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1960s | |
Beatles', "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds"
Misheard Lyrics: Lucy's in the sky and diamonds.
Original Lyrics: Lucy in the sky with diamonds.
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Brenton Wood's, "Gimme Little Sign"
Misheard Lyrics: Just give me a little slander.
Original Lyrics: Just give me a little sign girl.
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Chris Farlowe's, "Out of Time"
Misheard Lyrics: Giving up your social world
You can't come back, be the first in line, oh yeah You're out of sleet, my baby My poor and tragic baby OR My poor unnatural baby Original Lyrics: Giving up your social whirl
You can't come back, be the first in line, oh yeah You're obsolete, my baby My poor unfaithful baby |
The Beau Brummels', "Laugh, Laugh"
Misheard Lyrics: Bye bye, before I die.
Original Lyrics: Laugh laugh, I thought I'd die.
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1970s | |
Blondie's, "Hanging on the Telephone"
Misheard Lyrics: I had to interrupt this fascist conversation
Original Lyrics: I had to interrupt and stop this conversation
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Chicory Tip's, "Son of My Father"
Misheard Lyrics: South of the border
Original Lyrics: Son of my father
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Commercial's, "Oscar Mayer Bologna"
Misheard Lyrics: My bunny has a first name
Original Lyrics: My bologna has a first name
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George Harrison's, "Give Me Love (Give Me Peace on Earth)"
Misheard Lyrics: Help me go
Original Lyrics: Help me cope
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Santana's, "Evil Ways"
Misheard Lyrics: You’ve got today, baby
Original Lyrics: You’ve got to change, baby
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Steve Miller Band's, "Swingtown"
Misheard Lyrics: Condom dance
or Come on down Original Lyrics: Come on and dance
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1980s | |
Benny Mardones', "Into the Night"
Misheard Lyrics: If I should write
Original Lyrics: If I could fly
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Billy Ocean's, "Caribbean Queen (No More Love On The Run)"
Misheard Lyrics: Parabou queen
Original Lyrics: Caribbean queen
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Devo's, "Whip It"
Misheard Lyrics: Step on the brake, break your mama's back.
Original Lyrics: Step on a crack, break your mama's back.
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Irene Cara's, "Flashdance... What A Feeling"
Misheard Lyrics: What a feeling, I am losing ground
Original Lyrics: What a feeling, I am music now
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Journey's, "Mother, Father"
Misheard Lyrics: Hey, mother, father, sister
Hey, come back, tryin', believin' Hey, mother, father, Athena Original Lyrics: Hey, mother, father, sister
Hey, come back, tryin', believin' Hey, mother, father, dreamer |
Journey's, "Natural Thing"
Misheard Lyrics: Well, love has gone
It's a natural thing (it's a natural thing) It's a natural thing (such a natural thing) It's a natural thing Too late, too late Original Lyrics: Well, love has gone
It's a natural thing (it's a natural thing) It's a natural thing (such a natural thing) It's a natural thing Julie, Julie |
Pet Shop Boys and Dusty Springfield's, "What Have I Done to Deserve This?"
Misheard Lyrics: How am I gonna get you?
or How am I gonna forget you? Original Lyrics: How am I gonna get through?
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The Motels', "Suddenly Last Summer"
Misheard Lyrics: It gives me Vagisil
Original Lyrics: It keeps me standing still
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Thompson Twins', "Lies"
Misheard Lyrics: Rice, rice, rice, yeah!
Original Lyrics: Lies, lies, lies, yeah!
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1990s | |
Counting Crows', "Mr. Jones"
Misheard Lyrics: Mister, don't tell me
Original Lyrics: Mr. Jones and me
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Happy Mondays', "Step On"
Misheard Lyrics: Gonna stamp on the fire, he can't change your desire
Don't you know he can't make you forget you're the man? Original Lyrics: Gonna stamp out your fire, he can change your desire
Don't you know he can make you forget you're a man? |
Kid Rock's, "Bawitdaba"
Misheard Lyrics: My name is K! K-Rock!
Original Lyrics: My name is Kid! Kid Rock!
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Nightcrawlers', "Push the Feeling On"
Misheard Lyrics: Delighted again,
Delighted through and through. Original Lyrics: Their lives again,
Their li-pull us through |
Nightcrawlers', "Push the Feeling On"
Misheard Lyrics: They're lives-ing again, they're Nightcroolers
Original Lyrics: Their lives again
Their Li, to pull us through |
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TLC's, "Waterfalls"
Misheard Lyrics: Don't go pasting moth balls
Original Lyrics: Don't go chasing waterfalls
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Tal Bachman's, "She's So High"
Misheard Lyrics: Like Queen of Diamonds, Jack of Hearts or Ace of Diamonds
Original Lyrics: Like Cleopatra, Joan of Arc or Aphrodite
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Technotronic's, "Pump Up The Jam"
Misheard Lyrics: Oh why, a bad mistake
Original Lyrics: I don't want a place to stay.
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Third Eye Blind's, "Semi-Charmed Life"
Misheard Lyrics: Erection, her one motivation
Original Lyrics: Ovation, her own motivation.
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2000s | |
Avril Lavigne's, "My Happy Ending"
Misheard Lyrics: It's nice to know you had it all
That's the watching as I fall And Father me know you were Son Original Lyrics: It's nice to know we had it all
Thanks for watching as I fall And letting me know we were done |
Foo Fighters', "Times Like These"
Misheard Lyrics: I, I’m a one-way motor way
I’m the one that drives away Then follows you back home Original Lyrics: I, I’m a one-way motor way
I’m the road that drives away Then follows you back home |
Jay-Z featuring Alicia Keys', "Empire State of Mind"
Misheard Lyrics: A new law
Original Lyrics: In New York
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Kid Rock's, "All Summer Long"
Misheard Lyrics: Singing "Sweet Home Alabama" on the summer lawn
Original Lyrics: Singing "Sweet Home Alabama" all summer long
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Linkin Park's, "Numb"
Misheard Lyrics: But I know, she was just like the bay
With someone disappointed it all Original Lyrics: But I know, you were just like me
With someone disappointed in you |
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My Chemical Romance's, "Famous Last Words"
Misheard Lyrics: But wears your heart
But wears your heart But wears your Danone 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! |
Sheryl Crow's, "Soak Up the Sun"
Misheard Lyrics: I’m gonna surf up the sun
Original Lyrics: I’m gonna soak up the sun
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System Of A Down's, "Chop Suey"
Misheard Lyrics: I just lost the baby in the shake-up
Original Lyrics: Hide the scars and fade away the shake-up.
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2010s | |
Alicia Keys', "Empire State of Mind Part II"
Misheard Lyrics: If I can rape you there
Original Lyrics: If I can make it there
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Linkin Park's, "Guilty All the Same"
Misheard Lyrics: You're guilty all the sea, to take, to be the shake
You want to point your finger, But there's no one else to play Original Lyrics: You're guilty all the same, too sick to be ashamed
You want to point your finger, But there's no one else to blame |
Linkin Park's, "The Catalyst"
Misheard Lyrics: FASFA the world of you and I
With ocean's breathe into the star Original Lyrics: Far from the world of you and I
Where oceans bleed into the sky |
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 star Original Lyrics: Like memories in cold decay
Transmissions echoing away Far from the world of you and I Where oceans bleed into the sky |
Meghan Trainor's, "Made You Look"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm a Tamagotchi, aww
Original Lyrics: I could have my Gucci on
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Phoebe Bridgers', "Scott Street"
Misheard Lyrics: I asked you, "How is your sister?
I heard she got third-degree" Original Lyrics: I asked you, "How is your sister?
I heard she got her degree" |
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BTS's, "Dynamite"
Misheard Lyrics: Shining through the city with a little f*cking sun
Original Lyrics: Shining through the city with a little funk and soul
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Psychedelic Porn Crumpets', "Hats Off to the Green Bins"
Misheard Lyrics: Hats of for everything budding
Original Lyrics: Hats off for Edwin Beard Budding
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Psychedelic Porn Crumpets', "Tripolasaur"
Misheard Lyrics: Mutate
A shyga Enhanced with Original Lyrics: New day
Fresh angle Enhancement |
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