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1950s | |
The McGuire Sisters', "Faraway Places with Strange Sounding Names"
Misheard Lyrics: Going to China
For babies I am Original Lyrics: Going to China
Or maybe Siam |
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1960s | |
Bob Lind's, "Elusive Butterfly"
Misheard Lyrics: Across my dreams, with nits of wonder
I chase the bright and lucid butterfly of love. Original Lyrics: Across my dreams, with nets of wonder
I chase the bright elusive butterfly of love. |
The Left Banke's, "Walk Away Renee"
Misheard Lyrics: You won't see me follow you by dawn
Original Lyrics: You won't see me follow you back home
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The Monkees', "Randy Scouse Git"
Misheard Lyrics: The four kinks of me and mine are sitting stately on the floor
Original Lyrics: The four kings of EMI are sitting stately on the floor
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Van Morrison's, "Brown Eyed Girl"
Misheard Lyrics: they want to raise cain
Original Lyrics: days when the rains came
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1970s | |
Black Sabbath's, "Paranoid"
Misheard Lyrics: Can you help me, thought you were my friend
Original Lyrics: Can you help me, occupy brain
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Blue Mink's, "Melting Pot"
Misheard Lyrics: What we need is a great big mental pot.
Original Lyrics: What we need is a great big melting pot.
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Helen Reddy's, "Delta Dawn"
Misheard Lyrics: And did I hear you say
He was a-meeting you here today The dickie bow was mentioned in the sky? Original Lyrics: And did I hear you say
He was a-meeting you here today To take you to his mansion in the sky? |
John Denver's, "Back Home Again"
Misheard Lyrics: Ten days on the road are fairly long
Original Lyrics: Ten days on the road are barely gone
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Neil Young's, "After the Gold Rush"
Misheard Lyrics: Look, another nation on the run in the 1970s.
Original Lyrics: Look at Mother Nature on the run in the 1970s.
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Paper Lace's, "The Night Chicago Died"
Misheard Lyrics: When a man named Alcohol
Tried to make that town his own Original Lyrics: When a man named Al Capone
Tried to make that town his own |
Queen's, "Bicycle Race"
Misheard Lyrics: I don't believe in Peter Pan, Frank Sinatra, Superman.
Original Lyrics: I don't believe in Peter Pan, Frankenstein or Superman.
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Queen's, "Fat Bottomed Girls"
Misheard Lyrics: But their beauty and their style
Working smoothly all the while Original Lyrics: But their beauty and their style
Wear kind of smooth after a while |
R Dean Taylor's, "Ghost in My House"
Misheard Lyrics: There's a ghost in my house
The ghost of your mammaries Original Lyrics: There's a ghost in my house
The ghost of your memories |
Randy Newman's, "Simon Smith & His Amazing Dancing Bear."
Misheard Lyrics: Oh, I'll step out in style
With my sexy smile I'll be dancing bare. Original Lyrics: Oh, I'll step out in style
With my sincere smile and my dancing bear. |
Sanford-Townsend Band's, "Smoke from a Distant Fire"
Misheard Lyrics: Don't let this green door hit you on your way out.
Original Lyrics: Don't let the screen door hit you on your way out.
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The Temptations', "Papa Was a Rolling Stone"
Misheard Lyrics: And when he died
All that he left us was a loaf Original Lyrics: And when he died
All that he left us was alone |
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The Who's, "Happy Jack"
Misheard Lyrics: He lived in the sand on the elephant
Original Lyrics: He lived in the sand on the Isle Of Man.
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Tony Orlando and Dawn's, "Tie a Yellow Ribbon 'Round the Ole Oak Tree"
Misheard Lyrics: Now the Oldham bus is cheering.
Original Lyrics: Now the whole damn bus is cheering.
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Wings', "Listen to What the Man Said"
Misheard Lyrics: So won't you listen to what your Nan said
Original Lyrics: So won't you listen to what the man said
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1980s | |
Cal Worthington car ads', "Go See Cal jingle"
Misheard Lyrics: Pussy cow, pussy cow, pussy cow!
Original Lyrics: Go see Cal, go see Cal, go see Cal
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Cliff Richard's, "We Don't Talk Any More"
Misheard Lyrics: He's a phoney, and we don't talk anymore.
Original Lyrics: It's so funny how we don't talk any more.
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Elton John's, "I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues"
Misheard Lyrics: Red army girl
Trying the microphone helps Original Lyrics: Wait on me girl
Cry in the night if it helps |
Elvis Costello's, "Oliver's Army"
Misheard Lyrics: We could send you two Joes and a Burt.
Original Lyrics: We could send you to Johannesburg.
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Olivia Newton-John and Electric Light Orchestra's, "Xanadu"
Misheard Lyrics: An everlasting rubber, you're here with me
Externally Original Lyrics: An everlasting world and you're here with me
Eternally |
Queen's, "A Kind of Magic"
Misheard Lyrics: It's Meccano magic
Original Lyrics: It's a kind of magic
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Survivor's, "Eye of the Tiger"
Misheard Lyrics: And the last known survivor draws his pay in the night.
Original Lyrics: And the last known survivor stalks his prey in the night.
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The Commodores', "Sail On"
Misheard Lyrics: And you gave me nothing that returned
Original Lyrics: And you gave me nothing in return
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The Jam's, "That's Entertainment"
Misheard Lyrics: Watching the news and a tweeting Gertie
A freezing cat flap with damp on the walls Original Lyrics: Watching the news and not eating your tea
A freezing cold flat with damp on the walls |
The Jam's, "The Eton Rifles"
Misheard Lyrics: eat two rivals, eat two rivals
Original Lyrics: Eton rifles, Eton rifles
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Ultravox's, "Vienna"
Misheard Lyrics: This means nothing to me,
Over yellow Original Lyrics: This means nothing to me,
Oh Vienna. |
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1990s | |
Beck's, "Where It's At"
Misheard Lyrics: I got two tube tubas and a microphone.
Original Lyrics: I've got two turntables and a microphone.
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Kirsty MacColl's, "Walking Down Madison"
Misheard Lyrics: From an uptown apartment to a night on the late train
It’s not that far. Original Lyrics: From an uptown apartment to a knife on the A train
It’s not that far. |
2000s | |
Radiohead's, "You And Whose Army?"
Misheard Lyrics: You had a sarnie
Original Lyrics: You and whose army?
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Red Hot Chili Peppers', "Zephyr Song"
Misheard Lyrics: Fly away on my sofa
Original Lyrics: Fly away on my zephyr.
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2010s | |
Fall Out Boy's, "Novocaine"
Misheard Lyrics: So put all your rainbow on
Original Lyrics: So put all of your anger on
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Lady Gaga's, "Alejandro"
Misheard Lyrics: At this point I've got the shoes,
Nothing to lose Original Lyrics: At this point I've gotta choose,
Nothing to lose |
country | |
Confederate Railroad's, "Queen of Memphis"
Misheard Lyrics: The night I fell in love with the cumulonimbus
Original Lyrics: The night I fell in love with the queen of Memphis.
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Tracy Byrd's, "Watermelon Crawl"
Misheard Lyrics: I saw a homemade sign written in red: Ryan County Watermelon Festival ahead
Original Lyrics: I saw a homemade sign written in red: Bryan County Watermelon Festival Ahead
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xmas | |
Gloria Estefan's, "Christmas Through Your Eyes"
Misheard Lyrics: That I was messing up
Original Lyrics: That I was missing out
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Gloria Estefan's, "Love on Layaway"
Misheard Lyrics: Santa bring on your sleigh
Gifts for me this holiday Original Lyrics: Santa bring on your sleigh
Just for me this holiday |
Michael Bolton's, "Our Love Is Like a Holiday"
Misheard Lyrics: This Christmas wheel need to get away
Original Lyrics: This Christmas we don't need to get away
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Nat 'King' Cole's, "The Christmas Song"
Misheard Lyrics: Jessy's roasting on an open fire
Original Lyrics: Chestnuts roasting on an open fire
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Nat King Cole Trio's, "The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting...)"
Misheard Lyrics: Jesters roasting on an open fire
Original Lyrics: Chestnuts roasting on an open fire
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Traditional's, "Deck the Halls"
Misheard Lyrics: See the blazing U.B. chorus
Original Lyrics: See the blazing yule before us.
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Traditional's, "Jingle Bells"
Misheard Lyrics: Bells on bottles ring.
Original Lyrics: Bells on bob-tails ring.
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