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1960s | |
Cliff Richard's, "All My Love"
Misheard Lyrics: You were not on my mind
Original Lyrics: You were no longer mine
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Cliff Richard's, "I'll Come Running"
Misheard Lyrics: We both make steaks
Original Lyrics: We both make mistakes
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Cliff Richard's, "It's All Over"
Misheard Lyrics: Didn't feel a sting
Original Lyrics: Didn't feel a thing
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Cliff Richard's, "The Day I Met Marie"
Misheard Lyrics: When nothing's a movie
Original Lyrics: When nothing is moving
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Donovan's, "Sunshine Superman"
Misheard Lyrics: Any drink in the book and I can make it
Original Lyrics: Any trick in the book now, baby, all that I can find
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1970s | |
Bad Company's, "Movin' On"
Misheard Lyrics: Pack up my baloney
or Pack up my bologna Original Lyrics: Pack up my belongings
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Bay City Rollers', "Bye Bye Baby"
Misheard Lyrics: Can't put it off any longer,
She's a fella anyway Original Lyrics: Can't put it off any longer,
Just gotta tell her anyway |
Eric Carmen's, "Never Gonna Fall in Love Again"
Misheard Lyrics: I don't want to start with someone nude
Original Lyrics: I don't want to start with someone new
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Eric Carmen's, "Sunrise"
Misheard Lyrics: Throw my mouth open wide
Original Lyrics: Throw my window open wide
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John Denver's, "Looking for Space"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm trying to find my homework
Original Lyrics: I'm trying to find my own way
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Kate Bush's, "Wuthering Heights"
Misheard Lyrics: I don't know why she couldn't divorce sweet Roland for his greed.
Original Lyrics: Out on the wiley, windy moors
We'd roll and fall in green. |
The Cars', "Just What I Needed"
Misheard Lyrics: I guess you're just on the needle
Original Lyrics: I guess you're just what I needed
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The Doobie Brothers', "Dependin' on You"
Misheard Lyrics: And when I get to fly
Original Lyrics: And when I get too high
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The Doobie Brothers', "Take Me in Your Arms (Rock Me)"
Misheard Lyrics: Right now, right now I'll keep in mind
Original Lyrics: Right now, right now I'm feelin' mine
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The Manhattans', "Don't Take Your Love"
Misheard Lyrics: Rodeo for Juliet
Original Lyrics: Romeo told Juliet
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The Who's, "Squeeze Box"
Misheard Lyrics: He never gets to go west
Original Lyrics: He never gets no rest
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Tony Orlando and Dawn's, "Look Into My Eyes Pretty Woman"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm a Chippendale
Original Lyrics: I'm a different man
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1980s | |
Cheryl Wheeler's, "Quarter Moon"
Misheard Lyrics: And devise her wooden windmills
And wails and quarter moons Original Lyrics: And he buys her wooden windmills
And whales and quarter moons |
Eric Carmen's, "I Wanna Hear it from Your Lips"
Misheard Lyrics: I hear it on the strip
Original Lyrics: I hear it on the street
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Haysi Fantayzee's, "John Wayne Is Big Leggy"
Misheard Lyrics: If that's the way it's gonna be, get the hell off my TV
Original Lyrics: If that's the way it's gonna be, get the hell out of my tepee
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Jermaine Stewart's, "Say it Again"
Misheard Lyrics: I can tell there's something healthy
Original Lyrics: I can tell there's something heavy
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John Farnham's, "Two Strong Hearts"
Misheard Lyrics: I wanna feel my love inside you
Original Lyrics: I'm gonna feel my love inside you
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Johnny Hates Jazz's, "Heart of Gold"
Misheard Lyrics: For a handful of laundry
Original Lyrics: For a handful of money
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Johnny Hates Jazz's, "I Don't Want to Be a Hero"
Misheard Lyrics: But I won't pull a Tigger
Original Lyrics: But I won't pull the trigger
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Johnny Hates Jazz's, "Turn Back the Clock"
Misheard Lyrics: I begin to read
Original Lyrics: I begin to weep
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Metallica's, "Creeping Death"
Misheard Lyrics: So let me retire,
So let me die. Original Lyrics: So let it be written
So let it be done. |
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Rod Stewart's, "Baby Jane"
Misheard Lyrics: Now you're room invading high society
Original Lyrics: Now you're moving in high society
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Sinead O'Connor's, "Mandinka"
Misheard Lyrics: I do love Mike Ditka
Original Lyrics: I do know Mandinka
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Toto's, "Africa"
Misheard Lyrics: Tears, lonely whispers, and some quiet conversation
Original Lyrics: She hears only whispers of some quiet conversation.
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Toto's, "Rosanna"
Misheard Lyrics: Meet you far away
or We're too far away or You're too far away Original Lyrics: Meet you all the way
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Wet Wet Wet's, "Angel Eyes (Home & Away)"
Misheard Lyrics: With the night of Gatorade
Original Lyrics: With the night you gave away
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1990s | |
Happy Mondays', "Step On"
Misheard Lyrics: You know you talk so hitman
Original Lyrics: You know you talk so hip man
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Red Hot Chili Peppers', "Soul to Squeeze"
Misheard Lyrics: There I go, I just don’t know
Original Lyrics: Where I go, I just don’t know
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2000s | |
Case's, "Missing You"
Misheard Lyrics: How can I be the Candy Man here?
Original Lyrics: How can I be so damn demanding?
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Machine Head's, "Imperium"
Misheard Lyrics: I’ll stand here in fire rain
My middle finger rays F*** your grandson’s a*** Original Lyrics: I'll stand here defiantly
My middle finger raised F*** your prejudice |
OutKast's, "So Fresh, So Clean"
Misheard Lyrics: Ain't nobody, don't ask me
Original Lyrics: Ain't nobody dope as me
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Uncle Kracker featuring Dobie Gray's, "Drift Away"
Misheard Lyrics: Gimme the freak boys and be my soul
Original Lyrics: Gimme the beat, boys and free my soul
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2010s | |
Daft Punk's, "Lose Yourself to Dance"
Misheard Lyrics: Who just stopped the dance?
Original Lyrics: Lose yourself to dance
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Ed Sheeran & Justin Bieber's, "I Don't Care"
Misheard Lyrics: Trying supper, we can hear ourselves
Crazy lips, I'd rather kiss my back Original Lyrics: Trying to talk, but we can't hear ourselves
Read your lips, I'd rather kiss them right back |
Eliza Doolittle's, "Pack Up"
Misheard Lyrics: When I goo-goo I only get depressed
(Later) Break up your troubles in your old sh*t bag And carry them beneath the sea Original Lyrics: When I Google I only get depressed
(Later) Pack up your troubles in your old kit bag And bury them beneath the sea |
Klingande's, "Jubel"
Misheard Lyrics: Baked beans
Original Lyrics: Save me
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Taylor Swift's, "Wildest Dreams"
Misheard Lyrics: Red lids and Rosie Cheeks
Original Lyrics: Red lips and rosy cheeks
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Years and Years', "Shine"
Misheard Lyrics: I was biding my time
Original Lyrics: I was biting my tongue
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