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1960s | |
Eddie Albert and Eva Gabor's, "Green Acres"
Misheard Lyrics: New York is where I’d rather be
Original Lyrics: New York is where I’d rather stay
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Simon and Garfunkel's, "Hazy Shade of Winter"
Misheard Lyrics: Hang on to your hugs, my friend
(Later) There's a patch of snow underground Original Lyrics: Hang on to your hopes, my friend
(Later) There's a patch of snow on the ground |
The Rolling Stones', "19th Nervous Breakdown"
Misheard Lyrics: You're the kind of person you meet in certain disco love affairs
Original Lyrics: You're the kind of person you meet in certain dismal dull affairs
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1970s | |
Badfinger's, "No Matter What"
Misheard Lyrics: I gathered all the porridge in the world
Original Lyrics: I gathered all the courage in the world
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Bette Midler's, "Friends"
Misheard Lyrics: But you gotta speak French
Original Lyrics: But you gotta have friends
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Stevie Wonder's, "If You Really Love Me"
Misheard Lyrics: To make your kids incomplete
Original Lyrics: To make your kiss incomplete
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1980s | |
Alvin and the Chipmunks', "We're the Chipmunks"
Misheard Lyrics: We love chipmunks
Original Lyrics: We're the Chipmunks
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Bette Midler's, "I Think It's Going to Rain Today"
Misheard Lyrics: Only diamonds are overflowing
Original Lyrics: Human kindness is overflowing
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Londonbeat's, "9 A.M. (The Comfort Zone)"
Misheard Lyrics: 9 A.M. on a New York Sunday
Original Lyrics: 9 A.M. on a New York subway
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Michael Jackson's, "Smooth Criminal"
Misheard Lyrics: Aye chikabo chikabay chikabo chikay chikabo chikabay chikabo cikabay chikabo wo doubt it
Original Lyrics: Annie are you okay? Are you okay? Are you okay? Are you okay? Are you okay? Are you okay Annie?
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The Cure's, "How Beautiful You Are"
Misheard Lyrics: A silent, glittering building
Original Lyrics: Outside a glittering building
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The Smiths', "How Soon Is Now?"
Misheard Lyrics: I am human and I'm being vulgar
Original Lyrics: I am human and I need to belong
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Wings', "Admiral Halsey"
Misheard Lyrics: Eat your peanut butter brown
Original Lyrics: Pick your feet up off the ground
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1990s | |
Bette Midler's, "Stuff Like That There"
Misheard Lyrics: Oh, where's the baggage?
Original Lyrics: A mess of cabbage
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Jay-Z's, "Dead Presidents II"
Misheard Lyrics: Snapchatters forever
Original Lyrics: Stack cheddars forever
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Londonbeat's, "You Bring on the Sun"
Misheard Lyrics: Chasing all the children away
Original Lyrics: Chasing all the shadows away
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N-Trance's, "Stayin’ Alive"
Misheard Lyrics: Everybody in the halls
Original Lyrics: Everybody in the house
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Radiohead's, "Black Star"
Misheard Lyrics: Blame it on the flag shop
Original Lyrics: Blame it on the black star
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Red Hot Chili Peppers', "Around the World"
Misheard Lyrics: You say hello and then I say adieu
or You say hello and then I say adu Original Lyrics: You say hello and then I say I do.
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Savage Garden's, "Tears of Pearls"
Misheard Lyrics: Love will be the death, the death over you
Original Lyrics: Love will be the death, the death of you
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2000s | |
Avril Lavigne's, "I Always Get What I Want"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm still on the go
Original Lyrics: I'm still gonna go
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Charlotte Church's, "Crazy Chick"
Misheard Lyrics: Oh, babe, I hope you got a CHP
Original Lyrics: Oh, babe, I hope you got a Ph.D
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Disturbed's, "Down with the Sickness"
Misheard Lyrics: Get the funky monkey down with the sickness.
Original Lyrics: C'mon, get up, come on get down with the sickness.
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Gwen Stefani's, "What You Waiting For?"
Misheard Lyrics: Marshal Dillon
Original Lyrics: What you waiting
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Radiohead's, "Pyramid Song"
Misheard Lyrics: A moon full of stars and astronauts
Original Lyrics: A moon full of stars and astral cars
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Robbie Williams', "Eternity"
Misheard Lyrics: They don’t need to see you try
Original Lyrics: They don’t need to see you cry
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Snow Patrol's, "Chasing Cars"
Misheard Lyrics: I don't like gnomes
Original Lyrics: I don't quite know
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2010s | |
Bruno Mars', "Uptown Funk"
Misheard Lyrics: Smoother than a fresh-drawn kitty
Original Lyrics: Smoother than a fresh jar of Skippy
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xmas | |
Alvin and the Chipmunks', "The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don't Be Late)"
Misheard Lyrics: Me I'm watching Hulu too
(later) I'm still watching Hulu too Original Lyrics: Me I want a hula hoop
(later) I still want a hula hoop |
Bette Midler's, "Somewhere in My Memory"
Misheard Lyrics: All of the madness
Original Lyrics: All of the magic
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Bobby Helms', "Jingle Bell Rock"
Misheard Lyrics: To go rhyming in a one-horse sleigh
Original Lyrics: To go gliding in a one-horse sleigh
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Celine Dion's, "Don't Save It All for Christmas Day"
Misheard Lyrics: Turn the leaves on
Original Lyrics: Love lives on
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Commercial's, "Hills Department Stores"
Misheard Lyrics: Hills is where the boys are
Original Lyrics: Hills is where the toys are
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Commercial's, "ShopRite Holiday Jingle"
Misheard Lyrics: ShopRite is the place for the holidays
Original Lyrics: ShopRite does it right for the holidays
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David Bowie and Bing Crosby's, "Peace on Earth/Little Drummer Boy"
Misheard Lyrics: Every child must be made of red
Original Lyrics: Every child must be made aware
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Dean Martin's, "I’ve Got My Love to Keep Me Warm"
Misheard Lyrics: And the flames grow higher
Original Lyrics: And the flames rose higher
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Eartha Kitt's, "Santa Baby"
Misheard Lyrics: Sign your “S” on the line
or Sign your ass on the line Original Lyrics: Sign your “X” on the line
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Eurythmics', "Winter Wonderland"
Misheard Lyrics: Walking around a women's underwear
Original Lyrics: Walking in a winter wonderland
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Harry Simeone Chorale's, "The Little Drummer Boy"
Misheard Lyrics: I am a pull toy too
Original Lyrics: I am a poor boy too
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Jackson 5's, "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus"
Misheard Lyrics: Oh one laugh it would have been
Original Lyrics: Oh what a laugh it would have been
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Mariah Carey's, "All I Want for Christmas Is You"
Misheard Lyrics: I don't want a doll for Christmas
Original Lyrics: I don't want a lot for Christmas
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