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1960s | |
Johnny Rivers', "Secret Agent Man"
Misheard Lyrics: Sequined Asian man
Original Lyrics: Secret Agent Man
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1970s | |
Burton Cummings', "Stand Tall"
Misheard Lyrics: I just can't think about 'em now, or leave 'em out anymore
... Or do so much - or do so many ... You got me down on my knees for your mama Original Lyrics: I just can't think about 'em now, or live 'em out anymore
... Or through so much - or through so many ... You got me down on my knees for ya, mama |
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Chic's, "Good Times"
Misheard Lyrics: Feast on the food fight
Original Lyrics: These are the good times
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Commodores', "Just to Be Close to You"
Misheard Lyrics: Just for a Mormon
Original Lyrics: Just for a moment
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Dave Loggins', "Please Come to Boston"
Misheard Lyrics: Please go to Paris
Original Lyrics: Please come to Denver
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Elton John's, "Rocket Man"
Misheard Lyrics: Burnin’ up the music airborne
Original Lyrics: Burnin’ up his fuse up here alone
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The Ramones', "Gone Mental"
Misheard Lyrics: I've gone metal
or I've gone dental or I'm fundamental Original Lyrics: I've gone mental
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1980s | |
Arcadia's, "Election Day"
Misheard Lyrics: We’ll cut it out on the Election Day
Original Lyrics: We’re coming up on re-election day
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Corey Hart's, "Everything in My Heart"
Misheard Lyrics: I never save a lot
Original Lyrics: I never see the light
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Debarge's, "Rhythm of the Night"
Misheard Lyrics: Just come with me and we can shake your boobs right away
You'll be doing fine with the music stars Original Lyrics: Just come with me and we can shake your blues right away
You'll be doing fine when the music starts |
Kylie Minogue's, "I Should Be So Lucky"
Misheard Lyrics: Then again, you could be mine
Original Lyrics: Thinking you could be mine
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T'pau's, "China in Your Hand"
Misheard Lyrics: The Castle of Living Light
Original Lyrics: The curse of a vivid mind
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The Manhattans', "Shining Star"
Misheard Lyrics: Right here when you are
Original Lyrics: Right here where you are
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Tom Petty's, "Free Fallin'"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm free, Frijoles
Original Lyrics: I'm free, free fallin'
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Weird Al Yankovic's, "Another One Rides the Bus"
Misheard Lyrics: Hey, he’s gonna s*** by you
Original Lyrics: Hey, he’s gonna sit by you
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Weird Al Yankovic's, "Living with a Hernia"
Misheard Lyrics: I live in suburbia
Original Lyrics: I live with a hernia
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1990s | |
Ace Of Base's, "Living In Danger"
Misheard Lyrics: I see lies in the a*se of a stranger
Look into the a*se of a stranger Original Lyrics: I see lies in the eyes of a stranger
Look into the eyes of a stranger |
Amy Grant's, "Baby Baby"
Misheard Lyrics: Baby I'm so ratified
Original Lyrics: Baby I'm so glad you're mine
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Backstreet Boys', "We've Got It Goin' On"
Misheard Lyrics: Send the Crazy Woman's at us
Original Lyrics: Send the crazy wildin' static
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Barenaked Ladies', "If I Had $1000000"
Misheard Lyrics: I would buy you a fur goat
Original Lyrics: I would buy you a fur coat
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Barenaked Ladies', "One Week"
Misheard Lyrics: Trying hard not to smell like a Beanie Baby
Original Lyrics: Trying hard not to smile, though I feel bad
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Chante Moore's, "Chante’s Got a Man"
Misheard Lyrics: Charmin’s got the bears
Original Lyrics: Chante’s Got a Man
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Gala's, "Freed from Desire"
Misheard Lyrics: Freed from desire, my innocence is purified
Original Lyrics: Free from desire, mind and senses purified
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M People's, "Moving On Up"
Misheard Lyrics: You've done me wrong, your time is up,
You took a sip from the hairy cup Original Lyrics: You've done me wrong, your time is up,
You took a sip from the devil's cup |
Madonna's, "Human Nature"
Misheard Lyrics: If I’m California Blue
Original Lyrics: If I had a point of view
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Michael Jackson's, "Earth Song"
Misheard Lyrics: What about anything?
OR What about everything? (Later) Things I can't describe! Original Lyrics: What about apathy?
(Later) Can't you hear them cry? |
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Nirvana's, "Smells Like Teen Spirit"
Misheard Lyrics: Hey, Lucille, my Benito
Original Lyrics: A mosquito, my libido
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Sophie B. Hawkins', "As I Lay Me Down"
Misheard Lyrics: That you were homey dear
Original Lyrics: That you will hold me, dear
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Sophie B. Hawkins', "Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover"
Misheard Lyrics: Shirts
or Shorts Original Lyrics: Shucks
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The Verve's, "The Drugs Don't Work"
Misheard Lyrics: Now the doors don't work
Original Lyrics: Now the drugs don't work
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Toni Braxton's, "Breathe Again"
Misheard Lyrics: If I never feel your tender lips again
OR If I never feel your tenderness again (Later) How could you love me, then leave me? Original Lyrics: If I never feel your tender kiss again
(Later) How could your love be leaving me? |
Toni Braxton's, "Breathe Again"
Misheard Lyrics: That I shall never read again
Original Lyrics: That I shall never breathe again
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Weird Al Yankovic's, "Jerry Springer"
Misheard Lyrics: Cheating lovers and cousins of Mary
Original Lyrics: Cheating lovers and cousins that marry
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Weird Al Yankovic's, "Smells Like Nirvana"
Misheard Lyrics: Donna, Donna, Donna, oh no
Original Lyrics: Don't know, don't know, don't know, oh no
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2000s | |
Selena Gomez's, "Tell Me Something I Don't Know"
Misheard Lyrics: Everybody tells me that so I've been naked.
Original Lyrics: Everybody tells me that it's so hard to make it.
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2010s | |
OneRepublic's, "I Ain't Worried"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm living like a nine - year - old
Original Lyrics: I'm living like I'm nine zeroes
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Taylor Swift's, "Cruel Summer"
Misheard Lyrics: Every night that summer just to steal my babe
Original Lyrics: Every night that summer just to seal my fate
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DC Talk's, "Jesus Freak"
Misheard Lyrics: What would people think when they hear that I'm a diesel freak?
Original Lyrics: What would people think when they hear that I'm a Jesus freak?
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