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1950s | |
Disney's Cinderella's, "Bibbity-Bobbity-Boo"
Misheard Lyrics: Hippity-hoppity-doo
Original Lyrics: Bibbidy-Bobbidy-Boo
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1960s | |
Chubby Checker's, "Let's Twist Again"
Misheard Lyrics: Christmas time is here
Original Lyrics: Twistin' time is here
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Cliff Richard's, "Don't Talk to Him"
Misheard Lyrics: And if he tells you, I'm a tooth
Original Lyrics: And if he tells you, I'm untrue
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Cliff Richard's, "Lucky Lips"
Misheard Lyrics: A pair of lips of you
Original Lyrics: A pair of lips so true
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Elvis Presley's, "Good Luck Charm"
Misheard Lyrics: Don't want an old whore's shoe
Original Lyrics: Don't want an old horse shoe
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Movie Scripts', "Swiss Family Robinson"
Misheard Lyrics: We're crapped
Original Lyrics: We're trapped
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Patrick Macnee and Honor Blackman's, "Kinky Boots"
Misheard Lyrics: Cover up those slender little tender fools
Original Lyrics: Cover up those slender little tender foots
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The Who's, "Magic Bus"
Misheard Lyrics: So I pay sixpence every day
Original Lyrics: Thruppence and sixpence every day
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1970s | |
Earth, Wind & Fire's, "Shining Star"
Misheard Lyrics: Shining star so you can see
Original Lyrics: Shining star for you to see
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Elton John's, "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road"
Misheard Lyrics: When are you going to go down?
Original Lyrics: When are you going to come down?
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Johnny Wakelin's, "Black Superman"
Misheard Lyrics: This here's the story of Castro claim,
Who changed his name to Muhammad Ali. Original Lyrics: This here's the story of Cassius Clay,
Who changed his name to Muhammad Ali. |
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Loggins and Messina's, "My Music"
Misheard Lyrics: Ain't never gonna change my tomb
Original Lyrics: Ain't never gonna change my tune
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Loggins and Messina's, "Thinking of You"
Misheard Lyrics: Something about your snot
or Something about your snout Original Lyrics: Something about your smile
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Pink Floyd's, "One of These Days"
Misheard Lyrics: One of these days I'm gonna dance with the devil BITCH
Original Lyrics: One of these days I'm gonna cut you into little pieces
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1980s | |
Air Supply's, "Making Love Out of Nothing at All"
Misheard Lyrics: And I know the roads to riches
And I know the ways to beg I know all the rules That then I know how to break And then I always know the name of the game .... Every time I see you all the rays of the sun All go streaming through the wind in your hair And every star in the sky is taking aim at your eye like a spotlight The beating of my heart is a drum, and it's lost And it's looking for a river like you You can take the darkness from the beat of the night And turn it to a big and golden endless sunrise I gotta know it 'Cause everything I know, well it's nothing till I get back to you I can make the mountains tumble I can make the final dark And I can make every tide turn at the sound of the wind So I can make all the stadiums rock I can make the night forever Or I can make it disappear like the dawn And I can make you every promise that has ever been made And I can make all your demons "Begone!" Original Lyrics: And I know the roads to riches
And I know the ways to fame I know all the rules And then I know how to break 'em And I always know the name of the game But I don't know how to leave you And I'll never let you fall And I don't know how you do it Making love out of nothing at all ... Every time I see you all the rays of the sun Are streaming through the waves in your hair And every star in the sky is taking aim at your eyes like a spotlight The beating of my heart is a drum, and it's lost And it's looking for a rhythm like you You can take the darkness from the pit of the night And turn into a beacon burning endlessly bright I've gotta follow it 'Cause everything I know, well it's nothing till I give it to you I can make the runner stumble I can make the final block And I can make every tackle, at the sound of the whistle I can make all the stadiums rock I can make tonight forever Or I can make it disappear by the dawn And I can make you every promise that has ever been made And I can make all your demons be gone |
Anita Baker's, "Giving You the Best That I Got"
Misheard Lyrics: Everybody got offended
Original Lyrics: Everybody's got opinions
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Erica Wang and the Dead's, "Sadie Died"
Misheard Lyrics: Take your pick, circumcise
Original Lyrics: Take your pick, circus prize
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Erica Wang and the Dead's, "The Clouds (Comin' at Ya)"
Misheard Lyrics: Five children die...five children die
Original Lyrics: Fried chicken night...fried chicken night
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George Thorogood and the Destroyers', "Bad to the Bone"
Misheard Lyrics: Back to the phone
Original Lyrics: Bad to the bone
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Michael Jackson's, "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'"
Misheard Lyrics: Ima sing me a song, a Micheal song
Original Lyrics: Ma-ma se, ma-ma sa, ma-ma coo sa.
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Mike + The Mechanics', "The Living Years"
Misheard Lyrics: I know that I'm a prisoner
To all my father household dear Original Lyrics: I know that I'm a prisoner
To all my father held so dear |
The Gap Band's, "Early in the Morning"
Misheard Lyrics: I was young and 30
Original Lyrics: I was young and foolish
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Toto's, "Africa"
Misheard Lyrics: I feel some raise down in Africa.
Original Lyrics: I bless the rains down in Africa.
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1990s | |
Anita Baker's, "Body & Soul"
Misheard Lyrics: I can't eat, I cannot see
Original Lyrics: I can't eat, I cannot sleep
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Barenaked Ladies', "Get in Line"
Misheard Lyrics: There really isn't anyone who's in my lane.
Original Lyrics: There really isn't anyone who's in my league.
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Celine Dion and Peabo Bryson's, "Beauty and the Beast"
Misheard Lyrics: Curtis and his son
Original Lyrics: Certain as the sun
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George Michael's, "Waiting for That Day"
Misheard Lyrics: Some of us will tame our lives
Original Lyrics: Some of us will change our lives
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Gin Blossoms', "Hey Jealousy"
Misheard Lyrics: If I could just trash you tonight
Original Lyrics: If I could just crash you tonight
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Peabo Bryson and Regina Belle's, "A Whole New World"
Misheard Lyrics: It's time to stay
Original Lyrics: There's time to spare
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Sophie B Hawkins', "Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover"
Misheard Lyrics: Sleep subsided into rage
Original Lyrics: Sleep beside an empty rage
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The Presidents of the United States of America's, "Peaches"
Misheard Lyrics: Gonna meet a lot of bitches
Original Lyrics: Gonna eat a lot of peaches
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2000s | |
Amanda Marshall's, "Sunday Morning After"
Misheard Lyrics: Oh my god!
I woke up with a snake tattoo Oh my god! And I think that my tax is due Original Lyrics: Oh my god!
I woke up with a snake tattoo Oh my god! And I think that my tongue's pierced too |
Bring Me the Horizon's, "The Comedown"
Misheard Lyrics: and the duck does quack
Original Lyrics: and I dug my grave
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Eminem's, "Shake That"
Misheard Lyrics: Some girls are everybody
Original Lyrics: Some girls they act retarded
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Marc Anthony's, "My Baby You"
Misheard Lyrics: You're the reason I feel so light
Original Lyrics: You're the reason why I feel so alive
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Mudvayne's, "Determined "
Misheard Lyrics: I’m flushing the trust of everyone,
Stuff it in a bag and stick it in the gravy. Original Lyrics: I’m flushing the trust of everyone
Stabbing in the back and thinkin’ they can break me. |
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Slipknot's, "The Heretic Anthem"
Misheard Lyrics: If you're fine, fine, fine
Then I'm sick, sick, sick. Original Lyrics: If you're 555
Then I'm 666. |
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Usher's, "U Got It Bad"
Misheard Lyrics: U got it, U got it back
Original Lyrics: U got it, U got it bad
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2010s | |
Bring Me the Horizon's, "Happy Song"
Misheard Lyrics: Well don't you feel someone's butthole?
Original Lyrics: Well don't you feel so much better?
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Gotye's, "Somebody That I Used To Know"
Misheard Lyrics: You can get addicted to a certain kind of sex
Original Lyrics: You can get addicted to a certain kind of sadness
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Lana Del Rey's, "Video Games"
Misheard Lyrics: Kissin' in the blue dart
Playin' pool and wild dots Original Lyrics: Kissin' in the blue dark
Playin' pool and wild darts |
Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello's, "Senorita"
Misheard Lyrics: I love it when you call me sayin' you need me
Original Lyrics: I love it when you call me señorita
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Bring Me the Horizon's, "Dear Diary"
Misheard Lyrics: The dog won't stop barking and I think my TV is f***ed.
Original Lyrics: The dog won't stop barking and I think my TV is bust.
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Bring Me the Horizon's, "Obey"
Misheard Lyrics: Someone stabbed a fork in my eye.
Original Lyrics: So I stabbed a fork in my eye.
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The Offspring's, "Let the Bad Times Roll"
Misheard Lyrics: We're gonna s*** straight up in the air.
Original Lyrics: We're gonna shoot straight up in the air.
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