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1960s | |
Isaac Hayes', "By the Time I Get to Phoenix"
Misheard Lyrics: On the wall that's all
Original Lyrics: Off the wall that's all
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Isaac Hayes', "Walk on By"
Misheard Lyrics: Oh just let me greet
Original Lyrics: Oh just let me grieve
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Richard Harris', "MacArthur Park"
Misheard Lyrics: And after all the hugs of my life
Original Lyrics: And after all the loves of my life
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1970s | |
David Bowie's, "Rebel Rebel"
Misheard Lyrics: You got a few lines and a handful of ladies.
Original Lyrics: You got your cue line and a handful of 'ludes.
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Elton John's, "Bennie and the Jets"
Misheard Lyrics: Baby, baby, baby
Original Lyrics: Bennie, Bennie, Bennie
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Freda Payne's, "Band of Gold"
Misheard Lyrics: All that's left is a Vanagon
Original Lyrics: All that's left is a band of gold
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Isaac Hayes', "Joy Part I"
Misheard Lyrics: In a way that will never fart
Original Lyrics: In a way that will never part
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Isaac Hayes', "Never Can Say Goodbye"
Misheard Lyrics: Even though the playful party
Original Lyrics: Even though the pain and heartache
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Isaac Hayes', "Theme from Shaft"
Misheard Lyrics: He's a constipated man
Original Lyrics: He's a complicated man
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John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John's, "You're the One That I Want"
Misheard Lyrics: You're a bluthering bum
Original Lyrics: You're the one that I want
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Leo Sayer's, "The Show Must Go On"
Misheard Lyrics: Baby, although I toast this lonely life
It seems it's strange with me now All the world men - big cigars, gigantic cars They're all laughing at me now ... Baby, there's an enormous crowd of people And they're all laughin', laugh, laugh Original Lyrics: Baby, although I chose this lonely life
It seems it's strangling me now All the wild men, big cigars, gigantic cars They're all laughing at me now ... Baby, there's an enormous crowd of people And they're all after my blood |
Neil Young's, "Alabama"
Misheard Lyrics: Banjos playin' through the broken glass
Wind blows down in Alabam See the old folks tyin' white ropes Hear the banjo come to take you down home ... I'm from a new land I come to you, man See, all is ruined What are you doin' Alabam? Original Lyrics: Banjos playin' through the broken glass
Windows down in Alabama See the old folks tied in white ropes Hear the banjo Don't it take you down home? ... I'm from a new land I come to you and see all this ruin What are you doin' Alabama? |
The Eagles', "Take It Easy"
Misheard Lyrics: Looking for a lover who won't blow my brother
Original Lyrics: Looking for a lover who won't blow my cover.
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1980s | |
.38 Special's, "Caught Up in You"
Misheard Lyrics: I’m calling you
Original Lyrics: I’m caught up in you
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Adam and the Ants', "Stand and Deliver"
Misheard Lyrics: Lilly Daddy hollyman
Original Lyrics: I'm the dandy highwayman
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Cliff Richard's, "Carrie"
Misheard Lyrics: Carrie had a date with the wrong kind of fate
It's plain to see Another missing person One of many, we are sure The young wear their freedom Like cheaper fuel (It's useless information) Return to my car (A helpless situation) You're nothing at all You're just another message on a payphone wall Original Lyrics: Carrie had a date with her own kind of fate
It's plain to see Another missing person One of many we assume The young wear their freedom Like cheap perfume (It's useless information) Returning my call (To help the situation) They've nothing at all You're just another message on a payphone wall |
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Edie Brickell and the New Bohemians', "What I Am"
Misheard Lyrics: Church meets in the shallow waters
Before I get too deek Original Lyrics: Choke me in the shallow waters
Before I get too deep. |
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Holly Johnson's, "Americanos"
Misheard Lyrics: High schools and swimming pools, King Charles and fools
Original Lyrics: High schools and swimming pools, king sharks and fools
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Howard Jones', "No One Is to Blame"
Misheard Lyrics: You can feel the furniture
Original Lyrics: You can feel the punishment
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INXS's, "Need You Tonight"
Misheard Lyrics: There's something about you girl
That makes me s**t! Original Lyrics: There's something about you girl
That makes me sweat. |
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Journey's, "I'll Be Alright Without You"
Misheard Lyrics: I'll be around without you.
They'll be someone else, I keep telling little heart Original Lyrics: I'll be alright without you.
They'll be someone else, I keep telling myself |
Laid Back's, "White Horse"
Misheard Lyrics: Wide humps
Go ride the wide humps Original Lyrics: White horse
Don't ride the white horse. |
Patrick Swayze's, "She's Like the Wind"
Misheard Lyrics: Just a cure for relief
Original Lyrics: Just a fool to believe
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Peter Cetera's, "Glory of Love"
Misheard Lyrics: Beautiful weather
Original Lyrics: We'll live forever
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Scorpions', "Still Loving You"
Misheard Lyrics: Things that kids will love
or Things the kids will love Original Lyrics: Things that killed our love
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Talking Heads', "Once in a Lifetime"
Misheard Lyrics: Water the dairy and water the moon
Original Lyrics: Water dissolving and water removing.
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Whitesnake's, "Here I Go Again"
Misheard Lyrics: Like a Christian I was born in Oklahoma
Original Lyrics: Like a drifter I was born to walk alone
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1990s | |
Billy Joel's, "The River of Dreams"
Misheard Lyrics: In the middle of the night I go walking in my sleep
From the mountains of fame to the river so deep (Later) I know I'm searching for something Something someone can't find that it can only be seen by the eyes of the blonde OR Something so hard to find that it can only be seen by the eyes of the blonde Original Lyrics: In the middle of the night I go walking in my sleep
From the mountains of faith to the river so deep (Later) I know I'm searching for something Something so undefined that it can only be seen by the eyes of the blind |
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Deee-lite's, "Groove Is In The Heart"
Misheard Lyrics: Love chills that you spill up my back keep me filled with satisfaction when we're done
Original Lyrics: The chills that you spill up my back keep me filled with satisfaction when we're done
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Erasure's, "Chorus"
Misheard Lyrics: You'll find treasure, I'm kicking up bones
Original Lyrics: You'll find treasure while cooking up bones
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Heavy D and the Boyz's, "Now That We Found Love"
Misheard Lyrics: Then she wanted to learn so we had school on a school day
Original Lyrics: Then she wanted to learn so we did school and I schooled her
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Mariah Carey's, "Fantasy"
Misheard Lyrics: But it's just a sweet emancipation
Original Lyrics: (But it's just a) sweet, sweet fantasy, baby.
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Melissa Etheridge's, "Come to My Window"
Misheard Lyrics: Just to leave you
Original Lyrics: Just to reach you
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System of a Down's, "DDevil"
Misheard Lyrics: 1996! 1996!
Original Lyrics: Then themselves! Then themselves!
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The Bloodhound Gang's, "The Bad Touch"
Misheard Lyrics: Let’s do it like they do it
Only on the Disney Channel Original Lyrics: Let’s do it like they do it
On the Discovery Channel |
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2000s | |
Ashley Tisdale's, "Positivity"
Misheard Lyrics: So where's this heifer?
Original Lyrics: The glass is half full
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Good Charlotte's, "Dance Floor Anthem"
Misheard Lyrics: Get a beatdown
If you've got epilepsy, I don't wanna be in love Original Lyrics: Feel the beat now!
If you've got nothing left, Say I don't wanna be in love |
LeAnn Rimes', "Can't Fight the Moonlight"
Misheard Lyrics: You can try to be sis
Original Lyrics: You can try to resist
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Rise Against's, "Behind Closed Doors"
Misheard Lyrics: Chest road and tables tadpoled
Original Lyrics: Chairs thrown and tables toppled
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SeeMore's Playhouse's, "Oops I Made a Mistake"
Misheard Lyrics: When you get your baby seats
Original Lyrics: When you get your ABCs
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The Killers', "Somebody Told Me"
Misheard Lyrics: Well, somebody hold me
Original Lyrics: Well, somebody told me
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Taylor Swift's, "You Belong with Me"
Misheard Lyrics: I eat Snickers
Original Lyrics: I wear sneakers
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