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1960s | |
Eddie Albert and Eva Gabor's, "Green Acres"
Misheard Lyrics: Goodbye, E.B. White
Original Lyrics: Goodbye, city life
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Ray Charles', "Georgia on My Mind"
Misheard Lyrics: Keeps dojo on my mind
Original Lyrics: Keeps Georgia on my mind
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Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs', "Wooly Bully"
Misheard Lyrics: Ruby ruby
or Rudy Rudy Original Lyrics: Wooly Bully
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The Cyrkle's, "Red Rubber Ball"
Misheard Lyrics: Yes, the worst is over now
Original Lyrics: Yeah, the worst is over now
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1970s | |
Bay City Rollers', "All of Me Loves All of You"
Misheard Lyrics: It may not be fantasy, I know
Original Lyrics: It may not be fancy, I know
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Bay City Rollers', "Keep On Dancing"
Misheard Lyrics: Keep on doin' the dirt
Original Lyrics: Keep on doin' the jerk
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Bay City Rollers', "Love Me Like I Love You"
Misheard Lyrics: Say you're always mommy
Original Lyrics: Say you'll always love me
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Bay City Rollers', "Shang-a-Lang"
Misheard Lyrics: We were all in the nude
Original Lyrics: We were all in the news
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Bay City Rollers', "Summerlove Sensation"
Misheard Lyrics: And you can run in the store
Original Lyrics: And you can run in the sun
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Commodores', "Brick House"
Misheard Lyrics: She knows she got everything
Matta-woman-eetz, to get a ming, yeah yeah Original Lyrics: She knows she got everything
That a woman needs to get a man, yeah, yeah |
Creedence Clearwater Revival's, "Fortunate Son"
Misheard Lyrics: Yerry Mina
Original Lyrics: It ain't me
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Dave Edmunds', "Queen of Hearts"
Misheard Lyrics: Playing with the pinochle
Original Lyrics: Playing with the queen of hearts
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Paul Davis', "I Go Crazy"
Misheard Lyrics: No, it just ain't you
Original Lyrics: No, it just ain't true
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Paul Davis', "I Go Crazy"
Misheard Lyrics: When I look in your mind
Original Lyrics: When I look in your eyes
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Pilot's, "Magic"
Misheard Lyrics: Weeing on my pillow in the morning
Original Lyrics: Leaning on my pillow in the morning
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Pink Floyd's, "Another Brick In The Wall (Part 1)"
Misheard Lyrics: You! Yes You! John Stilwagen!
Original Lyrics: You! Yes You! Stand still, Laddy!
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Steve Miller Band's, "Big Old Jet Airliner"
Misheard Lyrics: Big old Jed and Lina
Original Lyrics: big ol' jet airliner
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Sweet's, "Blockbuster"
Misheard Lyrics: He's got a big car, he's got a guitar
'Cause he is more evil then anyone here ever thought Original Lyrics: He's gotta be caught, he's gotta be taught
'Cause he is more evil then anyone here ever thought |
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1980s | |
Bucks Fizz's, "Land of Make Believe"
Misheard Lyrics: You're an alcoholic once again
Original Lyrics: You're an outlaw once again
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Dangerous Toys', "Scared"
Misheard Lyrics: Bananas think I might be scared
Original Lyrics: Hey man I think I like being scared.
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Dave Edmunds', "Singing the Blues"
Misheard Lyrics: The movie stars no longer shine
Original Lyrics: The moon and stars no longer shine
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Dave Edmunds', "The Race Is On"
Misheard Lyrics: But don't you waste it
Original Lyrics: But don't you wager
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Dire Straits', "Walk of Life"
Misheard Lyrics: Here comes Johnny saying "Go Leafs, Go!"
Be-Bop-A-Lula, Baby What I Say Here comes Johnny singing I Gotta Woman Down in Toronto, trying to make a play Original Lyrics: Here comes Johnny singing oldies, goldies
Be-Bop-A-Lula, Baby What I Say Here comes Johnny singing I Gotta Woman Down in the tunnels, trying to make it pay |
Motley Crue's, "Girls Girls Girls"
Misheard Lyrics: Ferrari ride and I need a fag
My mom and sister had a switchblade knife Original Lyrics: Friday night and I need a fight
My motorcycle and a switchblade knife |
Motley Crue's, "Girls Girls Girls"
Misheard Lyrics: Rocking in Atlanta and time will tell
Original Lyrics: Rocking in Atlanta at Tattletails
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Phil Collins', "Behind the Lines"
Misheard Lyrics: I had the book so tightly in my hands
Original Lyrics: I held the book so tightly in my hands
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Queen's, "Another One Bites The Dust"
Misheard Lyrics: Malaguti!
Original Lyrics: Bite the dust, hey!
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Whitney Houston's, "I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)"
Misheard Lyrics: I've been in love and lost my senses
Spending through the town Sooner or later the fever ends and I wind up feeling dull OR Sooner or later the fever ends and I wind up feeling dumb Original Lyrics: I've been in love and lost my senses
Spinning through the town Sooner or later the fever ends and I wind up feeling down |
1990s | |
Betty Boo's, "Let Me Take You There"
Misheard Lyrics: Come on, let me take you there, this is our weeping chair
Original Lyrics: Come on, let me take you there, this is something we can share
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Bobby Brown's, "Two Can Play That Game"
Misheard Lyrics: And if you want to do your own thing
I don't care what you're saying Original Lyrics: And if you want to do your own thing
I hear what you're saying |
Boo Radleys', "Wake Up Boo"
Misheard Lyrics: The sun shines before your eyes
Wake up, it's a beauty Original Lyrics: The sun shining for your eyes
Wake up, it's so beautiful |
Cirrus', "Time's Running Out"
Misheard Lyrics: Nerf
Get faced From the plane ship It's homing time From companionship It's homing time From the outhouse To the big house To the court house To the White House It's homing time Original Lyrics: Church
Get ready From slave ship It's morning time The championship It's morning time From the outhouse To the state house To the the court house To the White House It's morning time |
En Vogue's, "Give It Up, Turn It Loose"
Misheard Lyrics: I believe it yesterday
Original Lyrics: I believe in yesterday
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En Vogue's, "Love Don't Love You"
Misheard Lyrics: You said you always can
Original Lyrics: You said you'd always care
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En Vogue's, "Whatever"
Misheard Lyrics: In getting in my truck
Original Lyrics: In giving you my trust
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Oasis', "Wonderwall"
Misheard Lyrics: I don't believe in anybody
Original Lyrics: I don't believe that anybody
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Shawn Colvin's, "The Story"
Misheard Lyrics: We pounded the pavement between God and lines
Original Lyrics: We pounded the pavement between dotted lines
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Sheryl Crow's, "The First Cut Is the Deepest"
Misheard Lyrics: Try to love a pet
Original Lyrics: Try to love again
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Strike's, "U Sure Do"
Misheard Lyrics: You don't make me feel like loving you
You sure do, you sure do Nothing looks the same after night Standing here right by your side What don't you mind, you're on my mind Nothing is true When the music's gone and the vision, whoa! Original Lyrics: You sure make me feel like loving you
You sure do, you sure do Nothing looks the same in the light Standing here right by your side We're two of a kind, you're on my mind Love will see us through When the music flows and the vision goes |
Theme Songs', "Li'l Elvis Jones and the Truckstoppers"
Misheard Lyrics: And I'm wrecking society
Original Lyrics: And Mum reckons I'm a sign of the King
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2000s | |
Arctic Monkeys', "Fluorescent Adolescent"
Misheard Lyrics: Those drinks weren't as daft as they seemed
Original Lyrics: Those dreams weren't as daft as they seemed
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Carly Simon's, "With a Few Good Friends"
Misheard Lyrics: I like dinner and tea
Original Lyrics: Invite Tigger for tea
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Eiffel 65's, "Blue (Da Ba Dee)"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm blue, I'm a deed, I'm a diet, I'm a deed, I'm a diet, I'm a deed, I'm a diet, I'm a deed, I'm alive.
Original Lyrics: I'm blue, da ba dee, da ba di, da ba dee, da ba di, da ba dee, da ba di, da ba dee, da ba di.
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Tori Amos', "Don't Make Me Come to Vegas"
Misheard Lyrics: On the menu, 7-Up up for his friends
Original Lyrics: On the menu he's serving up for his friends
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country | |
Alabama's, "Take Me Down"
Misheard Lyrics: Like nobody else did
Original Lyrics: Like nobody else can
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misc | |
Billie Eilish's, "No Time to Die"
Misheard Lyrics: I know the lesson is to learn
Original Lyrics: Another lesson yet to learn
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