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1960s | |
Cream's, "Sunshine of Your Love"
Misheard Lyrics: It's skidding dear dawn
The night squirrels with tired eyes Original Lyrics: It's getting near dawn
When lights close their tired eyes |
Eddie Albert and Eva Gabor's, "Green Acres"
Misheard Lyrics: To keep a man happy just give him that countryside
Original Lyrics: Keep Manhattan, just give me that countryside.
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The Beatles', "Shes Loves You"
Misheard Lyrics: Kryten hurt you do
Original Lyrics: Pride can hurt you too
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1970s | |
Cat Stevens', "Wild World"
Misheard Lyrics: And I'll always remember, you've got the child, girl.
Original Lyrics: And I'll always remember you like a child, girl.
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Heart's, "Barracuda"
Misheard Lyrics: You're flying solo into the weeds
Original Lyrics: You're lying so low into the weeds
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Lou Rawls', "You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine"
Misheard Lyrics: All the magic with Cher, justice, too
Original Lyrics: All the magic we've shared, just us two
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Theme Songs', "One Day at a Time"
Misheard Lyrics: So wipe off your feet (wipe off your feet!)
Calm down there's Susan playing Don de wah de don Jesus shake the wally con! Original Lyrics: So up on your feet. Up on your feet
Somewhere there's music playing. Don't you worry none We'll just take it like it comes. |
1980s | |
Billy Joel's, "It's Still Rock and Roll to Me"
Misheard Lyrics: Welcome back to the ancient jive
Original Lyrics: Welcome back to the age of jive
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Bonnie Tyler's, "Total Eclipse of the Heart"
Misheard Lyrics: A totally glimpse of the heart
Original Lyrics: A total eclipse of the heart.
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Boy Meets Girl's, "Waiting For a Star to Fall"
Misheard Lyrics: Carry a gun into your arms
Original Lyrics: Carry your heart into my arms
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Breathe's, "Hands to Heaven"
Misheard Lyrics: Tonight I may just eat grass.
Original Lyrics: Tonight I need your sweet caress.
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Breathe's, "Hands to Heaven"
Misheard Lyrics: Tonight you call my friends sluts, nice!
Original Lyrics: Tonight you call my restlessness.
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Heart's, "Alone"
Misheard Lyrics: And now it tells me to the phone
Original Lyrics: And now it chills me to the bone
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Heart's, "These Dreams"
Misheard Lyrics: And the fool that hangs over
Original Lyrics: And the full moon that hangs over
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Stevie Nicks', "Talk to Me"
Misheard Lyrics: Though we lay face to face and cheap to cheap
Original Lyrics: Though we lay face to face and cheek to cheek
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Theme Song's, "Red Dwarf"
Misheard Lyrics: I want to lie, shipwrecked & coma toed
Drinking fresh mango juice Goldfish are nibbling up my toes Original Lyrics: I want to lie, shipwrecked & comatose
Drinking fresh mango juice Goldfish shoals, nibbling at my toes |
Tina Turner's, "The Best"
Misheard Lyrics: Give me a lifetime of trousers
Original Lyrics: Give me a lifetime of promises
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1990s | |
Black Machine's, "How Gee"
Misheard Lyrics: DJ in a bade when it comes to scratch
Matching my style, matching my style. Original Lyrics: DJ in a bane when he comes to scratch
Matching my style, matching my style |
Boyzone's, "Key to My Life"
Misheard Lyrics: Rain on the wind uncovers the trees
Original Lyrics: Rain on the window covers the trace
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Heart's, "All I Wanna Do Is Make Love to You"
Misheard Lyrics: So many times Italy
Original Lyrics: So many times easily
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Ini Kamoze's, "Here Comes the Hotstepper"
Misheard Lyrics: Here comes the hotstepper, turn it all up!
Original Lyrics: Here comes the hotstepper, murderer!
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Ini Kamoze's, "Here Comes the Hotstepper"
Misheard Lyrics: Pick up the penguin from the airport
Original Lyrics: Pick up the crew in-a de area
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Janet Jackson's, "I Get Lonely"
Misheard Lyrics: I get some lemonade
Original Lyrics: I get so lonely
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Jennifer Lopez's, "Let's Get Loud"
Misheard Lyrics: Let's get latched
Original Lyrics: Let's get loud
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Savage Garden's, "Break Me Shake Me"
Misheard Lyrics: You accuse in a way that I've never known
Original Lyrics: You abuse me in a way that I've never known
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Savage Garden's, "I Knew I Loved You"
Misheard Lyrics: There's just no Ratso Rizzo.
Original Lyrics: There's just no rhyme or reason.
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Savage Garden's, "Tears of Pearls"
Misheard Lyrics: And the stereo cheats others down
Like victims in the grime Original Lyrics: And we stare each other down
Like victims in the grind |
Savage Garden's, "Truly Madly Deeply"
Misheard Lyrics: A reason to live in
Original Lyrics: A reason for living
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Supergrass', "Alright"
Misheard Lyrics: We are young
We are free We're 14 Nice & clean Original Lyrics: We are young
We are free Keep our teeth Nice and clean. |
Take That's, "Sure"
Misheard Lyrics: That it's streamline the phone
Original Lyrics: That it's sweet love I've found
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Tori Amos', "Professional Widow (Remix)"
Misheard Lyrics: He's got a pancake. He's got a pancake.
Original Lyrics: It's gotta be big, it's gotta be big.
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2000s | |
Barenaked Ladies', "The Big Bang Theory Theme"
Misheard Lyrics: The other Trek began to drool
Original Lyrics: The autotraphs began to drool
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Misheard Lyrics: Her ex-boyfriend used to blancmange up her sleeve
Original Lyrics: Her ex-boyfriend used to come & drop asleep
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Misheard Lyrics: I want a dude with the wickedest flair
Original Lyrics: I want a dude with the wickedest slam.
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Beyonce's, "Single Ladies"
Misheard Lyrics: Doesn't matter what you say or put bling on it
Original Lyrics: Don't be mad once you see that he want it
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Emma Bunton's, "What Took You So Long?"
Misheard Lyrics: I've had enough, so lick some, baby
Original Lyrics: I've had enough, so listen, baby
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Fall Out Boy's, "Champagne for My Real Friends"
Misheard Lyrics: Black dress, black dress
Original Lyrics: Backless black dress
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Hoku's, "Perfect Day"
Misheard Lyrics: It's a perfect Dave
Nothing's standing in my wave Original Lyrics: It's a perfect day
Nothing's standing in my way |
Janet Jackson's, "Doesn't Really Matter"
Misheard Lyrics: (Unintelligible)
Never heard a hum Original Lyrics: And show that my love will
Never hurt or harm. |
Savage Garden's, "I Knew I Loved You"
Misheard Lyrics: I think I found my bandstand
Original Lyrics: I think I found my best friend
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Steps', "Chain Reaction"
Misheard Lyrics: And I will stand up dancing with anyone
Original Lyrics: And I was there not dancing with anyone
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The Strokes', "Someday"
Misheard Lyrics: My ex says I'm lacking in depth
Original Lyrics: Maya says I'm lacking in depth.
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2010s | |
Beyonce's, "Run the World"
Misheard Lyrics: Who won the world? Girls.
Original Lyrics: Who run the world? Girls.
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Beyonce's, "Schoolin' Life"
Misheard Lyrics: At 14 they asked me what I wanna be
I said "Baby, 21 so I can be a tree" Original Lyrics: At 14 they asked me what I wanna be
I said "Baby, 21 so I'd get me a drink" |
Fifth Harmony's, "Bo$$"
Misheard Lyrics: M'shallow bum, purse so heavy gettin' no pradollars
Original Lyrics: Michelle Obama purse so heavy gettin' Oprah dollars
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Gangsta Rap's, "Nigga Nigga Nigga"
Misheard Lyrics: Nigga, nigga, nigga, nigga, nigga, nigga, nigga
Why you stay in the hood? Nigga, nigga, nigga, nigga, nigga, nigga, nigga 'Cause I like living by peckerwoods Original Lyrics: Nigga, nigga, nigga, nigga, nigga, nigga, nigga
Why you stay in the hood? Nigga, nigga, nigga, nigga, nigga, nigga, nigga 'Cause I don't like living by peckerwoods |
Justin Bieber and Sean Kingston's, "Eenie Meenie"
Misheard Lyrics: 'Cause Chinese is a eenie meeny miney mo lava
Original Lyrics: 'Cause shawty is an eenie meenie miney mo lover
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Mark Ronson's, "Uptown Funk"
Misheard Lyrics: Don't believe him, Jeff lies.
Original Lyrics: Don't believe me just watch
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