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1950s | |
Elvis Presley's, "Hard Headed Woman"
Misheard Lyrics: Ever since a chocolate begin
Original Lyrics: Ever since the world began
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Jerry Lee Lewis', "Great Balls of Fire"
Misheard Lyrics: You shake my nerd and you rattle my braids
Original Lyrics: You shake my nerve and you rattle my brain
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1960s | |
Nat King Cole's, "L-O-V-E"
Misheard Lyrics: L is for the way you look at meat
O is for the only womb I see V is very, very eggs of ordinary E is even more than anyone that you a door can Original Lyrics: L is for the way you look at me
O is for the only one I see V is very, very extraordinary E is even more than anyone that you adore can |
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1970s | |
Blondie's, "Heart of Glass"
Misheard Lyrics: It's just no good, you tease me like a dead girl
Original Lyrics: It's just no good
You tease me like you do |
Caravan's, "Memory Lain, Hugh"
Misheard Lyrics: A broken window
Is all we have to show for love Oh please don't leave me To find me Original Lyrics: A broken-winged dove
Is all he has to show for love Oh please help me please To find me |
Carly Simon's, "Anticipation"
Misheard Lyrics: It's making me late
Original Lyrics: It's making me wait
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Carpenters', "Top of the World"
Misheard Lyrics: Is the love that I fowl
Original Lyrics: Is the love that I found
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Dionne Warwick & The Spinners', "Then Came You"
Misheard Lyrics: You oughta know, you made that probe
Original Lyrics: You oughta know, you made love grow
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Doobie Brothers', "Jesus Is Just Alright"
Misheard Lyrics: Jesus is just a rat to me.
Original Lyrics: Jesus is just alright with me.
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Harry Nilsson's, "Without You"
Misheard Lyrics: No, I can't forget this even
Or your face as you were weaving Original Lyrics: No, I can't forget this evening
Or your face as you were leaving |
Hot Chocolate's, "You Sexy Thing"
Misheard Lyrics: I believe in milk oh wear your bra you sexy thing
Original Lyrics: I believe in miracles.
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Mary MacGregor's, "Torn Between Two Lovers"
Misheard Lyrics: And he knows he can persist me
Original Lyrics: And he knows he can possess me
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Paul Davis', "Sweet Life"
Misheard Lyrics: We always dreamed we'd make a lot of money
Oh, but I don't mind it anymore. Original Lyrics: We always dreamed we'd make a lot of money
Oh, but I don't mind being poor. |
Paul McCartney & Wings', "Jet"
Misheard Lyrics: Ah Mater Betrayer.
Original Lyrics: Ah Mater
Much later. |
Pink Floyd's, "Another Brick In The Wall (Part 1)"
Misheard Lyrics: You! Yes, you behind the great shed.
Don't stand like that! Original Lyrics: You! Yes, you!
There behind the bike sheds Stand still, Laddie! |
The Bee-Gees', "Stayin' Alive"
Misheard Lyrics: Somebody help me girl
Original Lyrics: Somebody help me, yeah
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The Cars', "Moving in Stereo"
Misheard Lyrics: Life's insane, I'm moving in stereo
Life's insane, except for my shoes Original Lyrics: Life's the same, we're moving in stereo
Life's the same, except for my shoes |
1980s | |
Bananarama's, "I Heard a Rumour"
Misheard Lyrics: So you realize I'm Portuguese
And the love you threw away How can I forgive those super gay It's never gonna be the same Original Lyrics: So you realize what hurt you made
And the love you threw away How can I forgive or soon forget It's never gonna be the same |
Billy Idol's, "Eye's Without a Face"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm on a buzz, on psychedelic trip
Original Lyrics: I'm on a bus, on a psychedelic trip
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Billy Idol's, "Eyes Without a Face"
Misheard Lyrics: I supply the fish
Original Lyrics: Eyes without a face
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Joey Scarbury's, "Believe It or Not"
Misheard Lyrics: Flying away on a wimp and a brave
Original Lyrics: Flying away on a wing and a prayer
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Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam's, "Lost in Emotion"
Misheard Lyrics: Am I awful 'cause I don't know just how you feel?
Original Lyrics: Am I a fool 'cause I don't know just how you feel?
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REO Speedwagon's, "Can't Fight This Feeling"
Misheard Lyrics: You're a camel's innuendo on a corn dog winner's night
Original Lyrics: You're a candle in the window on a cold, dark winter's night
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Tears for Fears', "Everybody Wants to Rule the World"
Misheard Lyrics: It's my own design
Original Lyrics: It's my own desire
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USA for Africa's, "We Are the World"
Misheard Lyrics: We are the Josephs
Original Lyrics: We are the children
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Whitesnake's, "Is This Love?"
Misheard Lyrics: Is this luck that I'm feeling?
Original Lyrics: Is this love that I'm feeling?
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1990s | |
Annie Lennox's, "Walking On Broken Glass"
Misheard Lyrics: And if you want to hurt me, there's nothing left to feel
Original Lyrics: And if you want to hurt me, there's nothing left to fear
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Chumbawamba's, "Tubthumping"
Misheard Lyrics: I get "Nocdao", but I get up again.
Original Lyrics: I get knocked down, but I get up again.
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Michael Jackson's, "Man in the Mirror"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm looking at the man in the river.
Original Lyrics: I'm starting with the man in the mirror.
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Scatman John's, "Scatman"
Misheard Lyrics: As a matter fact, I speak about nothing but a fact
Original Lyrics: As a matter of fact, I don't let nothin' hold you back
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Sophie B. Hawkins', "As I Lay Me Down"
Misheard Lyrics: You large a**hole
Original Lyrics: Ooh lah, kah, koh
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White Zombie's, "Ratfinks, Suicide Tanks, and Cannibal Girls"
Misheard Lyrics: MCI
Original Lyrics: It's alive
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2000s | |
Akon featuring Eminem's, "Smack That"
Misheard Lyrics: Smack that, Olongapo
Original Lyrics: Smack that, all on the floor
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Chad Kroeger featuring Josey Scott's, "Hero"
Misheard Lyrics: I am so high, I can hear headburn
I am so high, I can hear headburn Whoa, but headburn No, headburn don't need me. Original Lyrics: I am so high, I can hear Heaven
I am so high, I can hear Heaven Whoa, but Heaven No, Heaven don't hear me. |
Chad Kroeger's, "Hero"
Misheard Lyrics: So so mean! Love will all save us
But how can that bean? Look what love gave us. Original Lyrics: Someone told me that love would all save us
But how can that be? Look what love gave us. |
Daniel Bedingfield's, "If You're Not the One"
Misheard Lyrics: Then why does my fart tell me that I am
Original Lyrics: Then why does my heart tell me that I am
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Fall Out Boy's, "Sugar We're Goin' Down"
Misheard Lyrics: Shop a heart
Bake a name Original Lyrics: Drop a heart
Break a name |
Fall Out Boy's, "Thnks fr the Mmrs"
Misheard Lyrics: In this Christian bomb
Original Lyrics: In this crystal ball
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Natasha Bedingfield's, "Pocketful of Sunshine"
Misheard Lyrics: Take me awake
Original Lyrics: Take me away
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Natasha Bedingfield's, "These Words"
Misheard Lyrics: Tried to write a plastic
Original Lyrics: Trying to write a classic
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Natasha Bedingfield's, "Unwritten"
Misheard Lyrics: Feel Lorraine on your skin
Original Lyrics: Feel the rain on your skin
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Pearl Jam's, "Inside Job"
Misheard Lyrics: Oh, I've been pearl jammed for days.
Original Lyrics: Oh, life comes from within your heart and desire
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2010s | |
Chunk! No, Captain Chunk!'s, "We Fell Fast"
Misheard Lyrics: With a manatee head
Original Lyrics: With an empty head
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Panic! At the Disco's, "Crazy=Genius"
Misheard Lyrics: You're so strange like commuters with briefcases throwing a line
Original Lyrics: You're so straight like commuters with briefcases towing the line
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Sara Bareilles', "Brave"
Misheard Lyrics: On a steak, I want to see you be brave.
Original Lyrics: Honestly, I want to see you be brave.
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country | |
Dixie Chicks', "Without You"
Misheard Lyrics: Without you I'm not a key
Original Lyrics: Without you I'm not okay
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Patsy Cline's, "A Church, A Courtroom, and the Goodbye"
Misheard Lyrics: Then the purple stole into the records.
Original Lyrics: Then the clerk wrote our story in the record.
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Statler Brothers', "Do You Remember These?"
Misheard Lyrics: Styx nose plugs and aviator caps with flaps that button down
Original Lyrics: "Sticks - no floats", and aviator caps with flaps that button down.
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