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1950s | |
1960s | |
Desmond Dekker & The Aces', "Israelites"
Misheard Lyrics: My wife and my kids and the porcupine all leave me,
'Darling', she said, 'I have Covid-19' Original Lyrics: My wife and my kids they pack up and a-leave me
'Darling,' she said. 'I was yours to receive.' |
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Randy And The Rainbows', "Denise"
Misheard Lyrics: Oh Donise Scooby-Doo
Original Lyrics: Oh, Denise, shooby doo
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Rolling Stones', "Honky Tonk Women"
Misheard Lyrics: Gim-back, gim-back, gim-back the honky tonk women
Original Lyrics: Gimme, gimme, gimme the honky tonk blues
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Rolling Stones', "Satisfaction"
Misheard Lyrics: I can't get no good reaction
Original Lyrics: I can't get no girly action
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The Who's, "Magic Bus"
Misheard Lyrics: Every day you'll see the bus
Original Lyrics: Every day you'll see the dust
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1970s | |
Bob Dylan's, "Hurricane"
Misheard Lyrics: And so Billy calls the cops
Original Lyrics: And so Patty calls the cops
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Electric Light Orchestra's, "Turn to Stone"
Misheard Lyrics: Our turds are stone
Original Lyrics: I turn to stone
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Fleetwood Mac's, "Go Your Own Way"
Misheard Lyrics: You get Oil of Olay
Original Lyrics: You can go your own way
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Gloria Gaynor's, "I Will Survive"
Misheard Lyrics: Did you think I'd struggle?
Original Lyrics: Did you think I'd crumble?
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Grateful Dead's, "Casey Jones"
Misheard Lyrics: Trouble ahead, trouble behind
And you know that OSHA just crossed my mind Original Lyrics: Trouble ahead, trouble behind
And you know that notion just crossed my mind |
Roberta Flack's, "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face"
Misheard Lyrics: I fought, the sun rose in your eyes
Original Lyrics: I thought the sun rose in your eyes
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Supertramp's, "Another Man's Woman"
Misheard Lyrics: I gave you a piece of toothpaste!
Original Lyrics: How can you be so two-faced?
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The Beatles', "The Long and Winding Road"
Misheard Lyrics: The long and winding road that leads to your door
We'll never disappear, I've seen that road before Original Lyrics: The long and winding road that leads to your door
Will never disappear, I've seen that road before |
The Four Seasons', "December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night)"
Misheard Lyrics: As I recall, it ended my curfew
Original Lyrics: As I recall, it ended much too soon
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1980s | |
Elton John's, "I'm Still Standing"
Misheard Lyrics: Don't you know that I'm Bill Stanley?
Original Lyrics: Don't you know that I'm still standing?
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Enya's, "Orinoco Flow (Sail Away)"
Misheard Lyrics: We can sing, we can sing
Original Lyrics: We can sail, we can sail
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Irene Cara's, "Fame"
Misheard Lyrics: I've got more than you and you can set it free.
Original Lyrics: I've got more in me and you can set it free.
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Michael Jackson's, "Billie Jean"
Misheard Lyrics: But the Janice is not my son
Original Lyrics: But the kid is not my son.
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Shriekback's, "Everything That Rises Must Converge"
Misheard Lyrics: She says "I, I know koreda"
Kick up the soil, spoil a pattern in the sand Original Lyrics: She's saying, "I, Ai no corrida!"
Kick up the soil, spoil a pattern in the sand |
1990s | |
10,000 Maniacs', "These Are Days"
Misheard Lyrics: These are the babes
Original Lyrics: These are the days
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Alanis Morissette's, "Ironic"
Misheard Lyrics: It’s like 10,000 stools
Original Lyrics: It’s like 10,000 spoons
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Blues Traveler's, "Run-Around"
Misheard Lyrics: What I wouldn't give to run around
Original Lyrics: Why you wanna give me a run-around?
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Cher's, "Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss)"
Misheard Lyrics: Oh no, you maple leaf
OR Oh no, you make believe Original Lyrics: Oh no, he'll make believe
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Janet Jackson's, "Because of Love"
Misheard Lyrics: Because I love you
Original Lyrics: Because of love, you…
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Montell Jordan's, "This Is How We Do It"
Misheard Lyrics: The party's here on the web site
Original Lyrics: The party's here on the west side
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Rockapella's, "Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?"
Misheard Lyrics: Make a naughty girl cry uncle
Original Lyrics: Make Antarctica cry uncle
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Smash Mouth's, "Walkin' on the Sun"
Misheard Lyrics: Seinfeld, Elaine, act now
Original Lyrics: So don't be late, act now
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Zucchero and Paul Young's, "Senza Una Donna (Without A Woman)"
Misheard Lyrics: You got to dig a little deeper, like, down
(Later) I still watch the ocean Original Lyrics: You got to dig a little deeper, lady
(Later) I stay here and watch the ocean |
2000s | |
Disturbed's, "Forsaken"
Misheard Lyrics: You see I am not evil Satan
Original Lyrics: You see I cannot be forsaken
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Funeral for a Friend's, "Escape Artists Never Die"
Misheard Lyrics: We're a hundred thousand mice
Original Lyrics: With a hundred thousand lights
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Green Day's, "Homecoming"
Misheard Lyrics: It’s about the pizza town
Original Lyrics: As soon as my feet touched ground
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Kelly Clarkson's, "My Life Would Suck Without You"
Misheard Lyrics: You got it peacefully
Original Lyrics: You got a piece of me
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My Chemical Romance's, "Famous Last Words"
Misheard Lyrics: But where’s your fart?
Original Lyrics: But where’s your heart?
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My Chemical Romance's, "Hang 'Em High"
Misheard Lyrics: Carnage while I'm holding on
Original Lyrics: Gun it while I'm holding on
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Pink's, "Who Knew"
Misheard Lyrics: I took your work and I believed
Original Lyrics: I took your words and I believed
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Pink's, "Who Knew"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm watching Blue's Clues
Original Lyrics: My darling, who knew?
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Three Days Grace's, "Riot"
Misheard Lyrics: Let’s start a diet, a diet
Original Lyrics: Let's start a riot, a riot.
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2010s | |
Green Day's, "Father of All…"
Misheard Lyrics: Now we’re living inside of a bus
Original Lyrics: There’s a riot living inside of us
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King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard's, "Altered Beast IV"
Misheard Lyrics: I don't feel anus
Original Lyrics: I don't feel heinous
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King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard's, "Cyboogie"
Misheard Lyrics: Side boobies
Original Lyrics: Cyboogie
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King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard's, "Plastic Boogie"
Misheard Lyrics: Boogie (team rocket)
Boogie (team rocket) Original Lyrics: The way (We wrap it)
The way (We wrap it) |
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard's, "Robot Stop"
Misheard Lyrics: I am here from the widow swarm
Original Lyrics: I'm up here for the weirdo swarm
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Johnny Horton's, "The Battle of New Orleans"
Misheard Lyrics: We fired our buns
Original Lyrics: We fired our guns
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