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1950s | |
Buddy Holly's, "Peggy Sue"
Misheard Lyrics: Really, really, really, really, Peggy Sue
Original Lyrics: Pretty, Pretty, Pretty Peggy Sue
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1960s | |
Dean Martin's, "Everybody Loves Somebody"
Misheard Lyrics: Something that your kids just sold me
Original Lyrics: Something in your kiss just told me
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The Beach Boys', "Fun, Fun, Fun"
Misheard Lyrics: Well, she got her daddy's call
Original Lyrics: Well, she got her daddy's car
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The Four Tops', "Standing in the Shadows of Love"
Misheard Lyrics: I've been waiting for the morning to come
Original Lyrics: I've been waiting for the heartaches to come
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1970s | |
Bill Conti's, "Gonna Fly Now (Theme from Rocky)"
Misheard Lyrics: Got a fry bag
Original Lyrics: Gonna fly now
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Carpenters', "Top of the World"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm on the talk of the world
Original Lyrics: I'm on the top of the world
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Eagles', "Take It to the Limit"
Misheard Lyrics: Take it to Miranda one more time
Original Lyrics: Take it to the limit one more time
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Mary MacGregor's, "Torn Between Two Lovers"
Misheard Lyrics: Feeling like some food
Original Lyrics: Feeling like a fool
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Queen's, "Killer Queen"
Misheard Lyrics: She's Godzilla's queen
Original Lyrics: She's a killer queen
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TV Theme Song's, "When Things Were Rotten"
Misheard Lyrics: They robbed the rich, gave to the poor
Except for the Catmoor Expenses or Except things really got more expensive Original Lyrics: They robbed the rich, gave to the poor
Except what they kept for expenses |
The Clash's, "London Calling"
Misheard Lyrics: I yell by the river
Original Lyrics: I live by the river
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The Four Seasons', "December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night)"
Misheard Lyrics: Why'd it take so long to see tonight?
Original Lyrics: Why'd it take so long to see the light?
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Walter Egan's, "Magnet and Steel"
Misheard Lyrics: To show the way I fill
Original Lyrics: To show the way I feel
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1980s | |
Donna Summer's, "On the Radio"
Misheard Lyrics: They never said "You're late"
Original Lyrics: They never said your name
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Joey Scarbury's, "Believe It or Not"
Misheard Lyrics: Flying away on a leaf and a rake
Original Lyrics: Flying away on a wing and a prayer
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Kylie Minogue's, "The Loco-Motion"
Misheard Lyrics: Well, I think you got a laugh
Original Lyrics: Well, I think you got the knack
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Madonna's, "Express Yourself"
Misheard Lyrics: Satin sheets are very romantic
What happens when you're not there? Original Lyrics: Satin sheets are very romantic
What happens when you're not in bed? |
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Robert Tepper's, "No Easy Way Out"
Misheard Lyrics: There's no easy layout
Original Lyrics: There's no easy way out
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Survivor's, "Eye of the Tiger"
Misheard Lyrics: We must fight just to keep them around
Original Lyrics: We must fight just to keep them alive
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The Divinyls', "Back to the Wall"
Misheard Lyrics: Like a time card ticking away
Original Lyrics: Like a time bomb ticking away
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The Divinyls', "Pleasure and Pain"
Misheard Lyrics: Mother, mother, why do you push?
Original Lyrics: Lover, lover, why do you push?
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The Divinyls', "Science Fiction"
Misheard Lyrics: Now that love is my addition
or Now that love is my edition Original Lyrics: Now that love is my addiction
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Tiffany's, "Could've Been"
Misheard Lyrics: Every time I get my hopes up, they always seem to fart
OR Every time I get my hopes up, they always seem too far Original Lyrics: Every time I get my hopes up, they always seem to fall
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Til Tuesday's, "Voices Carry"
Misheard Lyrics: Hold on, lead me down now, Mrs. Carey.
Original Lyrics: Hush hush, keep it down now, voices carry.
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1990s | |
69 Boyz's, "Tootsee Roll"
Misheard Lyrics: Let me see that pussy roll
Original Lyrics: Let me see that Tootsee Roll
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Cannibal Corpse's, "I C*m Blood"
Misheard Lyrics: Surging Syrup
I'm a Stew Original Lyrics: Surging serum
On my skin |
Chris Isaak's, "Blue Hotel"
Misheard Lyrics: Love don't work out my way
OR Luck don't work out my way Original Lyrics: Life don't work out my way
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Chris Rea's, "Auberge"
Misheard Lyrics: On the half past train
Original Lyrics: On the hard fast train
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INXS & Jimmy Barnes', "Good Times"
Misheard Lyrics: Boring Maloney's gonna be with Jim
Original Lyrics: Boney Maroney's gonna be with Jim
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Madonna's, "Take a Bow"
Misheard Lyrics: Knows which way the stony goat
Original Lyrics: Knows which way the story goes
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Stevie B's, "Because I Love You (The Postman Song)"
Misheard Lyrics: To be your life, to be your guide
Original Lyrics: To be your light, to be your guide
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The Divinyls', "I Ain't Gonna Eat Out My Heart Anymore"
Misheard Lyrics: But you ain't kinda cheap on me
Original Lyrics: But you ain't gonna cheat on me
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The Divinyls', "I Touch Myself"
Misheard Lyrics: I don't get myself
Original Lyrics: I forget myself
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The Divinyls', "I Touch Myself"
Misheard Lyrics: When I dream about you
Original Lyrics: When I think about you
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The Divinyls', "I'm Jealous"
Misheard Lyrics: You got a new befriend
Original Lyrics: You got a new girlfriend
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The Divinyls', "Wild Thing"
Misheard Lyrics: But I wanna know to show
Original Lyrics: But I wanna know for sure
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2000s | |
Bob the Builder's, "Can We Fix It?"
Misheard Lyrics: Working all day until this song comes on
Original Lyrics: Working all day 'til the sun goes down
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Bob the Builder's, "Mambo No. 5"
Misheard Lyrics: A little bit of Bob the Builder's land
Original Lyrics: A little bit of Bob the Builder, man
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Britney Spears', "Do Something"
Misheard Lyrics: Music's fallin' everywhere-a.
Original Lyrics: Music gets me everywhere.
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Celine Dion's, "That's the Way It Is"
Misheard Lyrics: And I know you're sorry
Original Lyrics: And I know your story
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Chad Kroeger featuring Josey Scott's, "Hero"
Misheard Lyrics: Look what God gave us
Original Lyrics: Look what love gave us
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Chad Kroeger featuring Josey Scott's, "Hero"
Misheard Lyrics: Look what God gave us
Original Lyrics: Love will all save us
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System of a Down's, "Cigaro"
Misheard Lyrics: Can't you see that I love my car?
Original Lyrics: Can't you see that I love my cock?
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2010s | |
Iggy Azalea's, "Black Widow"
Misheard Lyrics: I'mma make you beg fart, plead fart
Till you feel like you bead fart Till you do any and everything fart Original Lyrics: I'mma make you beg for it, plead for it
Till you feel like you breathe for it Till you do any and everything for it |
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