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1960s | |
Crosby, Stills, and Nash's, "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes"
Misheard Lyrics: Wheel me to the barrow
Original Lyrics: Thrill me to the marrow
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Marvin Gaye's, "It Takes Two"
Misheard Lyrics: Like a lima bean all alone
Original Lyrics: Like an island, he's all alone
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1970s | |
Boney M's, "Brown Girl in the Ring"
Misheard Lyrics: She looks black as sugar in the plum
La la Show me emotion Original Lyrics: She looks like a sugar in a plum
Plum plum Show me a motion |
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Paul Simon's, "Slip Slidin' Away"
Misheard Lyrics: You know venereal destination
The more you're slip slidin' away Original Lyrics: You know the nearer your destination
The more you're slip slidin' away. |
Pink Floyd's, "Another Brick in the Wall, part 2"
Misheard Lyrics: We don't need no forced control
Thoughts together, in the classroom Teacher, leave them kids alone Hey! Teacher! Lead those kids along! All along you're just one, now you're breaking the mold Original Lyrics: We don't need no thought control
No dark sarcasm in the classroom Teacher, leave them kids alone Hey! Teacher! Leave us kids alone! All in all, you're just another brick in the wall |
The Bee Gees', "You Should Be Dancing"
Misheard Lyrics: Whatcha doin' layin' on your back
Original Lyrics: What you doin' on your back?
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1980s | |
Ambrosia's, "Biggest Part Of Me"
Misheard Lyrics: Well, make a pish baby
And you could also make a poo Original Lyrics: Well, make a wish, baby
And I will make it come true |
Bob Marley's, "Buffalo Soldier"
Misheard Lyrics: Buffalo soldier, treated like rasta
Original Lyrics: Buffalo soldier, dreadlock rasta.
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Crosby, Stills, and Nash's, "Southern Cross"
Misheard Lyrics: I have been around the world
Looking for that woman though No love can ignore Original Lyrics: I have been around the world looking for that woman, girl.
Who knows love can endure |
Michael Jackson's, "Billie Jean"
Misheard Lyrics: Billie Jean that's my love
Original Lyrics: Billie Jean is not my lover
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Steve Winwood's, "Higher Love"
Misheard Lyrics: Bring me a pie of life.
Original Lyrics: Bring me a higher love.
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1990s | |
Scorpions', "Wind of Change"
Misheard Lyrics: I follow the Moskva Down to donkey farm
Original Lyrics: I follow the Moskva Down to Gorky Park
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Scorpions', "Wind of Change"
Misheard Lyrics: I followed the Moskva Down to Konky Ponk
Original Lyrics: I follow the Moskva Down to Gorky Park
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The Orb's, "Perpetual Dawn"
Misheard Lyrics: Go pet you a dog
or I bet you are done Original Lyrics: Perpetual dawn
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2000s | |
Alien Ant Farm's, "Smooth Criminal"
Misheard Lyrics: Are you hooked on Amy?
or Are you hooked on Annie? or Are you hooked on Andy? or Are you hooked on Abby? or Are you hooked on Bambi? or Are you hooked on Danny? or Are you hooked on Benji? Original Lyrics: Are you okay, Annie?
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Alien Ant Farm's, "Smooth Criminal"
Misheard Lyrics: Video Walkman
Original Lyrics: Annie, are you okay?
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Bon Iver's, "Blood Bank"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm in love with your aunt
Original Lyrics: I'm in love with your honor
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Caramell's, "Caramell Dansen"
Misheard Lyrics: Dance on me balls
Cat f***ing a handbag Yours only yours I own a single dance band It’s not lie Lisa in the crowd said “Look Harry had a vagina malfunction” Original Lyrics: Dansa med oss
Klappa era hnder Gr som vi gr Ta ngra steg t vnster Lyssna och lr Missa inte chansen Nu r vi hr med Caramelldansen |
Green Day's, "Are We the Waiting"
Misheard Lyrics: Rachel Love, story of my life
Original Lyrics: The rage and love, the story of my life
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Green Day's, "Extraordinary Girl"
Misheard Lyrics: She's all alone again, wiping faces from her eyes
Original Lyrics: She's all alone again, wiping the tears from her eyes
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Green Day's, "Homecoming"
Misheard Lyrics: After ten cups of coffee and bacon
Original Lyrics: After ten cups of coffee, I'm thinkin'…
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Green Day's, "Homecoming"
Misheard Lyrics: After ten, cops are coughin' up bacon
Original Lyrics: After ten cups of coffee, I'm thinkin'
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Green Day's, "Homecoming"
Misheard Lyrics: Please call me Ollie if you are coming home
Original Lyrics: Please call me only if you are coming home
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Green Day's, "She's a Rebel"
Misheard Lyrics: She's a rebel, she's a satan
She's a soldier of the earth and she's dangerous Original Lyrics: She's a rebel, she's a saint
She's the salt of the earth and she's dangerous |
Green Day's, "St. Jimmy"
Misheard Lyrics: The teenagers are so Mexican it's not funny
Original Lyrics: I'm a teenage assassin executing some fun
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Green Day's, "Warning"
Misheard Lyrics: A car slips out on water that's really dangerous
Original Lyrics: Is the cop or am I the one that's really dangerous?
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Green Day's, "Warning"
Misheard Lyrics: Born and raised in California
Original Lyrics: Warning, live without warning
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Green Day's, "Warning"
Misheard Lyrics: Caution, bully's line you better not cross.
Original Lyrics: Caution, police line you better not cross.
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Green Day's, "Warning"
Misheard Lyrics: Cross-eyed bullies like you'd better not cross
Original Lyrics: Caution, police line, you better not cross
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Green Day's, "Warning"
Misheard Lyrics: Get your fill of Sophie from a popeless victim
Original Lyrics: Get your philosophy from a bumper sticker
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Green Day's, "Warning"
Misheard Lyrics: Gosh darn police line, you better not cross
It's the cardboard kind, the one that's really dangerous Original Lyrics: Caution: Police Line, you better not cross
Is it the cop, or am I the one that's really dangerous? |
Green Day's, "Warning"
Misheard Lyrics: Gosh, your ponytails soon better not floss!
Original Lyrics: Caution: Police line, you better not cross
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Green Day's, "Warning"
Misheard Lyrics: Gush on bullies like you better not crush.
Original Lyrics: Caution, police line, you better not cross.
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Green Day's, "Warning"
Misheard Lyrics: Horny, live without warning
Original Lyrics: Warning, live without warning
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Green Day's, "Warning"
Misheard Lyrics: Hot cross buns
You better not cross Original Lyrics: Caution police line
You better not cross |
Green Day's, "Warning"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm in a home for the safety of my community.
Original Lyrics: Better homes and safety cell communities.
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Green Day's, "Warning"
Misheard Lyrics: Lauren, live without Lauren
Original Lyrics: Warning, live without warning
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Green Day's, "Warning"
Misheard Lyrics: Porn and live without porn
Original Lyrics: Warning, live without warning
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Iyaz's, "Replay"
Misheard Lyrics: I wash my eyeballs every day
Original Lyrics: Na na na na, every day, it's like my iPod's stuck on replay replay, replay!
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Linkin Park's, "Numb"
Misheard Lyrics: And every second I waste is more than I can say
Original Lyrics: And every second I waste is more than I can take
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Linkin Park's, "Somewhere I Belong"
Misheard Lyrics: And I will break awake, I'll find myself to take
Original Lyrics: And I will break away, I'll find myself today
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Linkin Park's, "Somewhere I Belong"
Misheard Lyrics: I will never pray anything till I break away from me
Original Lyrics: I will never be anything till I break away from me
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Scorpions', "Dust in the Wind"
Misheard Lyrics: Ducks in the wind
All we are is ducks in the wind. Original Lyrics: Dust in the wind
All we are is dust in the wind. |
Scorpions', "Dust in the Wind"
Misheard Lyrics: With all your money, you bought another mini-bike
Original Lyrics: And all your money, won't another minute buy
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2010s | |
Far East Movement's, "Like a G6"
Misheard Lyrics: It's over cause a brownie-baby acting like they drunk
Original Lyrics: When sober girls around me, they be actin' like they drunk
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My Chemical Romance's, "Na Na Na (Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na)"
Misheard Lyrics: I'd rather go to hell
Than be in purgatory Cut my hair Gag and bore me Pull his pants Let this world explode Original Lyrics: I'd rather go to hell
Than be in purgatory Cut my hair Gag and bore me Pull this pin Let this world explode |
Rihanna's, "What's My Name"
Misheard Lyrics: Oh na na, poison the lake
or Oh na na, boys in the back Original Lyrics: Oh na na, what's my name?
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Carrie Underwood's, "Before He Cheats"
Misheard Lyrics: And she's probably getting THIRSTY
Original Lyrics: And she's probably getting frisky
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