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Fun Music Information -> Tokens
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This is the most recent information about Tokens that has been submitted to amIright. If we have more information about Tokens, then we provide a link to the section where it appears (the actual page whenever possible).
Better Off Solo?:
Name | New Career | Comments & Submitter Name |
| "Neil Sedaka" | "He was the Tokens' original lead singer. While he was with the group, they were not very successful. After he left, both he and the Tokens would become very successful." | - Barry Disbrow |
| "Neil Sedaka" | "He was the original lead singer of the Tokens. Both he and the Tokens were far more successful after he left the group. " | - Barry Disbrow |
New Song Names:
Original Song Name | New Song Name | Submitter Name |
| "The Eunichs Sing Tonight" | "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" | oldsongs |
Literally Impossible Song Titles:
Song/Performer | Comment | Submitter Name |
| "Hitler's Still Alive," | He committed suicide in 1945. | Tommy |
Use a Song Title to Answer a Different Song:
Song & Band Name | Song & Band Name |
| "Falling," LeBlanc and Carr | "Victim Of Gravity," The Tokens |
| "Tonight I Fell In Love," The Tokens | "Tonight I Celebrate My Love," Roberta Flack & Peabo Bryson |
| "Potrait Of My Love," The Tokens | "It's Impossible," Robert Goulet |
Remove a Letter From a Song Title:
"He Lets Her Hair Down (Early In The Morning)" originally "She Lets Her Hair Down (Early In The Morning)"
Candy Welty
"She Lets Her Air Down (Early In The Morning)" originally "She Lets Her Hair Down (Early In The Morning)"
Candy Welty
"The Ion Sleeps Tonight" originally "The Lion Sleeps Tonight"
Frank
"The Lion Seeps Tonight" originally "The Lion Sleeps Tonight"
Apparently the lion has developed incontinence
Chris Frederick
Add a Letter to a Song Title:
"She Lets Her Chair Down (Early In The Morning)" originally "She Lets Her Hair Down (Early In The Morning)"
Candy Welty
"Please Writhe" originally "Please Write"
Marcia Zarwetten-Grassi
Change a Letter:
"I Hear Trumpets Glow" originally "I Hear Trumpets Blow"
Peter
"She Lets Her Lair Down (Early In The Morning)" originally "She Lets Her Hair Down (Early In The Morning)"
Candy Welty
"She Lets Her Pair Down (Early In The Morning)" originally "She Lets Her Hair Down (Early In The Morning)"
Candy Welty
"The Loon Sleeps Tonight" originally "The Lion Sleeps Tonight"
Now it's about a sleeping water bird.
Penny Olivia Tyler
Recordings:
May 14
a parody of ""The Lion Sleeps "Tonight"" by The Tokens
Comedy tonight
YouTube: (YouTube )
Mar 17
a parody of "The Lion Sleeps Tonight " by The Tokens
The Lion Farts Tonight and you'll LOL tonight.
Music Lift : (mp3)
Song Parody Lyrics:
Original Song Name | Parody Song Name | Parody Author |
| "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" | "The Vikings Sing Tonight" | Callmelennie |
| "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" | "O'Brien Speaks Tonight" | Callmelennie |
| "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" | "The LIMA Feeds Tonight" | Callmelennie |
| "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" | "A Lion's Dead Tonight" | The Vast Right Wing Conspiracy |
| "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" | "The Lyin’ Creep’s in Sight" | John A. Barry |
| "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" | "The Mayans Freak Tonight" | Leough |
| "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" | "The Liar Speaks Tonight" | Callmelennie |
| "The Lion Sleeps Tonight (Wimoweh)" | "The Free Ai Weiwei Song" | Phil Alexander |
| "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" | "Can't Fall Asleep Tonight!" | Matthias |
| "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" | "Ken Griffey Sleeps Tonight" | Michael Pacholek |
There are additional song parodies available. | ||
Bad Choices for On Hold Music:
Song Name | Company/Organization | Submittor |
| The Lion Sleeps Tonight | Any Zoo | Josh Bain |
| The Lion Sleeps Tonight | Siegfried and Roy's home phone | Indomitus |
Songs for Duets, That Haven't Been Done Yet:
First Band/Song Name | Second Band/Song Name | New Song Name | Submittor |
| Daniel Elton John | The Lion Sleeps Tonight The Tokens | Daniel, The Lion Sleeps Tonight So run like bloody hell. | Brian B |
| Wondering Where The Lions Are Bruce Cockburn | The Lion Sleeps Tonight The Tokens | Wondering Where The Lions Are Sleeping Tonight | Marvin |
| The Lion Sleeps Tonight The Tokens | Sun King The Beatles | The Lion King Sleeps Tonight "Ridding the world of Disney Icon's- one animal shelter at a time" | princejellyfish |
Misheard Lyrics:
"The Lion Sleeps Tonight"
Misheard Lyrics: Orain sleeps tonight.
Original Lyrics: The lion sleeps tonight.
| "The Lion Sleeps Tonight"
Misheard Lyrics: I swing a web, I swing a web
or I spin a web, I spin a web Original Lyrics: A-wimoweh, A-wimoweh
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"The Lion Sleeps Tonight"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm on my way
Original Lyrics: A-wimoweh, A-wimoweh
| "The Lion Sleeps Tonight"
Misheard Lyrics: My ding a ling my ding a ling
Original Lyrics: A-wimoweh. A-wimoweh. A-wimoweh.
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| There are additional misheard lyrics available. | |
Misheard Lyrics Stories:
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"The Lion Sleeps Tonight"
Misheard Lyrics: Meee... meee-eee-eee-ee, mum mum a-away
Original Lyrics: Wee...wee-oh, wee-oh, wee-oh wom oh-weh
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Story about this misheard lyric by: DooWop Diddy Diddy Dum Diddy Doo In show-and-tell in elementary some of us would bring in old 45s and play them. At an adjacent desk Roger would chant this line. None of us then had a clue as to the chorus lyrics. REM put out a brilliant cover of this tune in 1993 ( as a counterweight to "The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonight" ) and it is easier to conprehend - even with their Georgia accents which can be confusing at times (I'm a Midwesterner, so if I stepped on anyone's toes I didn't mean to. This is not a slam). |
| There are additional misheard stories available. | |
Song Parody Fragments:
"The Lion Sleeps Tonight"
Better Lyrics:
In the lion, the happy lion, the village sleeps tonight
Original Lyrics:
In the jungle, the quiet jungle, the lion sleeps tonight
Submitted by: Doug Montgomery
Repetitive Song Lyrics:
"The Lion Sleeps Tonight"
The Repetitive Lyrics: Awee ma way
Why They're Repetitive: i counted 64 times.
Submitted by: alana
| "The Lion Sleeps Tonight"
The Repetitive Lyrics: A-weem-a-way, a-weem-a-way, a-weem-a-way, a-weem-a-way, a-weem-a-way, aweem-a, way...
Why They're Repetitive: What the hell does a-weem-a-way mean anyway??!!
Submitted by: Cara
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Nonsensical Song Lyrics:
"The Lion Sleeps Tonight"
The Nonsensical Lyrics: In the jungle, the mighty jungle,
The lion sleeps tonight. Why They're Nonsensical: Contrary to persistent stereotyping, lions inhabit open country, such as grasslands and areas of scattered trees and/or shrub, such as savannas, often semi-arid regions. They do NOT live in jungles.
Submitted by: Miranda Turner
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Songs That Open With Their Titles:
"Hear The Bells"
Opening Lines: Hear the bells a-calling from the village just a mile away.
Comments: Submitted by: Candy Welty
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Song Title Space Change:
"He Sin Town" originally "He's In Town"
Submitted by: Yvette Bristle
Band Name Anagrams:
Ken Test Ho Submitted by: Martina McBride Of Frankenstein
Song Title Acrostics:
HIT: "He's In Town"
Submitted by: Candy Welty
Song Title Spoonerisms:
"The Scion Leaps Tonight" originally "The Lion Sleeps Tonight"
Submitted by: Daryl Hannah Montana
