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1950s | |
Jack Halloran Singers', "The Alaskans"
Misheard Lyrics: Got the fever, Beaver Cleaver, gold beaver.
Original Lyrics: Got the fever, got the fever, gold fever.
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1960s | |
Gary Puckett And The Union Gap's, "Young Girl"
Misheard Lyrics: Young girl, get out of my life
Original Lyrics: Young girl, get out of my mind
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Steppenwolf's, "Born To Be Wild"
Misheard Lyrics: Like a Jew makes his child
Original Lyrics: Like a true nature's child.
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Steppenwolf's, "Rock Me"
Misheard Lyrics: It's sock me baby, rock me baby, all night long
Original Lyrics: It's rock me baby, rock me baby, all night long
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1970s | |
Bee Gees', "How Can You Mend a Broken Heart"
Misheard Lyrics: I could never seem to follow
Original Lyrics: I could never see tomorrow
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Bee Gees', "Night Fever"
Misheard Lyrics: And just all the tension, we can steal ir.
Original Lyrics: If it's somethin' we can share, we can steal it.
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Electric Light Orchestra's, "Livin' Thing"
Misheard Lyrics: I'll take it or die!
Original Lyrics: I'm taking a dive!
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Elton John's, "All the Young Girls Love Alice"
Misheard Lyrics: All the young girls are rabbits
Original Lyrics: All the young girls love Alice
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Hot's, "Angel in Your Arms"
Misheard Lyrics: So don't be surprised this time
Original Lyrics: So don't be surprised to find
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Melanie's, "Lay Down Candles"
Misheard Lyrics: Let your white birds follow, and one stay ground
Original Lyrics: Let your white birds smile at those stand frown
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The Carpenters 's, "(They Long to Be) Close to You"
Misheard Lyrics: Just like mace, they long to be close to you.
Original Lyrics: Just like me, they long to be close.to you.
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1980s | |
Evelyn 'Champagne' King's, "Love Come Down"
Misheard Lyrics: On the way down
Original Lyrics: All the way down
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George Strait 's, "Leavin's Been Coming for a Long, Long Time"
Misheard Lyrics: It's a hard road to travel from blacktop to scrabble and the next hill is the hard-on I've climbed.
Original Lyrics: It's a hard road to travel from blacktop to gravel, and the next hill is the hardest I've climbed.
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Lionel Richie's, "All Night Long (All Night)"
Misheard Lyrics: John will eat a vegetable, yah
Original Lyrics: Tom bo li de say de moi ya
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Marvin Gaye's, "Sexual Healing"
Misheard Lyrics: When I get on TV
or When I get on MTV Original Lyrics: When I get that feeling
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The Eurythmics', "Love Is A Stranger"
Misheard Lyrics: And I want to And I want to And I want to softly circumcision.
Original Lyrics: And I want you
And I want you And I want you so, it's an obsession. |
Tina Turner's, "What's Love Got to Do with It"
Misheard Lyrics: Who needs a lot...
Original Lyrics: Who needs a heart...
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1990s | |
Alice In Chains', "Over Now"
Misheard Lyrics: We pay our debts on time.
Original Lyrics: We pay our debt sometime.
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Fall Out Boy's, "Thnks fr th Mmrs"
Misheard Lyrics: In this Christmas song
Original Lyrics: In this crystal ball
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Gala's, "Freed From Desire"
Misheard Lyrics: He’s got his trump and niece.
Original Lyrics: He's got his strong beliefs.
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Kid Rock 's, "I Am The Bullgod "
Misheard Lyrics: I am the Mozart.
Original Lyrics: I am the Bullgod.
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Radiohead's, "Fake Plastic Trees"
Misheard Lyrics: Her green plastic wobbly can
Original Lyrics: Her green plastic watering can
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Radiohead's, "Paranoid Android"
Misheard Lyrics: Poison in my head
or Poison in my hair Original Lyrics: Voices in my head
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Red Hot Chili Peppers', "Californication"
Misheard Lyrics: First bald unicorn
Original Lyrics: First born unicorn
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Sixpence None the Richer's, "There She Goes"
Misheard Lyrics: Pacing to my bed
Original Lyrics: Racing through my brain
(later) Pulsing through my veins |
Stone Temple Pilots', "Vasoline"
Misheard Lyrics: Is it you? Is it me?
Original Lyrics: Isn't you, isn't me
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The Prodigy's, "Fire"
Misheard Lyrics: I am the god of empire
or I am the goddamn umpire Original Lyrics: I am the god of hellfire
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The Prodigy's, "Jericho"
Misheard Lyrics: The homes of Jericho
Original Lyrics: The horns of Jericho
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The Prodigy's, "Out of Space"
Misheard Lyrics: To find another racist
Original Lyrics: To find another race
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2000s | |
Ami Suzuki's, "Dub-I Dub"
Misheard Lyrics: Hey What The F*ck?
I Don't Want To F*ck Original Lyrics: I Don't Need Your Love Anymore
I Don't Need Your Love Anymore |
Bruce Springsteen's, "The Rising"
Misheard Lyrics: I see Marietta garden
Original Lyrics: I see Mary in the garden
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Death Cab For Cutie's, "The Sound of Settling"
Misheard Lyrics: This is the sound of Centrelink
Original Lyrics: This is the sound of settling
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Junior Senior's, "Move Your Feet"
Misheard Lyrics: Everybody, move your feet and fill your noggin.
Original Lyrics: Everybody, move your feet and feel united.
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Paris Hilton's, "Stars Are Blind"
Misheard Lyrics: Even though the stars are alive
Original Lyrics: Even though the stars are blind
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Soil's, "Need to Feel"
Misheard Lyrics: Come on, Fred Astaire
Original Lyrics: Through more than a stare
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The Prodigy's, "Girls"
Misheard Lyrics: Go adore all around the world
Original Lyrics: Go and tour all around the world
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The Prodigy's, "Take Me to the Hospital"
Misheard Lyrics: Welcome to the scene of the trash
or Welcome to the scene of the Clash Original Lyrics: Welcome to the scene of the crash
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The Prodigy's, "Warriors Dance"
Misheard Lyrics: And abuse it in the house
Original Lyrics: And the music in the house
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Vanessa Carlton's, "A Thousand Miles"
Misheard Lyrics: I still listen
Original Lyrics: I still miss you
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Vanessa Carlton's, "Ordinary Day"
Misheard Lyrics: We all seem surreal
Original Lyrics: We all seem so real
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Tracy Byrd, Andy Griggs, Montgomery Gentry, Blake 's, "The Truth About Men"
Misheard Lyrics: We ain't wrong we ain't Maury, and it's probably gonna happen again.
Original Lyrics: We ain't wrong, we ain't sorry, and it's probably gonna happen again.
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