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1960s | |
Bobby Vinton's, "Blue Velvet"
Misheard Lyrics: She wants blue Elvis
Original Lyrics: She wore blue velvet
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Movie Scripts', "Psycho (1960)"
Misheard Lyrics: May I see your Lysol?
Original Lyrics: May I see your license?
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Tommy Roe's, "Dizzy"
Misheard Lyrics: I finally got to torture you and I told you just exactly how I felt
Original Lyrics: I finally got to talk to you and I told you just exactly how I felt
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1970s | |
AC/DC's, "Rock 'n' Roll Singer"
Misheard Lyrics: Gonna be a rock 'n' roll sinner
Original Lyrics: Gonna be a rock 'n' roll singer
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Carpenters', "I Need to Be in Love"
Misheard Lyrics: Without a French in sight
Original Lyrics: Without a friend in sight
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Dr. Hook's, "A Little Bit More"
Misheard Lyrics: When you think I've drugged you all I can,
I'm gonna drug you a little bit more Original Lyrics: When you think I've loved you all I can,
I'm gonna love you a little bit more |
Orleans', "Still the One"
Misheard Lyrics: That's my better hand
Original Lyrics: That's my better half
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The Bee Gees', "More than a Woman"
Misheard Lyrics: Norman's a woman,
Norman's a woman to me Original Lyrics: More than a woman
More than a woman to me |
The Stranglers', "No More Heroes"
Misheard Lyrics: He got a nice pig
Original Lyrics: He got an ice pick
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The Stranglers', "Something Better Change"
Misheard Lyrics: You're sublime to see it
Original Lyrics: You're too blind to see it
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1980s | |
Burton Cummings', "You Saved My Soul"
Misheard Lyrics: We were mothers for so long
or We were robbers for so long Original Lyrics: We were lovers for so long
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Cyndi Lauper's, "Change of Heart"
Misheard Lyrics: It just takes a bee
Original Lyrics: It just takes a beat
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Depeche Mode's, "Master and Servant"
Misheard Lyrics: There’s a new day we like to play, Lucy
Original Lyrics: There’s a new game we like to play, you see
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New Order's, "Thieves Like Us"
Misheard Lyrics: You were always so vague
Original Lyrics: You were always so vain
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Steely Dan's, "Time Out of Mind"
Misheard Lyrics: On this gloomy day
Original Lyrics: On this glory day
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Steve Winwood's, "Higher Love"
Misheard Lyrics: Bring me a high end store
Original Lyrics: Bring me a higher love
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The Clash's, "Straight to Hell"
Misheard Lyrics: There ain’t no sirens here
Original Lyrics: There ain’t no asylum here
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Thompson Twins', "Lies"
Misheard Lyrics: Heinz, Heinz, Heinz, yeah!
Original Lyrics: Lies, lies, lies, yeah!
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Van Halen's, "Why Can’t This Be Love"
Misheard Lyrics: It’s got 20 takes
Original Lyrics: It’s got what it takes
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Wham!'s, "Careless Whisper"
Misheard Lyrics: I wish that we could lose his crown
Original Lyrics: I wish that we could lose this crowd
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Wham!'s, "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go"
Misheard Lyrics: Jennifer
or Juniper or Jupiter or Dinnertime Original Lyrics: Jitterbug
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1990s | |
Amy Grant's, "Takes a Little Time"
Misheard Lyrics: Baby, you're not gonna die
Original Lyrics: Baby, you're not going down
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CeCe Peniston's, "Finally"
Misheard Lyrics: The way I feel about you it just gives me the runs
If you only knew the way I feel about you, I just can't describe it, oh no no Finally it has happened to me, right in front of my face And no words can't describe it Original Lyrics: The way I feel about you it just can't be wrong
If you only knew the way I feel about you, I just can't describe it, oh no no Finally it has happened to me, right in front of my face My feelings can't describe it |
Depeche Mode's, "Barrel of a Gun"
Misheard Lyrics: A vision’s appetite
Original Lyrics: A vicious appetite
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Green Day's, "Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)"
Misheard Lyrics: It's only unapplicable
Original Lyrics: It's something unpredictable
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Hootie & the Blowfish's, "Hold My Hand"
Misheard Lyrics: With a little luck
or With a little look Original Lyrics: With a little love
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Los Del Rio's, "Macarena"
Misheard Lyrics: Come Johnny, dance Whitney
Original Lyrics: Come join me, dance with me
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Madonna's, "Frozen"
Misheard Lyrics: Don't waste your time with pain and regret
or Don't waste your time with hate and regret Original Lyrics: You waste your time with hate and regret
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Martika's, "Martika's Kitchen"
Misheard Lyrics: Don't you just love suppertime in the city?
OR Don't you just love spoon time in the city? Original Lyrics: Don't you just love springtime in the city?
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Natasha Bedingfield's, "Unwritten"
Misheard Lyrics: Standing at the blank page before you
Original Lyrics: Staring at the blank page before you
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Rod Stewart's, "Reason to Believe"
Misheard Lyrics: Still I look to find my reason of bullying
Original Lyrics: Still I look to find a reason to believe
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Sarah McLachlan's, "Adia"
Misheard Lyrics: 'cause we are born in a sin
Original Lyrics: 'cause we are born innocent
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Sarah McLachlan's, "I Will Remember You"
Misheard Lyrics: Waiting on for the memories
Original Lyrics: Weep not for the memories
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Selena's, "I Could Fall in Love"
Misheard Lyrics: I could phone in love with you
Original Lyrics: I could fall in love with you
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Toni Braxton's, "You're Makin' Me High"
Misheard Lyrics: You make my tentacles rise
Original Lyrics: You make my temperatures rise
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U2's, "The Fly"
Misheard Lyrics: It's no secret ambition bites the needles of success
Original Lyrics: It's no secret ambition bites the nails of success
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2000s | |
Eminem's, "Cleaning Out My Closet"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm sorry momma
I never meant to hurt you I never meant to make you cry, But tonight, I'm takin' out my sausage Original Lyrics: I'm sorry, Mama
I never meant to hurt you I never meant to make you cry But tonight, I'm cleaning out my closet. |
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Jennifer Lopez's, "Jenny from the Block"
Misheard Lyrics: You can’t get a penny from the Bronze
or You can’t get a penny from the Bronx Original Lyrics: You can’t get a penny from the block
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2010s | |
Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello's, "Señorita"
Misheard Lyrics: Her body fell right in my hands, la-la-la
It felt like cool, la-la-la, yeah Original Lyrics: Her body fit right in my hands, la-la-la
It felt like ooh, la-la-la, yeah |
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country | |
Shania Twain's, "You're Still the One"
Misheard Lyrics: You're still the one-eyed kiss goodnight
Original Lyrics: You're still the one I kiss goodnight
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misc | |
Traditional's, "Sing a Song of Sixpence"
Misheard Lyrics: A pocket full of rhyme
Original Lyrics: A pocket full of rye
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