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1960s | |
Cream's, "Strange Brew"
Misheard Lyrics: Strange brew
Ever since I laid you Original Lyrics: Strange brew
Kill what inside of you |
Steppenwolf's, "Magic Carpet Ride"
Misheard Lyrics: An electric carpet slide
Original Lyrics: On a magic carpet ride
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The Searchers', "Sweets for My Sweet"
Misheard Lyrics: I'll never never let you go
Original Lyrics: I'll never ever let you go
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1970s | |
Cheech And Chong's, "Earache My Eye (title)"
Misheard Lyrics: Earache In My Eye
Original Lyrics: Earache My Eye
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Christopher Cross', "Ride Like The Wind"
Misheard Lyrics: I was born the son of the loneliest man ... Lived my life Gungadin ... My sleepless mind told me, "Hey!" ... Never was the time to do as I was told
Original Lyrics: I was born the son of a lawless man ... Lived nine lives Gunned down ten ... Accused and tried and told to hang ... Never was the kind to do as I was told
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Electric Light Orchestra's, "Telephone Line"
Misheard Lyrics: Four-wheeled had a dream
Original Lyrics: We did were all for real, not a dream
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Eric Clapton's, "Promises"
Misheard Lyrics: I got a woman callin' love fate
Original Lyrics: I got a woman callin' love hate
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Harry Nilsson's, "Coconut"
Misheard Lyrics: Put the lime in the Cocoa Puffs
Original Lyrics: Put the lime in the coconut
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Janis Ian's, "At Seventeen"
Misheard Lyrics: And jeans were all they gay for free
Original Lyrics: When dreams were all they gave for free
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Mocedades', "Eres Tú"
Misheard Lyrics: Eddy's stool, Eddy's stool
I see, I see Eddy's stool Original Lyrics: Eres tú, eres tú
Así, así eres tú |
Sanford-Townsend Band's, "Smoke from a Distant Fire"
Misheard Lyrics: Don't let this green whore hit you on your way out
Original Lyrics: Don't let the screen door hit you on your way out.
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Sister Sledge's, "He's The Greatest Dancer"
Misheard Lyrics: I want black
Original Lyrics: Oh what, wow
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Wild Cherry's, "Play That Funky Music"
Misheard Lyrics: Play That Funky Music Lifebuoy, play that funky Muzak right.
Original Lyrics: Play That Funky Music white boy, play that funky music right.
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1980s | |
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start The Fire"
Misheard Lyrics: Bhopal, Malcolm X
Original Lyrics: Pope Paul, Malcolm X
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Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start The Fire"
Misheard Lyrics: British on the river Kwai
Original Lyrics: Bridge on the River Kwai
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Dan Hartman's, "I Can Dream About You"
Misheard Lyrics: Moving cyclone
Original Lyrics: Moving sidewalks
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Def Leppard's, "Love Bites"
Misheard Lyrics: Love bites, love breeds,
It's big opportunities. Love breeds, love dies, It's no surprise. Love ends, love bleeds, It's what I need. Original Lyrics: Love bites, love bleeds It's bringin' me to my knees Love lives, love dies It's no surprise Love begs, love pleads It's what I need
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Eddie Money's, "Think I'm in Love"
Misheard Lyrics: I think I will know
Original Lyrics: I think I'm in love
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Eurythmics', "Missionary Man"
Misheard Lyrics: Backin' up from Dubai
Original Lyrics: Backin' up from behind
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Janet Jackson's, "The Pleasure Principle"
Misheard Lyrics: Riding on Christmas Eve
Original Lyrics: Riding in your limousine
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Michael Jackson's, "Beat It"
Misheard Lyrics: Show them hot monkey, how strong is your fight
Original Lyrics: Showing how funky, strong is your fight
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Sergio Mendes', "Never Gonna Let You Go"
Misheard Lyrics: I've never gone electrical
Original Lyrics: I'm never gonna let you go.
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The Manhattan Transfer's, "Twilight Zone/Twilight Tone"
Misheard Lyrics: I don't know where comes this sound
Original Lyrics: Out of nowhere comes this sound
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1990s | |
Commercial's, "CBS: The Look of America"
Misheard Lyrics: The word in America is CBS
Original Lyrics: The look of America is CBS
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Coolio's, "Gangsta's Paradise"
Misheard Lyrics: I can't live a normal life
I was raised by the State. Original Lyrics: I can't live a normal life
I was raised by the street. |
Duran Duran's, "Rio"
Misheard Lyrics: Her name is Rita
or Her name is Frida or Her name is real Original Lyrics: Her name is Rio
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Elton John's, "Club at the End of the Street"
Misheard Lyrics: Ramen noodles
Original Lyrics: Rendezvous
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Metallica's, "Enter Sandman"
Misheard Lyrics: And a baked apple pie
Original Lyrics: And the things that will bite
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Peter Gabriel's, "Digging In The Dirt"
Misheard Lyrics: This time you've come too far This time you've come too far This time you've gone too far Octong, Octong, Octong
Original Lyrics: This time you've gone too far This time you've gone too far This time you've gone too far I told you, I told you, I told you, I told you
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Sarah McLachlan's, "Building a Mystery"
Misheard Lyrics: Hilda mysteries
Original Lyrics: Building a mystery
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Sarah McLachlan's, "I Will Remember You"
Misheard Lyrics: Wake up for the memories
Original Lyrics: Weep not for the memories
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ZZ Top's, "Head's in Mississippi"
Misheard Lyrics: Tonight, I saw a naked cow crawling across the ceiling.
Original Lyrics: last night I saw a naked cowgirl
She was floating across the ceiling |
2000s | |
KoRn's, "Coming Undone"
Misheard Lyrics: Deliberate from my heart Be straight It deliberate
Original Lyrics: Deliverance of my heart Please strike Be deliberate
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Opeth's, "The Baying of the Hounds"
Misheard Lyrics: Best made jackals of the Earth
Original Lyrics: Pest-ridden jackals of the Earth
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Ricky Martin's, "Shake Your Bon-Bon"
Misheard Lyrics: Chicken bon-bon
Original Lyrics: Shake your bon-bon
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Three Days Grace's, "Animal I Have Become"
Misheard Lyrics: Cinnamon, cinnamon, cinnamon, cinnamon
Original Lyrics: This animal, this animal, this animal, this animal
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Young Money's, "Steady Mobbin"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm at your face like man-c*m
Original Lyrics: I'm at your face like Lancôme
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2010s | |
Coldplay's, "Adventure of a Lifetime"
Misheard Lyrics: 2-dimensional
Original Lyrics: Turn your magic on
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MercyMe's, "Flawless"
Misheard Lyrics: No matter the hurt, or how deep the moon is
Original Lyrics: No matter the hurt, or how deep the wound is
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Neil Diamond's, "Sweet Caroline"
Misheard Lyrics: Sweet Caroline, guitars never seemed so good.
Original Lyrics: Sweet Caroline, good times never seemed so good.
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misc | |
Jelly Roll's, "I Am Not Okay"
Misheard Lyrics: I woke up today I almost ate in bed OR I almost ate his bed
Original Lyrics: I woke up today I almost stayed in bed
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