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1960s | |
Commercial's, "L&M Cigarettes"
Misheard Lyrics: Let go with some M&M's
Original Lyrics: Let go with an L&M
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The Guess Who's, "These Eyes"
Misheard Lyrics: Decide a primate
Original Lyrics: These eyes are cryin'
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1970s | |
Cyndi Grecco's, "Making Our Dreams Come True"
Misheard Lyrics: Will Sandy Ruben break it?
Original Lyrics: Read us any rule, we'll break it
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Elton John's, "Island Girl"
Misheard Lyrics: He want to take you wants you to rack his balls
Original Lyrics: He want to take you from the racket boss.
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Exile's, "Kiss You All Over"
Misheard Lyrics: I want a kitchen makeover
Original Lyrics: I wanna kiss you all over
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Jigsaw's, "Sky High"
Misheard Lyrics: By telling me you're right
Original Lyrics: By telling me a lie
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Nick Gilder's, "Hot Child in the City"
Misheard Lyrics: Runnin' while I'm lookin' pretty
Original Lyrics: Runnin' wild and lookin' pretty
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Olivia Newton-John's, "Please Mr. Please"
Misheard Lyrics: Don't just be 17
Original Lyrics: Don't play B-17
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Paul Nicholas', "Heaven on the 7th Floor"
Misheard Lyrics: Just as we hit Sparta
Original Lyrics: Just as we had started
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Ram Jam's, "Black Betty"
Misheard Lyrics: Black Betty had a shot
Original Lyrics: Black Betty had a child
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Rex Smith's, "You Take My Breath Away"
Misheard Lyrics: On a sizzling sunny day
Original Lyrics: On a sizzling summer day
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Rod Stewart's, "You're in My Heart (the Final Acclaim)"
Misheard Lyrics: You'll be my grandson if I grow old
Original Lyrics: You'll be my breath should I grow old
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Starland Vocal Band's, "Afternoon Delight"
Misheard Lyrics: An afternoon tonight
Original Lyrics: An afternoon delight
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1980s | |
Billy Joel's, "Keeping the Faith"
Misheard Lyrics: You can wiggle too long in your dreams
Original Lyrics: You can linger too long in your dreams
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Blondie's, "The Tide is High"
Misheard Lyrics: The time is nigh and I'm growing up
Original Lyrics: The tide is high and I'm going on
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Buster Poindexter's, "Hot Hot Hot"
Misheard Lyrics: We might not find her
Original Lyrics: Me mind on fire
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Falco's, "Rock Me Amadeus"
Misheard Lyrics: Architecture, architecture
Original Lyrics: Amadeus, Amadeus
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Motley Crue's, "Girls, Girls, Girls"
Misheard Lyrics: Last night and I need a bite
or Last night and I need a bike Original Lyrics: Friday night and I need a fight
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Peter Gabriel's, "Shock The Monkey"
Misheard Lyrics: Slap the monkey.
Original Lyrics: Shock the monkey.
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The Clash's, "Rock the Casbah"
Misheard Lyrics: We really don’t like it.
F*ck the cash bar. F*ck the cash bar. Original Lyrics: Sharif don't like it
Rock the Casbah! Rock the Casbah! |
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The Human League's, "(Keep Feeling) Fascination"
Misheard Lyrics: Keep feeling vaccination
Original Lyrics: Keep feeling fascination
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The Police's, "Driven to Tears"
Misheard Lyrics: Wear a tuxedo
or Driven to Tuxedo Original Lyrics: Driven to tears
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UB40's, "Red Red Wine"
Misheard Lyrics: Grapes and wine, you got me feeling so fine
Original Lyrics: Red red wine, you got me feeling so fine
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Wang Chung's, "Don't Let Go"
Misheard Lyrics: Baby, baby, it's all in the past
Original Lyrics: Maybe, maybe it's all in the past
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Wham!'s, "Freedom"
Misheard Lyrics: I don't need your tree nuts
Original Lyrics: I don't need your freedom
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1990s | |
Blink 182's, "What's My Age Again?"
Misheard Lyrics: I were cologne to get the feeling right
or I work cologne to get the feeling right or I walk cologne to get the feeling right or I whir cologne to get the feeling right or I wall cologne to get the feeling right Original Lyrics: I wore cologne to get the feeling right
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Boyz II Men's, "4 Seasons of Loneliness"
Misheard Lyrics: Like MTV without you
Original Lyrics: Life's empty without you
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Brandy and Monica's, "The Boy Is Mine"
Misheard Lyrics: The toilet's mine
Original Lyrics: The boy is mine
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Divine's, "Lately"
Misheard Lyrics: Like a Wendy's going to your car
Original Lyrics: Like the wind was blowing it apart
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George Michael's, "Freedom '90"
Misheard Lyrics: Gotta have some faith in the south
Original Lyrics: Gotta have some faith in the sound
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Michael Jackson's, "You are Not Alone"
Misheard Lyrics: And leave my world so gold
Original Lyrics: And leave my world so cold
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Movie Scripts', "Toy Story 2"
Misheard Lyrics: He still has an odor!
Original Lyrics: He still has an owner!
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Opeth's, "The Moor"
Misheard Lyrics: I sweated and fell of the pyre
Original Lyrics: She is waterdrops over the pyre.
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U2's, "Staring at the Sun"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm not the Obi-Wan
Original Lyrics: I'm not the only one
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2000s | |
Counting Crows', "Big Yellow Taxi"
Misheard Lyrics: A plate of fried rice and put in a pork in pot
Original Lyrics: They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.
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Daft Punk's, "Digital Love"
Misheard Lyrics: Before I knew it, yeah she was all gone
Original Lyrics: Before I knew it, this dream was all gone
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Maroon 5's, "Beautiful Mistakes"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm in love with the fags
or I'm in love with the flags or I'm in love with the bag Original Lyrics: I'm in love with the past
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Maroon 5's, "Harder To Breathe"
Misheard Lyrics: Clutching your pillow and writhing and my neck is wet.
Original Lyrics: Clutching your pillow and writhing in a naked sweat.
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New Found Glory's, "All Down Hill from Here"
Misheard Lyrics: Figured you were rotting out your butt
Original Lyrics: Figured you were writing out your part.
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Pink's, "Most Girls"
Misheard Lyrics: A man who understands who you love
Original Lyrics: A man who understands real love
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Pokemon's, "Meowth's Party (English version)"
Misheard Lyrics: It's never been such fun feeling like a Pokemon
Original Lyrics: It's never been such fun stealing lots of Pokemon
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2010s | |
Maroon 5's, "Animals"
Misheard Lyrics: I can smell your self-demise
Original Lyrics: I can smell your scent for miles
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misc | |
Judy Garland's, "The Fountain in the Park"
Misheard Lyrics: While strolling through the park one day
In the merry, merry month of May I was taken by surprise By a pair of Spanish eyes In a moment my old car was stole away Original Lyrics: While strolling through the park one day
In the merry, merry month of May I was taken by surprise By a pair of roguish eyes In a moment my poor heart was stole away |
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