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1970s | |
Bee Gees', "You Should Be Dancing"
Misheard Lyrics: You should be Benson, yeah
Original Lyrics: You should be dancing, yeah
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Cornelius Bros. And Sister Rose's, "Treat Her Like a Lady"
Misheard Lyrics: Don't Flamin' Richie look my way.
Original Lyrics: Don't blame her if she looks my way.
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Elvis Presley's, "Don't Cry Daddy"
Misheard Lyrics: Montana's still wet
Original Lyrics: My pillow stll wet
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Elvis Presley's, "I've Got a Thing About You Baby"
Misheard Lyrics: Such a long time ago
Original Lyrics: Since a long time ago
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Elvis Presley's, "Moody Blue"
Misheard Lyrics: Baby got your number
Original Lyrics: Bettin' on the number
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Elvis Presley's, "Promised Land"
Misheard Lyrics: Sure as you're bored
or Sure as you're gone Original Lyrics: Sure as you're born
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Elvis Presley's, "Separate Ways"
Misheard Lyrics: We're just not white for each other
Original Lyrics: We're just not right for each other
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Elvis Presley's, "Way Down"
Misheard Lyrics: The lights are gonna dim
Original Lyrics: The lights are goin' dim
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Helen Reddy's, "Delta Dawn"
Misheard Lyrics: Then a man with a load of grease stood by her side.
Original Lyrics: Then a man with a load of grief stood by her side.
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Quincy Jones', "Stuff Like That"
Misheard Lyrics: Walked in the door
Original Lyrics: Walked in the joint
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Showaddywaddy's, "Under the Moon of Love"
Misheard Lyrics: Your ass shines so brightly Under the moon of love
Original Lyrics: Your eyes shine so brightly Under the moon of love
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The Guess Who's, "American Woman"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm gonna leave you, woman
By five, by five By five, by five Original Lyrics: I'm gonna leave you, woman
Bye-bye, bye-bye Bye-bye, bye-bye |
The Poppy Family's, "Which Way You Goin' Billy?"
Misheard Lyrics: And though I'm drivin'
Original Lyrics: And though I'm tryin'
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1980s | |
Belinda Carlisle's, "Heaven Is a Place on Earth"
Misheard Lyrics: Ooh, Haiti is a place on Earth
Original Lyrics: Ooh, heaven is a place on Earth
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Eddy Grant's, "Gimme Hope Jo'Anna"
Misheard Lyrics: She even knows how to swing for Kenya
Original Lyrics: She even knows how to swing opinion
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Elvis Presley's, "Guitar Man"
Misheard Lyrics: Gonna dance the YMCA
Original Lyrics: Got a room at the YMCA
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John Lennon's, "Watching the Wheels"
Misheard Lyrics: Lost in the future
Original Lyrics: Lost in confusion
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Pepsi & Shirlie's, "Heartache"
Misheard Lyrics: No family tales
Original Lyrics: No fairy tales
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Pet Shop Boys feat. Dusty Springfield's, "What Have I Done to Deserve This?"
Misheard Lyrics: Can't always run from a good thing
Original Lyrics: Can't always work for a living
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Quincy Jones and James Ingram's, "Just Once"
Misheard Lyrics: Or head on out the dome
Original Lyrics: Or head on out the door
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Quincy Jones and James Ingram's, "One Hundred Ways"
Misheard Lyrics: Fry a hundred eggs
Original Lyrics: Find one hundred ways
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Shakin' Stevens', "You Drive Me Crazy"
Misheard Lyrics: Every time you're horny
Original Lyrics: Every time you hold me
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Shirley Murdock's, "As We Lay"
Misheard Lyrics: As we swept the night away
Original Lyrics: As we slept the night away
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Todd Rundgren's, "Bang the Drum All Day"
Misheard Lyrics: Ever since I was abominable
Original Lyrics: Ever since I was a tiny boy
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Yes', "Owner of a Lonely Heart"
Misheard Lyrics: Owner of the Trojan horse OR Owner of the Trojan heart
Original Lyrics: Owner of a lonely heart
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1990s | |
Gabrielle's, "Give Me a Little More Time"
Misheard Lyrics: That you really can
or That you really can't Original Lyrics: That you really cared
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Mase Featuring Total's, "What You Want"
Misheard Lyrics: Tell me one-on-one
Original Lyrics: Tell me what you want
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Meat Loaf's, "Not a Dry Eye in the House"
Misheard Lyrics: And there's not a tie-dye
Original Lyrics: And there's not a dry eye
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Quincy Jones Featuring Ray Charles And Chaka Khan's, "I'll Be Good to You"
Misheard Lyrics: On Nick Jr.
Original Lyrics: I'll be good to you
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Quincy Jones', "The Secret Garden"
Misheard Lyrics: Tell me your favorite
Original Lyrics: Tell me your secret
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Steps', "Better Best Forgotten"
Misheard Lyrics: If only you bread my mind, you'd see I was hurt inside
Original Lyrics: If only you read my mind, you'd see I was hurt inside
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Steps', "Better Best Forgotten"
Misheard Lyrics: If only you break my mind, you'd see I was hurt inside
Original Lyrics: If only you read my mind, you'd see I was hurt inside
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Steps', "Better Best Forgotten"
Misheard Lyrics: If only you read my mind, you'd see I was hurt inside
Original Lyrics: If only you read my mind, you'd see I was hurt inside
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Steps', "Better Best Forgotten"
Misheard Lyrics: If only you red my mind, you'd see I was hurt inside
Original Lyrics: If only you read my mind, you'd see I was hurt inside
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Steps', "Better Best Forgotten"
Misheard Lyrics: If only you wreck my mind, you'd see I was hurt inside
Original Lyrics: If only you read my mind, you'd see I was hurt inside
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Wyclef Jean's, "Gone Till November"
Misheard Lyrics: School and slumber
Original Lyrics: School in the summer
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2000s | |
Akon Featuring Snoop Dogg's, "I Wanna Love You"
Misheard Lyrics: You already go
Original Lyrics: You already know
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Franz Ferdinand's, "Do You Want To"
Misheard Lyrics: Take me to the water
Original Lyrics: Do you, do you want to?
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2010s | |
Justin Timberlake's, "Can't Stop The Feeling"
Misheard Lyrics: It goes electric, baby, when I turn it on
Original Lyrics: It goes electric, wavy, when I turn it on
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Nicki Minaj and Ice Spice with Aqua's, "Barbie World"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm always yours (Stop playin' with 'em, Riot) Ooh whoa My name is the Barbie And I really don't know how to party Pink Venti, I'm ready to bend It's a ten so I get a big Ken like Jazzie, Stacie, Nickie All of them pretties think they pretty All of the Barbie is bad It growls (it growls) and it ain't catchin' that
Original Lyrics: I'm always yours (Stop playin' with 'em, Riot) Ooh whoa And I'm bad like the Barbie (Barbie) I'm a doll, but I still wanna party (party) Pink 'Vette like I'm ready to bend (bend) I'm a ten, so I pull in a Ken Like Jazzie, Stacie, Nicki (grrah) All of the Barbies is pretty (damn) All of the Barbies is bad It girls (It girls) and we ain't playin' tag (grrah)
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