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1950s | |
1960s | |
Sergio Mendes and Brasil 66's, "Mas Que Nada"
Misheard Lyrics: Oh Asiago bah bah bah.
Original Lyrics: Oraio raio oba oba oba.
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The Doors', "Light My Fire"
Misheard Lyrics: Come on baby, light my pyre, Come on light my puneral pyre, Jump on to my pureral PYRE!!!
Original Lyrics: Come on baby light my fire, Come on light my loving (?) fire, Come into loving (?) FIRE!!!
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The Flirtations', "Nothing But A Heartache"
Misheard Lyrics: He's got me all while Can I get hear him? or He's got me all wide Can I get hear him?
Original Lyrics: He's got me all won Can I get him?
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The Murmaids', "Popsicles and Icicles"
Misheard Lyrics: Bright stars and Gitarzan and drive-ins on Friday nights.
Original Lyrics: Bright stars and guitars and drive-ins on Friday nights.
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1970s | |
ABBA's, "Money, Money, Money"
Misheard Lyrics: Monday, Monday, Monday, always Sunday
Original Lyrics: Money, money, money, always sunny
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ABBA's, "Take A Chance On Me"
Misheard Lyrics: If you're all alone when the greedy birds have flown
Original Lyrics: If you're all alone when the pretty birds have flown
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Bill Withers', "Lovely Day"
Misheard Lyrics: When I wake up in the morbid home
Original Lyrics: When I wake up in the morning love
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Billy Joel's, "Piano Man"
Misheard Lyrics: Or the line that you smoke
Original Lyrics: Or to light up your smoke
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Carpenters', "(They Long To Be) Close to You "
Misheard Lyrics: And just like mace, they long to be, close to you.
Original Lyrics: And just like me, they long to be, close to you.
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Gene Watson's, "Farewell Party "
Misheard Lyrics: I know you'll have fun at my farewell potty.
Original Lyrics: I know you'll have fun at my farewell party.
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Maxine Nightingale's, "Right Back Where We Started From"
Misheard Lyrics: And if you get herpes
Original Lyrics: And if you get hurt
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Robert Palmer's, "Every Kinda People"
Misheard Lyrics: Holding down his dog
Original Lyrics: Holding down his job
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1980s | |
Billy Ocean's, "Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car"
Misheard Lyrics: Get outta my seat
Original Lyrics: Get outta my dreams
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Bruce Springsteen's, "Glory Days"
Misheard Lyrics: Yeah, just sitting back, trying to recapture Little lover, Gloria
Original Lyrics: Yeah, just sitting back, trying to recapture A little of the glory of
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John Mellencamp's, "Small Town"
Misheard Lyrics: Still hate the city enough to say
Look who's in the big town But my baby's in a small town Original Lyrics: Still hayseed enough to say
Look who's in the big town But my bed is in a small town |
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M/A/R/R/S's, "Pump Up the Volume"
Misheard Lyrics: butter not Crisco
Original Lyrics: brothers and sisters
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Paul Young's, "Love of the Common People"
Misheard Lyrics: Living on three food tickets
Original Lyrics: Living on free food tickets
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The Romantics', "What I Like About You"
Misheard Lyrics: What I like about Zeus
Original Lyrics: What I like about you
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The Style Council's, "A Solid Bond in Your Heart"
Misheard Lyrics: Please let me try to fill
Original Lyrics: Please let me try to build
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1990s | |
Ali Campbell's, "That Look In Your Eye"
Misheard Lyrics: One who understands when the tourists are gone
Original Lyrics: One who understands when the tour is six months long
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All Saints', "I Know Where It's At"
Misheard Lyrics: One, two, three, four Saints in the hat
or One, two, three, four Saints and a half We know where its at (Later) You dance pretty hot, and I know you like my soul So move it, like that, rat-a-tat-tat Now comprehend that you know where its at Original Lyrics: One, two, three, four Saints in the house
You know where its at (Later) You dance pretty hot, and I know you like my song So move it, like that, rat-a-tat-tat Now we'll confirm that you know where its at |
Collective Soul's, "December"
Misheard Lyrics: Don't scream about it Don't think about it Turn your head now, Baby, don't piss me off
Original Lyrics: Don't scream about Don't think aloud Turn your head, now, Baby, just spit me out
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Mark Morrison's, "Trippin'"
Misheard Lyrics: Everything I did was lost
Original Lyrics: Everything I did was wrong
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Michael Jackson's, "Smooth Criminal"
Misheard Lyrics: So he came into the alley, it was Sunday, what a black day Gonna do my salutations, sounding heartbeats, and reputations.
Original Lyrics: So they came into the outway
It was Sunday, what a black day Mouth to mouth resuscitation Sounding heartbeats, intimidations. |
Space's, "The Ballad Of Tom Jones"
Misheard Lyrics: I have never throw my knickers at you
(Later) And I still wanna cut off your neck (Later) And I am Mr Pussycat Original Lyrics: I could never throw my knickers at you
(Later) And I still wanna cut off your nuts (Later) And I am just your pussycat |
The Beautiful South's, "Blackbird on the Wire"
Misheard Lyrics: Ice Capades go dancing
Original Lyrics: Eyes to take you dancing
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The Beautiful South's, "Dumb"
Misheard Lyrics: Don't, don't, don't
Original Lyrics: Dumb, dumb, dumb
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The Beautiful South's, "How Long's a Tear Take to Dry?"
Misheard Lyrics: You're so slick
Original Lyrics: You're so sweet
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The Chemical Brothers', "Setting Sun"
Misheard Lyrics: You're the damn in me
Original Lyrics: You're the devil in me
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Vengaboys', "We Like To Party!"
Misheard Lyrics: Be like sonic Be, be iconic
Original Lyrics: We like to party We like, we like to party
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2000s | |
David Guetta ft. Akon 's, "Sexy Chick"
Misheard Lyrics: Damn, you're a sexy fish
or Damn, who's a sexy fish? Original Lyrics: Damn, you's a sexy chick
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Fergie's, "Big Girls Don't Cry"
Misheard Lyrics: And I'm gonna miss you like Charlie misses his blanket.
Original Lyrics: And I'm gonna miss you like a child misses their blanket.
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Fuel's, "Hemorrhage (In My Hands)"
Misheard Lyrics: Here I am again
Original Lyrics: In my hands again
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Josh Groban's, "To Where You Are"
Misheard Lyrics: 'Cause you don't mind...
Original Lyrics: 'Cause you are my...
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Michael Jackson's, "Smooth Criminal"
Misheard Lyrics: Willy Willy Wonka, you’re not jealous, but you want cake
Original Lyrics: Annie are you OK? Will you tell us that you're OK
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Robbie Williams', "Supreme"
Misheard Lyrics: And now she's screaming, so my blood is through the tack off
Original Lyrics: And now she's screaming, so I've got to turn the track up
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Uncle Kracker featuring Dobie Gray's, "Drift Away"
Misheard Lyrics: "gimme the people who freed my soul. I wanna get lost in their rock and roll"
Original Lyrics: Gimme the beat, boys and free my soul
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2010s | |
Arizona Zervas', "Roxanne"
Misheard Lyrics: Roxanne Roxanne all she wanna do is farting all night
Original Lyrics: Roxanne Roxanne all she wanna do is party all night
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Paramore's, "Part II"
Misheard Lyrics: Loving to forgive
Even when it was an odd mistake Original Lyrics: Learning to forgive
Even when it wasn't a mistake |
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Sir Peter Chanel Choir's, "The Five Days of Christmas"
Misheard Lyrics: Four battery gals
Original Lyrics: Four budgerigars
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