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1960s | |
The Toys', "A Lover’s Concerto"
Misheard Lyrics: Burned high up in a tree
Original Lyrics: Bird high up in a tree
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Tommy James and the Shondells', "Crystal Blue Persuasion"
Misheard Lyrics: Love, love is the answer (ooh, ooh)
And that's a lie. Original Lyrics: Love, love is the answer (ooh, ooh)
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1970s | |
Cast of Evita's, "Rainbow High"
Misheard Lyrics: I want to be rain or shine
Original Lyrics: I wanna be rainbow high
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Daniel Boone's, "Beautiful Sunday"
Misheard Lyrics: Birds are singing, blow by my side
Original Lyrics: Birds are singing, you by my side
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Giorgio Moroder's, "From Here to Eternity"
Misheard Lyrics: From here to maternity
Original Lyrics: From here to eternity
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Hot Chocolate's, "A Child's Prayer"
Misheard Lyrics: Is that why half the world is starting?
Original Lyrics: Is that why half the world is starving?
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Hot Chocolate's, "Brother Louie"
Misheard Lyrics: Movie, movie, movie, movie
Original Lyrics: Louie, Louie, Louie, Louie
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Hot Chocolate's, "Cheri Babe"
Misheard Lyrics: I wish I had a hard-ball stone
Original Lyrics: I wish I had a heart of stone
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Hot Chocolate's, "Don't Stop It Now"
Misheard Lyrics: Your lips are warning like a fire
Original Lyrics: Your lips are warmer than a fire
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Hot Chocolate's, "Heaven is in the Back Seat of My Cadillac"
Misheard Lyrics: Que sera
Original Lyrics: Can't stand it
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Hot Chocolate's, "I Believe (in Love)"
Misheard Lyrics: Making me strung
Original Lyrics: Making me strong
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Hot Chocolate's, "I'll Put You Together Again"
Misheard Lyrics: Put down your fabric
Original Lyrics: Put down your tablets
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Hot Chocolate's, "Put Your Love in Me"
Misheard Lyrics: Tonight I wanna be in Paris
Original Lyrics: Tonight I wanna be in heaven
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Hot Chocolate's, "You'll Always Be a Friend"
Misheard Lyrics: Is it time for me to show...
Original Lyrics: Is it time for me to go...
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Silver Convention's, "Fly, Robin, Fly"
Misheard Lyrics: Why, mommy, why?
Original Lyrics: Fly, Robin, fly
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Supertramp's, "Breakfast in America"
Misheard Lyrics: But the motherf***er can do
Original Lyrics: But there's not a lot I can do
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1980s | |
10,000 Maniacs', "What's the Matter Here?"
Misheard Lyrics: We live on Morbid Street
Original Lyrics: We live on Morgan Street
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ABC's, "Tears Are Not Enough"
Misheard Lyrics: Tears for fields and fears
Original Lyrics: Tears for shields and spears
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Commercial's, "Andersen Windows"
Misheard Lyrics: Come home to policy
Original Lyrics: Come home to quality
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Glenn Medeiros', "Nothing's Gonna Change My Love For You"
Misheard Lyrics: You wanna change my whole life, true
OR If you wanna change my whole life, do Original Lyrics: The world may change my whole life through
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Hot Chocolate's, "Are You Getting Enough Happiness?"
Misheard Lyrics: Every time I open above
Original Lyrics: Every time I open a book
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Hot Chocolate's, "Chances"
Misheard Lyrics: When all have lost fate in you
Original Lyrics: When all have lost faith in you
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Hot Chocolate's, "No Doubt About It"
Misheard Lyrics: Came into my feud
Original Lyrics: Came into my view
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Hot Chocolate's, "Tears on the Telephone"
Misheard Lyrics: How did you
Original Lyrics: How could you
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Hot Chocolate's, "What Kinda Boy You Looking For (Girl)"
Misheard Lyrics: They say I'm not your guy
Original Lyrics: They say I'm not your kind
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Jack Wagner's, "All I Need"
Misheard Lyrics: Kissing you is not what I had banned
or Kissing you is not what I had panned Original Lyrics: Kissing you is not what I had planned
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The Cult's, "She Sells Sanctuary"
Misheard Lyrics: And those heads that turn, make my crack burn
Original Lyrics: And those heads that turn, make my back burn
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1990s | |
Armand Van Helden's, "Funk Phenomenon"
Misheard Lyrics: The poop banana.
Original Lyrics: Funk phenomenon
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Bon Jovi's, "Always"
Misheard Lyrics: Now I'm drowning in the floor
Original Lyrics: Now I'm drowning in the flood
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Meat Loaf's, "I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That)"
Misheard Lyrics: And sometimes you're parking nice
Original Lyrics: And sometimes you're carved in ice
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Movie Scripts', "Mr. Holland’s Opus"
Misheard Lyrics: You’re not Sebastian Bach
Original Lyrics: Johann Sebastian Bach
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No Doubt's, "Don't Speak"
Misheard Lyrics: I know what you're singing
Original Lyrics: I know what you're thinking
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Toni Braxton's, "I Belong to You"
Misheard Lyrics: I wouldn't shave
Original Lyrics: I wouldn't change
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Toni Braxton's, "I Love Me Some Him"
Misheard Lyrics: Another man will ever do
Original Lyrics: Another man will never do
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Toni Braxton's, "You Mean the World to Me"
Misheard Lyrics: Why I should not leave you
Original Lyrics: Why I should believe you
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2000s | |
All Saints', "Pure Shores"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm intrigued, damn unsure
Original Lyrics: I'm intrigued, I'm unsure
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All Saints', "Pure Shores"
Misheard Lyrics: It's pulling you, my dear, out of reach
Original Lyrics: It's calling you, my dear, out of reach
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Toni Braxton's, "Just Be a Man About It"
Misheard Lyrics: You know just for tonight
Original Lyrics: You know just for the night
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2010s | |
Michael Buble's, "Haven’t Met You Yet"
Misheard Lyrics: I just haven’t missed you yet
Original Lyrics: I just haven’t met you yet
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OneRepublic's, "Counting Stars"
Misheard Lyrics: And I don't think the world is sold, we're just doing what we're told
(Later) I could deny, could deny, could deny (Later) Sing in the river, the lessons are learned Original Lyrics: And I don't think the world is sold on just doing what we're told
(Later) I couldn't lie, couldn't lie, couldn't lie (Later) Sink in the river the lessons I've learned |
The Script's, "Rain"
Misheard Lyrics: You left with no warning and took the sun from my life
Original Lyrics: You left with no warning and took the summer from my life
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