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1960s | |
George Baker Selection's, "Little Green Bag"
Misheard Lyrics: Lookin' back on the track for a little green bag.
Original Lyrics: Looking back on the track for a little greenback.
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Jefferson Airplane's, "Volunteers"
Misheard Lyrics: Quality is of America
Original Lyrics: We're volunteers of America.
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Simon and Garfunkel's, "I Am a Rock"
Misheard Lyrics: I am a rock, I am an old man
Original Lyrics: I am a rock, I am an island.
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Sonny & Cher's, "The Beat Goes On"
Misheard Lyrics: The feet go zoom
Original Lyrics: the beat goes on
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1970s | |
Brewer and Shipley's, "One Toke Over the Line"
Misheard Lyrics: Want your woman alive, sweet Jesus, want your woman alive
Sittin' in a home in a railway station, want your woman alive (Pron. "Wontcho woman alive.") Original Lyrics: One toke over the line, sweet Jesus, one toke over the line
Sittin' downtown in a railway station One toke over the line |
Jim Croce's, "Operator"
Misheard Lyrics: Operator, can you help me fix this cough?
Original Lyrics: Operator, can you help me place this call?
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Linda Ronstadt's, "Ooh Baby Baby"
Misheard Lyrics: I can't give a pope
Original Lyrics: I can't give up hope
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Michael Jackson's, "Rock with You"
Misheard Lyrics: You gotta feel that feet
or You gotta feel that beat Original Lyrics: You gotta feel that heat
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Simon & Garfunkel's, "The Boxer"
Misheard Lyrics: All eyes ingest, still a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest.
Original Lyrics: All lies and jests, still a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest.
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Sister Sledge's, "He's the Greatest Dancer"
Misheard Lyrics: I wonder why, he's the greatest dancer
Original Lyrics: Oh-what-wow!
He's the greatest dancer. |
Stevie Wonder's, "If You Really Love Me"
Misheard Lyrics: Then I won't have to be blaming around
Original Lyrics: Then I won't have to be playing around
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Stevie Wonder's, "Pastime Paradise"
Misheard Lyrics: Anticipation
Makes relations Constellations Segregation This sensation Isolation Exploitation Mutilation New patients Is creation Conformation To the eagles of the world Original Lyrics: Dissipation
Race relations Consolation Segregation Dispensation Isolation Exploitation Mutilation Mutation Miscreation Conformation To the evils of the world |
T-Rex's, "Metal Guru"
Misheard Lyrics: She'll be wild you know a rotten vagina, yeah
Original Lyrics: She'll be wild you know a rock and roll child, oh yeah
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The Doobie Brothers', "What a Fool Believes"
Misheard Lyrics: He came from somewhere back in Morocco
Original Lyrics: He came from somewhere back in her long ago
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1980s | |
Billy Joel's, "Allentown"
Misheard Lyrics: The threw a numbered ribbon right in our face.
Original Lyrics: They threw an American flag in our face.
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Bon Jovi's, "Bad Medicine"
Misheard Lyrics: There ain't no diaper that can kill my disease
Original Lyrics: There ain't no doctor that can cure my disease
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Crosby, Stills, and Nash's, "Southern Cross"
Misheard Lyrics: I have been around the world looking for that one-man, girl. Who knows love can endure
Original Lyrics: I have been around the world looking for that woman, girl. Who knows love can endure
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David Lee Roth's, "Yankee Rose"
Misheard Lyrics: When she walks, Swatch!
The watch to buy. Original Lyrics: When she walks, watch!
The sparks will fly. |
Eddy Grant's, "Electric Avenue"
Misheard Lyrics: We got a rocket down to Electric Avenue
Original Lyrics: We got to rock down to Electric Avenue
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Genesis', "Land of Confusion"
Misheard Lyrics: I can hear the Martian feet
Original Lyrics: I can hear the marching feet
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George Harrison's, "Got My Mind Set on You"
Misheard Lyrics: I got by myself on you.
Original Lyrics: I've got my mind set on you.
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John Mellencamp's, "Small Town"
Misheard Lyrics: Talked to Baby Jesus
Original Lyrics: Taught the fear of Jesus
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Leonard Cohen's, "Everybody Knows"
Misheard Lyrics: Like your father or your doctor died
Original Lyrics: Like your father or your dog just died
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Marillion's, "Heart of Lothian"
Misheard Lyrics: White boys, white boys, white boys,
Born with hearts of Lothian Original Lyrics: Wide boys, wide boys, wide boys,
Born with hearts of Lothian |
Prefab Sprout's, "The King of Rock 'n' Roll"
Misheard Lyrics: Hot dung, jump in front, I want cookie.
Original Lyrics: Hot dog, jumping frog, Albuquerque.
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Robert Palmer's, "Addicted to Love"
Misheard Lyrics: Might as well face it you're a dictator, love
Original Lyrics: Might as well face it you're addicted to love
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Tommy Tutone's, "867-5309/Jenny"
Misheard Lyrics: Jenny, I got your lumber
I need to make your mind Jenny, don't change your lumber Ate six, seven times, three or nine Original Lyrics: Jenny, I got your number
I need to make you mine Jenny, don't change your number 867-5309 |
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1990s | |
Coolio's, "Gangsta's Paradise"
Misheard Lyrics: Like the ones we heard are you and me
Original Lyrics: That the ones we hurt are you and me
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Pantera's, "F******* Hostile"
Misheard Lyrics: To serve and protect
By the law, heaven sent Original Lyrics: To serve and protect
By the law and the state |
2000s | |
Creed's, "One Last Breath"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm playing Boggle when I heard thunder,
But I'm down to one last breath Original Lyrics: I yelled back when I heard thunder,
But I'm down to one last breath |
Fall Out Boy's, "Bang the Doldrums"
Misheard Lyrics: In the back, of yellow chicken coats
Original Lyrics: In the back, of yellow checkered cars
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Fall Out Boy's, "Headfirst Slide into Cooperstown on a Bad Bet"
Misheard Lyrics: What if I peaked Hurley
Original Lyrics: What if you peaked early.
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Fall Out Boy's, "Headfirst Slide into Cooperstown on a Bad Bet"
Misheard Lyrics: What if I peaked Hurley
Original Lyrics: What if you peaked early.
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Fall Out Boy's, "The (Shipped) Gold Standard"
Misheard Lyrics: The time my dad called me a horseshoe crab
And I asked him if throwing him back into the sea would bring our love back Original Lyrics: The time my dad caught me a horseshoe crab
And I asked him if throwing it back into the sea would bring our luck back |
Jessica Simpson's, "A Little Bit"
Misheard Lyrics: A little less spray
Original Lyrics: A little less break
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Lady Gaga's, "Bad Romance"
Misheard Lyrics: Walk walk passion maybe
Original Lyrics: Walk walk fashion baby
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Lady Gaga's, "Poker Face"
Misheard Lyrics: I'll get him high, show him what a guy
Original Lyrics: I'll get him hot, show him what I got
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Panic! At the Disco's, "The Only Difference Between Martyrdom and Suicide "
Misheard Lyrics: Show me boys, show me wives
Original Lyrics: Trophy boys, trophy wives
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Uncle Kracker ft. Dobie Gray's, "Drift Away"
Misheard Lyrics: Gimme the beep boys and free my soul
Original Lyrics: Gimme the beat, boys, and free my soul
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2010s | |
Fall Out Boy's, "Alone Together"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm a panadol, invite me in
Original Lyrics: I'm outside the door, invite me in
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Fall Out Boy's, "Centuries"
Misheard Lyrics: So legends are old
Some bite the dust or the gold But you will remember me Remember me, a century Original Lyrics: Some legends are told
Some turn to dust or to gold You will remember me Remember me for centuries |
Fall Out Boy's, "Novocaine"
Misheard Lyrics: This is a black black screamer's song
So put of all your reindeer on Original Lyrics: This is a black, black ski mask song
So put all of your anger on |
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Lady Gaga's, "Applause"
Misheard Lyrics: I found the liquid hidden here
Original Lyrics: I found the vein, put it in here
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Lorde's, "Yellow Flicker Beat"
Misheard Lyrics: My butt is a fly
Original Lyrics: My blood is a flood
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Taylor Swift's, "You Belong with Me"
Misheard Lyrics: She's beer captain
Original Lyrics: She's cheer captain, and I'm on the bleachers
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country | |
Julie Roberts', "Unlove Me"
Misheard Lyrics: Show a little bird seen and a love key.
Original Lyrics: Show a little mercy and unlove me.
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xmas | |
Maroon 5's, "Animals"
Misheard Lyrics: Baby I'm coming in you tonight,
Hunt you down, seed you tonight, Just like animals, animals, animals, whoa Original Lyrics: Baby I'm preying on you tonight,
Hunt you down, eat you alive, Just like animals, animals, animals, whoa. |
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