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1950s | |
Shirley Bassey's, "As I Love You"
Misheard Lyrics: As long as the light is on
Original Lyrics: As long as life is long
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Shirley Bassey's, "Kiss Me Honey Honey Kiss Me"
Misheard Lyrics: So hold my clothes and darling show me how
Original Lyrics: So hold me close and darling show me how
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Shirley Bassey's, "You You Romeo"
Misheard Lyrics: I brush my teeth
Original Lyrics: I blush to think
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The Chordettes', "Lollipop"
Misheard Lyrics: Cockle, berry, cherry, or lime
Original Lyrics: Huckleberry, cherry, or lime
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1960s | |
Shirley Bassey's, "You'll Never Know"
Misheard Lyrics: When I reach for yolo
Original Lyrics: When I reach for your love
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Shirley Bassey's, "You'll Never Know"
Misheard Lyrics: You'll never, never know I can
Original Lyrics: You'll never, never know I care
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1970s | |
Billy Joel's, "New York State of Mind"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm in New York, stick around
Original Lyrics: I'm in a New York state of mind
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Billy Joel's, "The Entertainer"
Misheard Lyrics: I am the escalator
Original Lyrics: I am the entertainer
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Eddie Holman's, "Hey There Lonely Girl"
Misheard Lyrics: Hey there homely girl
Original Lyrics: Hey there lonely girl
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Elton John's, "Rocketman"
Misheard Lyrics: Burnin' down the treetops ever long
Original Lyrics: Rocketman
Burning out his fuse out here alone |
George McCrae's, "Rock Your Baby"
Misheard Lyrics: There's only time
Original Lyrics: Yes, hold me tight
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Grateful Dead's, "The Music Never Stopped"
Misheard Lyrics: Its flowers cannot appease the ground
Original Lyrics: It's fireworks, calliopes and clowns
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Jennifer Warnes', "Right Time of the Night "
Misheard Lyrics: The stars are waking the birds
Original Lyrics: The stars are winking above
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Led Zeppelin's, "Stairway to Heaven"
Misheard Lyrics: And she's dying to stay away from heaven
Original Lyrics: And she's buying a stairway to heaven
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Queen's, "Long Away"
Misheard Lyrics: Is Mercury in heaven, I would not care to say.
Original Lyrics: You might believe in heaven, I would not care to say.
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Slade's, "Cum On Feel The Noize"
Misheard Lyrics: Wicked wah-wah, wah!
Original Lyrics: We get wild, wild, wild
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Ten Years After's, "I'd Love to Change the World"
Misheard Lyrics: Execution
Original Lyrics: Institution
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Three Dog Night's, "An Old Fashioned Love Song"
Misheard Lyrics: Just an old fashioned lump sum
Original Lyrics: Just an old fashioned love song
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1980s | |
Billy Joel's, "I Go to Extremes"
Misheard Lyrics: And if I step or I fall
Original Lyrics: And if I stand or I fall
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Billy Joel's, "Leave a Tender Moment Alone"
Misheard Lyrics: If the girl gets to climax
Original Lyrics: If the girl gets too close
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Black Sabbath's, "Headless Cross"
Misheard Lyrics: What all witches need
Original Lyrics: Where all witches meet
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Hue And Cry's, "Labour of Love"
Misheard Lyrics: Ha, easy, no one said it ever was gonna be easy
But now p*** off Original Lyrics: Ha, easy, I noticed you said it never was gonna be easy
But not this hard |
Movie Scripts', "Internal Affairs"
Misheard Lyrics: Too f***ing martial
Original Lyrics: Too f***ing macho
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The Proclaimers', "Letter from America"
Misheard Lyrics: Glenwood no more
Original Lyrics: Linwood no more
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1990s | |
Bluetones', "Slight Return"
Misheard Lyrics: Janice said you're overblown
Original Lyrics: Chance and your head all blown
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Danzig's, "Mother"
Misheard Lyrics: I don’t mind to see LA
Original Lyrics: Not about to see your light
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Everything But The Girl's, "Missing"
Misheard Lyrics: And I'll rinse you
Original Lyrics: And I miss you
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Fugees', "No Woman, No Cry"
Misheard Lyrics: Good French we lost
Original Lyrics: Good friends we lost
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Jinny's, "Keep Warm"
Misheard Lyrics: Keep keep them on
Keep keep them on Keep warm Original Lyrics: Keep keep warm
Keep keep warm Keep warm |
M People's, "Sight For Sore Eyes"
Misheard Lyrics: Enough of a surprise
Original Lyrics: Ain't love a surprise
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Mariah Carey's, "Emotions"
Misheard Lyrics: I don't know if you'll agree but I like the way you feel inside
OR I don't know if you're free but I like the the way you feel inside Original Lyrics: I don't know if you're real but I like the way it feels inside
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Rhythm Is a Dancer's, "Snap!"
Misheard Lyrics: It's a source of manure
Original Lyrics: It's a soul's companion
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Roxette's, "Fireworks"
Misheard Lyrics: Check it in, check it out
Original Lyrics: Checkin' in, checkin' out
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Roxette's, "Run to You"
Misheard Lyrics: Movin' in and out of fighting
Original Lyrics: Movin' in and out of hiding
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Snap!'s, "Rhythm Is a Dancer"
Misheard Lyrics: It's a source of mania
Original Lyrics: It's a soul's companion
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Third Eye Blind's, "Graduate"
Misheard Lyrics: Can I get my book ass off the street?
Original Lyrics: Can I get my punk ass off the street?
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2000s | |
Anna Nalick's, "Breathe (2 AM)"
Misheard Lyrics: Looks like an hourglass glued to the table
Original Lyrics: Life's like an hourglass glued to the table
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Evanescence's, "Bring Me to Life"
Misheard Lyrics: Drink it up inside
Original Lyrics: Wake me up inside
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Flyleaf's, "All Around Me"
Misheard Lyrics: Thicker than the air I'm breathing
Original Lyrics: Thickening the air I'm breathing
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Jimmy Eat World's, "Authority Song"
Misheard Lyrics: I don't see my fee as too high
Original Lyrics: I don't seem obvious do I?
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The Script's, "Before the Worst"
Misheard Lyrics: Before the worst
Before we mend Original Lyrics: Before the worst
Before we met |
Tim McGraw's, "Tiny Dancer"
Misheard Lyrics: Hold me close...I'm tired of dancin'.
Original Lyrics: Hold me closer tiny dancer
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t.A.T.u.'s, "All About Us"
Misheard Lyrics: There's a thing that they can't touch
'Cause you know it well Original Lyrics: There's a theme that they can't touch
'Cause you know, ah, ah |
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2010s | |
Lewis Capaldi's, "Someone You Loved"
Misheard Lyrics: And I know you're here to get me through it all
Original Lyrics: And you're not here to get me through it all
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misc | |
The Weeknd's, "Take My Breath"
Misheard Lyrics: Then suddenly, Babyface
Original Lyrics: Then suddenly, baby says
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