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1960s | |
Billy Joe Royal's, "Down in the Boondocks"
Misheard Lyrics: 'Cause her daddy makes my boss mad.
Original Lyrics: 'Cause her daddy is my boss man.
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Cliff Richard's, "I'll Love You Forever Today"
Misheard Lyrics: Love will be in France, she says
Original Lyrics: Love is being friends, she says
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Cliff Richard's, "Marianne"
Misheard Lyrics: Of what you need for me
Original Lyrics: Of what you mean to me
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Cliff Richard's, "With the Eyes of a Child"
Misheard Lyrics: So tell me "I'm sorry"
Original Lyrics: So tell me a story
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The Association's, "Windy"
Misheard Lyrics: Who's reachin' out to capture a Roman?
Original Lyrics: Who's reachin' out to capture a moment?
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1970s | |
Cliff Richard's, "Goodbye Sam Hello Samantha"
Misheard Lyrics: Sam, I'm leavin' the game
Original Lyrics: Sam, I'm leavin' the gang
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Cliff Richard's, "I Ain't Got Time Anymore"
Misheard Lyrics: Only know she's dumb
Original Lyrics: Only know she's gone
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Cliff Richard's, "Silvery Rain"
Misheard Lyrics: While a light airplane
Original Lyrics: While a light aeroplane
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Cliff Richard's, "Sunny Honey Girl"
Misheard Lyrics: Such a phony girl to love me
Original Lyrics: Such a funny girl to love me
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Ocean's, "Put Your Hand in the Hand"
Misheard Lyrics: By putting your hand in the hand of the man gonna carry me
Original Lyrics: By putting your hand in the hand of the man from Galilee
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Peter Frampton's, "Show Me the Way"
Misheard Lyrics: I want you to go to Chick-fil-A
Original Lyrics: I want you to show me the way
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Raspberries', "I Wanna Be with You"
Misheard Lyrics: Be married tonight
Original Lyrics: Be worried tonight
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Raspberries', "Let's Pretend"
Misheard Lyrics: But I couldn't dare
Original Lyrics: But I couldn't bear
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Raspberries', "Overnight Sensation (Hit Record)"
Misheard Lyrics: But I'm not in it for the moment, no
Original Lyrics: But I'm not in it for the money, no
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1980s | |
Johnny Kemp's, "Just Got Paid"
Misheard Lyrics: It’s Friday, right?
Original Lyrics: It’s Friday night
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Journey's, "Faithfully"
Misheard Lyrics: I’m forever yours, stay bullied
Original Lyrics: I’m forever yours, faithfully
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Men at Work's, "Down Under"
Misheard Lyrics: He was sick before and full of nausea
Original Lyrics: He was 6'4" and full of muscle
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Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson's, "Say Say Say"
Misheard Lyrics: You're saying that my love any real
Original Lyrics: You're saying that my love ain't real
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Terence Trent D'Arby's, "Wishing Well"
Misheard Lyrics: A wishing well, a butterfly tang
Original Lyrics: A wishing well of butterfly tears
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The Bangles', "Walk Like an Egyptian"
Misheard Lyrics: Looks like an addiction
Original Lyrics: Walk like an Egyptian
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The Clash's, "Rock the Casbah"
Misheard Lyrics: A Shaolin in a baguette.
Original Lyrics: The Shariff he don't like it.
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1990s | |
Blessid Union of Souls', "I Believe"
Misheard Lyrics: 'Cause I’m bullied
Original Lyrics: 'Cause I believe
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Cast of Barney & Friends', "Nothing Beats a Pizza"
Misheard Lyrics: Pizza, pizza,
Nodding beets a pizza Original Lyrics: Pizza, pizza,
Nothing beats a pizza. |
Fear Factory's, "H-K (Hunter-Killer)"
Misheard Lyrics: I am a cream bagel
I am a cream bagel I am a cream bagel I am a cream bagel Original Lyrics: I am a criminal
I am a criminal I am a criminal I am a criminal |
Live's, "Lakini’s Juice"
Misheard Lyrics: To find out where we’ve been wrong
Original Lyrics: To find out where we belong
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2000s | |
Cassidy featuring R. Kelly's, "Hotel"
Misheard Lyrics: We in our drawbacks
Original Lyrics: We in our throwbacks
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Daft Punk's, "One More Time"
Misheard Lyrics: Celebrate with Fancy Feast
Original Lyrics: Celebrate and dance so free
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Fall Out Boy's, "I Slept with Someone in Fall Out Boy and All I .."
Misheard Lyrics: Always weigh what I've lost against what I left
Original Lyrics: Oh, we're swear for that God
Ah guess what, I left |
Finger Eleven's, "One Thing"
Misheard Lyrics: If I trained at all
Original Lyrics: If I traded it all
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Green Day's, "Boulevard of Broken Dreams"
Misheard Lyrics: I broke the law
Original Lyrics: I walk alone
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Kanye West's, "Fade"
Misheard Lyrics: Demon stuff. Deep, deep, dumpin’ stuff.
Original Lyrics: Deep inside. Deep, deep down inside.
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Kelly Clarkson's, "Miss Independent"
Misheard Lyrics: Whatever done, Miss Independent
Original Lyrics: What happened to Miss Independent?
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Sean Kingston's, "Replay"
Misheard Lyrics: It's like my eyeball's stuck on replay
Original Lyrics: It’s like my IPod's stuck on replay
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Slipknot's, "The Shape"
Misheard Lyrics: Separate, I lost my onion ring.
Original Lyrics: Separate, I lost my only way.
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Twista with Kanye West feat. Jamie Foxx's, "Slow Jamz"
Misheard Lyrics: A little Uneeda
Original Lyrics: A little Anita
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2010s | |
Billie Eilish's, "Therefore I Am"
Misheard Lyrics: I don’t speak French
Original Lyrics: I’m not your friend
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Eiffel 65's, "Blue (Da Be Dee)"
Misheard Lyrics: If i wee green, I would die. I'm gonna beat up this guy
Original Lyrics: Da ba dee, da ba die, da ba dee ba da die
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Maroon 5 featuring Christina Aguilera's, "Moves Like Jagger"
Misheard Lyrics: I got some boobs like Jagger
Original Lyrics: I got the moves like Jagger
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Rihanna featuring Mikky Ekko's, "Stay"
Misheard Lyrics: I want you to stink
Original Lyrics: I want you to stay
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Shawn Mendes', "There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back"
Misheard Lyrics: She fools me in
Original Lyrics: She pulls me in
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Faith Hill's, "Breathe"
Misheard Lyrics: It’s watching over me
Original Lyrics: It’s washing over me
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misc | |
Justin Bieber featuring Chance the Rapper's, "Holy"
Misheard Lyrics: 'cause the way you're holy, holy, holy
Original Lyrics: 'cause the way you hold me, hold me, hold me
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Olivia Rodrigo's, "Drivers License"
Misheard Lyrics: Who always ate me out
Original Lyrics: Who always made me doubt
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Sarah Saint James', "Mad at God"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm mad at God 'cause I prayed last night
And I woke up the same sex Original Lyrics: I'm mad at God 'cause I prayed last night
And I woke up the same size |