Hawaiian Punch?
Shore! Original Lyrics: How'd you like a nice Hawaiian Punch?
Sure! |
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Michael Jackson's, "Got to Be There"
Misheard Lyrics: Got to be there in the moment
Original Lyrics: Got to be there in the morning
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Michael Jackson's, "I Wanna Be Where You Are"
Misheard Lyrics: It's not my thing trying to get past
Original Lyrics: It's not my thing trying to get back
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Michael Jackson's, "Just a Little Bit of You"
Misheard Lyrics: Will surely keep the chocolate away
Original Lyrics: Will surely keep the darkness away
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Pink Floyd's, "Shine On, You Crazy Diamond"
Misheard Lyrics: Come on you stranger, you lecher, you martyr, and shine
Original Lyrics: Come on you stranger, you legend, you martyr, and shine
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Robert John's, "The Lion Sleeps Tonight"
Misheard Lyrics: We are all away
or We are all awake Original Lyrics: Oh-mum-oh-weh
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1980s | |
Bananarama's, "Shy Boy"
Misheard Lyrics: Gonna make him online
Original Lyrics: Gonna make him all mine
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Billy Ocean's, "Caribbean Queen (No More Love On The Run)"
Misheard Lyrics: Cameltoe Queen
Original Lyrics: Caribbean Queen
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D. Mob's, "C'mon and Get My Love"
Misheard Lyrics: Let's just say I love this song.
Original Lyrics: I'd like to say our love is strong.
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Don Henley's, "Dirty Laundry"
Misheard Lyrics: People everywhere you lose
Original Lyrics: People love it when you lose
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Michael Jackson's, "Another Part of Me"
Misheard Lyrics: We have the tooth
Original Lyrics: We have the truth
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Michael Jackson's, "Off the Wall"
Misheard Lyrics: When the world is on your chauffeur
Original Lyrics: When the world is on your shoulder
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Michael Jackson's, "She's Out of My Life"
Misheard Lyrics: She knows you're gay
Original Lyrics: She knows your game
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The Gap Band's, "You Dropped a Bomb on Me"
Misheard Lyrics: You dropped a bum on me
Original Lyrics: You dropped a bomb on me
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The Primitives', "Crash"
Misheard Lyrics: Hugo went too fast
Original Lyrics: Here you go, way too fast
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1990s | |
Michael Jackson's, "Heal the World"
Misheard Lyrics: Make a little skate
Original Lyrics: Make a little space
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Michael Jackson's, "They Don't Care About Us"
Misheard Lyrics: Skin head, bed head
Original Lyrics: Skin head, dead head
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Shaggy's, "Oh Carolina"
Misheard Lyrics: Oh Carolina my love
Jumping bronze Original Lyrics: Oh Carolina my love
Jump and prance |
The Corrs', "Dreams"
Misheard Lyrics: And what you have
And what you love Original Lyrics: And what you had
And what you lost |
The Corrs', "Dreams"
Misheard Lyrics: Thunder only happens when it's late
Original Lyrics: Thunder only happens when it's raining
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The Corrs', "Dreams"
Misheard Lyrics: When the Wet Ones sell you, clean your nose
Original Lyrics: When the rain washes you clean, you'll know
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The Proclaimers', "King of the Road"
Misheard Lyrics: Old worn out Sunday shoes
Original Lyrics: Old worn out suit and shoes
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2000s | |
Bon Jovi's, "Misunderstood"
Misheard Lyrics: You found me pants down in the yard again.
Original Lyrics: You found me passed out in the yard again.
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Fall Out Boy's, "Sugar, We're Goin' Down"
Misheard Lyrics: Is this more than your children forget?
Oh, don't mind me, I'm watching Mewtwo from the coffin Original Lyrics: Is this more than you bargained for yet?
Oh, don't mind me, I'm watching you two from the closet |
Linkin Park's, "Numb"
Misheard Lyrics: I’m becoming this, all I want to do
Original Lyrics: By becoming this, all I want to do
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Michael Jackson's, "Butterflies"
Misheard Lyrics: I just want to touch you with kids
Original Lyrics: I just want to touch you and kiss
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My Chemical Romance's, "It's Not A Fashion Statement it's a Deathwish"
Misheard Lyrics: If living was the hardest part
Well then the dead burn together Original Lyrics: If living was the hardest part
We'll then, one day, be together |
Mysto & Pizzi's, "Somebody's Watching Me"
Misheard Lyrics: And I am no driver's seat
Original Lyrics: And I have no privacy
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Mysto & Pizzi's, "Somebody's Watching Me"
Misheard Lyrics: But baby showers remind me of cyber too much
Original Lyrics: But maybe showers remind me of Psycho too much
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Mysto & Pizzi's, "Somebody's Watching Me"
Misheard Lyrics: But baby showers remind me of talcum too much
Original Lyrics: But maybe showers remind me of Psycho too much
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Mysto & Pizzi's, "Somebody's Watching Me"
Misheard Lyrics: I always feel like somebody's marching feet
or I always feel like somebody's Martian feet Original Lyrics: I always feel like somebody's watching me
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Mysto & Pizzi's, "Somebody's Watching Me"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm just an average man with an average wife
Original Lyrics: I'm just an average man with an average life
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Rihanna featuring Jay-Z's, "Umbrella"
Misheard Lyrics: We're Rockapella
Original Lyrics: We're Roc-a-Fella
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2010s | |
Bruno Mars', "Locked Out of Heaven"
Misheard Lyrics: You make me teamwork
Original Lyrics: You make me feel like
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Clean Bandit's, "Rather Be"
Misheard Lyrics: We're a thousand miles from comfort, we have traveled endlessly
But as long as you are with me, there's no place I'd rather be I would wait forever, and salted in the sea As long as I am with you, my heart continues to be Original Lyrics: We're a thousand miles from comfort, we have traveled land and sea
But as long as you are with me, there's no place I'd rather be I would wait forever, exalted in the scene As long as I am with you, my heart continues to beat |
Lady Gaga featuring Beyonce's, "Telephone"
Misheard Lyrics: Are you breaking up with me?
Original Lyrics: Oh, you're breaking up on me.
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Phish's, "The Line"
Misheard Lyrics: And you step to the right.
Original Lyrics: And you step to the line.
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Commercial's, "Daisy Sour Cream"
Misheard Lyrics: Do do a double, do do a double of Daisy
Original Lyrics: Do do a dollop, do do a dollop of Daisy!
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