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1950s | |
Hal Hopper's, "26 Men"
Misheard Lyrics: 26 men saddled up and then rode to answer booty call
Original Lyrics: 26 men saddled up and then rode out
To answer duties call |
The Cadillacs', "Speedoo"
Misheard Lyrics: Well now they often call me Speedoo
But my real name is Milton Berle Original Lyrics: Well now they often call me Speedoo
But my real name is Mister Earl |
The Cadillacs', "Speedoo"
Misheard Lyrics: Well, they often call me sweet hums
But my real name is Mister Earl Original Lyrics: Well, they often call me Speedoo
But my real name is Mister Earl |
The Cadillacs', "Speedoo"
Misheard Lyrics: Well, they up and call me Speedle,
But my real name is Lester Original Lyrics: Well, they often call me Speedoo,
But my real name is Mister Earl |
1960s | |
Creedence Clearwater Revival's, "Proud Mary"
Misheard Lyrics: Vittles keep on turnin'
Original Lyrics: Big wheels keep on turnin'
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Dionne Warwick's, "I'll Never Fall in Love Again"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm out of those chairs
Original Lyrics: I'm out of those chains
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Frankie Valli's, "Can't Take My Eyes off You"
Misheard Lyrics: Oh, pretty baby, don't bring me down hombre.
Original Lyrics: Oh, pretty baby, don't bring me down, I pray.
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1970s | |
ABBA's, "Chiquitita"
Misheard Lyrics: How the heartaches come and they go
And you start believing Original Lyrics: How the heartaches come and they go
And the scars they're leaving |
AC/DC 's, "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap "
Misheard Lyrics: General Lee and The Thunder Chief
Original Lyrics: Dirty deeds and they’re done dirt cheap
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Blondie's, "Heart of Glass"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm riding high onto the thermal douche line
Original Lyrics: Riding high on love's true blueish light
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Chic's, "Good Times"
Misheard Lyrics: Doin' time. We are all doin' time.
Original Lyrics: Good times. These are the good times.
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Disney's Winnie the Pooh's, "The Wonderful Thing About Tiggers"
Misheard Lyrics: Pun, pun, pun, pun, pun
Original Lyrics: Fun, fun, fun, fun, fun
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Jethro Tull's, "Cheap Day Return"
Misheard Lyrics: Brush away the secret ash
That's falling down your pants Original Lyrics: Brush away the cigarette ash
That's falling down your pants |
Queen's, "Bohemian Rhapsody"
Misheard Lyrics: The algebra has a devil for a psychic tree,
For a tree, for a tree! Original Lyrics: Beelzebub has a devil put aside for me, for me, for me!
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Raydio's, "You Can't Change That"
Misheard Lyrics: I don't always love you
Original Lyrics: Honey, I'll always love you
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Talking Heads', "Psycho Killer"
Misheard Lyrics: Psycho killer
Basket case Original Lyrics: Psycho killer
Qu'est que c'est |
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1980s | |
ABBA's, "On and On and On"
Misheard Lyrics: I said "I was fighting, so we waited for the bus"
Original Lyrics: I said, "I was not exactly waiting for the bus"
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ABBA's, "On and On and On"
Misheard Lyrics: On and on and on
Be bop dum, baby till the night is gone Original Lyrics: On and on and on
Keep on rocking, baby till the night is gone |
ABBA's, "When All Is Said And Done"
Misheard Lyrics: They're all cabbage, you and me
See lions differently (Later) Standing calmly at the crossroads, lonely side of town Original Lyrics: Birds of passage, you and me
We fly instinctively (Later) Standing calmly at the crossroads, no desire to run |
Nine Below Zero's, "Eleven Plus Eleven"
Misheard Lyrics: I got nothing to do
But sit around here playing with me cube Original Lyrics: I got nothing to do
But sit around here playing with me tuba |
Patti LaBelle and Michael McDonald's, "On My Own"
Misheard Lyrics: So many dimes
Original Lyrics: So many times
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Paul McCartney's, "We All Stand Together"
Misheard Lyrics: You can eat rice
Original Lyrics: You'll get it right
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Smokey Robinson's, "One Heartbeat"
Misheard Lyrics: Take it why Arby's is to dine
or Take it why Hardee's is to dine Original Lyrics: Take it one heartbeat at a time
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Violent Femmes', "Blister in the Sun"
Misheard Lyrics: Body bliss, I stained my ships
And I don't even know why Original Lyrics: Body and beats, I stain my sheets
And I don't even know why |
Wang Chung's, "Dance Hall Days"
Misheard Lyrics: We were so in place
... And in her mouth enamour this And in her breasts you suck those blue Original Lyrics: We were so in phase
... And in her mouth, an amethyst And in her eyes, two sapphires blue |
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1990s | |
Ace of Base's, "Lucky Love"
Misheard Lyrics: Lucky love belongs to Dean and Kevin
or Lucky love belongs to Dean and Helen Original Lyrics: Lucky love belongs in teenage heaven
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Coolio's, "C U When U Get There"
Misheard Lyrics: I destroyed my whole life
To make it to the mountain peak Original Lyrics: I just strived my whole life
To make it to the mountain peak |
Joshua Kadison's, "Jessie"
Misheard Lyrics: We could go to Mexico to the Youth Academy
Original Lyrics: We could go to Mexico you, the cat, and me
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Lara Fabian's, "I Will Love Again"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm a liar again
Original Lyrics: I will love again
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Lara Fabian's, "I Will Love Again"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm a lyre again
Original Lyrics: I will love again
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Madonna's, "Ray of Light"
Misheard Lyrics: Bigger than a way of life
Original Lyrics: Quicker than a ray of light
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Maggie Reilly's, "Everytime We Touch"
Misheard Lyrics: I want this to laugh
Original Lyrics: I want this to last
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Nirvana's, "Smells Like Teen Spirit"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm in love now, hell if I know, I'm a skittle, I'm a beetle, yeah!
Original Lyrics: A mulatto, an albino, a mosquito, my libido, yeah!
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No Doubt's, "Don't Speak"
Misheard Lyrics: Don't speak
I have noticed what you're saying Original Lyrics: Don't speak
I know just what you're saying |
Scorpions', "Wind of Change"
Misheard Lyrics: Then you had better like the sea
or Then you had better like the swing While my guitar wants to sing Original Lyrics: Let your balalaika sing, what my guitar wants to say
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Steps', "Deeper Shade of Blue"
Misheard Lyrics: Get out, I'm a darker shade of green,
And I just can't be mean Original Lyrics: Yeah, I'm a darker shade of me, and I just can't be free
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The Beautiful South's, "Pretenders to the Throne"
Misheard Lyrics: You're European, that's not where I mean
It's got glass and it's got elegance like you've never seen Original Lyrics: If you've been, that's not where I mean
It's got class and it's got excellence like you've never seen |
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2000s | |
Blue's, "One Love"
Misheard Lyrics: One love is all the Bikini
Original Lyrics: One love is all we need
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Blue's, "Too Close"
Misheard Lyrics: Baby when you're crying, I get so excited.
Original Lyrics: Baby when we're grinding, I get so excited.
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David Gates', "Find Me"
Misheard Lyrics: I don't wanna have to spend all night
Forever without you Original Lyrics: I don't wanna have to spend all my forever without you
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Linkin Park's, "Pushing Me Away"
Misheard Lyrics: The sacrifice of partying all night.
Original Lyrics: The sacrifice of hiding in a lie.
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Snoop Dogg's, "Sensual Seduction"
Misheard Lyrics: Smoke us, Cinderella
Original Lyrics: Smoke us a cigarette
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Steps', "It's the Way You Make Me Feel"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm in love with you anyway
(Everybody) Way, hey, hey It's the way you make me feel Original Lyrics: I'm loving you anyway
(Anyway) Hey, hey, hey It's the way you make me feel |
Steps', "It's the Way You Make Me Feel"
Misheard Lyrics: Oh, I go weak inside, Baby, I just can't hide, but I can't hold back
Original Lyrics: Oh, I go weak inside, baby, I just can't hide, my love
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2010s | |
Jess Glynne's, "Hold My Hand"
Misheard Lyrics: Darling, hold my head
Oh, won't you hold my head? Original Lyrics: Darling, hold my hand
Oh, won't you hold my hand? |
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