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1960s | |
Steppenwolf's, "Magic Carpet Ride"
Misheard Lyrics: Fantasy is sugar free
Original Lyrics: Fantasy will set you free
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1970s | |
AC/DC's, "You Shook Me All Night Long"
Misheard Lyrics: You should be all Krylon
Original Lyrics: You shook me all night long
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Creedence Clearwater Revival's, "Lookin' Out My Back Door"
Misheard Lyrics: Blue, Blue, Blue
Original Lyrics: Doo, Doo, Doo
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Dobie Gray's, "Drift Away"
Misheard Lyrics: Give me the cheese balls
Original Lyrics: Give me the beat, boys
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Earth, Wind, and Fire's, "September"
Misheard Lyrics: Do you remember the many first times in September?
Original Lyrics: Do you remember the 21st night of September?
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Kenny Loggins', "This Is It"
Misheard Lyrics: You got no burden
Original Lyrics: You're going no further
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Paul Revere and the Raiders', "Indian Reservation"
Misheard Lyrics: Took away our maiden form
Original Lyrics: Took away our native tongue
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Paul Simon's, "Kodachrome"
Misheard Lyrics: I gotta nice wide camera.
I love to take a photograph, so mama don't take my code of chrome away. Original Lyrics: I got a Nikon camera
I love to take a photograph, so mama don't take my Kodachrome away. |
Pink Floyd's, "Another Brick In The Wall (Part 2)"
Misheard Lyrics: No ducks orgasm in the classroom
Original Lyrics: No dark sarcasms in the classroom
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Queen's, "Bohemian Rapsody"
Misheard Lyrics: Scallop mousse scallop mousse will you do the fandango
Original Lyrics: Scaramouch, scaramouch will you do the fandango
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Squeeze's, "Take Me I'm Yours"
Misheard Lyrics: My ego flies tomorrow.
Original Lyrics: My eagle flies tomorrow.
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Van Morrison's, "Moondance"
Misheard Lyrics: To the sound of the breeze of that boat
Original Lyrics: To the sound of the breezes that blow
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1980s | |
Cold Chisel's, "Cheap Wine"
Misheard Lyrics: Cheap Wine and a teenage grope
Original Lyrics: Cheap wine and a three day growth
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Corey Hart's, "Sunglasses at Night"
Misheard Lyrics: Don't masturbate with the giant s***
Original Lyrics: Don't masquerade with the guy in shades
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David Bowie's, "Blue Jean"
Misheard Lyrics: Oh, I made my Blue Jean blue
And she can zip me Oh, somebody zip me Original Lyrics: Oh, and when my Blue Jean's blue
Blue Jean can send me Oh, somebody send me |
Foreigner's, "Growing Up The Hard Way"
Misheard Lyrics: He's blowing up the highway
Original Lyrics: He's growing up the hard way
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Greg Kihn Band's, "The Breakup Song (They Don't Write 'Em)"
Misheard Lyrics: It was the same old song and I never got an exam
Original Lyrics: It was the same old song with a melancholy sound
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Michael Jackson's, "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'"
Misheard Lyrics: Ima say it one more time I'm not gone stop
Original Lyrics: Ma-ma se, ma-ma sa, ma-ma coo sa.
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Michael Jackson's, "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'"
Misheard Lyrics: Mama say mama sa I’m from Arkansas
Original Lyrics: Ma-ma se, ma-ma sa, ma-ma coo sa.
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Mike Reno and Ann Wilson's, "Almost Paradise"
Misheard Lyrics: I face the nights along
Original Lyrics: I face the nights alone
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Movie Scripts', "An Officer and a Gentleman"
Misheard Lyrics: By the end of this week, you're quick
Original Lyrics: By the end of this week, you're quitting
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Movie Scripts', "Flashdance"
Misheard Lyrics: I smashed your stupid widow!
Original Lyrics: I smashed your stupid window!
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Pat Benatar's, "Love Is a Battlefield"
Misheard Lyrics: Both of us love it
Original Lyrics: Both of us know it
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Richard Marx's, "Don't Mean Nothing"
Misheard Lyrics: Now, don't eat muffins
Original Lyrics: No, it don't mean nothing
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The Pointer Sisters', "I'm So Excited"
Misheard Lyrics: Give in this time and do me summer fixing
Original Lyrics: Give in this time and show me some affection
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Was (Not Was)'s, "Walk the Dinosaur"
Misheard Lyrics: Boom, boom, how do you like a like a boom?
Original Lyrics: Boom, boom, acka lacka lacka boom
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1990s | |
Backstreet Boys', "Larger Than Life"
Misheard Lyrics: And I see you by the swing
Original Lyrics: And I see your body sway
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Cast of 'The Nightmare Before Christmas''s, "This Is Halloween"
Misheard Lyrics: Mistletoe
Original Lyrics: It's our town!
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Movie Scripts', "Beavis and Butt-Head Do America"
Misheard Lyrics: Doing this Baywatch
Original Lyrics: Did we miss Baywatch?
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Red Hot Chili Peppers', "Scar Tissue"
Misheard Lyrics: With bird we shed is so lonely with you, yeah
This bird we shed is so lonely, you! Original Lyrics: With the birds I'll share this lonely viewin'
With the birds I'll share this lonely view |
2000s | |
Chris Robinson's, "Piece of Wind"
Misheard Lyrics: No one can a buy a piece of s***.
Original Lyrics: No one can a buy a piece of wind.
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Christina Aguilera's, "Come On Over Baby (All I Want is You)"
Misheard Lyrics: Don't wanna be that gay to you, baby
Original Lyrics: Don't wanna play that game with you, baby
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DJ Luck and MC Neat's, "A Little Bit Of Luck"
Misheard Lyrics: Anna Ryder Richardson
Original Lyrics: Hollerin' the rinsin' sound
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Feeling's, "I thought it was over"
Misheard Lyrics: I thought it was over but it snot
Original Lyrics: I thought it was over but it's not
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Nickelback's, "How You Remind Me"
Misheard Lyrics: Never made it as a White man
Couldn't care less of a poor man's feelings Original Lyrics: Never made it as a wise man
I couldn't cut it as a poor man stealing. |
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2010s | |
Ariana Grande's, "Break Up with Your Girlfriend, I’m Bored"
Misheard Lyrics: Break up with your girlfriend
Yeah, yeah, 'cause I'm bored You could hit it in the mornin' (Mornin') Yeah, yeah, like a sword Original Lyrics: Break up with your girlfriend
Yeah, yeah, 'cause I'm bored You could hit it in the mornin' (Mornin') Yeah, yeah, like it's yours |
Bryce Vine's, "Drew Barrymore"
Misheard Lyrics: 'Cause you're the next Drew Carey
And I want more, yeah Original Lyrics: 'Cause you're the next Drew Barry
And I want more, yeah |
Dan + Shay's, "Tequila "
Misheard Lyrics: But when I taste tequila, baby I still see ya
Cuttin’ up the floor in a sorota T-Shirt Original Lyrics: But when I taste tequila, baby I still see ya
Cuttin’ up the floor in a sorority T-Shirt |
Halsey 's, "New Americana"
Misheard Lyrics: Cigarettes in tiny liquor bottles
Original Lyrics: Cigarettes and tiny liquor bottles
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Halsey 's, "New Americana"
Misheard Lyrics: They’re monacle and Hamptons bound
Original Lyrics: They’re Monaco and Hamptons bound
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Kanye West's, "All Mine"
Misheard Lyrics: Yeah you suck my lil dick
Original Lyrics: Yeah you supermodel thick.
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Taylor Swift's, "Welcome to New York"
Misheard Lyrics: Kaleidoscope of loud happy tender coats
Original Lyrics: Kaleidoscope of loud heartbeats under coats
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Shania Twain's, "(If You're Not In it for Love) I'm Outta Here!"
Misheard Lyrics: If you're not really
Original Lyrics: If you're not willing
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xmas | |
Thurl Ravenscroft's, "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch"
Misheard Lyrics: Your soul is an appalling donkey
Original Lyrics: Your soul is an appalling dump heap
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