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1960s | |
Aretha Franklin's, "(You Make Me Feel Like) a Natural Woman"
Misheard Lyrics: A wannabe
Original Lyrics: Just wanna be
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Steppenwolf's, "Magic Carpet Ride"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm a Maverick puppet, right?
Original Lyrics: On a magic carpet ride
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1970s | |
Bee Gees', "How Deep Is Your Love"
Misheard Lyrics: I really need to love
OR I really need your love Original Lyrics: I really need to learn.
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Blondie's, "Heart of Glass"
Misheard Lyrics: In between
His gonads and his penis is a hairy line Original Lyrics: In between
What I find is pleasing and I'm feeling fine. |
Elvin Bishop's, "Fooled Around and Fell in Love"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm photographed and fell in love
Original Lyrics: I fooled around and fell in love
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Eric Clapton's, "I Shot the Sheriff"
Misheard Lyrics: For the caring of a deputy
Original Lyrics: For the killing of a deputy
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Eric Clapton's, "Tears in Heaven"
Misheard Lyrics: I don't belong here in Paris
Original Lyrics: I don't belong here in heaven
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Fleetwood Mac's, "Don't Stop"
Misheard Lyrics: Don't stop thinking about your brother
Original Lyrics: Don't stop thinking about tomorrow
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Jackson 5's, "Never Can Say Goodbye"
Misheard Lyrics: I never can say revival
Original Lyrics: I never can say goodbye, girl
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Leo Sayer's, "You Make Me Feel Like Dancing"
Misheard Lyrics: You've got a cute way of Top Cat
Original Lyrics: You've got a cute way of talking
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Lynyrd Skynyrd's, "Sweet Home Alabama"
Misheard Lyrics: Now we all did for a week or two
Original Lyrics: Now we all did what we could do
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Minnie Riperton's, "Lovin' You"
Misheard Lyrics: And every time that we do
Original Lyrics: And every time that we, ooh...
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Nicolette Larson's, "Lotta Love"
Misheard Lyrics: It's gonna take a lotta work
Original Lyrics: It's gonna take a lotta love
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Queen's, "Fat Bottomed Girls"
Misheard Lyrics: But their beauty and their style WENT kind of smooth after a while...
Original Lyrics: But their beauty and their style
Wear kind of smooth after a while |
Steely Dan's, "Rikki Don't Lose That Number"
Misheard Lyrics: You don't wanna call somebody else
Original Lyrics: You don't wanna call nobody else
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The Brothers Johnson's, "Strawberry Letter 23"
Misheard Lyrics: A message to you
Original Lyrics: A message from you
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The Ides of March's, "Vehicle"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm your beatable baby
Original Lyrics: I'm your vehicle baby
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The Ides of March's, "Vehicle"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm your beatable woman
Original Lyrics: I'm your vehicle woman
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1980s | |
Aretha Franklin and George Michael's, "I Knew You Were Waiting (for Me)"
Misheard Lyrics: When the barrel was blown
Original Lyrics: When the valley was low
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Bertie Higgins', "Key Largo"
Misheard Lyrics: Selling our shares to Key Largo
Original Lyrics: Sailing away to Key Largo
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Christopher Cross', "Sailing"
Misheard Lyrics: Sailing, takes me away to where I’ve always ribbit
Original Lyrics: Sailing, takes me away to where I’ve always heard it could be
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Depeche Mode's, "People are People"
Misheard Lyrics: Peekaboo people, oh, why should it be?
Original Lyrics: People are people, so why should it be?
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Dire Straits', "Money for Nothing"
Misheard Lyrics: See the little finger with the earring and the makeup?
Yeah buddy, that's his own hair That little finger got his own jet airplane That little finger, he's a millionaire Original Lyrics: See the little fa**ot with the earring and the makeup?
Yeah buddy, that's his own hair That little fa**ot got his own jet airplane That little fa**ot, he's a millionaire |
Glenn Frey's, "The Heat is On"
Misheard Lyrics: The tension's high
Original Lyrics: The pressure's high
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Hoodoo Gurus', "Bittersweet"
Misheard Lyrics: I've cooked, and I've cleaned
You seem to find that so hard to believe Original Lyrics: I cut and I bleed
You seem to find that so hard to believe |
Jesse Frederick's, "Everywhere You Look"
Misheard Lyrics: I can't hold onto
Original Lyrics: A hand to hold onto
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Michael Jackson's, "The Way You Make Me Feel"
Misheard Lyrics: Well I've been working so mighty fine
Original Lyrics: Well I've been working from 9 to 5
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Run-DMC's, "It's Tricky"
Misheard Lyrics: Extreme to rock a rhyme
Original Lyrics: It's tricky to rock a rhyme
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Run-DMC's, "It's Tricky"
Misheard Lyrics: You keep on, rock, shot, the beat
Original Lyrics: You keep on (rock, shock), 'cause this is it
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Samantha Fox's, "Touch Me (I Want Your Body)"
Misheard Lyrics: Touch me
Touch me I wanna be somebody or I wanna be nobody Original Lyrics: Touch me
Touch me I wanna feel your body |
Steve Perry's, "Oh Sherrie"
Misheard Lyrics: Oh Sherie, you are in love. Hose on, hose on.
Original Lyrics: Oh Sherie, our love, holds on, holds on.
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Steve Perry's, "Oh, Sherrie"
Misheard Lyrics: Oh, it must have been a dream.
(A dream, ohhh) Original Lyrics: Oh, I must have been a dreamer
(Must have been a dreamer I know) |
T'Pau's, "China in Your Hand"
Misheard Lyrics: To take life on earth to the second bird
And the man was a command. Original Lyrics: To take life on earth to the second birth
And the man was in command. |
The Power Station's, "Some Like it Hot"
Misheard Lyrics: So let's turn up the meat 'til we cry
Original Lyrics: So let's turn up the heat 'til we fry
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Tiffany's, "Could've Been"
Misheard Lyrics: I'll never want what could've been on a cold and lonely night
OR I'll never have what could've been on a cold and lonely night Original Lyrics: I'll never hold what could've been on a cold and lonely night
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1990s | |
Donell Jones', "U Know What's Up"
Misheard Lyrics: Said I'm begging you and I'm warning you
So tell me what's up Original Lyrics: Said I'm big on you and I'm wanting you
So tell me what's up |
Eric Clapton's, "Change the World"
Misheard Lyrics: I would be the songwriter in the universe
Original Lyrics: I would be the sunlight in your universe
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George Michael and Elton John's, "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me"
Misheard Lyrics: And left me by my delight
Original Lyrics: And left me blinded by the light
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George Michael's, "Too Funky"
Misheard Lyrics: I gotta get outside
Original Lyrics: I gotta get inside
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Goo Goo Dolls', "Slide"
Misheard Lyrics: I wanna wake up with your bra
Original Lyrics: I wanna wake up where you are
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N-Trance's, "Stayin' Alive"
Misheard Lyrics: Everybody on the couch
Original Lyrics: Everybody in the house
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Rod Stewart's, "The Motown Song"
Misheard Lyrics: We'll put the speakers in the middle of the hall
Original Lyrics: We'll put the speakers in the window and we'll go
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Sisqo's, "Incomplete"
Misheard Lyrics: Even though with me, I have everything
Original Lyrics: Even though it seems I have everything
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2000s | |
All Time Low's, "Dear Maria"
Misheard Lyrics: 'Cause it feels like Stephen Hawk's calling your name from the crowd.
Original Lyrics: 'Cause it feels like stealing hearts calling your name from the crowd.
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Mis-Teeq's, "Scandalous"
Misheard Lyrics: You got me drooling like a little baby girl
OR You got me dribbling like a little baby girl Original Lyrics: You got me trembling like a little baby girl
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2010s | |
Broadway cast of Hamilton's, "Statisfied"
Misheard Lyrics: I remember those salty voiced sisters something something oh ways
Original Lyrics: I remember those soldier boys tripping over themselves to win our praise
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Katy Perry's, "Dark Horse"
Misheard Lyrics: Please stop doing that.
Original Lyrics: There's no going back
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