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1950s | |
Commercial's, "Mr. Clean"
Misheard Lyrics: Mr. Clean will clean your old house
Original Lyrics: Mr. Clean will clean your whole house
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Ray Price's, "City Lights"
Misheard Lyrics: And I just can say l love you to a street of shitty lice.
Original Lyrics: And I just can say I love you to a street of city lights.
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1960s | |
Bobby 'Boris' Pickett's, "Monster Mash"
Misheard Lyrics: They did the dumpster dance
Original Lyrics: They did the Monster Mash
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Commercial's, "Slinky"
Misheard Lyrics: You wanna get a Slinky
Original Lyrics: You oughta get a Slinky
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Eddie Albert and Eva Gabor's, "Green Acres"
Misheard Lyrics: Legs spreading out so far and wide. open that p***y and let me just c** inside. Goodbye shitty life
Original Lyrics: Land spreading out so far and wide. Keep Manhattan, just give me that countryside.
Goodbye city life |
Sam Cooke's, "A Change Is Gonna Come"
Misheard Lyrics: And just like the river, I've been running every cent
Original Lyrics: And just like the river, I've been running ever since
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1970s | |
ABBA's, "Mamma Mia"
Misheard Lyrics: There's something broken hearted Ooh, since the day we parted
Original Lyrics: Yes, I've been broken hearted Blue since the day we parted
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Al Green's, "Take Me to the River"
Misheard Lyrics: Take me to deliver
Original Lyrics: Take me to the river
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Olivia Newton-John's, "A Little More Love"
Misheard Lyrics: Don't get me going
or Don't get me nowhere Original Lyrics: And it gets me nowhere
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Paul Simon's, "Kodachrome"
Misheard Lyrics: I’ve got an IPhone camera
Original Lyrics: I've got a Nikon camera
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Queen's, "We Will Rock You"
Misheard Lyrics: A big disgrace, kicking your cow all over the place
Original Lyrics: A big disgrace, kicking your can all over the place
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Santana's, "No One to Depend On"
Misheard Lyrics: Ain't got no one, to do my laundry
Original Lyrics: Ain't got no one, no tengo a nadie
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Seals & Crofts', "Hummingbird"
Misheard Lyrics: And a nudist is daunting
Original Lyrics: And a new day is dawning
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The Doors', "L.A. Woman"
Misheard Lyrics: Well I did a little dime about an hour ago
Original Lyrics: Well, I just got into town about an hour ago.
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The Doors', "L.A. Woman"
Misheard Lyrics: Well my dick it went down ‘bout an hour ago
Original Lyrics: Well I just got into town about an hour ago.
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The Moody Blues', "After You Came"
Misheard Lyrics: For you've been dreaming of a ceiling not a hole
Original Lyrics: For you've been dreaming of a ceiling not a home
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The Police's, "Walking on the Moon"
Misheard Lyrics: I may as well pay
Original Lyrics: I may as well play
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1980s | |
Blue Oyster Cult's, "Burnin' for You"
Misheard Lyrics: Time to play peace signs
Original Lyrics: Time to play B sides
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Def Leppard's, "Hysteria"
Misheard Lyrics: It's such a magical experience
Original Lyrics: It's such a magical mysteria
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Enya's, "Orinoco Flow (Sail Away)"
Misheard Lyrics: From parking lots to my mom's, Once we really find Saddam
Original Lyrics: From Bissau to Pilau, in the shade of Avalon
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Jody Watley's, "Still A Thrill"
Misheard Lyrics: I’d walk an endless mile for you.
Original Lyrics: I’m walking in this mile for you.
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John Mellencamp's, "Small Town"
Misheard Lyrics: Got nothing against the Big Ten
Original Lyrics: Got nothing against the big town
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John Mellencamp's, "Small Town"
Misheard Lyrics: Look who's in the Big Ten
Original Lyrics: Look who's in the big town
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Michael Jackson's, "Thriller"
Misheard Lyrics: 'Cause this is Jeter
Original Lyrics: 'Cause this is thriller
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Ozzy Osbourne's, "Mr. Crowley"
Misheard Lyrics: Mr. Crowley
Won't you ride my white horse? Mr. Crowley Get some garlic, of course Original Lyrics: Mr. Crowley
Won't you ride my white horse? Mr. Crowley It's symbolic, of course |
Paul McCartney And Michael Jackson's, "Say, Say, Say"
Misheard Lyrics: Baptizing all my deer's.
Original Lyrics: Baptized in all my tears
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Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson's, "Say, Say, Say"
Misheard Lyrics: But don't leave me, with an erection.
Original Lyrics: But don't leave me, with no direction.
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1990s | |
Celine Dion's, "My Heart Will Go On"
Misheard Lyrics: You're here, there's nothing out here
Original Lyrics: You're here, there's nothing I fear
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Elton John's, "Sacrifice"
Misheard Lyrics: It's two months pregnant
Original Lyrics: It's two hearts living
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Elton John's, "Something About the Way You Look Tonight"
Misheard Lyrics: And I can't prescribe
Original Lyrics: And I can't describe
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Londonbeat's, "You Bring On the Sun"
Misheard Lyrics: It's you making you shy
Original Lyrics: It's you making it shine
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MC Hammer's, "Addams Groove"
Misheard Lyrics: Can ham come up?
Original Lyrics: Can Hammer come out?
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Natalie Imbruglia's, "Big Mistake"
Misheard Lyrics: I see you foreign
Original Lyrics: I see you fallin'
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The Beatles', "Real Love"
Misheard Lyrics: Don't need to be a gnome
Original Lyrics: Don't need to be alone
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2000s | |
DJ Luck and MC Neat's, "A Little Bit of Luck"
Misheard Lyrics: Allan in the rinsing zone
Original Lyrics: Hollerin' the rinsin' sound
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Default's, "Wasting My Time"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm making a dime
Original Lyrics: I'm wasting my time
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Dido's, "Thank You"
Misheard Lyrics: Put your Peter on my wall
Original Lyrics: Put your picture on my wall
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Evanescence's, "Bring Me to Life"
Misheard Lyrics: Aliens outside
Original Lyrics: Wake me up inside
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Iyaz's, "Replay"
Misheard Lyrics: Shawty’s like a melody in my head That I can’t keep bubble guppies singing like na na na na every day it’s like my eyeballs stuck in replay
Original Lyrics: Shawty's like a melody in my headThat I can't keep out, got me singing likeNa-na-na-na, every dayIt's like my iPod stuck on replay, replay-ay-ay-ay
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Natalie Imbruglia's, "Wrong Impression"
Misheard Lyrics: Coming up, coming up
Original Lyrics: Calling out, calling out
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Sabaton's, "Lady of the Dark"
Misheard Lyrics: She's a dirty unicorn
Original Lyrics: She's the girl in uniform
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Sabaton's, "Primo Victoria"
Misheard Lyrics: 6th of June 1944,
Our lies are turning the war. (or) Our lies are torn in the war. Original Lyrics: 6th of June 1944,
Allies are turning the war. |
Sabaton's, "Unbreakable"
Misheard Lyrics: (Spoken intro) By holding out baits, he keeps him on the march,
Then with a body of Pikmin he lies in wait for him. Original Lyrics: By holding out baits, he keeps him on the march,
Then with a body of picked men he lies in wait for him. |
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2010s | |
Billie Eilish's, "What Was I Made For"
Misheard Lyrics: I was a nightingale
Original Lyrics: I was an ideal
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