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1960s | |
Sonny & Cher's, "The Beat Goes On"
Misheard Lyrics: Grandma sits in jail and Grandma knits.
Original Lyrics: Grandmas sit in chairs and reminisce.
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1970s | |
Meat Loaf's, "You Took the Words Right Out of My Mouth"
Misheard Lyrics: Oh, it must have been when you were kidding me
Original Lyrics: Oh, it must have been when you were kissing me
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Pink Floyd's, "San Tropez"
Misheard Lyrics: Owning a home with no silver spoon
I'm drinking champagne like a Greek tycoon Original Lyrics: Born in a home with no silver spoon
I'm drinking champagne like a good tycoon |
Warren Zevon's, "Werewolves of London"
Misheard Lyrics: Wrinkles of London
Original Lyrics: Werewolves of London
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1980s | |
ABC's, "When Smokey Sings"
Misheard Lyrics: With smokin' essence, I hear violence
Original Lyrics: When Smokey sings, I hear violins
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Big Audio Dynamite's, "E=mc2"
Misheard Lyrics: Red July is relativity
Homely buildings, no people prophecy Time slide, place to hide, nurse reality Foresight, mindswipe, magic in the geo home Original Lyrics: Ritual ideas relativity
Only buildings no people prophecy Timeslide place to hide nudge reality Foresight minds wide magic imagery |
Disney's 'The Little Mermaid''s, "Part of Your World"
Misheard Lyrics: Pregnant women
Sick of swimming Ready to sand Original Lyrics: Bright young women
Sick of swimming Ready to stand |
Expose's, "Point of No Return"
Misheard Lyrics: The call of the road seems just like a dream
Original Lyrics: The common road seems just like a dream
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Frankie Goes to Hollywood's, "Relax"
Misheard Lyrics: Mahahiyah. Stick it in...YAAAAAH!
Original Lyrics: Ma ha. Hi ya. Do it to me one time now.
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Jason Donovan's, "When You Come Back to Me"
Misheard Lyrics: There's a plane in my heart
And when you come back to me Oh, we will fall in love Original Lyrics: There's a flame in my heart
And when you come back to me Oh, how the fire will burn |
Madonna's, "La Isla Bonita"
Misheard Lyrics: Tropical island dreams
Original Lyrics: Tropical the island breeze
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Michael Jackson's, "Billie Jean"
Misheard Lyrics: BJ is not my lover
Original Lyrics: Billie Jean is not my lover
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Richard Marx's, "Hold On to the Nights"
Misheard Lyrics: Hold on to the nights
Hold on to the mammaries Original Lyrics: Hold on to the nights
Hold on to the memories |
Simply Red's, "Jericho"
Misheard Lyrics: You won't go to the bog
Original Lyrics: you won't go to the ball
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The Weather Girls', "It’s Raining Men"
Misheard Lyrics: I’m gonna go out, I’m gonna let myself get absolutely soaked in men
Original Lyrics: I’m gonna go out, I’m gonna let myself get absolutely soaking wet
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Wham!'s, "Careless Whisper"
Misheard Lyrics: I wish that we could lose his crown
Original Lyrics: I wish that we could lose this crowd
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1990s | |
Culture Beat's, "Mr. Vain"
Misheard Lyrics: Callin' Mr Raider
Callin' Mr Wrong Callin' Mr Zane Original Lyrics: Call him Mr. Raider.
Call him Mr. Wrong. Call him Mr. Vain. |
INXS's, "Suicide Blonde"
Misheard Lyrics: You wanna make her
Doing it inside the bomb Love's contagious Doing it inside the bomb Original Lyrics: You wanna make her
Suicide blonde Love devastation Suicide blonde! |
Lonnie Gordon's, "Happenin' All Over Again"
Misheard Lyrics: I know I should have seen the light
But I just let your love go through my hair Original Lyrics: I know I should have seen the light
But I just let your love go to my head |
Madison Avenue's, "Don't Call Me Baby"
Misheard Lyrics: You and me, we have an opportunity
And we could make it something really cruel But you, you think I'm not the kind of girl I'm hear to tell ya baby I don't wanna rock your world (Later) You got some loving, baby, that will never do Original Lyrics: You and me, we have an opportunity
And we could make it something really cool But you, you think I'm not the kind of girl I'm hear to tell ya baby I know how to rock your world (Later) You got some nerve and baby, that will never do |
The Cranberries', "Dreams"
Misheard Lyrics: All my life is checking every day
Original Lyrics: All my life is changing every day
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2000s | |
Caribou's, "Odessa"
Misheard Lyrics: Chicken steak, chicken steak
Chicken steak, chicken steak Who knows what she's gonna bake? Original Lyrics: She can say, she can say
She can say, she can say Who knows what she's gonna say? |
Duffy's, "Warwick Avenue"
Misheard Lyrics: I've been confused, tied and blind lately
OR I've been confused, tired and blind lately You think you're loving but you don't love me I want to be free, baby, you've hurt me All the days spent together, I wish to be bitter But I didn't want the train to go Original Lyrics: I've been confused, out of my mind lately
You think you're loving but you don't love me I want to be free, baby, you've hurt me All the days spent together, I wished for better But I didn't want the train to come |
Evanescence's, "Bring Me to Life"
Misheard Lyrics: (Wake me up)
Wake me up inside (You can't wake me up) Wake me up inside (Save me) Call my name and save me from the dork (Wake me up) Midnight on the run (You can't wake me up) Before I come from phone (Save me) Save me from the nothing I've become Original Lyrics: (Wake me up)
Wake me up inside (I can't wake up) Wake me up inside (Save me) Call my name and save me from the dark (Wake me up) Bid my blood to run (I can't wake up) Before I come undone (Save me) Save me from the nothing I've become |
Flight of the Conchords', "We're Both in Love With a Sexy Lady"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm gonna nuke her too
Original Lyrics: I've met a new girl too
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Linkin Park's, "Given Up"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm my own horse M & A
Original Lyrics: I'm my own worst enemy
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Linkin Park's, "Given Up"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm my own worms M & A
Original Lyrics: I'm my own worst enemy
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Linkin Park's, "Numb"
Misheard Lyrics: But I know, she was just like May
With someone disappointed it all Original Lyrics: But I know, you were just like me
With someone disappointed in you |
My Chemical Romance's, "Famous Last Words"
Misheard Lyrics: Awake and all afraid
Asleep all that Original Lyrics: Awake and unafraid
Asleep or dead |
My Chemical Romance's, "Famous Last Words"
Misheard Lyrics: But wears your heart
But wears your heart But wears your Nano To chase that part To chase that pie To taste! Original Lyrics: But where's your heart?
But where's your heart? But where's your, and I know To change that part To change that part To change! |
My Chemical Romance's, "Famous Last Words"
Misheard Lyrics: But wears your heart
But wears your heart But wears your Nano To chase that part To chase that pie Touch AIDS! Original Lyrics: But where's your heart?
But where's your heart? But where's your, and I know To change that part To change that part To change! |
My Chemical Romance's, "Famous Last Words"
Misheard Lyrics: I see you, Lion next to me
Original Lyrics: I see you lying next to me
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My Chemical Romance's, "Famous Last Words"
Misheard Lyrics: Is it hard understanding
Why men complete? Original Lyrics: Well, is it hard understanding
I'm incomplete? |
The Corrs', "Breathless"
Misheard Lyrics: Go on, go on, Wheaties breakfast
Original Lyrics: Go on, go on, leave me breathless
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2010s | |
Linkin Park's, "Final Masquerade"
Misheard Lyrics: We said it was forever, but then it slip awake
I'm staring at the end of the final masturbate Original Lyrics: We said it was forever, but then it slipped away
I'm standing at the end of the final masquerade |
Linkin Park's, "Rebellion (ft. Daron Malakian)"
Misheard Lyrics: Rebellion, rebellion, they lost before the start
Rebellion, rebellion, what I want the fall of hearts The fall of hearts, the fall of hearts, the fall of hearts Original Lyrics: Rebellion, rebellion, we lost before the start
Rebellion, rebellion, one by one, we fall apart We fall apart, we fall apart, we fall apart |
Linkin Park's, "Sharp Edges"
Misheard Lyrics: They all fall down, they live somehow
They learn what doesn't care about makes us stronger Original Lyrics: We all fall down, we live somehow
We learn what doesn't kill us makes us stronger |
Linkin Park's, "The Catalyst"
Misheard Lyrics: And when I close my eyes to the light
To symphonies of blood in a lie Original Lyrics: And when I close my eyes tonight
To symphonies of blinding light |
Linkin Park's, "The Catalyst"
Misheard Lyrics: Like memories in cold the grey
Transformations echoing away F*** from the world of you and I With ocean's breathe into the sky Original Lyrics: Like memories in cold decay
Transmissions echoing away Far from the world of you and I Where oceans bleed into the sky |
Linkin Park's, "Until It's Gone"
Misheard Lyrics: No, you don't know what you've got
It's The Beatles to be fought Original Lyrics: No, you don't know what you've got
It's your battle to be fought |
Linkin Park's, "Wastelands"
Misheard Lyrics: In the wastelands off to take
When tomorrow dance in the play Original Lyrics: In the wastelands of today
Where tomorrow disappears |
My Chemical Romance's, "Bulletproof Heart"
Misheard Lyrics: Shawty, won't you come back home?
Original Lyrics: Jenny, could you come back home?
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Brooks and Dunn's, "Little Miss Honky Tonk"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm here big fat daddy
She's my little Miss Donkey Kong Original Lyrics: I'm her big cat daddy
She's my little Miss Honky Tonk. |
George Strait's, "Amarillo by Morning"
Misheard Lyrics: I’ll be f***in' at the county fair
Original Lyrics: I’ll be buckin' at the county fair
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Meghan Trainor's, "Made You Look"
Misheard Lyrics: This ain't that ordinary, this is 14-carrot Kate
OR This ain't that ordinary, this is a 14-carrot cake Original Lyrics: This ain't that ordinary, this that 14 carat cake
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Pink's, "Trustfall"
Misheard Lyrics: It's a Truss bomb, baby
Original Lyrics: It's a trustfall, baby
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