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1950s | |
Fats Domino's, "Blueberry Hill"
Misheard Lyrics: Though we're apart, you've gotta be still
Original Lyrics: Though we're apart, you're part of me still
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1960s | |
Cat Stevens', "Matthew & Son"
Misheard Lyrics: There's a five minute break and that's all you take,
For a cup of cold coffee and a piece of cack. Original Lyrics: There's a five minute break and that's all you take,
For a cup of cold coffee and a piece of cake. |
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1970s | |
Elton John's, "Country Comfort"
Misheard Lyrics: And it's good old country comfort in my balls
Original Lyrics: And it's good old country comfort in my bones
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Jerry Reed's, "Amos Moses"
Misheard Lyrics: Well they raised up a son who could eat up his weight in gross ribs
Original Lyrics: Well they raised up a son who could eat up his weight in groceries
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Pink Floyd's, "Wish You Were Here"
Misheard Lyrics: Can you tell a green feel from a coasty rain?
Original Lyrics: Can you tell a green field from a cold steel rail?
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The Police's, "Message in a Bottle"
Misheard Lyrics: Stadium SOS
Original Lyrics: Sending out an SOS
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1980s | |
Bananarama's, "Robert de Niro's Waiting"
Misheard Lyrics: Robert de Niro's waiting
He told me to tell ya Original Lyrics: Robert de Niro's waiting
He's talking Italian |
Graham Nash's, "Right Before Your Eyes"
Misheard Lyrics: A man's a man who looks a man right between the thighs
Original Lyrics: A man's a man who looks a man right between the eyes
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Men at Work's, "Down Under"
Misheard Lyrics: He just smiled and gave me a larger size sandwich
Original Lyrics: He just smiled and gave me a Vegemite sandwich
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Squeeze's, "853-5937"
Misheard Lyrics: She’ll give you a wing when she is home
Original Lyrics: She’ll give you a ring when she is home
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Steely Dan's, "Time Out of Mind"
Misheard Lyrics: This is your chance to be real
or This is your chance to be free Original Lyrics: This is your chance to believe
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Steve Winwood's, "My Love's Leavin'"
Misheard Lyrics: Can I go with Today?!!
Original Lyrics: Can I cope with today?
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Steve Winwood's, "My Love's Leavin'"
Misheard Lyrics: Shadows & poo-ppos through me
Original Lyrics: Shadows in purple thrill me
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Steve Winwood's, "My Love's Leavin'"
Misheard Lyrics: Soup Sunday, I'll be found
Original Lyrics: Soon, someday, I'll be bound
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T'Pau's, "Heart and Soul"
Misheard Lyrics: Don't you make me vapor more
Original Lyrics: Don't you make me beg for more
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The Police's, "De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da"
Misheard Lyrics: They’re only chiefs I left unsigned
Original Lyrics: They’re only cheques I’ve left unsigned
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The Police's, "Don’t Stand So Close to Me"
Misheard Lyrics: Young teacher, the sunset
Original Lyrics: Young teacher, the subject
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The Rolling Stones', "She's So Cold"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm so hot for her, I'm on top of her
Original Lyrics: I'm so hot for her, I'm on fire for her
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The Scorpions', "Still Loving You"
Misheard Lyrics: Can we start again on the wings of the dark
Original Lyrics: If we'd go again all the way from the start
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1990s | |
Big Mountain's, "Baby I Love Your Way"
Misheard Lyrics: Clouds are talking to islands in the sun
I wish I could buy one just to see them Original Lyrics: Clouds are stalking islands in the sun
I wish I could buy one out of season |
East 17's, "Around the World"
Misheard Lyrics: Stood below the condoms and I pondered for a while
OR Stood below the condos and I pondered for a while Original Lyrics: Stood below the cosmos and I pondered on a why
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Fatboy Slim's, "The Rockafeller Skank"
Misheard Lyrics: Right up downtown
Original Lyrics: Right about now
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Gloworm's, "Carry Me Home"
Misheard Lyrics: Father left the house this morning with a briefcase in his hair
OR Father left the house this morning with a briefcase in his head Original Lyrics: Father left the house this morning with a briefcase in his hand
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OMC's, "How Bizarre"
Misheard Lyrics: Brother’s in the back,
Sweet sister’s in the front Original Lyrics: Brother Pele's in the back,
Sweet Zina’s in the front |
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OMC's, "How Bizarre"
Misheard Lyrics: Hey, by the right, How was I? How was I?
Original Lyrics: Hey, buy the rights! How bizarre, how bizarre!
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The Offspring's, "No Brakes"
Misheard Lyrics: You know I got no brains
Original Lyrics: You know I got no brakes
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2000s | |
Avril Lavigne's, "Girlfriend"
Misheard Lyrics: In a second, you'll be rocked around my finger
'Cause I can, 'cause I can do it better There's no other, so what's it gonna take in? He's so stupid, what the hall were you thinking? Original Lyrics: In a second, you'll be wrapped around my finger
'Cause I can, 'cause I can do it better There's no other, so when's it gonna sink in? She's so stupid, what the hell were you thinking? |
Britney Spears', "Phonography"
Misheard Lyrics: Better make sure if the line is green
Keep it confidential, you and me Phonography, phonography Baby calling, call necromancy, hey! Original Lyrics: Better make sure that the line is clean
Keep it confidential, you and me Phonography, phonography Dirty talking, call it phonography, hey! |
Christina Milian's, "AM to PM"
Misheard Lyrics: Everybody looking like stuff
Original Lyrics: Everybody looking like stars
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Fefe Dobson's, "Everything"
Misheard Lyrics: But if you're ready to be my evergreen
Original Lyrics: But if you're ready to be my everything
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Filmcow's, "Spatula Madness Accountant Song"
Misheard Lyrics: We can fight a million limes, we can eat a million pears
Original Lyrics: We can fight a million lions, we can eat a million bears
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Jessica Simpson's, "A Little Bit"
Misheard Lyrics: A little 4 foot salami
Original Lyrics: A little bit goes a long way
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Linkin Park's, "The Little Things Give You Away"
Misheard Lyrics: All you ever wanted
Was someone to truly look up to you And stick's feet on the water, I'll go All you ever wanted Was someone to truly look up to you And stick's feet on the ground, now I'll, now I'll go Original Lyrics: All you've ever wanted
Was someone to truly look up to you And six feet underwater, I do All you've ever wanted Was someone to truly look up to you And six feet underground, now I, now I do |
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Linkin Park's, "The Little Things Give You Away"
Misheard Lyrics: All you ever wanted
Was someone to truly look up to you And sticks feet on the water, I'll go All you ever wanted Was someone to truly look up to you And sticks feet on the ground, now I'll, now I'll go Original Lyrics: All you've ever wanted
Was someone to truly look up to you And six feet underwater, I do All you've ever wanted Was someone to truly look up to you And six feet underground, now I, now I do |
R.E.M.'s, "Leaving New York"
Misheard Lyrics: Leaving was never my crowd
Original Lyrics: Leaving was never my proud
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Taylor Swift's, "Our Song"
Misheard Lyrics: our song is the lime green door
Original Lyrics: our song is the slamming screen door
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Vertical Horizon's, "Everything You Want"
Misheard Lyrics: And you don't know what
Original Lyrics: And you don't know why
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2010s | |
Fitz and the Tantrums', "HandClap"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm like a stranger, you mean danger. Oh, you're holding your rights.
Original Lyrics: I'm like a stranger, give me danger, all your wrong and your right
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Fitz and the Tantrums', "HandClap"
Misheard Lyrics: Till no convection groups arrive, 'cause nobody sweetened your wines
Original Lyrics: Till no conviction, grapes of wrath can only sweeten your wines
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Imagine Dragons', "Radioactive"
Misheard Lyrics: Welcome to the noob age
I wipe my ass and I slap my nuts Original Lyrics: Welcome to the new age, to the new age
I wipe my brow and I sweat my rust |
Sia's, "Unstoppable"
Misheard Lyrics: I would never sing all day.
Original Lyrics: I win every single game.
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christian | |
Point of Grace's, "The Great Divide"
Misheard Lyrics: There's a fridge across the great divide
Original Lyrics: There's a bridge to cross the great divide
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Rich Mullins', "Awesome God"
Misheard Lyrics: And the lord was a joker
or And the lord was a token Original Lyrics: And the Lord wasn’t joking
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misc | |
Cliff Edwards', "When You Wish Upon a Star"
Misheard Lyrics: When you wish upon a star
You don’t know an Oscar’s so far! Original Lyrics: When you wish upon a star
Makes no difference who you are |
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