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1960s | |
Barbra Streisand's, "People"
Misheard Lyrics: People are named Peter
Original Lyrics: People who need people
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The Beatles', "Eight Days a Week"
Misheard Lyrics: Same thing, Louise
Original Lyrics: Eight days a week
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1970s | |
ABBA's, "Dancing Queen"
Misheard Lyrics: You condense.
You can dry. Having the time of your life. Original Lyrics: You can dance.
You can jive. Having the time of your life. |
Andrea True Connection's, "More, More, More"
Misheard Lyrics: One more word
Original Lyrics: More, more, more
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Barbra Streisand's, "The Main Event/Fight"
Misheard Lyrics: Jersey, Jersey
Original Lyrics: Hurry, hurry
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Bee Gees', "Stayin' Alive"
Misheard Lyrics: Somebody had some gas
Original Lyrics: Somebody help me, yeah.
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Dan Fogelberg's, "Longer"
Misheard Lyrics: Higher than any bird ever glue.
Original Lyrics: Higher than any bird ever flew.
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Donna Summer's, "Love to Love You Baby"
Misheard Lyrics: Motherfucking baby
Original Lyrics: Love to love you baby
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Gerry Rafferty's, "Baker Street"
Misheard Lyrics: He's got this dream about gasoline
or He's got this dream about Vaseline Original Lyrics: He's got this dream about buying some land
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Gordon Lightfoot's, "Sundown"
Misheard Lyrics: Sometimes you better not dare
Original Lyrics: Sundown, you better take care
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Jethro Tull's, "Thick as a Brick"
Misheard Lyrics: You're churning the butter
Original Lyrics: Your sperm's in the gutter
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John Denver's, "Take Me Home Country Roads"
Misheard Lyrics: This dictates the moonshine, beer drops in my eye.
Original Lyrics: Misty taste of moonshine, teardrops in my eye.
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John Denver's, "Thank God I'm a Country Boy"
Misheard Lyrics: Thank God I'm a butcher boy
or Thank God I'm a Dutch boy or Thank God for Dutch Boy Original Lyrics: Thank God I'm a country boy
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Linda Ronstadt's, "When Will I Be Loved"
Misheard Lyrics: When will I have e-love
Original Lyrics: When will I be loved
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Steely Dan's, "Peg"
Misheard Lyrics: It's your favorite Looney Tooney
Original Lyrics: It's your favorite foreign movie
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Supertramp's, "Take the Long Way Home"
Misheard Lyrics: Take Broadway home
Original Lyrics: Take the long way home
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1980s | |
Bronski Beat's, "Smalltown Boy"
Misheard Lyrics: Run away to the lane
Original Lyrics: Run away, turn away
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Corey Hart's, "Sunglasses at Night"
Misheard Lyrics: I win my Sebastian nights
Original Lyrics: I wear my sunglasses at night
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John Mellencamp's, "Authority Song"
Misheard Lyrics: I fight Dory and Dory always wins
Original Lyrics: I fight authority and authority always wins
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Matthew Wilder's, "Break My Stride"
Misheard Lyrics: Never met another girl like you, work me over
Original Lyrics: Never let another girl like you work me over
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Neneh Cherry's, "Manchild"
Misheard Lyrics: Just take it in the night and go tell a girlfriend
Original Lyrics: Just take it in the right and go tell your friend
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Pink Floyd's, "Another Brick in the Wall, Part 2"
Misheard Lyrics: We don't need no paid vacation
Original Lyrics: We don't need no education
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Sarah Brightman's, "Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again"
Misheard Lyrics: Say for you
Original Lyrics: Seem for you
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Sergio Mendes', "Never Gonna Let You Go"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm never gonna let you grow
Original Lyrics: I'm never gonna let you go
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1990s | |
Celine Dion's, "Because You Loved Me"
Misheard Lyrics: You gave me a fake 'cause you believed
(Later) Pretend the wind that carried me Lighting the dark, shining your love into my life Original Lyrics: You gave me faith 'cause you believed
(Later) The tender wind that carried me A light in the dark, shining your love into my life |
Duran Duran's, "Ordinary World"
Misheard Lyrics: But I won't fly for yesterday
Original Lyrics: But I won't cry for yesterday
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Goo Goo Dolls', "Slide"
Misheard Lyrics: So why don't you use Tide?
Original Lyrics: So why don't you slide?
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Loreena McKennitt's, "The Mummers' Dance"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm a millionaire day and night
Original Lyrics: In the rambling of the night
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Matchbox 20's, "Push"
Misheard Lyrics: I wanna push your email
Original Lyrics: I wanna push you around
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Patty Smyth and Don Henley's, "Sometimes Love Just Ain't Enought"
Misheard Lyrics: And I don't wanna hit you
Original Lyrics: And I don't wanna hate you
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Teenage Fanclub's, "Star Sign"
Misheard Lyrics: If fleeces make your day
or If feces make your day Original Lyrics: If these things make your day
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The Tragically Hip's, "Escape Is At Hand For the Travellin' Man"
Misheard Lyrics: It's Arthur time in New York
Original Lyrics: It was our third time in New York
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2000s | |
Goo Goo Dolls', "Better Days"
Misheard Lyrics: So take these nerves
Original Lyrics: So take these words
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In the Night Garden's, "In the Night Garden Theme"
Misheard Lyrics: And the semen's turned to pee
Original Lyrics: And the sea is dark and deep
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Justin Timberlake's, "Rock Your Body"
Misheard Lyrics: I wanna knock your dummy
Original Lyrics: I wanna rock your body
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Lifehouse's, "Hanging by a Moment"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm hanging by a Roman
Original Lyrics: I'm hanging by a moment
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Nelly's, "Country Grammar"
Misheard Lyrics: Going down down baby, ho street in a raincoat.
Original Lyrics: We goin' downtown, baby
Your street in a Range Rover. |
Rob Thomas', "Lonely No More"
Misheard Lyrics: I don't wanna be Harry Potter
Original Lyrics: I don't wanna be angry no more
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Sugababes', "Freak Like Me"
Misheard Lyrics: We are moving kind of slow
You got to give it up now, there you go Original Lyrics: Boy, you're moving kind of slow
You got to keep it up now, there you go |
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2010s | |
Jake Owen's, "I Was Jack, You Were Diane"
Misheard Lyrics: I was Jack and you were dying.
Original Lyrics: I was Jack and you were Diane.
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Kings of Leon's, "Back Down South"
Misheard Lyrics: Pretty little girls kicking to the curbs
Original Lyrics: Pretty little girls naked to their curls
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misc | |
Elton John and Britney Spears', "Hold Me Closer"
Misheard Lyrics: You had a Disney day today
Original Lyrics: You had a busy day today
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Sabaton's, "Bismarck"
Misheard Lyrics: To rule the waves and lead the Greek Marines
The terror of the seas The Bismarck and the Greek Marines Original Lyrics: To rule the waves and lead the Kriegsmarine
The terror of the seas The Bismarck and the Kriegsmarine |
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