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1960s | |
Janis Joplin's, "Piece of My Heart"
Misheard Lyrics: Crawl on, crawl on, crawl on, crawl on
Original Lyrics: Come on, come on, come on, come on
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Julie Andrews', "My Favorite Things"
Misheard Lyrics: When the door's tight
Original Lyrics: When the dog bites
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Sonny & Cher's, "Little Man"
Misheard Lyrics: Look at you runnin'
Come catch fire I'll hear you Look at you singin' Composed to me I hear you Original Lyrics: Little girl you're runnin'
Come catch my hand I'm near you Little girl you're singin' Come close to me I hear you |
The Mindbenders', "A Groovy Kind of Love"
Misheard Lyrics: We got a dueling kind of love
Original Lyrics: We got a groovy kind of love
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The Monkees', "(I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm not just spiritual
Original Lyrics: I'm not your steppin' stone
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The Supremes', "Where Did Our Love Go"
Misheard Lyrics: I've got this burping, burping, yelling, feelin' inside me
Original Lyrics: I've got this burning, burning, yearning feelin' inside me
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The Zombies', "Time of the Season"
Misheard Lyrics: It's the time for Little Caesars
Original Lyrics: It's the time of the season
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1970s | |
10cc's, "Dreadlock Holiday"
Misheard Lyrics: I don't like drinking, I love it!
Original Lyrics: I don't like reggae, I love it.
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AC/DC's, "Highway to Hell"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm on a highway to heaven
Original Lyrics: I'm on a highway to hell
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Anita Ward's, "Ring My Bell"
Misheard Lyrics: You can heal my brain
Original Lyrics: You can ring my bell
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Barbra Streisand and Donna Summer's, "No More Tears (Enough is Enough)"
Misheard Lyrics: No sign of remembrance
Original Lyrics: No sign of romance
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Dennis Waterman's, "I Could Be So Good for You"
Misheard Lyrics: I could be so good for you, I'm the one you really need
Love you like you want me to I can even help you breed Original Lyrics: I could be so good for you, I'm the one you really need
Love you like you want me to I can even help you brea-ea-ea-eathe |
England Dan and John Ford Coley's, "I'd Really Love to See You Tonight"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm not talkin' 'bout vanilla
Original Lyrics: I'm not talkin' 'bout movin' in
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Genesis', "The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway"
Misheard Lyrics: And the lamb last time on Broadway
Original Lyrics: And the lamb lies down on Broadway
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Kenny Rogers', "She Believes in Me"
Misheard Lyrics: And she has hated me
Original Lyrics: And she has faith in me
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Simon & Garfunkel's, "Bridge Over Troubled Water"
Misheard Lyrics: Like a fridge over Trump and Biden
Original Lyrics: Like a bridge over troubled water
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1980s | |
Barbra Streisand's, "Woman in Love"
Misheard Lyrics: I kissed my mommy goodbye
Original Lyrics: I kiss the morning goodbye
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Breathe's, "Hands to Heaven"
Misheard Lyrics: Tonight you calm my restlessness
You relieve my sadness Original Lyrics: Tonight we'll call my French love child
Who'd relieve my sadness |
Corey Hart's, "Never Surrender"
Misheard Lyrics: You can never remember
Original Lyrics: You can never surrender
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Cutting Crew's, "(I Just) Died in Your Arms"
Misheard Lyrics: It must have been something inside
Original Lyrics: It must have been something you said
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Kim Wilde's, "Kids in America"
Misheard Lyrics: Little kids named Allegra
Original Lyrics: We’re the kids in America
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Patti Austin and James Ingram's, "Baby, Come to Me"
Misheard Lyrics: When you find another car that needs to share
Original Lyrics: When you find another heart that needs to share
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Phil Collins', "Two Hearts"
Misheard Lyrics: And it's like I've planted
Original Lyrics: And it's like I've planned it
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Talking Heads', "Wild Wild Life"
Misheard Lyrics: I’m mad and I felt vagina
Original Lyrics: I’m wearing my fur pajamas
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The Gap Band's, "You Dropped a Bomb on Me"
Misheard Lyrics: You crushed a car on me
Original Lyrics: You dropped a bomb on me
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The Manhattan Transfer's, "Boy from New York City"
Misheard Lyrics: And he looks cute in his Morehouse suit
Original Lyrics: And he's cute in his mohair suit
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Thomas Dolby's, "She Blinded Me with Science"
Misheard Lyrics: As free as in Kenosha
Original Lyrics: As deep as any ocean
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1990s | |
George Michael's, "Fastlove"
Misheard Lyrics: If you’re looking for fat slug
Fat slug in your eye Had more than enough, had some bad love So fat slug, is all that I’ve got on my mind. Original Lyrics: If you're looking for fastlove
If that’s love in your eyes That’s more than enough, had some bad love So fastlove, is all that I’ve got on my mind. |
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Meredith Brooks', "Bitch"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm your half, I'm your dream
(Later) I'm your angel, I'm your cover, I have enough I'm revived, can't say I'm not lying Original Lyrics: I'm your hell, I'm your dream
(Later) I'm your angel undercover, I've been numb I'm revived, can't say I'm not alive |
Michael Bolton's, "Can I Touch You...There?"
Misheard Lyrics: The way your touch in mind
Original Lyrics: The way you're touchin' mine
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No Doubt's, "Just a Girl"
Misheard Lyrics: Oh, I'm just a girl, looking at me
It's really dumb, there's no good parousel Original Lyrics: Oh, I'm just a girl, lucky me
Twiddle-dum, there's no comparison |
Phil Collins', "You'll Be in My Heart"
Misheard Lyrics: You'll be in my home
or You'll be in my arms Original Lyrics: You'll be in my heart
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Red Hot Chili Peppers', "Scar Tissue"
Misheard Lyrics: With Burma Shave it's a lonely view
Original Lyrics: With birds I'll share this lonely view
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2000s | |
36 Crazyfists', "Slit Wrist Theory"
Misheard Lyrics: Grade A conversation
Original Lyrics: Braided conversation
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Aaliyah's, "More Than a Woman"
Misheard Lyrics: We can have a phone romance, your hand in my hand
Do you wanna fight with me? We can be like Bonnie and Clyde, sweep by the fireside OR We can be like Bonnie and Clyde, sweets by the fireside Original Lyrics: We can go to foreign lands, your hand in my hand
Do you wanna ride with me? We can be like Bonnie and Clyde, be by your side |
Coldplay's, "Viva La Vida"
Misheard Lyrics: Now in the dog I poop together destroy the water I just stole
Original Lyrics: Now in the morning I sleep alone Sweep the streets I used to own
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Dir en Grey's, "Karasu"
Misheard Lyrics: Sex wanted eldritch ankle
Original Lyrics: Sarcasm one side and rush end core
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Pink's, "So What"
Misheard Lyrics: And now the wheel's turned, I'm gonna show you tonight
OR And now the weird turn, I'm gonna show you tonight Original Lyrics: And now that we're done, I'm gonna show you tonight
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Vanessa Carlton's, "A Thousand Miles"
Misheard Lyrics: Do you think time would pass? I spy…
Original Lyrics: Do you think time would pass us by?
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2010s | |
Clean Bandit ft. Sean Paul & Anne-Marie's, "Rockabye"
Misheard Lyrics: Boy you're loving the bull****
Original Lyrics: Call it love and devotion
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Future's, "Mask Off"
Misheard Lyrics: Pervy sage, my love, pervy sage
Original Lyrics: Percocets, Molly, Percocets
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KDrew's, "Signals"
Misheard Lyrics: Take my poopy home
Original Lyrics: Can you get me home
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Kanye West's, "Use This Gospel"
Misheard Lyrics: Blindfolded on this road, watch me faith walk
Just hold on 'til your brother win his fairy floss Original Lyrics: Blindfolded on this road, watch me faith walk
Just hold on to your brother when his faith lost |
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Casting Crowns', "Until the Whole World Hears"
Misheard Lyrics: Radio Cells, Radio Cells.
Or Ready your sails, ready your sails. Original Lyrics: Ready yourselves, ready yourselves
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