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1970s | |
Creedence Clearwater Revival's, "Sweet Hitch Hiker"
Misheard Lyrics: Swedish hiker
Original Lyrics: Sweet hitch hiker
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Elton John's, "Rocket Man"
Misheard Lyrics: She packed my bags last night – re-flight
... Burning out the strings of heraldom ... And there's no-one there to raise them if you're dead Original Lyrics: She packed my bags last night, pre-flight
... Burning out his fuse up here alone ... And there's no-one there to raise them if you did |
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Foreigner's, "Head Games"
Misheard Lyrics: It's my time to draw the line
Original Lyrics: It's high time to draw the line
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Freda Payne's, "Band of Gold"
Misheard Lyrics: All that's left is a Jericho
Original Lyrics: All that's left is a band of gold
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Kool & the Gang's, "Hollywood Swinging"
Misheard Lyrics: To get into a ban
Original Lyrics: To get into a band
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Linda Ronstadt's, "You're No Good"
Misheard Lyrics: I learned my lesson without a spark
Original Lyrics: I learned my lesson, it left a scar
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Pink Floyd's, "Another Brick in the Wall"
Misheard Lyrics: My thoughts are hazard in the classroom
Original Lyrics: No dark sarcasm in the classroom
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Ralph McTell's, "Streets of London"
Misheard Lyrics: Each tea lasts an hour,
And he f*cks off home alone Original Lyrics: Each tea lasts an hour,
And he wanders home alone |
Raydio's, "Jack and Jill"
Misheard Lyrics: Jack smoked down the hill
(He smoked down, he smoked down, broke his crown) Original Lyrics: Jack snuck down the hill
(He snuck down, he snuck down, broke his crown) |
The Hollies', "Long Cool Woman"
Misheard Lyrics: Sitting in a nest with Batman
Original Lyrics: Sitting in a mess of bad men
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1980s | |
Al Jarreau's, "Moonlighting"
Misheard Lyrics: Some find my way
or Some find my name Original Lyrics: Some fly by day
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Barbra Streisand and Barry Gibb's, "What Kind of Fool"
Misheard Lyrics: What, a kind of Jew?
Original Lyrics: What, what kind of fool
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Bee Gees', "The Woman in You"
Misheard Lyrics: I'll teach you all the trouble if you give me the right
Original Lyrics: I'll teach you how to tremble if you give me the right
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Billy Ocean's, "Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car"
Misheard Lyrics: Get outta my grief
Original Lyrics: Get outta my dreams
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Billy Ocean's, "Loverboy"
Misheard Lyrics: Never, never, never go
Original Lyrics: Lover, lover, loverboy
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Depeche Mode's, "Everything Counts"
Misheard Lyrics: The grabbing hands grab all the cans.
Original Lyrics: The grabbing hands grab all they can.
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Eurythmics', "Sisters Are Doing It for Themselves"
Misheard Lyrics: Don't you know that a man steals off a woman
Original Lyrics: Don't you know that a man still loves a woman
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Howard Jones', "No One Is to Blame"
Misheard Lyrics: If you want to
Original Lyrics: And you want her
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Michael Damian's, "Rock On"
Misheard Lyrics: Jump up and down in my Bruce Wayne shoes
Original Lyrics: Jump up and down in my blue suede shoes
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Musical Youth's, "Pass the Dutchie"
Misheard Lyrics: Let's have a bong.
Original Lyrics: It a go bun
It a go dung |
Olivia Newton-John's, "Physical"
Misheard Lyrics: Then there was a chance of movie
Original Lyrics: Then to a suggestive movie
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Steve Winwood's, "Don't You Know What the Night Can Do?"
Misheard Lyrics: Hear the night music playing
Original Lyrics: Feel the night music playing
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Talking Heads', "Burning Down the House"
Misheard Lyrics: I always gave you my knee arrangement
Original Lyrics: Aah, all wet-- hey, you might need a raincoat
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The Cars', "You Might Think"
Misheard Lyrics: Oh, I think that you're wild
And you're so meekly mild Original Lyrics: Oh, I think that you're wild
And so uniquely styled |
The Cure's, "Catch"
Misheard Lyrics: That girl was always foreign
Original Lyrics: That girl was always falling
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The Cure's, "The Hanging Garden"
Misheard Lyrics: Shakespeare's in the dark again
Original Lyrics: Shapeless in the dark again
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The Cure's, "The Love Cats"
Misheard Lyrics: We listened, pissed off Love Cats
Original Lyrics: "We missed you", hissed the Love Cats
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The Police's, "Every Breath You Take"
Misheard Lyrics: Who cares if you see?
You belong to me Original Lyrics: Oh, can't you see
You belong to me? |
1990s | |
Ace of Base's, "All That She Wants"
Misheard Lyrics: It is a nice compassion where morning means goodnight
Original Lyrics: It is a night for passion but the morning means goodbye
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Baz Luhrmann's, "Everybody's Free (To Wear Sunscreen)"
Misheard Lyrics: But trust me, I'm the sunscreen
Original Lyrics: But trust me on the sunscreen
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Mariah Carey's, "I Still Believe"
Misheard Lyrics: Sunday for you and me
Original Lyrics: Someday you and me
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Peter Gabriel's, "Steam"
Misheard Lyrics: You know you're a classic when you crash
Original Lyrics: You know your plastic from your cash
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R.E.M.'s, "Everybody Hurts"
Misheard Lyrics: Take comfort in the crowds
Everybody hurts Don't throw your head, oh no Original Lyrics: Take comfort in your friends
Everybody hurts Don't throw your hand, oh no |
R.E.M.'s, "What's the Frequency, Kenneth?"
Misheard Lyrics: What's the frequency, Kenneth
The show bens a change oh ho... Original Lyrics: 'What's the frequency, Kenneth?'
Is your Benzedrine, uh-huh. |
Salt-N-Pepa's, "Shoop"
Misheard Lyrics: Shoop! Peru! Peru! Peru! Peru! Peru!
Original Lyrics: Shoop shoop ba-doop
Shoop ba-doop Shoop ba-doop ba-doop ba-doop |
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2000s | |
Eminem's, "The Real Slim Shady"
Misheard Lyrics: Women, wet your pantyhose,
Original Lyrics: Women, wave your pantyhose,
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Green Day's, "Boulevard of Broken Dreams"
Misheard Lyrics: I wrote along
Original Lyrics: I walk alone
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Slipknot's, "Psychosocial"
Misheard Lyrics: So abusive, fame, it doesn't touch
Original Lyrics: So effusive fade, it doesn't cut
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System of a Down's, "She's Like Heroin"
Misheard Lyrics: She's like Harolyn
Original Lyrics: She's like heroin
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The Cure's, "The End of the World"
Misheard Lyrics: Know there's a raisin
Original Lyrics: Know there's a reason
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2010s | |
Bjork's, "Future Forever"
Misheard Lyrics: Hold farts for love forever
Original Lyrics: Hold fort for love forever
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Lady Gaga's, "Poker Face"
Misheard Lyrics: Pewdiepie, Pewdiepie...
Original Lyrics: Can't read my, can't read my...
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Lady Gaga's, "Poker Face"
Misheard Lyrics: Pewdiepie, Pewdiepie...
Original Lyrics: Can't read my, can't read my...
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Pharrell Williams', "Happy [From "Despicable Me 2"]"
Misheard Lyrics: Bring me down
Kane on Bring me down My love is too high to bring me down Kane on Bring me down, I said Original Lyrics: Bring me down
Can't nothing bring me down My level's too high to bring me down Can't nothing bring me down, I said |