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1950s | |
Sheb Wooley's, "Purple People Eater"
Misheard Lyrics: We love short shorts, sloppy purple people eater
Original Lyrics: We wear short shorts, flyin' purple people eater
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1960s | |
Sly and the Family Stone's, "Everyday People"
Misheard Lyrics: I am OCD people
Original Lyrics: I am everyday people
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The Cyrkle's, "Red Rubber Ball"
Misheard Lyrics: The morning shower's coming like a red rubber ball
Original Lyrics: The morning sun is shining like a red rubber ball
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1970s | |
AC/DC's, "High Voltage"
Misheard Lyrics: I voted rock 'n' roll
Original Lyrics: High voltage rock 'n' roll
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Billy Joel's, "Just the Way You Are"
Misheard Lyrics: The same old summer that I knew
Original Lyrics: The same old someone that I knew
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Elton John's, "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds"
Misheard Lyrics: Hallucinogen disguised with diamonds
Original Lyrics: Lucy in the sky with diamonds
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John Paul Young's, "Love Is in the Air"
Misheard Lyrics: Lovers in the air
Original Lyrics: Love is in the air.
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Karla Bonoff's, "Personally "
Misheard Lyrics: But I've got something to give
That the mailman won't deliver. Original Lyrics: But I've got something to give you
That the mailman can't deliver. |
Queen's, "Killer Queen"
Misheard Lyrics: Recommended retail price
Insatiable an appetite Original Lyrics: Recommended at the price
Insatiable an appetite |
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers', "Breakdown"
Misheard Lyrics: Drink down
Original Lyrics: Breakdown
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1980s | |
Annie Lennox and Al Green's, "Put a Little Love in Your Heart"
Misheard Lyrics: Think of a better man
Original Lyrics: Think of your fellow man
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Billy Joel's, "Allentown"
Misheard Lyrics: They threw another routine right in our face
Original Lyrics: They threw an American flag in our face.
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Billy Ocean's, "Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car"
Misheard Lyrics: Your non stop miracle, underwear!
Original Lyrics: Your non-stop miracle, I'm your man!!
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King Crimson's, "Matte Kudasai"
Misheard Lyrics: She sleeps in a tale of her sad America
Original Lyrics: She sleeps in a chair in her sad America
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Morrissey's, "The Last of the Famous International Playboys"
Misheard Lyrics: Last of the favorites
Original Lyrics: Last of the famous
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Motley Crue's, "Kickstart My Heart"
Misheard Lyrics: Oh, yeah
Freedom! Original Lyrics: Oh, yeah
Baby! |
Shannon's, "Let the Music Play"
Misheard Lyrics: Let the music play, you want Gatorade
Original Lyrics: Let the music play, you won't get away
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The Motels', "Only the Lonely"
Misheard Lyrics: It's like I told you, only my mother complains
Original Lyrics: It's like I told you, only the lonely can play
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The Psychedelic Furs', "Pretty in Pink"
Misheard Lyrics: That’s the end of the dose
Original Lyrics: That’s the end of the joke
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The System's, "Don't Disturb This Groove"
Misheard Lyrics: Instead, don't disturb this groove
Original Lyrics: I said "Don't disturb this groove"
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Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers', "Don’t Come Around Here No More"
Misheard Lyrics: Hi!
Original Lyrics: Hey!
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U2's, "Two Hearts Beat as One"
Misheard Lyrics: Tupac’s been as one
Original Lyrics: Two hearts beat as one
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1990s | |
Alanis Morissette's, "Ironic"
Misheard Lyrics: An old man turned and yanked
Original Lyrics: An old man turned ninety-eight
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Alanis Morissette's, "Ironic"
Misheard Lyrics: It’s your best friend with another face
Original Lyrics: It's a black fly in your Chardonnay.
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Aqua's, "Barbie Girl"
Misheard Lyrics: I’m a Barbie Girl
In a Barbie world Call me plastic It’s fantastic Original Lyrics: I'm a Barbie girl
In the Barbie world Life in plastic It's fantastic. |
Black Box's, "Everybody, Everybody"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm a bunny, you're a bunny
Original Lyrics: Everybody, everybody
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Blur's, "There's No Other Way"
Misheard Lyrics: You're making it play
Original Lyrics: You're making it clear
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Ini Kamoze's, "Here Comes the Hotstepper"
Misheard Lyrics: Here comes the hotstepper (tur-lala)
I’m little old gangsta (tut-lala) Original Lyrics: Here comes the hotstepper
Murderer, I'm the lyrical gangsta. |
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Mariah Carey's, "Honey"
Misheard Lyrics: I can't be lucid with you, honey
OR I can't be losing grip on you, honey (Later) Always strummed out 'cause I love the taste of honey OR Always strummed out 'cause I ignore the taste of honey Original Lyrics: I can't be elusive with you, honey
(Later) Always strung out for another taste of your honey |
Nirvana's, "Come As You Are"
Misheard Lyrics: Come dapt in mud sept in bleach
Original Lyrics: Come doused in mud, soaked in bleach
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Pearl Jam's, "Yellow Ledbetter"
Misheard Lyrics: On a ceiling on the porch I left her,sad
And I said I wanna leave it again Once I saw her on a beach all wetter And I said I wanna leave it again Oh, a-wailing, gonna waste it all away, Yeah and the coal miner said, and a coal miner said, And I called out her name And the reason I want to leave the coal mine, oh I said, I don't know whether that's a box or a bed Original Lyrics: Unsealed on a porch a letter sat,
Then you said "I wanna leave it again". Once I saw her on a beach of weathered sand And on the sand I wanna leave her again. On a weekend I wanna wish it all away. And they called and I said that I want what I said And then I call out again And the reason, oughta leave her calm, I know I said, I don't know whether I'm the boxer or the bag |
Praga Khan's, "Injected with a Poison"
Misheard Lyrics: There's a rainbow inside your head
Injected with a poison We don't need that anymore The way your body feels the energy With your body, I'm in leprosy Original Lyrics: There's a rainbow inside the mind
Injected with a poison We don't need that anymore Free your body, feel the energy Free your body, I'm in ecstasy |
Smile.dk's, "Mr. Wonderful"
Misheard Lyrics: Hey Mr. Wonderful, oh you're such a criminal.
Original Lyrics: Hey Mr. Wonderful, oh you're so incredible.
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2000s | |
Beta Band's, "Assessment"
Misheard Lyrics: I think I cut my skull on the way down
OR I think I caught my skull on the way down Original Lyrics: I think I cracked my skull on the way down
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Blink-182's, "The Rock Show"
Misheard Lyrics: She's getting kicked out of school 'cause she's studying
or She's getting kicked out of school 'cause she's stuttering Original Lyrics: She's getting kicked out of school 'cause she's failing
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Charlotte Church's, "Moodswings (To Come at Me Like That)"
Misheard Lyrics: Hold my tongs for then
Original Lyrics: Hold my tongue for then
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Corinne Bailey Rae's, "Put Your Records On"
Misheard Lyrics: Girl, put your wreckballs on
Original Lyrics: Girl, put your records on
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Pink's, "Most Girls"
Misheard Lyrics: Sure, you can pay more rent
Don't wanna dance if it's not in my heart Most girls want a man with the bling bling Got my own thing, got the ching ching I just want real love Most girls want a man with the membrane OR Most girls want a man with the main brain OR Most girls want a man with the main dream Original Lyrics: Shorty can pay her own rent
Don't wanna dance if it's not in my heart Most girls want a man with the bling bling Got my own thing, got the ching ching I just want real love Most girls want a man with the mean green |
The All American Rejects', "Move Along"
Misheard Lyrics: Move around, move around
Original Lyrics: Move along, move along
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The Corrs', "Long Night"
Misheard Lyrics: And it's gonna be cold without you around
OR And it's gonna be cold without your a*se Original Lyrics: And it's gonna be cold without your arms
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2010s | |
Ariana Grande's, "Side to Side"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm a banana
Original Lyrics: I've been here all night
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Sam Fender's, "Seventeen Going Under"
Misheard Lyrics: Drenched in Cheap Trick and sci fi
Original Lyrics: Drenched in cheap drink and snide fags
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Charlotte Church's, "Just Wave Hello"
Misheard Lyrics: Let your planes be wings
Original Lyrics: Let your dreams be wings
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