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1950s | |
1960s | |
Disney's Mary Poppins', "Jolly Holiday"
Misheard Lyrics: You'd never think of p*ssing in the foliage,
Forbearance is the hallmark of your pee Original Lyrics: You'd never think of pressing your advantage,
Forbearance is the hallmark of your creed |
Shocking Blue's, "Venus"
Misheard Lyrics: Your baby, she's got it.
Original Lyrics: Yeah baby, she's got it.
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The Knickerbockers', "Lies"
Misheard Lyrics: Someday you're gonna do one thing
Original Lyrics: Someday you're gonna be lonely
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1970s | |
Blondie's, "Heart of Glass"
Misheard Lyrics: If I fear of Blue’s Clues
or If I fear of Blue’s Clues & You Original Lyrics: If I fear of losing you
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Julia Rinker's, "Three's Company"
Misheard Lyrics: Down at our honeymoon
Original Lyrics: Down at our rendezvous
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Paul Simon's, "Kodachrome"
Misheard Lyrics: Mama, don't take my cobra home
Original Lyrics: Mama, don't take my Kodachrome
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The Four Tops', "Ain’t No Woman (Like the One I Got)"
Misheard Lyrics: Ain’t no woman like the one I loathe
Original Lyrics: Ain’t no woman like the one I love
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Wings', "Listen to What the Man Said"
Misheard Lyrics: That's not Ted Danson
Original Lyrics: That's what the man said
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1980s | |
Journey's, "Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)"
Misheard Lyrics: Feeling that it's come
Original Lyrics: Feeling that it's gone
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Kenny Loggins', "Footloose"
Misheard Lyrics: You're burning urine for sure
Original Lyrics: You're burning, yearning for some--
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New Order's, "Blue Monday"
Misheard Lyrics: Thought I was forsaken
Original Lyrics: Thought I was mistaken
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Patti LaBelle's, "New Attitude"
Misheard Lyrics: I gotta move out of room
Original Lyrics: I got a new attitude
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Paul McCartney's, "No More Lonely Nights"
Misheard Lyrics: You're on Guiding Light
Original Lyrics: You're my guiding light
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Paul McCartney's, "Spies Like Us"
Misheard Lyrics: So what's all the f***?
Original Lyrics: So what's all the fuss?
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Paul McCartney's, "Take It Away"
Misheard Lyrics: Don't you want to say
Original Lyrics: Don't you want to stay
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Paula Abdul's, "Opposites Attract"
Misheard Lyrics: It ain't bitchin'
Original Lyrics: It ain't fiction
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Queen's, "Radio Gaga"
Misheard Lyrics: You of something made by Mars
Original Lyrics: Wars of worlds invaded by Mars
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Roxy Music's, "Love Is the Drug"
Misheard Lyrics: Love is the truck
Original Lyrics: Love is the drug
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Roxy Music's, "More Than This"
Misheard Lyrics: As free as the limb
Original Lyrics: As free as the wind
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Roxy Music's, "Oh Yeah (On the Radio)"
Misheard Lyrics: Oh they took me by surprise
Original Lyrics: Overtook me by surprise
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Sly Fox's, "Let's Go All the Way"
Misheard Lyrics: Chum Chum Zimmy Mimmy
Original Lyrics: (Synthesizer intro)
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Spandau Ballet's, "Gold"
Misheard Lyrics: You're in the soccer ball
Original Lyrics: You're indestructible
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Thomas Dolby's, "She Blinded Me with Science"
Misheard Lyrics: I can smell the tentacles
Original Lyrics: I can smell the chemicals
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Tierra's, "Together"
Misheard Lyrics: Must without a place to go
Original Lyrics: Lost without a place to go
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Tina Turner's, "Typical Male"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm a physical man
or I'm a typical man Original Lyrics: I'm a typical male
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1990s | |
Backstreet Boys', "I Want It That Way"
Misheard Lyrics: Ain't nothing but a big stain
Original Lyrics: Ain't nothing but a mistake
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Cast of Barney & Friends', "My Yellow Blankey"
Misheard Lyrics: I like my yellow brandy in the day and night
Original Lyrics: I like my yellow blankey in the day and night
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Cast of Barney & Friends', "The Baby Bop Hop"
Misheard Lyrics: You feel tick-tock
Original Lyrics: You feel tip-top
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Collective Soul's, "Where the River Flows"
Misheard Lyrics: By yourself you’re…
Original Lyrics: Buy yourself a…
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FireHouse's, "Don't Treat Me Bad"
Misheard Lyrics: I have just cheated
Original Lyrics: I've been mistreated
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Skid Row's, "I Remember You"
Misheard Lyrics: I'd steal a lifeline into your mind
Original Lyrics: I'd stare a lifetime into your eyes
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Trisha Yearwood's, "How Do I Live"
Misheard Lyrics: How do I live without you, lady?
OR How do I live without you, Hayley? Original Lyrics: How do I live without you, baby?
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Westlife's, "Swear It Again"
Misheard Lyrics: 'Cause in your eyes I see a love that burns internally
And if you see how beautiful you are to me, and no, I'm not lying Original Lyrics: 'Cause in your eyes I see a love that burns eternally
And if you see how beautiful you are to me you'll know I'm not lying |
2000s | |
Alanis Morissette's, "Everything"
Misheard Lyrics: I am the wisest woman in every man
Original Lyrics: I am the wisest woman you've ever met
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Avril Lavigne's, "Nobody's Home"
Misheard Lyrics: But nobody's whole
Original Lyrics: But nobody's home
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Fantasia's, "I Believe"
Misheard Lyrics: And did you find your bag of dope?
Original Lyrics: And did you find your pot of gold?
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Gavin DeGraw's, "I Don't Want to Be"
Misheard Lyrics: Trying to be a lady
Original Lyrics: Trying to be lately
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Green Day's, "Boulevard of Broken Dreams"
Misheard Lyrics: My shallow heart's the only thing that's painting
OR My shallow heart's the only thing that's fainting Original Lyrics: My shallow heart's the only thing that's beating.
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Michelle Branch's, "Are You Happy Now?"
Misheard Lyrics: And I know it's just not you
Original Lyrics: And I know it's just no use
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Michelle Branch's, "Breathe"
Misheard Lyrics: I've been driving for an owl
Original Lyrics: I've been driving for an hour
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2010s | |
Swedish House Mafia's, "Don't You Worry Child"
Misheard Lyrics: Jihad has got a plan for you
Original Lyrics: See heaven's got a plan for you
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misc | |
Theme Songs', "Overture ('Bugs Bunny Show' theme song)"
Misheard Lyrics: Overturn, cut the lights
or Oh, for sure, cut the lights Original Lyrics: Overture, curtain, lights
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