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Bob Welch's, "Ebony Eyes"
Misheard Lyrics: That I'll be home baby close to nine.
Original Lyrics: That I'll be holding you close tonight.
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Eric Clapton's, "Promises"
Misheard Lyrics: I got a problem, can you be late?
Original Lyrics: I got a problem, can you relate?
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Eric Clapton's, "Swing Low Sweet Chariot"
Misheard Lyrics: I looked over Germany and what do I see
Original Lyrics: I looked over Jordan and what did I see
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Gordon Lightfoot's, "The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald"
Misheard Lyrics: And later that night, when his lights went out of sight, came the wreck of the f’n Fitzgerald.
Original Lyrics: And later that night, when his lights went out of sight, came the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald.
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Joni Mitchell's, "Both Sides Now"
Misheard Lyrics: The Disney dancing way you feel
or The disco dancing way you feel Original Lyrics: The dizzy dancing way you feel
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Peaches And Herb's, "Reunited"
Misheard Lyrics: I find it very hard to stay awake.
Original Lyrics: I find it very hard to stay away.
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Sheryl Crow's, "Steve McQueen"
Misheard Lyrics: You can page me on my lawn
Original Lyrics: You can page me all night long
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The Moody Blues', "Question"
Misheard Lyrics: When you tell me 1-2-3
Original Lyrics: When you tell me what to be
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1980s | |
Corey Hart's, "Boy in the Box"
Misheard Lyrics: The endless fight
Original Lyrics: The endless flight
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Corey Hart's, "Everything in My Heart"
Misheard Lyrics: Still I bother you
Original Lyrics: Still I follow you
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Corey Hart's, "In Your Soul"
Misheard Lyrics: I have always taught
Original Lyrics: I have always thought
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Eric Clapton's, "Behind the Mask"
Misheard Lyrics: When I'm over you
Original Lyrics: When I'm holding you
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Fleetwood Mac's, "Seven Wonders"
Misheard Lyrics: I'll make a prayer to the rain rosette.
Original Lyrics: I'll make a path to the rainbow's end.
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Juice Newton's, "Queen of Hearts"
Misheard Lyrics: Thinkin' about a life of Christ
Original Lyrics: Thinkin' about a life of crime
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Midnight Oil's, "Armistice Day"
Misheard Lyrics: You're watching people biting
Original Lyrics: You're watching people fighting
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Midnight Oil's, "Power and the Passion"
Misheard Lyrics: A pair of dice
Original Lyrics: In paradise
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Pretty Poison's, "Nightime"
Misheard Lyrics: Oh yeah, all night
or Oh yeah, Ore-Ida Original Lyrics: Oh yeah, alright
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Samantha Fox's, "Naughty Girls (Need Love Too)"
Misheard Lyrics: My cottage cheese
Original Lyrics: My heart would freeze
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Stevie Nicks', "Stand Back"
Misheard Lyrics: Curses in my house
Original Lyrics: First they took my house
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The Go Go's', "I'm the Only One"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm the only fool, that's bigger for my zoo
Original Lyrics: I'm the only fool, that's as big a fool as you
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1990s | |
C & C Music Factory's, "Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)"
Misheard Lyrics: I don’t wanna dance now
Original Lyrics: Everybody dance now!
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DJ Luck And MC Neat's, "With a Little Bit of Luck"
Misheard Lyrics: I don't wanna rinse in salt
Original Lyrics: Hollerin' the rinsin' sound.
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George Michael's, "Spinning The Wheel"
Misheard Lyrics: I would rather be the only one that is
Spinning that wheel for me Original Lyrics: I would rather be alone than watch you
Spinning that wheel for me |
Green Day's, "Rest"
Misheard Lyrics: Hello, racist goodbye
Original Lyrics: Hello, or is this goodbye
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Los Del Rio's, "Macarena"
Misheard Lyrics: They all want me, they can have me!
Original Lyrics: They all want me, they can't have me
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Mariah Carey's, "Vision of Love"
Misheard Lyrics: Carried me through desolation
Original Lyrics: Carried me through desperation
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Midnight Oil's, "King of the Mountain"
Misheard Lyrics: Pushing my way through snow
Original Lyrics: Pushing my way through slow
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OMC's, "How Bizarre"
Misheard Lyrics: People junking jive, and the crowds have stuck around
Original Lyrics: People jump and jive, and the clowns have stuck around
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Simply Red's, "Fairground"
Misheard Lyrics: Treasure at the fairground on the way
Original Lyrics: Pleasure at the fairground on the way
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Sonic Adventure soundtrack's, "My Sweet Passion (Theme of Amy)"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm not sleep on my dad
Original Lyrics: I'm not simple minded.
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Spice Girls', "Spice Up Your Life"
Misheard Lyrics: All you need is possibility
or All you need is possibilities Original Lyrics: All you need is positivity
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2000s | |
Afroman's, "Because I Got High"
Misheard Lyrics: Because I got hot
or Because I got hard Original Lyrics: Because I got high
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Cast of the Book of Pooh's, "Everyone Knows He's Winnie the Pooh"
Misheard Lyrics: Everyone know's he's eating a poop
Original Lyrics: Everyone know's he's Winnie the Pooh
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Green Day's, "Saint Jimmy"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm the pain train son of the denial
With the main train and what it takes for suicidal Original Lyrics: I'm a patron saint of denial
With an angel face and a taste for suicidal. |
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Radiohead's, "Jigsaw Falling Into Place"
Misheard Lyrics: Just as the dreams arrive
Original Lyrics: Just as the drinks arrive
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Rascal Flatts 's, "What Hurts The Most"
Misheard Lyrics: What Hurts The Moose.
Original Lyrics: What Hurts The Most.
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Timbaland featuring Keri Hilson's, "The Way I Are"
Misheard Lyrics: You can still touch my nanas free
Original Lyrics: You can still touch my love, it’s free
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Buck Owens', "Made in Japan"
Misheard Lyrics: My trans sister's radio comes from far away
Original Lyrics: My transistor radio comes from far away
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Gracie Abrams', "Close to You"
Misheard Lyrics: I don't got a shingle problem--it's provocative
Original Lyrics: I don't got a single problem with provocative
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OneRepublic's, "I Ain't Worried"
Misheard Lyrics: Are you ready for it right now
Original Lyrics: I ain't worried 'bout it right now
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