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1950s | |
Shirley Bassey's, "Fire Down Below"
Misheard Lyrics: Don't believe my ice
Original Lyrics: Don't believe my eyes
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1960s | |
Disney's Mary Poppins', "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious"
Misheard Lyrics: Because I was afraid to speak when I was just a lad
My father gave me ounce of quick until my eye was bad. Original Lyrics: Because I was afraid to speak when I was just a lad
My father gave me nose a tweak and told me I was bad |
Elvis Presley's, "A Little Less Conversation"
Misheard Lyrics: A little less condensation
Original Lyrics: A little less conversation
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Shirley Bassey's, "As Long as He Needs Me"
Misheard Lyrics: I know where I must see
Original Lyrics: I know where I must be
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Shirley Bassey's, "With These Hands"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm yours forever than a day
Original Lyrics: I'm yours forever and a day
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1970s | |
Boston's, "Peace of Mind"
Misheard Lyrics: All I want is to have my pizza pie
Original Lyrics: All I want is to have my peace of mind
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Creedence Clearwater Revival's, "Have You Ever Seen The Rain?"
Misheard Lyrics: Why the fellow steeds complain
Original Lyrics: Have you ever seen the rain?
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David Soul's, "Don't Give Up On Us"
Misheard Lyrics: Don't give up on a stranger
Original Lyrics: Don't give up on us, baby
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Exile's, "Kiss You All Over"
Misheard Lyrics: I want a supernova
Original Lyrics: I wanna kiss you all over
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Fleetwood Mac's, "Say You Love Me"
Misheard Lyrics: And you sandwich around me
Original Lyrics: And you say that you love me
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Genesis', "Spot the Pigeon"
Misheard Lyrics: A Cybill Shepherd to boot
Original Lyrics: A civil servant to boot
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Queen's, "Bohemian Rhapsody"
Misheard Lyrics: Is this the real life, is this just practicing?
Original Lyrics: Is this the real life, is this just fantasy?
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Steely Dan's, "Reelin' In The Years"
Misheard Lyrics: Are you rolling in the eaves?
Just throwing away the thyme? Are you gatherin' up the teas? Have you had enough of mine? Original Lyrics: Are you reelin' in the years?
Stowin' away the time Are you gatherin' up the tears? Have you had enough of mine? |
Stevie Wonder's, "If You Really Love Me"
Misheard Lyrics: Then I won't have to be drinking an hour
Original Lyrics: Then I won't have to be playing around
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1980s | |
Glass Tiger's, "Don’t Forget Me (When I’m Gone)"
Misheard Lyrics: Don’t go get me when I’m gunned
Original Lyrics: Don’t forget me when I’m gone
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Huey Lewis and the News', "Once Upon A Time In New York City"
Misheard Lyrics: How can anyone stay stubby-eyed
When it’s raining cats and dogs outside Original Lyrics: How can anyone stay starry-eyed
When it’s raining cats and dogs outside |
Joe Jackson's, "Breaking Us in Two"
Misheard Lyrics: Always something breaking up into
Original Lyrics: Always something breaking us in two
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Joe Jackson's, "Breaking Us in Two"
Misheard Lyrics: Always something waking up into
Original Lyrics: Always something breaking us in two
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Kenny Loggins', "Forever"
Misheard Lyrics: Now I can let you go
Original Lyrics: Now I can let you know
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Patti Austin and James Ingram's, "Baby Come to Me"
Misheard Lyrics: Baby I’m a stink
Original Lyrics: Baby always stay
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REO Speedwagon's, "Can’t Fight This Feeling"
Misheard Lyrics: You’re a camel’s innuendo
On a corn dog winner’s night Original Lyrics: You’re a candle in the window
On a cold, dark winter’s night |
Taylor Dayne's, "I’ll Always Love You"
Misheard Lyrics: You are my ABCs
Original Lyrics: You are my everything
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The Cars', "You Might Think"
Misheard Lyrics: But I think that you're wild
Inside maybe you're some child Original Lyrics: But I think that you're wild
Inside me is some child |
The Hooters', "All You Zombies"
Misheard Lyrics: The pizza's gonna fall on you
Original Lyrics: The pieces gonna fall on you
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1990s | |
Annie Lennox's, "No More ‘I Love You’s’"
Misheard Lyrics: The language is linguine
Original Lyrics: The language is leaving me
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Genesis', "Hold On My Heart"
Misheard Lyrics: Just hold on to the ceiling
or Just hold on to that CD Original Lyrics: Just hold on to that feeling
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Roxette's, "Almost Unreal"
Misheard Lyrics: Come in from the goal
Original Lyrics: Come in from the cold
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Roxette's, "Crash! Boom! Bang!"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm still bringing the rules
Original Lyrics: I'm still breaking the rules
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Roxette's, "Fading Like a Flower"
Misheard Lyrics: With ice cream, there's no reply
Original Lyrics: When I scream, there's no reply
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Roxette's, "Queen of Rain"
Misheard Lyrics: Dream about this song
Original Lyrics: Dream about the sun
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Roxette's, "Sleeping in My Car"
Misheard Lyrics: Been dreaming all night
or Been drinking all night Original Lyrics: Been driving all night
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The Bucketheads', "The Bomb"
Misheard Lyrics: Yea towels drying through my mind
Original Lyrics: Street sounds swirlin' through my mind.
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The Presidents of the United States of America's, "Cleveland Rocks"
Misheard Lyrics: Fleetwood Mac
Original Lyrics: Cleveland Rocks
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2000s | |
American Hi-Fi's, "Flavor of the Weak"
Misheard Lyrics: She is a pregnant little freak
Original Lyrics: She is the flavor of the weak
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Iyaz 's, "Replay"
Misheard Lyrics: Shawty's like a melody in my head
That I can't keep out, got me singing like Na-na-na-na, every day It's like my eyeball is stuck on replay, replay-ay-ay-ay Original Lyrics: Shawty's like a melody in my head
That I can't keep out, got me singing like Na-na-na-na, every day It's like my iPod stuck on replay, replay-ay-ay-ay |
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Shakira's, "Hips Don't Lie"
Misheard Lyrics: Listen to the sounds of my butthole
Original Lyrics: Reading the signs of my body
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The Rolling Stones', "Streets of Love"
Misheard Lyrics: You're copper bright
Original Lyrics: You're awful bright
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2010s | |
Skrillex's, "Bangarang"
Misheard Lyrics: Sassa Onabostoeiste,
Sa-sa-sa-sa-sa-sa-sassa onabostoeiste, Queen Rowley Original Lyrics: Shout to all my lost boys
(Shout-shout-shout-shout-shout-shout) Shout to all my lost boys, we rowdy |
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DC Talk's, "Luv Is a Verb"
Misheard Lyrics: 'Cause when I need a word to find, that's where I look
Original Lyrics: 'Cause when I need a word defined, that's where I look
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Conway Twitty's, "You've Never Been This Far Before"
Misheard Lyrics: I don't know what I'm sayin'
As my tremblin' fingers touch four little places Original Lyrics: I don't know what I'm sayin'
As my tremblin' fingers touch forbidden places |
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Doja Cat's, "Vegas"
Misheard Lyrics: Frog, player; I get it
Original Lyrics: Fraud, player, ah, get it
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