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1950s | |
Neil Sedaka's, "Calendar Girl"
Misheard Lyrics: I love, I love, I love my little calendar girl
Every day, every day I'm gonna yeah! Original Lyrics: I love, I love, I love my little calendar girl
Every day, every day Of the year |
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1960s | |
The Newbeats', "Bread and Butter"
Misheard Lyrics: I feel like just a damn
Original Lyrics: I feel like toast and jam
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1970s | |
David Bowie's, "Watch That Man"
Misheard Lyrics: A Benny Goodman fan painted holes on his gland,
So Shakey hung it up to dry Original Lyrics: A Benny Goodman fan painted holes in his hands,
So Shakey hung him up to dry |
Elton John's, "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road"
Misheard Lyrics: It'll take you a couple of aspirin tablets
To set you on your feet again Original Lyrics: It'll take you a couple of vodka and tonics
To set you on your feet again. |
England Dan and John Ford Coley's, "I'd Really Love to See You Tonight"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm not talkin''bout the illiterate
Original Lyrics: I'm not talkin' 'bout movin' in
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Pete Shelley's, "Love Me, Love My Dog"
Misheard Lyrics: Love me, love my log
Original Lyrics: Love me, love my dog
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Queen's, "Fat Bottomed Girls"
Misheard Lyrics: Down the side that wrecked my life
or Damn the sight that wrecked my life Original Lyrics: Down beside that red firelight
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T. Rex's, "Bang a Gong (Get It On)"
Misheard Lyrics: Get it on, bag a don, get it on
Original Lyrics: Get it on, bang a gong, get it on
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The Beatles', "Got to Get You Into My Life"
Misheard Lyrics: Then I suddenly see you do
Original Lyrics: Then I suddenly see you, ooh
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1980s | |
Commodores', "Lady (You Bring Me Up)"
Misheard Lyrics: You're gonna change my wraparound
Original Lyrics: You're gonna change my life around
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Culture Club's, "I'll Tumble 4 Ya"
Misheard Lyrics: I'll comfort for ya
Original Lyrics: I'll tumble 4 ya
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Elton John's, "Little Jeanie"
Misheard Lyrics: Oh, now who would treat you cruel?
Original Lyrics: Oh, there were others who would treat you cruel
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Madonna's, "Crazy for You"
Misheard Lyrics: It's all Grand Union
Original Lyrics: It's all brand new
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Michael Jackson's, "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'"
Misheard Lyrics: Gonna spray hummus on my apricot
Original Lyrics: Mama se, mama sa, mama cu sa
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The Jets', "Rocket 2 U"
Misheard Lyrics: Baby, I can work it all night
Original Lyrics: Baby, I can rocket all night
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Zapp's, "More Bounce to the Ounce"
Misheard Lyrics: Porno studio
Original Lyrics: More bounce to the ounce.
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1990s | |
Cornershop's, "Brimful Of Asha"
Misheard Lyrics: Green screen basher on a 45
Original Lyrics: Brim full of Asha on the 45
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La Bouche's, "Be My Lover"
Misheard Lyrics: Wanna be my mother
or Wanna be my brother Original Lyrics: Wanna be my lover
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Marcy Playground's, "Sex and Candy"
Misheard Lyrics: Like this old remedy
Original Lyrics: Like disco lemonade
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Melanie C's, "Northern Star"
Misheard Lyrics: The feeling's gone, the feeling's gone
Original Lyrics: Feelings come, feelings go
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Michael Penn's, "No Myth"
Misheard Lyrics: What if I have a secret?
Original Lyrics: What if I was Heathcliff?
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Primal Scream's, "Movin' On Up"
Misheard Lyrics: I was blind, now I can see
You made a leader out of me OR You made a wiener out of me I'm movin' on up now Yeah, out of the darkness My life shines on Original Lyrics: I was blind, now I can see
You made a believer, out of me I'm movin' on up now Gettin' out of the darkness My light shines on |
Rob Zombie's, "Dragula"
Misheard Lyrics: Do it baby, do it baby
The fine lines, can't add 'em up Original Lyrics: Do it baby, do it baby
Burn like an animal |
Rob Zombie's, "Dragula"
Misheard Lyrics: Yeah, I am the fool
Wading from the pool He can't watch you pee Nowhere at, ya see Original Lyrics: Dead I am the pool
Spreading from the fool Weak and want you need Nowhere as you bleed |
Rob Zombie's, "Dragula"
Misheard Lyrics: Yeah, I am the rat
Miso calmed the cat Tender is the fur Dying in this brrr Original Lyrics: Dead I am the rat
Feast upon the cat Tender is the fur Dying as you purr |
Rob Zombie's, "Dragula"
Misheard Lyrics: Yeah, I am the sky
Watching Angels cry While it slowly burned Paco aimed the whir Original Lyrics: Dead I am the sky
Watching angels cry While they slowly turn Conquering the worm |
Rob Zombie's, "Meet the Creeper"
Misheard Lyrics: Ah Steel made in your eyes
Ah cess formin' in the skies Original Lyrics: Ah I see the dead in your eyes
Ah I transform in the skies |
Rob Zombie's, "Meet the Creeper"
Misheard Lyrics: Ravvin' down the city's trowel
Like a dagger formin' on your baby Thrill to kill I know you will Be the monster and m'lady Original Lyrics: Stabbing out the city's crowd
Like a dagger falling on your baby Thrill the kill you know you will Feed the monster and the lady |
Rob Zombie's, "Meet the Creeper"
Misheard Lyrics: To reach a chlor you can't ignore
I got 5,000 fingers a date yeah A razzle weenie you can't break free When you're livin' on the grip yeah Original Lyrics: Creature Core you can't ignore
I got a 5000 fingers of dead yeah A Rats are we you can't break free You're with the living on your bed yeah! |
Rob Zombie's, "Superbeast"
Misheard Lyrics: A-rockin' to come
And a-rockin' to kill You're being so hard on buddy me A-rockin' to come and a-rockin' to kill Down in the corner where I can see Original Lyrics: The ragged, they come
And the ragged, they kill You pray so hard on bloody knees The ragged, they come And the ragged, they kill Down in the cool air, I can see |
Rob Zombie's, "Superbeast"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm on the john
Cryin' out loud Bound with the dead triumphantly Original Lyrics: Move the jaw
Cry out loud Bound up the dead triumphantly |
Rob Zombie's, "Superbeast"
Misheard Lyrics: You closer to Armageddon
Singing violently Original Lyrics: Convulsing together
Sing violently |
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2000s | |
Alicia Keys', "Try Sleeping with a Broken Heart"
Misheard Lyrics: Have you ever tried sleeping with a broken heart?
Well you could try sleeping in my bed Lonely old me, nobody ever shut it down like you Original Lyrics: Have you ever tried sleeping with a broken heart?
Well you could try sleeping in my bed Lonely, own me, nobody ever shut it down like you |
Commercial's, "Burger King Texas Double Whopper"
Misheard Lyrics: 'cause I'm way too hungry
To settle for s*** food Original Lyrics: 'cause I'm way too hungry
To settle for chick food |
Daniel Powter's, "Bad Day"
Misheard Lyrics: 'cause you had a backache
Original Lyrics: 'cause you had a bad day
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Gnarls Barkley's, "Crazy"
Misheard Lyrics: There was something so unpleasant about that place
OR There was something so unpleasant about that face Original Lyrics: There was something so pleasant about that place
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Ludacris', "Rollout (My Business)"
Misheard Lyrics: What in the world is in that Rome?
Original Lyrics: What in the world is in that room?
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Paloma Faith's, "New York"
Misheard Lyrics: He took my hand one day and told me he was leaving
Me just believing Original Lyrics: He took my hand one day and told me he was leaving
Me disbelieving |
2010s | |
Architects', "Dead Man Talking"
Misheard Lyrics: No promises of constipation
Original Lyrics: No promises of God's salvation
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Bilal Hassani's, "Flash"
Misheard Lyrics: I just wanna get into a bum fight, fight, fight
Original Lyrics: I just wanna get into a butterfly, fly, fly
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Ed Sheeran's, "I See Fire"
Misheard Lyrics: Calling out for the rope
Original Lyrics: Calling out "Father, oh"
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Lorde's, "Perfect Places"
Misheard Lyrics: 'Cause we are young and we're six years old
Original Lyrics: 'Cause we are young and we're ashamed
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MAGIC!'s, "Rude"
Misheard Lyrics: Why you gotta be so good?
Original Lyrics: Why you gotta be so rude?
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country | |
Jamie O'Neal's, "When I Think About Angels"
Misheard Lyrics: And when it's raining
You walk by me complaining Original Lyrics: And when it's raining
You won't find me complaining |
Kathy Mattea's, "Eighteen Wheels and a Dozen Roses"
Misheard Lyrics: They're gonna like the old thing
Original Lyrics: They're gonna light the old flame
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Maren Morris', "80s Mercedes"
Misheard Lyrics: Feel like a hard-tip gas guzzler when I'm driving
Original Lyrics: Feel like a hard-to-get starlet when I'm driving
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