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1960s | |
Creedence Clearwater Revival's, "Lookin' Out My Back Door"
Misheard Lyrics: Tattoos and memories are playing in the band
Original Lyrics: Tambourines and elephants are playin' in the band.
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Elvis Presley's, "Are You Lonesome Tonight"
Misheard Lyrics: Are you a monster tonight?
Original Lyrics: Are you lonesome tonight?
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Regis Philbin's, "Pennies from Heaven"
Misheard Lyrics: Every time it rains and rains...
Original Lyrics: Every time it rains, it rains...
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The Redcaps', "Come On Girl"
Misheard Lyrics: Try my lips, try my fist
Original Lyrics: Try my lips, try my kiss
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1970s | |
Bee Gees', "How Deep Is Your Love?"
Misheard Lyrics: 'Cause we're living like a wombat, too
Original Lyrics: 'Cause we're living in a world of fools
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Bee Gees', "Too Much Heaven"
Misheard Lyrics: I can see the ukulele
Original Lyrics: I can see beyond forever
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Carly Simon's, "You're So Vain"
Misheard Lyrics: Wife of a clothespin
Wife of a clothespin Original Lyrics: Wife of a good friend
Wife of a good friend |
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Dire Straits', "Sultans of Swing"
Misheard Lyrics: We are the sergeants of spleen
Original Lyrics: We are the sultans of swing
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Donna Summer's, "Hot Stuff"
Misheard Lyrics: Looking for some talk show, baby, this evening
Original Lyrics: Looking for some hot stuff, baby, this evening
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Eagles', "Take It to the Limit"
Misheard Lyrics: So put me on your hiney
Original Lyrics: So put me on the highway
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Mungo Jerry's, "In the Summertime"
Misheard Lyrics: With a grand fee, and her daddy with a fee
Original Lyrics: We're no threat, people, we're not dirty, we're not mean
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Supertramp's, "Give a Little Bit"
Misheard Lyrics: Give a little bit from Vince Lombardi
or Give a little bit to Vince Lombardi Original Lyrics: Give a little bit of your love to me
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1980s | |
Bon Jovi's, "Runaway"
Misheard Lyrics: Daddy's growing fast
Original Lyrics: Daddy's girl learned fast
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Def Leppard's, "Pour Some Sugar On Me"
Misheard Lyrics: You got the peaches, I gotta pee!
Original Lyrics: You got the peaches, I got the cream!
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Dire Straits', "Walk of Life"
Misheard Lyrics: Willy Wonka and I
Original Lyrics: Do the walk of life
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Freddie Mercury's, "I Was Born to Love You"
Misheard Lyrics: I was gone, toodle-oo
Original Lyrics: I was born to love you
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1990s | |
Bis', "The Powerpuff Girls"
Misheard Lyrics: Buttercup, and she's the toughest spider
Original Lyrics: Buttercup, and she's the toughest fighter
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Bis', "The Powerpuff Girls"
Misheard Lyrics: This song, commander and the leader
Original Lyrics: Blossom, commander and the leader
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Deee-Lite's, "Groove Is in the Heart"
Misheard Lyrics: Brutus is in the club
Original Lyrics: Groove is in the heart.
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Green Day's, "Basket Case"
Misheard Lyrics: About nothing and every single address.
Original Lyrics: About nothing and everything all at once.
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Green Day's, "Basket Case"
Misheard Lyrics: Am I just paranoid or have I been boned?
Original Lyrics: Am I just paranoid? I'm just stoned
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Green Day's, "Basket Case"
Misheard Lyrics: Am I just paranoid? Am I just shot?
Original Lyrics: Am I just paranoid, or am I just stoned?
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Green Day's, "Basket Case"
Misheard Lyrics: Do you have a dime, to listen to me whine?
Original Lyrics: Do you have the time, to listen to me whine?
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Green Day's, "Basket Case"
Misheard Lyrics: Do you have a dime?
Original Lyrics: Do you have the time?
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Green Day's, "Basket Case"
Misheard Lyrics: Do you have the time to christen my pet lime?
Original Lyrics: Do you have the time to listen to me whine?
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Green Day's, "Basket Case"
Misheard Lyrics: Do you have the time to listen to me whine
About nothing and everything allowance? Original Lyrics: Do you have the time to listen to me whine
About nothing and everything all at once? |
Green Day's, "Basket Case"
Misheard Lyrics: I am one of those sophisticated fools
Original Lyrics: I am one of those melodramatic fools
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Kris Kross', "Jump"
Misheard Lyrics: Rick Garbo make you… Jump! Jump!
Original Lyrics: Mac Daddy make you… Jump! Jump!
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Meredith Brooks', "Bitch"
Misheard Lyrics: I ate my bowl today
Original Lyrics: I hate the world today
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Nightcrawlers', "Push the Feeling On"
Misheard Lyrics: Burger King fries again, their Li, to pull us through
Original Lyrics: Their lives again, their Li, to pull us through
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R. Kelly's, "If I Could Turn Back the Hands of Time"
Misheard Lyrics: Then by golly
Original Lyrics: Then my darling
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Vanessa Williams', "Colors of the Wind"
Misheard Lyrics: In a hope that never ends
or In the Pope that never ends or An appointment never ends Original Lyrics: In a hoop that never ends
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Vanessa Williams', "Save the Best for Last"
Misheard Lyrics: You only save the best for last
Original Lyrics: You go and save the best for last
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2000s | |
Backstreet Boys', "Shape of My Heart"
Misheard Lyrics: Hold me now, Roboto
(later) Touch me now, Roboto Original Lyrics: Hold me now, don't bother
(later) Touch me now, don't bother |
Jessica Simpson's, "With You"
Misheard Lyrics: The real me is a Satan's girl
Original Lyrics: The real me is a Southern girl
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Owl City's, "Fireflies"
Misheard Lyrics: My calendar turns slowly
Original Lyrics: That Planet Earth turns slowly
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The Willowz's, "Repetition"
Misheard Lyrics: I feel the same with Asian dudes
Original Lyrics: I feel the same way as you do
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2010s | |
Commercial's, "Haribo"
Misheard Lyrics: Dr. Seuss just loves the show
Original Lyrics: Kids and grown-ups love it so
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Justin Bieber's, "Love Yourself"
Misheard Lyrics: You should go, you're not yourself
Original Lyrics: You should go and love yourself
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Katy Perry's, "Dark Horse"
Misheard Lyrics: Are you ready for, ready for
A puppet show, puppet show? Original Lyrics: Are you ready for, ready for
A perfect storm, perfect storm? |
One Direction's, "Rock Me"
Misheard Lyrics: I will see clearly again
Original Lyrics: R-O-C-K me again
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Portugal. The Man's, "Feel It Still"
Misheard Lyrics: I got some friends to myself
Original Lyrics: I keep my hands to myself
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misc | |
Traditional's, "John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt"
Misheard Lyrics: His name is cockatoo
Original Lyrics: His name is my name, too
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