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1960s | |
Harry Nilsson's, "Everybody's Talkin'"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm going where the song kissed Shamu
Original Lyrics: I'm going where the sun keeps shining
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Junior Walker & the All-Stars', "Shotgun"
Misheard Lyrics: Put on your Pac-man shoes
Original Lyrics: Put on your high heel shoes
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Simon And Garfunkel's, "America"
Misheard Lyrics: So we bought a pack of cigarettes and this is where the pines
Original Lyrics: So we bought a pack of cigarettes and Mrs. Wagner's pies
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The Beach Boys', "Surfin’ USA"
Misheard Lyrics: All over Mahatma
Original Lyrics: All over Manhattan
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1970s | |
AC/DC's, "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap"
Misheard Lyrics: Dirty deeds down her cheek
Original Lyrics: Dirty deeds and they're done dirt cheap.
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Carole King's, "Nightingale"
Misheard Lyrics: He seeks the sheltered mess
Original Lyrics: He seeks the sheltered nest
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Fleetwood Mac's, "Go Your Own Way"
Misheard Lyrics: You can blow your own gay (blow ur own gay)
Original Lyrics: You can go your own way (go your own way)
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George Thorogood's, "One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer"
Misheard Lyrics: She said 'That don't confront me
Long as I get my money next Friday.' Original Lyrics: She said 'That don't befront me,
Long as I get my money next Friday.' |
Gerry Monroe's, "Sally"
Misheard Lyrics: You're more than
Covid-19 to-oo meeeeeee Original Lyrics: You're more than
The whole world to-oo meeeeeee |
Grand Funk Railroad's, "Some Kind of Wonderful"
Misheard Lyrics: She's all kinds of Robin Hood
Original Lyrics: She's some kind of wonderful
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Helen Reddy's, "Emotion"
Misheard Lyrics: And blow out all my life
Original Lyrics: And blow out all my lights
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John Lennon's, "Mind Games"
Misheard Lyrics: So keep on playing those Mondays
Original Lyrics: So keep on playing those mind games
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Mud's, "Tiger Feet"
Misheard Lyrics: That's left, that's left, that's left, that's left
Original Lyrics: That's right, that's right, that's right, that's right
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Neil Young's, "Harvest"
Misheard Lyrics: Well I see you give more than I can take
In this corny Harvest song. Original Lyrics: Will I see you give more than I can take?
Will I only harvest some? |
Rod Stewart's, "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?"
Misheard Lyrics: His heart's beating like a drum
'Cause at last he's got this girl’s hole Original Lyrics: His heart's beating like a drum
'Cause at last he's got this girl home |
The Edgar Winter Group's, "Free Ride"
Misheard Lyrics: Come on and take a peanut
Original Lyrics: Come on and take a free ride
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The Four Tops', "Ain't No Woman Like The One I've Got"
Misheard Lyrics: She's a real good friend like Julianna
Original Lyrics: She's a real good friend right to the end
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Tony Orlando & Dawn's, "Tie A Yellow Ribbon 'Round The Ole Oak Tree"
Misheard Lyrics: Tie a yellow gibbon 'round the ole oak tree
Original Lyrics: Tie a yellow ribbon 'round the ole oak tree
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1980s | |
Commercial's, "Zest"
Misheard Lyrics: You're not full and clean
Original Lyrics: You're not fully clean
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Donna Summer's, "Who Do You Think You're Foolin'"
Misheard Lyrics: That's the price of your tape
Original Lyrics: That's the price of your fame
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Donna Summer's, "Who Do You Think You're Foolin'"
Misheard Lyrics: That's the price that you pay
Original Lyrics: That's the price of your fame
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Human League's, "Mirror Man"
Misheard Lyrics: Here comes the mirror man
Says he's a butt hole fan Original Lyrics: Here comes the mirror man
Says he's a people fan |
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Los Lobos', "Come On, Let's Go"
Misheard Lyrics: Tell me that you'll never eat me
Original Lyrics: Tell me that you'll never leave me
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Luther Vandross', "She Won't Talk to Me"
Misheard Lyrics: I was hanging with some fans in mind
Original Lyrics: I was hanging with some friends of mine
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Matthew Wilder's, "Break My Stride"
Misheard Lyrics: I sailed away to China
In a North Carolina banya. Original Lyrics: I sailed away to China
In a little rowboat to find ya. |
Men Without Hats', "Pop Goes the World"
Misheard Lyrics: Pop 4 to 1
Original Lyrics: Pop goes the world
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Queen and David Bowie's, "Under Pressure"
Misheard Lyrics: Pressure, pushing don't on me
Pushing down on me know when I smoke. Original Lyrics: Pressure, pushing down on me
Pushing down on you, no man ask for. |
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The Police's, "Don't Stand So Close to Me"
Misheard Lyrics: Roxanne, Roxanne, Roxanne come close to me
Original Lyrics: Don't stand, don't stand so, don't stand so close to me.
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The Whispers', "It's a Love Thing"
Misheard Lyrics: That there was no tub
Original Lyrics: That there was no doubt
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1990s | |
Commercial's, "Drunk Driving PSA"
Misheard Lyrics: Friends don't let friends drive trucks
or Friends don't let friends do drugs Original Lyrics: Friends don't let friends drive drunk
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Dru Hill's, "How Deep Is Your Love"
Misheard Lyrics: When you call me puppy
Original Lyrics: When you call me papi
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Marcy Playground's, "Sex and Candy"
Misheard Lyrics: Mama, she told me it's a dream
Original Lyrics: Mama, this surely is a dream
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Soundgarden's, "Spoonman"
Misheard Lyrics: All my friends are idiots
Original Lyrics: All my friends are Indians
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Warren G and Nate Dogg's, "Regulate"
Misheard Lyrics: Would you let me rock?
Original Lyrics: Would you let me ride?
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Whitney Houston's, "Exhale (Shoop Shoop)"
Misheard Lyrics: Shoe shoe shoe
Original Lyrics: Shoop shoop shoop
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2000s | |
Ghostface Killah's, "Cherchez Laghost"
Misheard Lyrics: Tony the tiger lives on the road
Original Lyrics: Tony Mattola lives on the road
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Good Charlotte's, "I Just Wanna Live"
Misheard Lyrics: I need a large system for my house
Original Lyrics: I need an alarm system for my house
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Mariah Carey's, "We Belong Together"
Misheard Lyrics: I was driving to myself
Original Lyrics: I was lying to myself
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Mushroomhead's, "Solitaire Unraveling"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm on a quest for Bon Jovi
Original Lyrics: I'm on a quest for atonement
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Natasha Bedingfield's, "Unwritten"
Misheard Lyrics: Standing at the blank space before you
Original Lyrics: Staring at the blank page before you
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Nickelback's, "Photograph"
Misheard Lyrics: Look at this porno graph
Original Lyrics: Look at this photograph
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T.I. feat. Rihanna's, "Live Your Life"
Misheard Lyrics: 'Cause I’m a big f***ing slag
Original Lyrics: 'Cause I'm a paper chaser
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2010s | |
Cast of Code:Realize's, "Trip to the Moon"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm taking my baby out there
Original Lyrics: ano tsuki made datte
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