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1950s | |
Elvis Presley's, "Don't Be Cruel"
Misheard Lyrics: Baby it's to you I'm thinking of.
Original Lyrics: Baby it's still you I'm thinking of.
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Jackie Wilson's, "Lonely Teardrops"
Misheard Lyrics: My heart is high, high
Original Lyrics: My heart is cryin', cryin'
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The Penguins', "Earth Angel (Will You Be Mine?)"
Misheard Lyrics: A pager
Original Lyrics: Earth angel
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1960s | |
Betty Everett's, "The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss)"
Misheard Lyrics: How about a pain in the ass?
Original Lyrics: How about the way he acts?
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Marvin Gaye's, "I Heard it Through the Grapevine"
Misheard Lyrics: Not much longer with a feline
Original Lyrics: Not much longer would you be mine
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Ray Charles', "Hit the Road Jack"
Misheard Lyrics: Oh no, oh no, oh no, oh no
Original Lyrics: No more, no more, no more, no more
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1970s | |
Bachman Turner Overdrive's, "You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet"
Misheard Lyrics: So I took what I could get Mmh, mmh, mmh She did it to me with big bananas
Original Lyrics: So I took what I could get Mmh, mmh, mmh She looked at me with big brown eyes
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Bobby Sherman's, "The Drum"
Misheard Lyrics: Here comes a piece of drum
Original Lyrics: Love comes, beats on drums
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Carole King's, "I Feel the Earth Move"
Misheard Lyrics: I know that by the oceans
Original Lyrics: I know that my emotions
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Electric Light Orchestra's, "Livin' Thing"
Misheard Lyrics: It's a guillotine
Original Lyrics: It's a given thing
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Foghat's, "Slow Ride"
Misheard Lyrics: Small wife, take it easy
Original Lyrics: Slow ride, take it easy
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Joe Jackson's, "Is She Really Going Out with Him?"
Misheard Lyrics: Is she really going out with Himmler?
Original Lyrics: Is she really going out with him?
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Queen's, "We Will Rock You"
Misheard Lyrics: You got love on your face
Original Lyrics: You got blood on your face
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Randy Newman's, "Short People"
Misheard Lyrics: Sure, people got no reason
Original Lyrics: Short people got no reason
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Stevie Wonder's, "You Are the Sunshine of My Life"
Misheard Lyrics: That's why I'll always be allowed
Original Lyrics: That's why I'll always be around
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The Ritchie Family's, "Brazil"
Misheard Lyrics: You got the way you want me
Original Lyrics: You got me where you want me
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The Ritchie Family's, "The Best Disco in Town"
Misheard Lyrics: The Hilton motel
Original Lyrics: The hit sounds of Motown
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Van Morrison's, "Moondance"
Misheard Lyrics: Fantabulous Mickey Mouse romance
Original Lyrics: Fantabulous night to make romance
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1980s | |
Cyndi Lauper's, "All Through the Night"
Misheard Lyrics: And once we die
Original Lyrics: And once we start
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Cyndi Lauper's, "All Through the Night"
Misheard Lyrics: I've been away
Original Lyrics: I'll be awake
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Cyndi Lauper's, "I Drove All Night"
Misheard Lyrics: Cactus in bloom
Original Lyrics: Crept in your room
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Electric Light Orchestra's, "All Over the World"
Misheard Lyrics: I got a message from the Brady Bunch
Original Lyrics: I got a message on the radio
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Gino Vannelli's, "Living Inside Myself"
Misheard Lyrics: Living inside this head
Original Lyrics: Living inside this hell
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Jermaine Stewart's, "We Don't Have To Take Our Clothes Off"
Misheard Lyrics: Still you want a piece of me, still let my brain
Original Lyrics: And I'm not a piece of meat, stimulate my brain
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John Lennon's, "Nobody Told Me"
Misheard Lyrics: Nobody told me that this is Lahtis
Original Lyrics: Nobody told me there'd be days like these
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John Lennon's, "Nobody Told Me"
Misheard Lyrics: Nobody told me that this was Lahtis
Original Lyrics: Nobody told me there'd be days like these
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Kate Bush's, "Running Up That Hill"
Misheard Lyrics: Been running over again
Original Lyrics: Been running up that hill
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Kenny Loggins', "Danger Zone"
Misheard Lyrics: Highway to the Dinosaur
Original Lyrics: Highway to the danger zone
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Michael Jackson's, "Beat It"
Misheard Lyrics: Fetus, Fetus, Noah wants to be the fetus
Original Lyrics: Beat it, beat it, no one wants to be defeated
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Michael Jackson's, "The Way You Make Me Feel"
Misheard Lyrics: Hey baby, baby with the high giggles on
You give me beaver like I've never ever known You're just a pot of little ugliness I like the poof of your walk, your talk, your dress Original Lyrics: Hey, pretty baby with the high heels on
You give me fever like I've never ever know You're just a product of loveliness I like the groove of your walk, your talk, your dress. |
T'Pau's, "Heart And Soul"
Misheard Lyrics: Inside I need to know
Original Lyrics: Give a sign, I need to know
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T'Pau's, "Heart and Soul"
Misheard Lyrics: Hoping every weekend now
You'll turn around and say that we can starve Original Lyrics: Hoping every waking hour
You'll turn around and say that we can start |
The Rolling Stones', "She's So Cold"
Misheard Lyrics: cheese so cold
Original Lyrics: She's so cold.
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1990s | |
Backstreet Boys', "I Want It That Way"
Misheard Lyrics: Ain't nothin but a fart- HEY!
Ain't nothin but a beef steak Original Lyrics: Ain't nothin but a heartache
Ain't nothin but a mistake |
Commercial's, "Folgers (A Dancer's Morning)"
Misheard Lyrics: It's that mountain grown lid
Before you get your kids Original Lyrics: It's that mountain grown lift
Before you get your gift |
Go West's, "Faithful"
Misheard Lyrics: I will be faithful to my lover's pain
Original Lyrics: I will be faithful to my lover's prayer
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Movie Scripts', "Free Willy"
Misheard Lyrics: He'll be able to prove it
Original Lyrics: He'll be able to do it
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Salt-N-Pepa featuring En Vogue's, "Whatta Man"
Misheard Lyrics: A lover and a fighter and he'll knock a Nugget out
Original Lyrics: A lover and a fighter and he'll knock a nucca out
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The Mavericks', "Dance The Night Away"
Misheard Lyrics: Here comes my hard penis again
Original Lyrics: Here comes my happiness again
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Ween's, "Ocean Man"
Misheard Lyrics: Oh s*** man, take me by the hand
Original Lyrics: Ocean Man, take me by the hand
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2000s | |
Bowling for Soup's, "Girl All the Bad Guys Want"
Misheard Lyrics: Not bad, not bad, not bad
Original Lyrics: Notepad, notepad, notepad
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Kylie Minogue's, "I Believe in You"
Misheard Lyrics: I don't believe the thoughts I have are only mine to blame
Original Lyrics: I don't believe the faults I have are only mine to blame
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2010s | |
country | |
Gene Autry's, "Don't Fence Me In"
Misheard Lyrics: The Panskee Inn
Original Lyrics: Don't fence me in
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misc | |
Ariana Grande's, "Positions"
Misheard Lyrics: The n***a I love, on a Monday
Original Lyrics: Then make a lotta love on a Monday
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Miley Cyrus', "Midnight Sky"
Misheard Lyrics: Yeah it's been a long night and the neighbor's telling me to go home
Original Lyrics: Yeah it's been a long night and the mirror's telling me to go home
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Traditional's, "My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean"
Misheard Lyrics: Greenback, greenback
or Green Bay, Green Bay or Green Day, Green Day Original Lyrics: Bring back, bring back
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