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1950s | |
Bill Haley and His Comets', "Shake, Rattle and Roll"
Misheard Lyrics: Shake a mandarin orange
Original Lyrics: Shake, rattle and roll
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1970s | |
Barry Manilow's, "It's a Miracle"
Misheard Lyrics: Only the days have been changed
Original Lyrics: Only the names have been changed
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Evelyn 'Champagne' King's, "Shame"
Misheard Lyrics: It's like a wallaby
or It's like a wannabe Original Lyrics: Is where I want to be
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Loggins & Messina's, "House at Pooh Corner"
Misheard Lyrics: Back to the desert, Christopher Robin
Original Lyrics: Back to the days of Christopher Robin
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Manfred Mann's Earth Band's, "Blinded by the Light"
Misheard Lyrics: What's up, Dr. Seuss?
Original Lyrics: Revved up like a deuce
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Shirley and Company's, "Shame, Shame, Shame"
Misheard Lyrics: S*** on you
Original Lyrics: Shame on you
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The Cars', "Drive"
Misheard Lyrics: You can’t go on
Thinking nothing’s wrong, bye-bye/oh why… Original Lyrics: You can’t go on
Thinking nothing’s wrong, but bye… |
The Cars', "Drive"
Misheard Lyrics: You can’t go wrong
Thinking nothing’s wrong... Original Lyrics: You can’t go on
Thinking nothing’s wrong… |
The Stampeders', "Sweet City Woman"
Misheard Lyrics: To Babyface
Original Lyrics: To the pretty face
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1980s | |
Dionne and Friends', "That's What Friends Are For"
Misheard Lyrics: Pass the can of soup
Original Lyrics: That's what friends are for
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Duran Duran's, "A View to a Kill"
Misheard Lyrics: Dance into the bayou
Original Lyrics: Dance into the fire
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Eurythmics', "Don't Ask Me Why"
Misheard Lyrics: And travel on the wind
Original Lyrics: And trouble on the wind
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Eurythmics', "It's Alright (Baby's Coming Back)"
Misheard Lyrics: I'll be your kid
Original Lyrics: I'll be your cliff
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Eurythmics', "When Tomorrow Comes"
Misheard Lyrics: And you know that I'm gonna be alone
Original Lyrics: And you know that I'm gonna be the one
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Eurythmics', "You Have Placed a Chill in My Heart"
Misheard Lyrics: Love is a tempo
or Love is a temper or Love is a tamper or Love is a tampon Original Lyrics: Love is a temple
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Genesis', "That's All"
Misheard Lyrics: it's just like chop suey all of the time
Original Lyrics: Living with you's just putting me through it all of the time
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George Harrison's, "Got My Mind Set on You"
Misheard Lyrics: I got my mind on Xanadu
Original Lyrics: I got my mind set on you
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Guns N' Roses', "Patience"
Misheard Lyrics: Sometimes I get so tense,
That I can't speed up the time. Original Lyrics: Sometimes I get so tense,
But I can't speed up the time. |
Michael Jackson and Paul McCartney's, "Say Say Say"
Misheard Lyrics: What can I do, girl, to get the flu to you?
Original Lyrics: What can I do, girl, to get through to you?
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Michael Jackson's, "Bad"
Misheard Lyrics: Because I'm black, I'm black, Jerome
Original Lyrics: Because I'm bad, I'm bad, come on
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Weird Al Yankovic's, "Fat"
Misheard Lyrics: Because I'm fat, I'm fat, Jerome
Original Lyrics: Because I'm fat, I'm fat, come on
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1990s | |
Commercial's, "Domino's Meatsa Trio"
Misheard Lyrics: New pizza trio!
Original Lyrics: New Meatsa Trio!
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Dana Dawson's, "3 Is Family"
Misheard Lyrics: Finally complete, meet his family
Original Lyrics: Finally complete, 3 is family
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Eurythmics', "Angel"
Misheard Lyrics: Underneath this Canadian snow
Original Lyrics: Underneath this canopy of snow
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Eurythmics', "I Saved the World Today"
Misheard Lyrics: You're reading
Original Lyrics: You're bleeding
(later) You're leaving |
Eurythmics', "The King and Queen of America"
Misheard Lyrics: Come on now, Dolly
Original Lyrics: Come on now, darling
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Fatman Scoop's, "Be Faithful"
Misheard Lyrics: Cigarettes make noise!
Original Lyrics: Single ladies, make noise!
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Madonna's, "Vogue"
Misheard Lyrics: What the f*** is that?
Original Lyrics: What are you looking at?
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Nirvana's, "The Man Who Sold the World"
Misheard Lyrics: I searched the former lands
Original Lyrics: I searched for form and land.
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Nirvana's, "The Man Who Sold the World"
Misheard Lyrics: We passed upon the stairs
I spoke and was aware. Original Lyrics: We passed upon the stairs
We spoke of was and when. |
Poison's, "Ride the Wind"
Misheard Lyrics: With angels and demons in Tenafly
Original Lyrics: Where angels and demons dare to fly
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2000s | |
Eurythmics', "I've Got a Life"
Misheard Lyrics: It's just music to ignore
Original Lyrics: It's just useless to ignore
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2010s | |
Dove Cameron's, "Liv and Maddie (Better in Stereo)"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm at a stoplight
Original Lyrics: I'm under the stoplight
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country | |
Lee Ann Womack's, "The Berenstain Bears"
Misheard Lyrics: The death trap is that they can be Swedish money
Original Lyrics: The bare fact is that they can be sweet as honey
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xmas | |
Jimmy Durante's, "Frosty the Snowman"
Misheard Lyrics: It must have been so tragic
From that old sick man they found Original Lyrics: There must have been some magic
In that old silk hat they found |
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The Four Seasons', "The Carol of the Bells"
Misheard Lyrics: More cowbells
Original Lyrics: Hark how the bells
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The Pointer Sisters', "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town"
Misheard Lyrics: With little dem bones and little boy drugs
Original Lyrics: With little tin horns and little toy drums
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