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1950s | |
Patti Page's, "Cross Over the Bridge"
Misheard Lyrics: Leave your sticklebacks behind you
Original Lyrics: Leave your fickle past behind you
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1960s | |
Donovan's, "Sunshine Superman"
Misheard Lyrics: Through the meadow green land Turningcott, you never know me.
Original Lyrics: Superman or Green Lantern ain't got nothin' on me.
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The Beatles', "Rock and Roll Music"
Misheard Lyrics: I took my love you know across the track
So she could call my man a whale, in fact Original Lyrics: I took my loved one over across the tracks
So she could hear my man a-wail a sax |
Zager & Evans', "In the Year 2525"
Misheard Lyrics: Yes, it's time for the judgement day
Original Lyrics: Guess it's time for the judgement day
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1970s | |
Dave Loggins', "Please Come to Boston"
Misheard Lyrics: And there's some stars who fell from the sky
Who live in a barn here Original Lyrics: And there's some stars that fell from the sky
Livin' up on the hill |
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Eddie Money's, "Two Tickets to Paradise"
Misheard Lyrics: I got two chickens to paradise
Won't you pack your fags and leave tonight? Original Lyrics: I got two tickets to paradise
Won't you pack your bags, we'll leave tonight? |
Elton John's, "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road"
Misheard Lyrics: You can't trap me in your henhouse, I'm going back to my cloud.
Original Lyrics: You can't plant me in your penthouse
I'm going back to my plough. |
Elton John's, "Tiny Dancer"
Misheard Lyrics: Goin' down the Hershey Highway
Original Lyrics: Count the headlights on the highway.
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Hap Palmer's, "Opposite "
Misheard Lyrics: Can you do the Apples It?
Original Lyrics: Can you do the Opposite?
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Hap Palmer's, "Opposite "
Misheard Lyrics: Can you do the Apples It?
Original Lyrics: Can you do the opposite?
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Queen's, "We Will Rock You"
Misheard Lyrics: Buddy you're a boy maker, big night day...
Original Lyrics: Budd you're boy make a big noise, playing....
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Ricky Nelson's, "Garden Party"
Misheard Lyrics: Well, I went to a guardian parting
And reminisced with my old friends Original Lyrics: Well, I went to a Garden Party
To reminisce with my old friends |
Rush's, "Fly By Night"
Misheard Lyrics: My shift is a coming and I just can't pretend.
Original Lyrics: My ship isn't coming and I just can't pretend.
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1980s | |
Frida's, "I Know There's Something Going On"
Misheard Lyrics: I know what you think by watching your mind
Original Lyrics: I know what you think and what's in your mind
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Level 42's, "Something About You"
Misheard Lyrics: There is something about you baby, you are so bright
Original Lyrics: There is something about you baby, you are so right
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Madonna's, "Express Yourself"
Misheard Lyrics: And when you're gone he might be ready
Original Lyrics: And when you're gone he might regret it.
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Madonna's, "Express Yourself"
Misheard Lyrics: Make you feel like the queen of Rome
Original Lyrics: Make you feel like a queen on a throne.
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Madonna's, "Express Yourself"
Misheard Lyrics: Think about the love he wants
Original Lyrics: Think about the love he once had
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Madonna's, "Express Yourself"
Misheard Lyrics: What you need is to lift your head
Original Lyrics: What you need is a big strong hand.
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Madonna's, "Express Yourself"
Misheard Lyrics: What you need is to place your head
Original Lyrics: What you need is a big strong hand.
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REO Speedwagon's, "Keep On Loving You"
Misheard Lyrics: Instead you lay still in my bed, all caught up in his scent.
Original Lyrics: Instead you laid still in the grass, all coiled up and hissin'
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Rush's, "Tom Sawyer"
Misheard Lyrics: The world is, the world is
Love and like body. Original Lyrics: The world is, the world is
Love and life are deep. |
The Jets', "You Got It All"
Misheard Lyrics: Hearing me call you when
Out on inland Original Lyrics: Hearing me call, you went
Out on a limb. |
Wang Chung's, "Everybody Have Fun Tonight"
Misheard Lyrics: The ship of fun is sailing on
Original Lyrics: The ship of fools is sailing on
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1990s | |
BoDeans', "Closer to Free"
Misheard Lyrics: Everybody wants to be closer to freak
Original Lyrics: Everybody wants to be closer to free
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Fastball's, "Out of My Head"
Misheard Lyrics: I was waiting for an imitation
But it was hard to find Original Lyrics: I was waiting for an indication
It was hard to find |
Meat Loaf's, "I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)"
Misheard Lyrics: A cheddar burrito
Original Lyrics: You better believe it
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Moby's, "Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad"
Misheard Lyrics: Ears of a dog
Original Lyrics: These open doors
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Nelson's, "(Can't Live Without Your) Love and Affection"
Misheard Lyrics: I can't live without your love and defection
Original Lyrics: I can't live without your love and affection
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Nelson's, "More Than Ever"
Misheard Lyrics: All I ever wanted in a llama was a pretty face
Original Lyrics: All I ever wanted in a lover was a pretty face
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Nelson's, "Only Time Will Tell"
Misheard Lyrics: But I really missed your snout
Original Lyrics: But I really missed your smile
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Soundgarden's, "Birth Ritual"
Misheard Lyrics: Lyin' like Nedo I'm Forrest Gu-ump
Original Lyrics: Lyin' like needles
On forest earth |
The Offspring's, "All I Want"
Misheard Lyrics: You gotta speak up and yell out defeat
Original Lyrics: You gotta speak up and yell out your piece
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The Prodigy's, "No Good (Start the Dance)"
Misheard Lyrics: You're no wildebeest, I don't need nobody.
Don't need no one, that's no wildebeest Original Lyrics: You're no good for me, I don't need nobody.
Don't need no one, that's no good for me |
The Rembrandts', "Just the Way It Is, Baby"
Misheard Lyrics: You spilled it out with blackened eyes
Original Lyrics: You spelled it out in black and white
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2000s | |
Avril Lavigne's, "Complicated"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm never gonna find your blanket
Original Lyrics: I'm never gonna find you faking
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Creed's, "One Last Breath"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm 16 from the edge and I'm sinking
Original Lyrics: I'm 6 ft from the edge and I'm thinking
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Flaming Lips', "The Impulse"
Misheard Lyrics: And it steals like Muppets got a tennis mind
or And it's dreams like Muppets gone and tennis mind or And it seems like Muffy's gone and tennis mind or And it streams like roughage on a tennis high or And it seems like nothing's got a tennis mind Original Lyrics: But it seems like nothing's gonna satisfy
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Kylie Minogue's, "Love at First Sight"
Misheard Lyrics: It was love on Fox 5
Original Lyrics: It was love at first sight
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2010s | |
L'il John's, "Get Low"
Misheard Lyrics: Paul Brumlow is a wop.
Original Lyrics: From the window to the wall
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Lady Gaga's, "Judas"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm just a horny fool, and baby it's so cool
Original Lyrics: I'm just a Holy fool, and baby he's so cruel.
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Linus' Blanket's, "Blanket Song"
Misheard Lyrics: Only feeling I found in you was some lettuce
Original Lyrics: Only feeling I found in you was loneliness
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Meghan Trainor's, "All About That Bass"
Misheard Lyrics: Every itch of you is perfect from the bottom to the top
Original Lyrics: Every inch of you is perfect from the bottom to the top
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Meghan Trainor's, "Lips Are Moving"
Misheard Lyrics: I might be yum, but I ain't stupid
Original Lyrics: I might be young, but I ain't stupid
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Muse's, "Revolt"
Misheard Lyrics: You can crawl
(You can crawl!) You can crawl (You can crawl!) Original Lyrics: You can grow
(You can grow!) You can grow (You can grow!) |
P!nk's, "Just Like Fire"
Misheard Lyrics: We can eat some raw eggs, raw eggs, raw eggs
Original Lyrics: We came here to run it, run it, run it
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Selena Gomez's, "Same Old Love"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm so sick of that same old glove, the kind that breaks your heart
Original Lyrics: I'm so sick of that same old love, the kind that breaks your heart
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