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1950s | |
Thurl Ravenscroft's, "Tony the Tiger"
Misheard Lyrics: They're Gr-r-rape!
Original Lyrics: They're Gr-r-reat!
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1960s | |
Donovan's, "Jennifer Juniper"
Misheard Lyrics: Lives on Putnam Hill
Original Lyrics: Lives upon the hill
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Smokey Robinson & The Miracles', "I Second That Emotion"
Misheard Lyrics: I set the night in motion.
Original Lyrics: I second that emotion.
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The Beatles', "Nowhere Man"
Misheard Lyrics: He's a real Norway man
Sitting in his Norway land Making all his Norway plans for nobody. Original Lyrics: He's a real nowhere man
Sitting in his nowhere land Making all his nowhere plans for nobody. |
The Beatles', "With A Little Help From My Friends"
Misheard Lyrics: I get by with a little help from my fray.
Original Lyrics: I get by with a little help from my friends.
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1970s | |
AC/DC's, "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap"
Misheard Lyrics: Dirty deeds thunder's cheap
Original Lyrics: Dirty deeds done dirt cheap
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Billy Joel's, "Big Shot"
Misheard Lyrics: You had to be a big shot, D*ck shot?
Original Lyrics: You had to be a big shot, didn't cha?
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Blondie's, "Heart of Glass"
Misheard Lyrics: Much mistrust, lost my own behind.
Original Lyrics: Mucho mistrust, love's gone behind.
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Hall & Oates', "She's Gone"
Misheard Lyrics: Better learn how to pray
Original Lyrics: She's gone
Oh I, Oh I'd, better learn how to face it. |
Rolling Stones', "Can't You Hear Me Knocking?"
Misheard Lyrics: Drove me down the [Florida] Keys
Original Lyrics: Throw me down the keys
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T Rex's, "Domino"
Misheard Lyrics: You don't mix up division
I go on and on Original Lyrics: It all makes up the visions I call Domino
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T. Rex's, "Hot Love"
Misheard Lyrics: Well she ain't no witch and I love the witchy twitch
Original Lyrics: Well she ain't no witch and I love the way she twitch
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The Carpenters', "All You Get From Love Is a Love Song"
Misheard Lyrics: Because the best love songs will leave you with a broken heart.
Original Lyrics: Because the best love songs are written with a broken heart.
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1980s | |
Baltimora's, "Tarzan Boy"
Misheard Lyrics: Tonight's the night
Gimme the honor, gimme the honor Original Lyrics: Night, tonight
Gimme the other, gimme the other |
Bon Jovi's, "Livin' on a Prayer"
Misheard Lyrics: Livin' with a player
Original Lyrics: Livin' on a prayer
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Fleetwood Mac's, "Everywhere"
Misheard Lyrics: You know that I've farted and I don't know what to say
Original Lyrics: You know that I'm falling and I don't know what to say.
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Queen's, "A Kind of Magic"
Misheard Lyrics: It's gelatin of war bells ring
Original Lyrics: It's challenging the doors of time
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Queen's, "Radio Ga Ga"
Misheard Lyrics: All we hear Lady-O Gaga
Original Lyrics: All we hear is radio ga ga
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Supertramp's, "It's Raining Again"
Misheard Lyrics: Come on you little spider
and get back up again Original Lyrics: Come on you little fighter
and get back up again |
The Police's, "When The World Is Running Down"
Misheard Lyrics: When the world is running down, you make a breakfast of what's still around.
Original Lyrics: When the world is running down, you make the best of what's still around.
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1990s | |
Anthrax's, "Big Fat"
Misheard Lyrics: Like a mountain stream that ends in mud
I'm waiting in chivalry for the flood Sinking Original Lyrics: Like a mountain stream that ends in mud
I'm wading in s*** waiting for the flood Sinking |
Anthrax's, "Born Again Idiot"
Misheard Lyrics: Kicking and screaming and dragged back into a life
Kicking and screaming and dragged back into a life Like ten pounds of s*** in a nine pound bag Still I come back to give you something that you never had Original Lyrics: Kicking and screaming and dragged back into a life
Kicking and screaming and dragged back into a life Like ten pounds of sin in a nine pound bag Still I come back to give you something that you never had |
Commercial's, "White Diamonds by Elizabeth Taylor"
Misheard Lyrics: These always brought me love
Original Lyrics: These always brought me luck
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Daft Punk's, "Face to Face"
Misheard Lyrics: Move on
Mister Foot Long Original Lyrics: Oho
Face to face now |
Moby's, "Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad?"
Misheard Lyrics: here possum dog
Original Lyrics: These open doors
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Rage Against The Machine's, "Killing In The Name"
Misheard Lyrics: Don't you die, I justify Remember your back Take the chosen white You justify, don't you die Bring them in the bed Take the chosen white
Original Lyrics: Those who died are justified for wearing the badge they're the chosen whites You justify those that died by wearing the badge they're the chosen whites
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Rammstein's, "Stripped"
Misheard Lyrics: Metro police has nothing on this, You're breathing in fumes I taste when we kiss
Original Lyrics: Metropolis has nothing on this, You're breathing in fumes I taste when we kiss
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Sophie B Hawkins', "Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover"
Misheard Lyrics: Give me an ounce to kiss you
Original Lyrics: Give me an hour to kiss you
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2000s | |
Bon Jovi's, "It's My Life"
Misheard Lyrics: First chorus: Like Frank and said "I did it my way"; Second: Like Frank instead I did it my way; Third and Fourth: Like Frankie said "I did it my way"
Original Lyrics: Like Frankie said, I did it my way
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Counting Crows', "Big Yellow Taxi"
Misheard Lyrics: They paid paradise and put up a fork in love
Original Lyrics: They paved paradise and put up a parking lot
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David Gray's, "Babylon"
Misheard Lyrics: A Goya ye A Goya ya
Original Lyrics: Let go your head, let go your heart.
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Nelly's, "Ride Wit Me"
Misheard Lyrics: Face and body, front and back, don't know how to act
Original Lyrics: Face and body Frontenac, don't know how to act
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2010s | |
DJ Khaled's, "We Takin Over"
Misheard Lyrics: Got enough drugs to fill a whole bayou
Original Lyrics: Got enough work, to feed the whole town
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Daft Punk's, "Get Lucky"
Misheard Lyrics: Grew up on Mexican muffins
Original Lyrics: I'm up all night to get lucky.
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David Guetta's, "Titanium (ft. Sia)"
Misheard Lyrics: You shoot me down, but I won't budge
Original Lyrics: You shoot me down, but I won't fall.
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John Mayer's, "Say"
Misheard Lyrics: You know you'll be the better orphan's dad If you can only
Original Lyrics: You know that you'll be better off instead, if you can only
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No Doubt's, "Settle Down"
Misheard Lyrics: You can wiggle my lips
Original Lyrics: You can read on my lips
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Twenty One Pilots', "Stressed Out"
Misheard Lyrics: wish we could turn back time, to the good dope days
Original Lyrics: wish we could turn back time, to the good ol’ days
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xmas | |
Bobby Helms', "Jingle Bell Rock"
Misheard Lyrics: Snowing and blowing and cushions of fun
Original Lyrics: Snowing and blowing up bushels of fun
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Burl Ives', "A Holly Jolly Christmas"
Misheard Lyrics: Uh-Oh, the mistletoe
Hum where you can sing Somebody waits for you Kipper once for me Original Lyrics: Ho-Ho, the mistletoe
Hung where you can see Somebody waits for you Kiss her once for me |
Carpenters', "I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day"
Misheard Lyrics: The bell fries of all Chris and Tom
Original Lyrics: The belfries of all Christendom
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Chuck Berry's, "Run Rudolph Run"
Misheard Lyrics: 'Cause I'm really like a merry-go-round
Original Lyrics: 'Cause I'm reelin' like a merry-go-round
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Kelly Clarkson's, "Underneath the Tree"
Misheard Lyrics: You're here, the greatest of fear
Snow is falling as a capital C Original Lyrics: You're here where you should be
Snow is falling as the carols sing |
Mariah Carey's, "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing/Gloria"
Misheard Lyrics: Whooooo-ooooo-ooooa, here!
Original Lyrics: Gloria
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Mitch Miller's, "Must Be Santa"
Misheard Lyrics: Who's got a beard that's wrong and right?
Original Lyrics: Who's got a beard that's long and white?
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Thurl Ravenscroft's, "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch"
Misheard Lyrics: You nominate me, Mr. Grinch
Original Lyrics: You nauseate me, Mr. Grinch
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Traditional's, "Christmas in Killarney"
Misheard Lyrics: It's Lykes you know to kiss your beau
While cuddling under the mistletoe Original Lyrics: It's nice you know to kiss your beau
While cuddling under the mistletoe |
Vince Guaraldi Trio's, "Christmas Time is Here"
Misheard Lyrics: This is time, it's here
Original Lyrics: Christmas Time is Here
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