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1960s | |
The Beach Boys', "Good Vibrations"
Misheard Lyrics: I love the colorful tux she wears
Original Lyrics: I love the colorful clothes she wears
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The Beach Boys', "Surfin' Safari"
Misheard Lyrics: Let's go suppertime
Original Lyrics: Let's go surfin' now
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1970s | |
Anne Murray's, "Love Song"
Misheard Lyrics: Like my brother, the rent and I
Original Lyrics: Like my brother, the wren and I
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Barry White's, "Let the Music Play"
Misheard Lyrics: Up here at this disco tech
Original Lyrics: Up here at this discotheque
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Carly Simon's, "That's The Way I've Always Heard It Should Be"
Misheard Lyrics: They have their silent noons, tearful nights, angry dogs
Original Lyrics: They have their silent noons, tearful nights, angry dawns
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Eric Clapton's, "Hello Old Friend"
Misheard Lyrics: I saw you walking underneath the store
Original Lyrics: I saw you walking underneath the stars
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Eric Clapton's, "Promises"
Misheard Lyrics: I don't care what you do all night
Original Lyrics: I don't care what you do at night
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Helen Reddy's, "Somewhere in the Night"
Misheard Lyrics: You'll sleep when the moment comes
Original Lyrics: You'll sleep when the morning comes
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J.D. Souther's, "You're Only Lonely"
Misheard Lyrics: And when you're feeling lonely and slow
Original Lyrics: And when you're feeling lonely and small
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Paul Simon's, "Slip Slidin' Away"
Misheard Lyrics: You know the nearer you get to Macon
Original Lyrics: You know the nearer your destination
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Queen's, "Killer Queen"
Misheard Lyrics: Gone with agility
Dynamite with the lesbian Original Lyrics: Gunpowder, gelatine
Dynamite with a laser beam |
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1980s | |
Alphaville's, "Big In Japan"
Misheard Lyrics: Should I stay, Hirai Tsu?
Original Lyrics: Should I stay here at the zoo?
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Aretha Franklin's, "Another Night"
Misheard Lyrics: Another night without a Dutch
Original Lyrics: Another night without your touch
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Beastie Boys', "(You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (to Party)"
Misheard Lyrics: Man, living at home is such a grab
Original Lyrics: Man, living at home is such a drag
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Billy Joel's, "It's Still Rock and Roll to Me"
Misheard Lyrics: But it's still like a roach to me
Original Lyrics: But it's still rock and roll to me
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Bon Jovi's, "Livin' on a Prayer"
Misheard Lyrics: Oooh naked on a chair!
Original Lyrics: Oooh we’ll make it I swear
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Fine Young Cannibals', "Don't Look Back"
Misheard Lyrics: It's got to be denied
Original Lyrics: It's got to be tonight
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Fine Young Cannibals', "Johnny Come Home"
Misheard Lyrics: Johnny's first story
Original Lyrics: Johnny, we're sorry
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Fine Young Cannibals', "Suspicious Minds"
Misheard Lyrics: We're cutting the crap
Original Lyrics: We're caught in a trap
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Fine Young Cannibals', "The Flame"
Misheard Lyrics: Only ease me in pain
Original Lyrics: Only ease me a pain
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Kim Carnes', "Bette Davis Eyes"
Misheard Lyrics: She's got saddlebags besides.
Original Lyrics: She's got Bette Davis eyes
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Olivia Newton-John's, "Make a Move on Me"
Misheard Lyrics: I can tell you got pants for me
or I can tell you got plants for me Original Lyrics: I can tell you got plans for me
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Olivia Newton-John's, "Physical"
Misheard Lyrics: Let's get visitors
Original Lyrics: Let's get physical
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Rick Astley's, "Never Gonna Give You Up"
Misheard Lyrics: Your heart's been aching but you're too strong to say it
Original Lyrics: Your heart's been aching but you're too shy to say it
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Survivor's, "American Heartbeat"
Misheard Lyrics: Hear them pound, lost and found
Original Lyrics: Hear them pound, young and proud
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Survivor's, "Poor Man's Son"
Misheard Lyrics: We perspire to rise above
Original Lyrics: We aspire to rise above
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The Beach Boys', "Kokomo"
Misheard Lyrics: I want to eat that monster rotten steak
Original Lyrics: Martinique, that Montserrat mystique.
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The Cover Girls', "Because of You"
Misheard Lyrics: And took me by the can
Original Lyrics: And took me by the hand
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Vanessa Bell Armstrong's, "Shine on Me"
Misheard Lyrics: Hoping to find my Maypo
Original Lyrics: Hoping to find my way home
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ZZ Top's, "Stages"
Misheard Lyrics: Then you left me Spanish all alone
Original Lyrics: Then you left me standing all alone
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1990s | |
Eddie Money's, "I'll Get By"
Misheard Lyrics: I know I'll get high
Original Lyrics: I know I'll get by
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Karyn White's, "The Way I Feel About You"
Misheard Lyrics: Just singing about you
Original Lyrics: Just thinking about you
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Keith Sweat's, "I'll Give All My Love to You"
Misheard Lyrics: I know you were denied
Original Lyrics: I love you and tonight
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Korn's, "Freak on a Leash"
Misheard Lyrics: Something's raked and taken from Italy
Original Lyrics: Something's raped and taken from me to me
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Metallica's, "For Whom the Bell Tolls"
Misheard Lyrics: Time munches on
Original Lyrics: Time marches on
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Metallica's, "King Nothing"
Misheard Lyrics: When the crowd paid nothing
Original Lyrics: Where's your crown, King Nothing?
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New Order's, "Regret"
Misheard Lyrics: It's the school legs and the kids have run away.
Original Lyrics: It's the school exam and the kids have run away.
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REM's, "Everybody Hurts"
Misheard Lyrics: Don't grow your hand
OR Don't grow a hand Original Lyrics: Don't throw your hand
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Snow's, "Informer"
Misheard Lyrics: Want him to come crawl and chew my window.
Original Lyrics: One him come crawl through, through my window.
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2000s | |
DMX's, "Party Up (Up in here)"
Misheard Lyrics: Gargoyle make me lose my mind, up in here, up in here.
Original Lyrics: Ya'll gonna make me lose my mind, up in here, up in here.
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Radiohead's, "Myxomatosis"
Misheard Lyrics: She's screwy in the mind.
Original Lyrics: She screwed me in a vice.
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2010s | |
Post Malone's, "Better Now"
Misheard Lyrics: Everything came second to the Pennzoil
Original Lyrics: Everything came second to the Benzo
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Rita Ora's, "Anywhere"
Misheard Lyrics: Your sneakers are the only thing I'm craving now
(Later) Sun, a little less sun, a little less over me Original Lyrics: Your secrets are the only thing I'm craving now
(Later) Fun, a little less fun, a little less over me |