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1960s | |
Cast of the Sound of Music's, "Maria"
Misheard Lyrics: How do you solve a problem like Aaliyah?
Original Lyrics: How do you solve a problem like Maria?
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Nat King Cole's, "Lazy, Hazy, Crazy Days of Summer"
Misheard Lyrics: Discard the sun and moon
Original Lyrics: Dust off the sun and moon...
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1970s | |
ABBA's, "Take a Chance on Me"
Misheard Lyrics: Honey from a bee
Original Lyrics: Honey, I'm still free
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AC/DC's, "Shot Down In Flames"
Misheard Lyrics: I said “Baby, what’s the good advice”
Original Lyrics: I said “Baby, what’s the going price”
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America's, "A Horse with No Name"
Misheard Lyrics: In the Datsun, you can't remember your name
Original Lyrics: In the desert, you can't remember your name
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Bay City Rollers', "Remember"
Misheard Lyrics: We used to wear our thongs
Original Lyrics: We used to sing our songs
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Elton John's, "Love Lies Bleeding"
Misheard Lyrics: I was playing Martin Mull
Original Lyrics: I was playing rock and roll
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Elton John's, "Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting"
Misheard Lyrics: Don't give us none of your annotations
Original Lyrics: Don't give us none of your aggravation
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John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John's, "Summer Nights"
Misheard Lyrics: Telly-O, Telly-O
Original Lyrics: Tell me more, tell me more
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Queen's, "We Are the Champions"
Misheard Lyrics: We are Backyardigans, my friends
Original Lyrics: We are the champions, my friends
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Simon & Garfunkel's, "Bridge Over Troubled Water"
Misheard Lyrics: Like a witch over ghostly water
Original Lyrics: Like a bridge over troubled water
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Stealers Wheel's, "Stuck in the Middle with You"
Misheard Lyrics: Jesters to the right
Original Lyrics: Jokers to the right
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Steely Dan's, "Do It Again"
Misheard Lyrics: You’re going down, Jack, through it again
Original Lyrics: You’re going back, Jack, do it again
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1980s | |
Disney's 'The Little Mermaid''s, "Poor Unfortunate Souls"
Misheard Lyrics: Yes, I'm happy on complaint
Original Lyrics: Yes, I've had the odd complaint
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Freddie Mercury's, "I Was Born to Love You"
Misheard Lyrics: And the blazing, feeling, called me through
Original Lyrics: An amazing feeling, coming through
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Madonna's, "Who's That Girl?"
Misheard Lyrics: She's traveling
or She's traveled Original Lyrics: She's trouble
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Michael Jackson's, "Beat It"
Misheard Lyrics: Beat it! Beat it! Beat it! Beat it!
No one wants to beat it! Beat it! Girls who are not funky, you are your fight It doesn't matter, goose wrong or right. Original Lyrics: Beat it, beat it, beat it, beat it
No one wants to be defeated Showing how funky, strong is your fight It doesn't matter who's wrong or right. |
Queen's, "Hammer to Fall"
Misheard Lyrics: Esther Reed don't care at all.
Original Lyrics: History don't care at all.
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Queen's, "Hammer to Fall"
Misheard Lyrics: Let your dog 'cause rabbits pouring
Through your window the pen Original Lyrics: Lock your door but rain is pouring
Through your window pane |
Queen's, "Hammer to Fall"
Misheard Lyrics: Lock your door but rain is pouring
Through your window the pen Original Lyrics: Lock your door but rain is pouring
Through your window pane |
Queen's, "Hammer to Fall"
Misheard Lyrics: Maybe, now your struggle's all faith
Original Lyrics: Baby, now your struggle's all vain
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Queen's, "Hammer to Fall"
Misheard Lyrics: Maybe, now your struggles all fade
Original Lyrics: Baby, now your struggle's all vain
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Queen's, "Hammer to Fall"
Misheard Lyrics: Wake the dead, light the light
Original Lyrics: Make the bed, light the light
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Queen's, "Hammer to Fall"
Misheard Lyrics: You don't waste no time at all
Don't hear the bell but you answer the call It comes to you as to us all We're just waiting for the amateur four Original Lyrics: You don't waste no time at all
Don't hear the bell but you answer the call It comes to you as to us all We're just waiting for the hammer to fall |
Queen's, "I Want to Break Free"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm falling alone
Original Lyrics: I've fallen in love
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Queen's, "I Want to Break Free"
Misheard Lyrics: I've fallen alone
Original Lyrics: I'm falling in love
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Queen's, "Jukebox Hero"
Misheard Lyrics: Jukebox hero got sties in his eyes
Original Lyrics: Jukebox hero got stars in his eyes
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Queen's, "Radio Ga Ga"
Misheard Lyrics: 2000 worlds, invaded by Mars
Original Lyrics: Through wars of worlds, invaded by Mars
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Queen's, "Radio Ga Ga"
Misheard Lyrics: Two thousand worlds, invaded by Mars
Original Lyrics: Through wars of worlds, invaded by Mars
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Van Halen's, "Hot for Teacher"
Misheard Lyrics: I've got it bad, got it bad, got it bad, I'm Arthur Treacher
Original Lyrics: I got it bad, got it bad, got it bad
I'm Arthur Treacher |
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1990s | |
Alannah Myles', "Black Velvet"
Misheard Lyrics: Up in Belfast the music's like a heatwave
Original Lyrics: Up in Memphis the music's like a heatwave
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Chumbawamba's, "Tubthumping"
Misheard Lyrics: D.C. is far away
Original Lyrics: P***ing the night away
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Queen's, "Let Me Live"
Misheard Lyrics: Why don't you take another little peace of my hot?
Original Lyrics: Why don't you take another little piece of my heart?
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Queen's, "Let Me Live"
Misheard Lyrics: Why don't you take another little peace of my mind?
Original Lyrics: Why don't you take another little piece of my life?
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Queen's, "Let Me Live"
Misheard Lyrics: Why don't you take another little peace of my song?
Original Lyrics: Why don't you take another little piece of my soul?
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Queen's, "Let Me Live"
Misheard Lyrics: Why don't you take another little peace of the hound?
Original Lyrics: Why don't you take another little piece of my heart?
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Queen's, "Let Me Live"
Misheard Lyrics: Why don't you take another little peace of the light?
Original Lyrics: Why don't you take another little piece of my life?
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Queen's, "Let Me Live"
Misheard Lyrics: Why don't you take
Another little peace of the gospel? Original Lyrics: Why don't you take
Another little piece of my soul? |
Salt-N-Pepa's, "Let's Talk About Sex"
Misheard Lyrics: Let's talk about Sicily
Original Lyrics: Let's talk about sex, baby
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Salt-N-Pepa's, "Shoop"
Misheard Lyrics: Makes me wanna shoot, shoot, shoot
Original Lyrics: Makes me wanna shoop, shoop, shoop
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Tina Turner's, "I Don't Wanna Fight"
Misheard Lyrics: I don't really wanna fly no more
Original Lyrics: I don't really wanna fight no more
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Whitney Houston's, "I'm Your Baby Tonight"
Misheard Lyrics: Whenever you run from me
or Whenever you run to me Original Lyrics: Whatever you want from me
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2010s | |
Dayseeker's, "A Cancer Uncontained"
Misheard Lyrics: And a creme brulee disease
Original Lyrics: And a crippling disease
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Gorillaz's, "Cracker Island"
Misheard Lyrics: They taught themselves to Viet Cong
They didn’t know it’s many strategies Original Lyrics: They taught themselves to be occult
They didn’t know it’s many strategies |