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1960s | |
Bob Dylan's, "Like a Rolling Stone"
Misheard Lyrics: To be on a roll
Original Lyrics: To be on your own
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1970s | |
ABBA's, "Take a Chance on Me"
Misheard Lyrics: Second chance on me
Original Lyrics: Take a chance on me
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Ace's, "How Long"
Misheard Lyrics: Hello, is this a worrywart?
Original Lyrics: How long has this been going on?
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Blue Oyster Cult's, "(Don't Fear) the Reaper"
Misheard Lyrics: (Oh feel the meter)
Original Lyrics: (Don't fear the reaper)
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Elton John's, "Levon"
Misheard Lyrics: I've been tossing to hear the song today.
Original Lyrics: Oh, Alvin Tostig has a son today.
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John Lennon's, "Mind Games"
Misheard Lyrics: Playing the manky rhythm
Original Lyrics: Playing the mind guerrilla
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Loggins and Messina's, "House at Pooh Corner"
Misheard Lyrics: Winnie the Pooh doesn't know 22
Original Lyrics: Winnie the Pooh doesn't know what to do
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Mott the Hoople's, "All the Young Dudes"
Misheard Lyrics: All the young dudes, Winnie the Pooh
Original Lyrics: All the young dudes carry the news
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Olivia Newton-John's, "I Honestly Love You"
Misheard Lyrics: I hopelessly don't know
Original Lyrics: I honestly love you
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Queen's, "Fat Bottomed Girls"
Misheard Lyrics: Are you gonna let it all hand out?
Original Lyrics: Are you gonna let it all hang out?
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Steely Dan's, "Turn That Heartbeat Over Again"
Misheard Lyrics: And they've closed the package door.
Original Lyrics: And they've closed the package store.
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1980s | |
Dan Fogelberg's, "Longer"
Misheard Lyrics: Longer than f'n fishes in the ocean
Original Lyrics: Longer than there've been fishes in the ocean
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Don Henley's, "All She Wants to Do Is Dance"
Misheard Lyrics: All she wants to do is... damn!
Original Lyrics: All she wants to do is dance
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Eddie Murphy's, "Party All the Time"
Misheard Lyrics: My girl wants to party overnight
Original Lyrics: My girl wants to party all the time
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Jennifer Rush's, "The Power of Love"
Misheard Lyrics: The feeling that the kids go on
Original Lyrics: The feeling that I can't go on
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Kenny Loggins', "Nobody's Fool"
Misheard Lyrics: Back to the shaft
or Back to Shaq Original Lyrics: Back to the shack
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Kim Wilde's, "You Keep Me Hangin' On"
Misheard Lyrics: Come on, get outta my life
Original Lyrics: Get out, get outta my life
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Los Lobos', "La Bamba"
Misheard Lyrics: So you're competent, so you're competent
Original Lyrics: Soy capitan, soy capitan
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Madonna's, "Live to Tell"
Misheard Lyrics: The tooth is never hard to find
Original Lyrics: The truth is never far behind
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Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark's, "If You Leave"
Misheard Lyrics: If you read
Original Lyrics: If you leave
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Paula Abdul's, "Straight Up"
Misheard Lyrics: When I think your love is through
Original Lyrics: When I think your love is true
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1990s | |
Alanis Morissette's, "Uninvited"
Misheard Lyrics: You're on a finding
Original Lyrics: You're uninvited
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Collective Soul's, "The World I Know"
Misheard Lyrics: 'Cause it's the wild-eye roar
Original Lyrics: 'Cause it's the world I know
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Goo Goo Dolls', "Iris"
Misheard Lyrics: And you can't find the pizza man coming
Original Lyrics: And you can't fight the tears that ain't coming
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Metallica's, "Enter Sandman"
Misheard Lyrics: D.C. light
or D.C. night or D.C. life or B.C. life Original Lyrics: Exit light
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Real McCoy's, "Another Night"
Misheard Lyrics: Another 99 degrees
Original Lyrics: Another night, another dream
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Sheryl Crow's, "Soak Up the Sun"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm gonna choke up a-some
Original Lyrics: I'm gonna soak up the sun
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2000s | |
Daft Punk's, "One More Time"
Misheard Lyrics: Right on time
or Ride on time Original Lyrics: One more time
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Ludacris', "Rollout"
Misheard Lyrics: It out my biz, it's my biz'n ass
Original Lyrics: Get out my business, my business
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Paramore's, "Misery Business"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm in the business of mystery
Original Lyrics: I'm in the business of misery
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Rihanna featuring Jay-Z's, "Umbrella"
Misheard Lyrics: You can stand under my operator
Original Lyrics: You can stand under my umbrella
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Vitamin C's, "Graduation (Friends Forever)"
Misheard Lyrics: And I keep thinking that I'm 92
Original Lyrics: And I keep thinking of that night in June
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Vitamin C's, "Graduation (Friends Forever)"
Misheard Lyrics: I keep singing songs that never changed
Original Lyrics: I keep thinking times will never change
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2010s | |
country | |
Alan Jackson's, "Chattahoochee"
Misheard Lyrics: A peerin' at her cans in the pale moonlight
Original Lyrics: A pyramid of cans in the pale moonlight
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