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1960s | |
B.J. Thomas', "Hooked on a Feeling"
Misheard Lyrics: I can't stop these hearings
Original Lyrics: I can't stop this feeling
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Canned Heat's, "Going Up the Country"
Misheard Lyrics: Where are you gonna blow?
Original Lyrics: And babe, don't you wanna go?
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Canned Heat's, "On the Road Again"
Misheard Lyrics: Well, I'm so tired of crime
Original Lyrics: Well, I'm so tired of crying
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Chicago's, "25 or 6 to 4"
Misheard Lyrics: Feeling like I have to pee
Original Lyrics: Feeling like I ought to sleep
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1970s | |
Abba's, "Chiquitita"
Misheard Lyrics: You'll be dancing once again like a playful hen
Original Lyrics: You'll be dancing once again and the pain will end
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B.J. Thomas', "Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head"
Misheard Lyrics: Nothing seems to fade
Original Lyrics: Nothing seems to fit
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Canned Heat's, "Let's Work Together"
Misheard Lyrics: Let's get out the door and work together
Original Lyrics: Let's get on the ball and work together
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Cat Stevens', "Morning Has Broken"
Misheard Lyrics: Blackburn has spoken
Original Lyrics: Blackbird has spoken
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Commercial's, "Band-Aid"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm stuck on benis branch
Benis sticky bee Original Lyrics: I am stuck on Band-Aid brand
'Cause Band-Aid's stuck on me |
Hall & Oates', "She's Gone"
Misheard Lyrics: My daddy tried to burn me with a stun gun.
Original Lyrics: My daddy tried to bore me with a sermon
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Jim Gilstrap and Blinky Williams', "Good Times (closing theme)"
Misheard Lyrics: Just looking out for the rainbow
Original Lyrics: Just looking out of the window
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Jim Gilstrap and Blinky Williams', "Good Times"
Misheard Lyrics: Anytime you need a favorite
Original Lyrics: Anytime you need a payment
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Paul Revere and the Raiders', "Indian Reservation"
Misheard Lyrics: Cherokee bright eyes
Original Lyrics: Cherokee tribe
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Rod Stewart's, "Maggie May"
Misheard Lyrics: Or steal my daddy's cube
Original Lyrics: Or steal my daddy's cue
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Santana's, "Black Magic Woman"
Misheard Lyrics: Got a bad tragic woman
Original Lyrics: Got a black magic woman
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Talking Heads', "Psycho Killer"
Misheard Lyrics: Fa-fa, fa-fa, fafafa, fafafa, fella
Original Lyrics: F-f-f-far better
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The Police's, "Message in a Bottle"
Misheard Lyrics: 7-hour S.O.S.
Original Lyrics: Sending out an S.O.S.
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The Staple Singers', "Respect Yourself"
Misheard Lyrics: Express yourself
Original Lyrics: Respect Yourself
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1980s | |
Air Supply's, "Even the Nights Are Better"
Misheard Lyrics: Even the days of Brian
or Even the days of Bryan Original Lyrics: Even the days are brighter
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John Mellencamp's, "Jack And Diane"
Misheard Lyrics: Oh, let it rock, let it roll Let the "Papa Bear" come and save my soul
Original Lyrics: Let it rock, let it roll, Let the Bible Belt come and save my soul.
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Mr. Mister's, "Kyrie"
Misheard Lyrics: Gimme donations down the road that I must travel
Original Lyrics: Kyrie Eleison down the road that I must travel
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The Police's, "De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da"
Misheard Lyrics: Their logic ties me/you up and risks me/you
Original Lyrics: Their logic ties me/you up and rapes me/you
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The Police's, "Don't Stand So Close to Me"
Misheard Lyrics: Roxanne's so close to me
Original Lyrics: Don't stand so close to me
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Tracy Chapman's, "Fast Car"
Misheard Lyrics: She's around, she's around
Original Lyrics: Be someone, be someone
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Tracy Chapman's, "Talkin' Bout a Revolution"
Misheard Lyrics: It sounds like a whisker
Original Lyrics: It sounds like a whisper
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1990s | |
Ace Of Base's, "Cruel Summer"
Misheard Lyrics: It's too close to caca
or It's too close for condoms Original Lyrics: It's too close for comfort
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Ace Of Base's, "Cruel Summer"
Misheard Lyrics: Strange boys - they're not saying
Original Lyrics: Strange voices are saying
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Ace of Base's, "Cruel Summer"
Misheard Lyrics: It's a glued, glued summer
Original Lyrics: It's a cruel, cruel summer
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Foo Fighters', "This is a Call"
Misheard Lyrics: This is a Coke to all
Original Lyrics: This is a call to all
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Smash Mouth's, "All Star"
Misheard Lyrics: All the British have gone
Original Lyrics: All that glitters is gold
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Smash Mouth's, "Then the Morning Comes"
Misheard Lyrics: And the world's a pig
Original Lyrics: And the world's a faze
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The Smiths', "How Soon Is Now?"
Misheard Lyrics: And summoner Of nothing in particular
Original Lyrics: I am the son and heir Of nothing in particular
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Toad the Wet Sprocket's, "All I Want"
Misheard Lyrics: All I want is to be insane
Original Lyrics: All I want is to feel this way
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Toad the Wet Sprocket's, "All I Want"
Misheard Lyrics: Whatever happened to me?
Original Lyrics: Whatever happens will be
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Toad the Wet Sprocket's, "Walk on the Ocean"
Misheard Lyrics: We started in Goshen
Original Lyrics: We started the ocean
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Tracy Chapman's, "Give Me One Reason"
Misheard Lyrics: Baby, I got to mambo
Original Lyrics: Baby, I got your number
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2000s | |
Good Charlotte's, "Hold On"
Misheard Lyrics: Hold on if you feel like vertigo
Original Lyrics: Hold on if you feel like letting go
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Jessica Simpson's, "Angels"
Misheard Lyrics: I’m losing patience instead
Original Lyrics: I’m loving angels instead
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Jessica Simpson's, "I Think I’m in Love with You"
Misheard Lyrics: I think I’m alive
Original Lyrics: I think I’m in love
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Jessica Simpson's, "With You"
Misheard Lyrics: And nothing but a B-movie
Original Lyrics: And nothing but a T-shirt on
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Rihanna's, "Disturbia"
Misheard Lyrics: Run, run, Rihanna, run, Rihanna. Run, run, Rihan’, run, run, Rihanna
Original Lyrics: Bum bum be-dum, bum bum be-dum bum Bum bum be-dum, bum bum be-dum bum
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2010s | |
DNCE's, "Cake by the Ocean"
Misheard Lyrics: You should be wrong with me; you should be wrong with me OR You should be in Rome with me; you should be in Rome with me
Original Lyrics: You should be rollin' with me; you should be rollin' with me
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Demi Lovato's, "Sorry Not Sorry"
Misheard Lyrics: into private bets OR into private beds OR into private Beck's
Original Lyrics: ain't too proud to beg
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Justin Timberlake's, "Suit and Tie"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm gonna show you a coupe
Original Lyrics: Let me show you a few things
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Portugal. The Man's, "Feel it Still"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm a racket just for kids
Original Lyrics: I'm a rebel just for kicks
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Rihanna's, "What's My Name"
Misheard Lyrics: Aw, nah, nah, it wasn’t me.
Original Lyrics: Oh na na, What's my name?
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country | |
Alan Jackson's, "Gone Country"
Misheard Lyrics: She's gonna cut me
Original Lyrics: She's gone country
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Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper's, "Shallow"
Misheard Lyrics: In the Sha-a-Shamu
Original Lyrics: In the sha-a-shallow
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