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1950s | |
Danny and the Juniors', "At the Hop"
Misheard Lyrics: Let's go to the hawk
Original Lyrics: Let's go to the hop
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1960s | |
Beatles', "Eleanor Rigby"
Misheard Lyrics: Father McKenzie
Wiping the dirt from his gland as he walks from the grave Original Lyrics: Father McKenzie
Wiping the dirt from his hands as he walks from the grave |
Donovan's, "Hurdy Gurdy Man"
Misheard Lyrics: Humming light and shadows cast
Original Lyrics: Unenlightened shadows cast
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Neil Diamond's, "Sweet Caroline"
Misheard Lyrics: Hair, touching hair
OR Hair, touch my hair Original Lyrics: Hands, touching hands
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Skeeter Davis', "The End of the World"
Misheard Lyrics: Why does this song go on Chinese?
Original Lyrics: Why does the sun go on shining?
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The Foundations', "Build Me Up Buttercup"
Misheard Lyrics: I'll be gone
I'll be a shining star waiting for you. Original Lyrics: I'll be home
I'll be beside the phone waiting for you. |
Zager & Evans', "In the Year 2525"
Misheard Lyrics: You'll pick your son, pick your daughter too,
From the father-mother long life zoo Original Lyrics: You'll pick your son, pick your daughter too,
From the bottom of a long glass tube |
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1970s | |
Elton John's, "Your Song"
Misheard Lyrics: It's the people like Hugh that keep me turned on
Original Lyrics: It's for people like you that keep it turned on
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Gonzalez's, "Haven't Stopped Dancing Yet"
Misheard Lyrics: I haven't stopped w*nking Brett
Original Lyrics: I haven't stopped dancing yet
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Led Zeppelin's, "Over the Hills and Far Away"
Misheard Lyrics: Hey lady, Dr. Giovanni
Original Lyrics: Hey lady, you've got the love I need
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T-Rex's, "Bang a Gong (Get It On)"
Misheard Lyrics: You're due this week, and you're my girl
Original Lyrics: You're dirty sweet, and you're my girl
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1980s | |
'Til Tuesday's, "Voices Carry"
Misheard Lyrics: Hush hush, keep it down down; Royce is buried.
Original Lyrics: Hush hush, keep it down now, voices carry.
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Air Supply's, "Lost in Love"
Misheard Lyrics: You want some karaoke
Original Lyrics: You want to carry on
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Bee Gees', "You Win Again"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm surprised you let me stay a man
(Later) We got a little bit before we go and tear this love apart (Later) I'm gonna hate you from all sides Original Lyrics: I'm surprised you let me stay around you
(Later) We gotta level before we go and tear this love apart (Later) I'm gonna hit you from all sides |
Bros', "Drop The Boy"
Misheard Lyrics: I get down to drop my hair with a little touch of jail
(Later) I'd like Tibetan politics, can take another visit to the zoo Original Lyrics: I get down to dry my hair with a little touch of gel
(Later) I'd like to be in politics, can't take another visit to the zoo |
Bruce Springsteen's, "Hungry Heart"
Misheard Lyrics: I took my mother and she just kept going
Original Lyrics: I took a wrong turn and I just kept going
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Deep Purple's, "The Spanish Archer"
Misheard Lyrics: Let's not drag it out like a King Lear death scene
Original Lyrics: Let's not drag it out like a Cagney death scene
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Elton John's, "Sad Songs (Say So Much)"
Misheard Lyrics: South Park says so much
Original Lyrics: Sad songs say so much
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Foreigner's, "I Want to Know What Love Is"
Misheard Lyrics: I want some anchovies
Original Lyrics: I want you to show me
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Madonna's, "Angel"
Misheard Lyrics: And my saddle disappears
Original Lyrics: And my sadness disappears
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Matthew Wilder's, "Break My Stride"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm running and I'm one tough clown
Original Lyrics: I'm running and I won't touch ground
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R.E.M.'s, "It's the End of the World as We Know It"
Misheard Lyrics: Meet Bruce Forsyth
Original Lyrics: Leonard Bernstein
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R.E.M.'s, "It's the End of the World as We Know It"
Misheard Lyrics: That's great it starts with an EarthLink
Original Lyrics: That's great it starts with an earthquake
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The Stranglers', "Golden Brown"
Misheard Lyrics: Two distant lambs takes both my hands
Original Lyrics: To distant lands takes both my hands
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The Sugarhill Gang's, "Rapper's Delight"
Misheard Lyrics: I say "Oh, what a night"
Original Lyrics: I am the Wonder Mike
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Weather Girls', "It's Raining Men"
Misheard Lyrics: She took all of heaven and she did what she had to do
Original Lyrics: She took off to heaven and she did what she had to do
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1990s | |
Barbra Streisand and Bryan Adams', "I Finally Found Someone"
Misheard Lyrics: I finally found the world
or I finally found the word Original Lyrics: I finally found the one
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Celine Dion's, "It's All Coming Back To Me Now"
Misheard Lyrics: it was more than all your lousy love
Original Lyrics: It was more than all your laws allowed
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Jennifer Lopez's, "Waiting for Tonight"
Misheard Lyrics: I have spent all of my nights
Original Lyrics: I have spent all of my life
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Jesus Jones', "Right Here, Right Now"
Misheard Lyrics: This is the only place I'd rather be
Original Lyrics: There is no other place I'd rather be
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Soundgarden's, "Spoonman"
Misheard Lyrics: Save me, I'm together with your class
Original Lyrics: Save me, I'm together with your plans
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Styx's, "Show Me the Way"
Misheard Lyrics: So I play, I've lost my faith
Original Lyrics: So afraid that I've lost my faith
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2000s | |
Demon Hunter's, "Deteriorate"
Misheard Lyrics: My broken, tired hands can't feel a thing
Original Lyrics: My broken, tired hands can't build a thing
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Jennifer Lopez's, "Love Don't Cost a Thing"
Misheard Lyrics: Even if you were grown
Original Lyrics: Even if you were broke
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Manuel's, "Gas Gas Gas"
Misheard Lyrics: Let’s go to Idaho
Original Lyrics: let’s get out, I wanna go
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Rise Against's, "Survive"
Misheard Lyrics: Are we verging on a landslide
Or f***ing up our lives? Original Lyrics: Are we verging on an answer
Or f***ing up our lives? |
2010s | |
Bring Me the Horizon's, "Avalanche"
Misheard Lyrics: Daddy knows me 'cause I can't keep wondering why.
Original Lyrics: Diagnose me 'cause I can't keep wondering why
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Crusher-P's, "Echo"
Misheard Lyrics: I don't know how to fart
Original Lyrics: I don't know how to fight
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Dodie's, "Monster "
Misheard Lyrics: I can tell I've farted in your brain
Original Lyrics: I can tell I've rotted in your brain
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Flo Rida's, "Whistle"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm bettin' you like people
Original Lyrics: (Look) I'm betting you like peepholes
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Justin Timberlake's, "Suit and Tie"
Misheard Lyrics: Show you a coupé
Original Lyrics: Show you a few things
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