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1950s | |
Bobby Darin's, "Mack the Knife"
Misheard Lyrics: Has such sheep, dear
Original Lyrics: Has such teeth, dear
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1960s | |
Creedence Clearwater Revival's, "Keep On Chooglin'"
Misheard Lyrics: Don't take yo pants off
Right in front the guitar Original Lyrics: Go on, take your pick
Right from the get go |
Creedence Clearwater Revival's, "Lookin' Out My Back Door"
Misheard Lyrics: Tangerines and elephants
Original Lyrics: Tambourines and elephants
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Creedence Clearwater Revival's, "Proud Mary"
Misheard Lyrics: Big wheel keep on toinin
Proud Mary keep on boinin Original Lyrics: Big wheels keep on turnin'
Proud Mary keep on burnin' |
Stone Poneys', "Different Drum"
Misheard Lyrics: So, don't get me wrong it's not that I'm knockin'.
Original Lyrics: So, don't get me wrong it's not that I knock it.
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The Beatles', "Come Together"
Misheard Lyrics: He got walking fingers
Original Lyrics: He got monkey finger
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The Beatles', "Come Together"
Misheard Lyrics: He want spine-o crackers.
Original Lyrics: He one spinal cracker.
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The Mindbenders', "It's Getting Harder All the Time"
Misheard Lyrics: I get a hard on
All the time Original Lyrics: It's getting harder
All the time |
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1970s | |
Billy Joel's, "She's Always a Woman"
Misheard Lyrics: And she'll promise you more
Than the Garden of Evil Original Lyrics: And she'll promise you more
Than the Garden of Eden |
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David Soul's, "Don't Give Up On Us"
Misheard Lyrics: Don't give up on this gyro
Original Lyrics: Don't give up on us, I know
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Deep Purple's, "Smoke on the Water"
Misheard Lyrics: To make records with a moepouv
Original Lyrics: To make records with a mobile
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Lord David Dundas', "Jeans On"
Misheard Lyrics: I need to have you near me, I need to feel your clothes on me
Original Lyrics: I need to have you near me, I need to feel you close to me
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Rick Dees and His Case of Idiots', "Disco Duck"
Misheard Lyrics: Bissell vac
Original Lyrics: Disco Duck
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The Addrisi Brothers', ""Nanny" (Nanny and the Professor theme song)"
Misheard Lyrics: Phoebe Filigree is a silly name
And so many silly things keep happening What is this magic thing about? Nanny is in love Yes, guess this woman is magic Original Lyrics: Phoebe Figalilly is a silly name
And so many silly things keep happening What is this magic thing about Nanny? Is it love or is it magic? |
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Three Dog Night's, "Joy to the World"
Misheard Lyrics: All the busy girls
Original Lyrics: All the boys and girls
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Tommy James', "Draggin' The Line"
Misheard Lyrics: Takin' a drag Smokin' a drag
Original Lyrics: Draggin' the line Draggin' the line
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1980s | |
AC/DC's, "Highway To Hell"
Misheard Lyrics: It is seasoned digger on a one way ride. NOTE: see Australian slang for ' digger ' meaning ...ingenuity, good-humoured mate etc
Original Lyrics: Livin' easy, lovin' free
Season ticket on a one way ride. |
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ACDC's, "Dirty Deeds"
Misheard Lyrics: Dirty deeds and the Dunder Chief
Original Lyrics: Dirty deeds and they’re done dirt cheep
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Billy Joel's, "A Matter of Trust"
Misheard Lyrics: Some love is just a lie of the bomb
Original Lyrics: Some love is just a lie of the heart
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Genesis', "Tonight, Tonight, Tonight"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm gonna make you lie
Original Lyrics: I'm gonna make it right
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George Harrison's, "Got My Mind Set on You"
Misheard Lyrics: My #9 set on you
Original Lyrics: I got my mind set on you
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Hazel O'Connor's, "Will You?"
Misheard Lyrics: I wonder if you're staying out
Original Lyrics: I wonder if you'll stay now
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John Lennon's, "Nobody Told Me"
Misheard Lyrics: Nobody told me there’d be knees like these
Original Lyrics: Nobody told me there’d be days like these
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KC & the Sunshine Band's, "Please Don’t Go"
Misheard Lyrics: Please go home
Original Lyrics: Please Don’t Go
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Richard Marx's, "Angelia"
Misheard Lyrics: I lie away at night
Original Lyrics: I lie awake at night
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Talking Heads', "Wild Wild Life"
Misheard Lyrics: I’m wearing my fur pajamas; and they ride up!
Original Lyrics: I’m wearing my fur pajamas. I ride a hot potato.
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The Police's, "Synchronicity II"
Misheard Lyrics: Of a dark Spotify
Original Lyrics: Of a dark Scottish loch
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1990s | |
Joan Osborne's, "One of Us"
Misheard Lyrics: What if Tom was one of us?
Original Lyrics: What if God was one of us?
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Little Richard's, "Ride on the Magic School Bus"
Misheard Lyrics: Somethin' on a salad
Original Lyrics: Surfin' on a sound wave
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Michael Jackson's, "Black or White"
Misheard Lyrics: It's a tough war on a global scale
Original Lyrics: It's a turf war on a global scale
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R Kelly's, "If I Could Turn Back the Hands of Time"
Misheard Lyrics: Funny how time goes by
And blessings are missed in the wake of an eye Why oh why oh why, we won't have to go home suffering Original Lyrics: Funny how time goes by
And blessings are missed in the wink of an eye Why oh why oh why, should one have to go on suffering |
Rage Against The Machine's, "Bulls On Parade"
Misheard Lyrics: Rainin' on the family! With a pocket full of shout.
Original Lyrics: Rally round tha family! With a pocket full of shells.
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2000s | |
Animal Collective's, "Also Frightened"
Misheard Lyrics: Are you also crying?
Original Lyrics: Are you also frightened?
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Animal Collective's, "My Girls"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm about this way
Original Lyrics: On my father's grave
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Dante Thomas', "Miss California"
Misheard Lyrics: Hottest thing in this ballet
Original Lyrics: Hottest thing in West L.A.
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Funeral for a Friend's, "Escape Artists Never Die"
Misheard Lyrics: We're a hundred thousand mice
Original Lyrics: With a hundred thousand lights
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Hinder's, "Lips of an Angel"
Misheard Lyrics: Let her down,
Never wanna say goodbye Original Lyrics: And I
Never want to say goodbye. |
Keane's, "Somewhere Only We Know"
Misheard Lyrics: Oh, Santa Fe, where have you gone?
Original Lyrics: Oh, simple thing, where have you gone?
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Michelle Branch's, "Everywhere"
Misheard Lyrics: The part of you that's dripping over meat
Original Lyrics: The part of you that's tripping over me
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Slipknot's, "Psychosocial"
Misheard Lyrics: Beckon, she's a virgin
Original Lyrics: Packaging subversion.
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Slipknot's, "Psychosocial"
Misheard Lyrics: Circumscision, circumscision, circumscision
Circum scision, circumscision, circumscision Original Lyrics: Psychosocial, psychosocial, psychosocial
Psychosocial, psychosocial, psychosocial |
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2010s | |
Major Lazer with DJ Snake feat. MØ's, "Lean On"
Misheard Lyrics: Markus, fire a gun
Original Lyrics: Blow a kiss, fire a gun
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Niall Horan's, "Nice to Meet Ya"
Misheard Lyrics: Let me treat ya to a dream
Original Lyrics: Let me treat ya to a drink
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