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1960s | |
Bobby 'Boris' Pickett's, "Monster Mash"
Misheard Lyrics: Whatever happened to the Transylvania Fist?
Original Lyrics: Whatever happened to my Transylvania Twist?
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Micheal Crawford, Barbara Streisand's, "Put On Your Sunday Clothes"
Misheard Lyrics: ... AND WE WON'T COME HOME UNTIL THE CURTAIN CLOSE!
Original Lyrics: ... AND WE WON'T COME HOME UNTIL WE FALL IN LOVE!
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The Beach Boys', "Wouldn't It Be Nice?"
Misheard Lyrics: Gotten a nap my baby Sleep I’m tired my baby
Original Lyrics: Good night my baby Sleep tight, my baby.
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1970s | |
Blues Image's, "Ride Captain Ride"
Misheard Lyrics: Why, captain, why?
Original Lyrics: Ride captain ride
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Captain & Tennille's, "Lonely Night (Angel Face)"
Misheard Lyrics: Used to call me age of 8
Original Lyrics: Used to call me angel face
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Carly Simon's, "You're So Vain"
Misheard Lyrics: Your starfish was African.
Original Lyrics: Your scarf, it was apricot.
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Commercial's, "Coca-Cola"
Misheard Lyrics: I'd like to teach the ones to sing
Imperfect harmony or A perfect harmony I'd like to buy a bottle of Coke And keep it home for me or And bring it home to me Original Lyrics: I'd like to teach the world to sing
In perfect harmony I'd like to buy the world a Coke And keep it company |
Manfred Mann's Earth Band's, "Blinded By the Light"
Misheard Lyrics: Repped up like a deuce
Original Lyrics: Revved up like a deuce
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The New Seekers', "I’d Like To Teach The World To Sing"
Misheard Lyrics: I'd like to build the world a home and ferny shit with love
Original Lyrics: I'd like to build the world a home And furnish it with love
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Tyrone Davis', "If I Could Turn Back the Hands of Time"
Misheard Lyrics: If I could turn back the hammer time
Original Lyrics: If I could turn back the hands of time
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Vanity Fare's, "Early in the Morning"
Misheard Lyrics: Wake up early in the morning
Original Lyrics: When it's early in the morning
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1980s | |
Enya's, "Orinoco Flow (Sail Away)"
Misheard Lyrics: In the eyes of Ebony
Original Lyrics: And the isles of Ebony
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Journey's, "Who's Crying Now"
Misheard Lyrics: One love, pizza farm
Original Lyrics: One love feeds the fire.
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Juice Newton 's, "Break It To Me Gently"
Misheard Lyrics: Take it down to Aleve.
Original Lyrics: Take it gradually.
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Kidsongs', "Purple People Eater"
Misheard Lyrics: It was a wall-eyed, one horrified purple people eater
Original Lyrics: It was a one-eyed, one-horned flying purple people eater
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Paul McCartney's, "No More Lonely Nights"
Misheard Lyrics: May I never pi*s in the field
Original Lyrics: May I never miss the thrill
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Rod Stewart's, "Young Turks"
Misheard Lyrics: Young hoes be free tonight
Original Lyrics: Young hearts be free tonight
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Talk Talk's, "Living in Another World"
Misheard Lyrics: Been departed
Original Lyrics: Better parted
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Theme Songs', "Heathcliff"
Misheard Lyrics: Heathcliff, Heathcliff, no one should
Terrorize their neighborhood Original Lyrics: Heathcliff, Heathcliff, no one should
Terrify their neighborhood |
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1990s | |
AC/DC's, "Moneytalks"
Misheard Lyrics: Tailored suits. Show off the cows
Original Lyrics: Tailored suits chauffeured cars
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AC/DC's, "Thunderstruck"
Misheard Lyrics: I was caught in the middle of a railroad tack
or I was caught in the middle of a railroad attack Original Lyrics: I was caught in the middle of a railroad track
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Aerosmith's, "I Don't Want To Miss A Thing"
Misheard Lyrics: Forever, endeavor.
Original Lyrics: Forever and ever.
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Cast of the Nightmare Before Christmas', "This Is Halloween"
Misheard Lyrics: D.C. Halloween
Original Lyrics: This is Halloween
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Celine Dion's, "Because You Loved Me"
Misheard Lyrics: You gave me a flame 'cause you believed.
Original Lyrics: You gave me faith 'cause you believed.
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Des'ree's, "You Gotta Be"
Misheard Lyrics: Lovers they may close your ears. Or. Lovers they may close your tears.
Original Lyrics: Lovers they may cause your tears.
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Lenny Kravitz's, "It Ain't Over 'til It's Over"
Misheard Lyrics: When we always work this out
Original Lyrics: When we always work things out
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Megadeth's, "Addicted to Chaos"
Misheard Lyrics: Tearing asshole fantasy
Original Lyrics: Tangled abstract fallacy
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Neneh Cherry's, "Woman"
Misheard Lyrics: They tried to raisin me, they couldn't wipe out my past
or They tried to reason me, they couldn't wipe out my past Original Lyrics: They tried erasing me, they couldn't wipe out my past
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New Kids On The Block's, "Tonight"
Misheard Lyrics: See the girls waving girls in the air
or City girls waving girls in the air Original Lyrics: See the girls with the curls in their hair
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Rednex 's, "Cotton Eye Joe "
Misheard Lyrics: Where did you come from, where did you go? Where did you come from, Kathmandu?
Original Lyrics: Where did you come from, where did you go? Where did you come from, Cotton-Eye Joe?
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The Verve's, "Bitter Sweet Symphony"
Misheard Lyrics: You're a slave to the money, then you diet.
(or) You're a slave to the money and your diet. Original Lyrics: You're a slave to the money, then you die.
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The Verve's, "Bitter Sweet Symphony"
Misheard Lyrics: ‘Cause it’s a bittersweet symphony, that’s life
(or) ‘Cause it’s a bittersweet symphony, that’s why Original Lyrics: 'Cause it's a bittersweet symphony, this life
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The Verve's, "Bittersweet Symphony"
Misheard Lyrics: ‘Cause it’s a bittersweet symphony, that’s right
Original Lyrics: 'Cause it's a bittersweet symphony, this life.
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2000s | |
Sabaton's, "Fields of Verdun"
Misheard Lyrics: Yet the force was standing strong
Original Lyrics: Yet the forts were standing strong
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Sabaton's, "Primo Victoria"
Misheard Lyrics: 6th of June 1944,
Our lives are turning the war. (or) 6th of June 1944, Our lives have turned in the war. (or) 6th of June 1944, Our lives are torn in the war. Original Lyrics: 6th of June 1944,
Allies are turning the war. |
Sabaton's, "Soldier of 3 Armies"
Misheard Lyrics: Gloria Aeternae
Original Lyrics: Lauri Allan Törni
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Sabaton's, "Soldier of 3 Armies"
Misheard Lyrics: Now return his name
Original Lyrics: Lauri Törni’s name
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Sabaton's, "The Red Baron"
Misheard Lyrics: Sky from above, he’s ruling higher
Original Lyrics: Sky from above, he’s roaming higher
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Sabaton's, "The Red Baron"
Misheard Lyrics: Stained red as blood, he’s ruling higher
Original Lyrics: Stained red as blood, he’s roaming higher
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Wee Sing's, "Spooky Loo"
Misheard Lyrics: Here we go Scooby-Doo
Original Lyrics: Here we go spooky loo
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Wee Sing's, "There's a House in the Middle of the Wood"
Misheard Lyrics: There's a house in the middle of the school
Original Lyrics: There's a house in the middle of the wood
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2010s | |
Lorde's, "Team"
Misheard Lyrics: Not very pretty, but we sure know how to run free
Original Lyrics: Not very pretty, but we sure know how to run things
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Taylor Swift's, "Bad Blood"
Misheard Lyrics: Because baby now we got fat butt
Original Lyrics: Because now we got bad blood
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Chappell Roan's, "Good Luck, Babe!"
Misheard Lyrics: With her arms out like an angel through the castle roof
(Later) You'd have to stop the world just to starve the feeling Original Lyrics: With her arms out like an angel through the car sunroof
(Later) You'd have to stop the world just to stop the feeling |
Justin Bieber's, "Peaches"
Misheard Lyrics: She had her peaches out in Georgia She got arrested down in Florida
Original Lyrics: I got my peaches out in Georgia I get my weed from California
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Linkin Park's, "The Emptiness Machine"
Misheard Lyrics: Your blades are sharp and with precision
Original Lyrics: Your blades are sharpened with precision
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