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1950s | |
Elvis Presley's, "Jailhouse Rock"
Misheard Lyrics: Everybody, let's lock
Original Lyrics: Everybody, let's rock
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1960s | |
Disney's Mary Poppins', "Jolly Holiday"
Misheard Lyrics: When Mary holds your hand,
Her fee's a grand Original Lyrics: When Mary holds your hand,
It feels so grand |
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1970s | |
Al Green's, "Let’s Stay Together"
Misheard Lyrics: Let’s get together
Original Lyrics: Let’s stay together
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Barry Manilow's, "Can't Smile Without You"
Misheard Lyrics: I feel bland when you're bland
Original Lyrics: I feel glad when you're glad
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Bruce Springsteen's, "Jungleland"
Misheard Lyrics: Kids flash guitars just like slick brains
Original Lyrics: Kids flash guitars just like switch blades
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David Bowie's, "Changes"
Misheard Lyrics: Time to face the change
Original Lyrics: Turn and face the strange
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Gerry Rafferty's, "Get It Right Next Time"
Misheard Lyrics: You need erection
Original Lyrics: You need direction
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Kenny Rogers', "Lucille"
Misheard Lyrics: Four hundred children and a corpse in the fields
Original Lyrics: With four hungry children and a crop in the field.
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The Who's, "We're Not Gonna Take It"
Misheard Lyrics: Put on your ice age
Original Lyrics: Put on your eye shades
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1980s | |
Bon Jovi's, "Never Say Goodbye"
Misheard Lyrics: Maybe say goodbye
Original Lyrics: Never say goodbye
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Don Henley's, "The Last Worthless Evening"
Misheard Lyrics: This is the mess worth deceiving
Original Lyrics: This is the last worthless evening
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George Harrison's, "Got My Mind Set on You"
Misheard Lyrics: It's gonna take anxious time
Original Lyrics: It's gonna take patience and time
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George Harrison's, "Got My Mind Set on You"
Misheard Lyrics: It's gonna take platinum money
Original Lyrics: It's gonna take plenty of money
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Irene Cara's, "Flashdance...What a Feeling"
Misheard Lyrics: Take your traction
Original Lyrics: Take your passion
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Jackson Browne's, "Boulevard"
Misheard Lyrics: Down at the golden gun
Original Lyrics: Down at the golden cup
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Jackson Browne's, "For America"
Misheard Lyrics: I have played for America
Original Lyrics: I have prayed for America
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Jackson Browne's, "Tender Is the Night"
Misheard Lyrics: Tennis in July
Original Lyrics: Tender is the night
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Loverboy's, "Heaven in Your Eyes"
Misheard Lyrics: I can see that Heather’s in your eyes
Original Lyrics: I can see that heaven in your eyes
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Naked Eyes', "Always Something There to Remind Me"
Misheard Lyrics: I passed the smoke in there
Original Lyrics: I passed the small cafe
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Oingo Boingo's, "Little Girls"
Misheard Lyrics: When they're loud
Original Lyrics: When they're around
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Paul Carrack's, "Don't Shed a Tear"
Misheard Lyrics: Don't shoot a deer for me
Original Lyrics: Don't shed a tear for me
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Paul Davis', "Love or Let Me Be Lonely"
Misheard Lyrics: In this living room
Original Lyrics: In this lonely room
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Philip Bailey and Phil Collins', "Easy Lover"
Misheard Lyrics: She's a meaty lover
Original Lyrics: She's an easy lover
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Tears for Fears', "Everybody Wants to Rule the World"
Misheard Lyrics: Who would care when the world's gonna tie me down.
Original Lyrics: Holding hands while the walls come tumbling down.
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Tears for Fears', "Sowing the Seeds of Love"
Misheard Lyrics: No books to read
Original Lyrics: There are books to read
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Wee Sing's, "Looby Loo"
Misheard Lyrics: You eat your rice pudding
Original Lyrics: You put your right foot in
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1990s | |
Alanis Morissette's, "All I Really Want"
Misheard Lyrics: It’s unbelievable
Original Lyrics: And all I really want
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Celine Dion's, "To Love You More"
Misheard Lyrics: You're inside my heart
Original Lyrics: Here inside my heart
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Green Day's, "Nice Guys Finish Last"
Misheard Lyrics: Nice geysers finish last
Original Lyrics: Nice guys finish last
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Joe Public's, "Live and Learn"
Misheard Lyrics: You got to live and learn
And then get Luvs Original Lyrics: You got to live and learn
Before your bridges burn |
Michael Jackson's, "Earth Song"
Misheard Lyrics: What about all the things that we simply were to gain?
(Later) What about foreigners? Original Lyrics: What about all the things that you said we were to gain?
(Later) What about forest trails? |
Queensryche's, "Jet City Woman"
Misheard Lyrics: Waited so long I can't wait another day to f*** you
Original Lyrics: Waited so long I can't wait another day without you
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R.E.M.'s, "Man on the Moon"
Misheard Lyrics: Anybody goofing on errors?
Original Lyrics: Andy, are you goofing on Elvis?
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The Breeders', "Cannonball"
Misheard Lyrics: Speeding in a wishing well
Original Lyrics: Spitting in a wishing well
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The Cardigans', "My Favourite Game"
Misheard Lyrics: I had a vision I could turn it right
A super mission and a lethal fight Original Lyrics: I had a vision I could turn you right
A stupid mission and a legal fight |
The Proclaimers', "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)"
Misheard Lyrics: And I'm gonna want 500 smiles
Original Lyrics: And I would walk 500 miles
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‘N Sync's, "Tearin’ Up My Heart"
Misheard Lyrics: Things are getting out of hell
Original Lyrics: Things are getting out of hand
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2000s | |
Alicia Keys', "Try Sleeping with a Broken Heart"
Misheard Lyrics: Why don't you hold me, knee me?
OR Why don't you hold me near me? Original Lyrics: Why don't you hold me, need me?
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Beyonce's, "Irreplaceable"
Misheard Lyrics: Doodling, doodling
Original Lyrics: To the left, to the left
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Michelle Branch's, "All You Wanted"
Misheard Lyrics: I can take you, wait for me
Original Lyrics: I can take you away from here
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Mis-Teeq's, "Style"
Misheard Lyrics: You got a nice career, you got it all
Original Lyrics: You got a nice crib, you got it all
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2010s | |
Katy Perry's, "Teenage Dream"
Misheard Lyrics: Let's go on the way tonight
Original Lyrics: Let's go all the way tonight
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Dolly Parton's, "Heartbreaker"
Misheard Lyrics: Thinking about what I shouldn't know
Original Lyrics: Thinking about what I should have known
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