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1960s | |
Beach Boys', "California Girls"
Misheard Lyrics: I wish they'd offer me California girls
Original Lyrics: I wish they all could be California girls
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The Rolling Stones', "Come On"
Misheard Lyrics: Come on, I can't get retarded
Original Lyrics: Come on, I can't get started
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The Rolling Stones', "I Wanna Be Your Man"
Misheard Lyrics: I wanna be a mother, baby
Original Lyrics: I wanna be your lover, baby
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The Rolling Stones', "Respectable"
Misheard Lyrics: She's a receptacle
Original Lyrics: She's so respectable
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1970s | |
Elton John's, "Rocket Man"
Misheard Lyrics: Rock of mine, burning up the bridge of Avalon
Original Lyrics: Rocket man, burning out his fuse up here alone.
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Gilbert O'Sullivan's, "Happiness is Me and You"
Misheard Lyrics: In a world so discorded
Original Lyrics: In a world so distorted
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Gilbert O'Sullivan's, "I Don't Love You But I Think I Like You"
Misheard Lyrics: If there's a president you'd like to meet
Original Lyrics: If there's a question you'd like to make
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Gilbert O'Sullivan's, "No Matter How I Try"
Misheard Lyrics: Books like they're here to stay
Original Lyrics: Looks like I'm here to stay
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Gilbert O'Sullivan's, "Ooh Baby"
Misheard Lyrics: Ooh baby you love him so bad
Original Lyrics: Ooh baby your love is so bad
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Gilbert O'Sullivan's, "Ooh-Wakka-Doo-Wakka Day"
Misheard Lyrics: Her name is weako
Original Lyrics: Her name is Rita
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Gilbert O'Sullivan's, "Why, Oh Why, Oh Why"
Misheard Lyrics: In order to be a guy
Original Lyrics: In order to be kind
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Lou Reed's, "Walk on the Wild Side"
Misheard Lyrics: And the cover girls go, doo, doo doo, doo doo . . .
Original Lyrics: And the colored girls go, doo, doo doo, doo doo . . .
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Lynyrd Skynyrd's, "Sweet Home Alabama"
Misheard Lyrics: Now Mussel Shoals has got the swamp-ass
Original Lyrics: Now Mussel Shoals has got the swampers
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Steve Martin and the Toot Uncommons', "King Tut"
Misheard Lyrics: Fucking fuck
Original Lyrics: Funky Tut
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1980s | |
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start the Fire"
Misheard Lyrics: Einstein, James Dean
Brooklyn's got a women's team Original Lyrics: Einstein, James Dean
Brooklyn's got a winning team |
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start the Fire"
Misheard Lyrics: Lebanon, Shostagon
California baseball Original Lyrics: Lebanon, Charles de Gaulle
California baseball |
Bobby Brown's, "Every Little Step"
Misheard Lyrics: I've really got to say
Original Lyrics: A real-life fantasy
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George Michael's, "Faith"
Misheard Lyrics: From this river, there comes an ocean.
Original Lyrics: Before this river becomes an ocean
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Gilbert O'Sullivan's, "What's in a Kiss"
Misheard Lyrics: What's in a train
Original Lyrics: What's in a dream
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Naked Eyes', "(What) in the Name of Love"
Misheard Lyrics: Are we boozing?
Original Lyrics: Are we losing?
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Naked Eyes', "When the Lights Go Out"
Misheard Lyrics: She likes to stay in bed at 9
Original Lyrics: She likes to stay in bed at night
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Peter Cetera and Amy Grant's, "The Next Time I Fall"
Misheard Lyrics: Let me be with you
Original Lyrics: It will be with you
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Slayer's, "Seasons in the Abyss"
Misheard Lyrics: I take a razorblade to write the rules
Original Lyrics: A decorated splatter brightens the room
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The Police's, "Bombs Away"
Misheard Lyrics: Gorilla girl, hot and sweet
Original Lyrics: Guerrilla girl, hard and sweet
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1990s | |
2 Unlimited's, "Maximum Overdrive"
Misheard Lyrics: Journey for a ride
Original Lyrics: Join me for a ride
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Ace of Base's, "Wheel of Fortune"
Misheard Lyrics: Oh, are you gonna tie up your daddy?
Original Lyrics: Oh, what you gonna tell your daddy?
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Billy Joel's, "The River of Dreams"
Misheard Lyrics: But now I find my way into the river that runs to the Promised Land.
Original Lyrics: Baptized by fire, I wade into the river that runs into the Promised Land.
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Color Me Badd's, "I Wanna Sex You Up"
Misheard Lyrics: 'cause now we're on the phone
Original Lyrics: 'cause now we're all alone
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Crowded House's, "Distant Sun"
Misheard Lyrics: Are You Afraid of the Dark?
Original Lyrics: I am not afraid of the dark
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Deborah Cox's, "Nobody's Supposed to Be Here"
Misheard Lyrics: And if you get here
Original Lyrics: How did you get here?
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Eiffel 65's, "Blue (Da Ba Dee)"
Misheard Lyrics: And everything is blue for him
And he's sad and everybody around 'Cause he ain't got nobody to listen (Later) Blue like my daughter who's standing outside Original Lyrics: And everything is blue for him
And himself and everybody around 'Cause he ain't got nobody to listen (Later) Blue like my Corvette, it's standing outside |
Lenny Kravitz's, "Heaven Help"
Misheard Lyrics: A father's reading's coming over me
Original Lyrics: A funny feeling's coming over me
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Meat Loaf's, "I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)"
Misheard Lyrics: As long as the farts are burning
OR As long as the plows are burning Original Lyrics: As long as the fires are burning
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Nirvana's, "Lithium"
Misheard Lyrics: I like you, I'm not gonna cry
I miss you, I'm not gonna cry I love you, I'm not gonna cry I'll kill you, I'm not gonna cry Original Lyrics: I like it, I'm not gonna crack
I miss you, I'm not gonna crack I love you, I'm not gonna crack I killed you, I'm not gonna crack |
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Sneaker Pimps', "6 Underground"
Misheard Lyrics: I've got a head full of doubt down here
So far off of losing out round here Overground, watch this space I'm open to falling for my greed Original Lyrics: I've got a head full of drought down here
So far off of losing out round here Overground, watch this space I'm open to falling from grace |
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The Corrs', "Radio"
Misheard Lyrics: There are a couple standing on the sheets
Sharing some of my kisses and silly hats Original Lyrics: There are a couple standing on the streets
Sharing summer kisses and silly sounds |
The Rolling Stones', "Out of Tears"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm on Cheers
Original Lyrics: I'm out of tears
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2000s | |
Daniel Bedingfield's, "Never Gonna Leave Your Side"
Misheard Lyrics: Disguise without this song
Original Lyrics: The sky without the sun
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Scissor Sisters', "Mary"
Misheard Lyrics: Casper for an extra breath
Original Lyrics: Gasping for an extra breath
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Shakira's, "Objection (Tango)"
Misheard Lyrics: But you can try it, reverse it
Original Lyrics: But you can try it, rehearse it
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2010s | |
Dodie's, "Cool Girl"
Misheard Lyrics: God, I swore I wouldn't play the angel game
Original Lyrics: God, I swore I wouldn't play the age-old game
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Korn's, "A Different World"
Misheard Lyrics: Grandparents ain't true
Original Lyrics: Transparency through
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country | |
Billy Ray Cyrus', "Achy Breaky Heart"
Misheard Lyrics: Don't break my heart
Original Lyrics: Don't tell my heart
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misc | |
Cast of 'The Wizard of Oz''s, "Follow the Yellow Brick Road"
Misheard Lyrics: Follow the yellow bickrove
Original Lyrics: Follow the yellow brick road
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