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1950s | |
Frank Sinatra's, "My Funny Valentine"
Misheard Lyrics: Sweet comet valentine
or Sweet cosmic valentine Original Lyrics: Sweet comic valentine
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1960s | |
5th Dimension's, "Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In"
Misheard Lyrics: Melba sunshine
Original Lyrics: Let the sunshine
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Blood, Sweat, and Tears', "And When I Die"
Misheard Lyrics: There'll be one child bored
Original Lyrics: There'll be one child born
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Blood, Sweat, and Tears', "Spinning Wheel"
Misheard Lyrics: Ride a painted horny
Original Lyrics: Ride a painted pony
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Blood, Sweat, and Tears', "You've Made Me So Very Happy"
Misheard Lyrics: I lost at love at 4
Original Lyrics: I lost at love before
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Lovin' Spoonful's, "Nashville Cats"
Misheard Lyrics: Nashville Cats, it's worth performing, too
or Nashville Cats, it worked a poor man, too. Original Lyrics: Nashville Cats get work before they're two.
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Sonny & Cher's, "I Got You Babe"
Misheard Lyrics: We won't follow until we go
Original Lyrics: We won't find out until we grow
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The Monkees', "Pleasant Valley Sunday"
Misheard Lyrics: Here in phallic symbol land.
Original Lyrics: Here in status symbol land.
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1970s | |
Blood, Sweat, and Tears', "Go Down Gamblin'"
Misheard Lyrics: Say it when you rumble low
Original Lyrics: Say it when you're running low
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Blood, Sweat, and Tears', "Lucretia Mac Evil"
Misheard Lyrics: You're just an eagle woman-child
Original Lyrics: You're just an evil woman-child
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Cledus Maggard & the Citizens Band's, "White Knight"
Misheard Lyrics: Now you hit up each other and hit up your wife
For a list of the ten best things in life Original Lyrics: Now ahead of your children and ahead of your wife
On a list of the ten best things in life |
Commercial's, "Hungry Hungry Hippos"
Misheard Lyrics: If you wanna win the game you gotta tickle the mane
Original Lyrics: If you wanna win the game you gotta take good aim
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Mungo Jerry's, "Alright, Alright, Alright"
Misheard Lyrics: I hear you farting
Original Lyrics: I hear you talking
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Mungo Jerry's, "Baby Jump"
Misheard Lyrics: She wears those macaroni dresses
Original Lyrics: She wears those micromini dresses
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Mungo Jerry's, "Long Legged Woman Dressed in Black"
Misheard Lyrics: How to walk
Original Lyrics: How to rock
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Mungo Jerry's, "Open Up"
Misheard Lyrics: Flashing through the store
Original Lyrics: Flashing through the storm
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Mungo Jerry's, "You Don't Have to Be in the Army..."
Misheard Lyrics: And they throw you through the dough
Original Lyrics: And they throw you through the door
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Rod Stewart's, "Maggie May"
Misheard Lyrics: My love you didn't need to go
Original Lyrics: My love you didn't need to coax
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Steely Dan's, "Deacon Blues"
Misheard Lyrics: Call me demon booze
Screw me if I'm gay too long Original Lyrics: Call me Deacon Blues
Sue me if I play too long |
T. Rex's, "Hot Love"
Misheard Lyrics: Well, she's my woman in gold
Original Lyrics: Well, she's my woman of gold
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TV Theme Song's, "Blondie"
Misheard Lyrics: How have I got the right?
Long as they think there is Original Lyrics: All of my thoughts are bright,
As long as he thinks they're his. |
1980s | |
Black Lace's, "Agadoo"
Misheard Lyrics: The lovely beach and the sky, the moon of Kauai
The rum Calypso's so wrong, well, I'll be singing this song Original Lyrics: The lovely beach and the sky, the moon of Hawaii
The rum Calypso sarong, we'll all be singing this song |
Bon Jovi's, "You Give Love a Bad Name"
Misheard Lyrics: You give love a Band - Aid
Original Lyrics: You give love a bad name
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Commercial's, "Donkey Kong Junior Cereal"
Misheard Lyrics: Hold on to your cereal!
Original Lyrics: Donkey Kong Junior Cereal!
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Pretenders', "Back On the Chain Gang"
Misheard Lyrics: Back on the shame game
Original Lyrics: Back on the chain gang
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Pretenders', "Brass in Pocket"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm spacious (spacious)
Original Lyrics: I'm special (special)
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Pretenders', "Mystery Achievement"
Misheard Lyrics: I just wanna get on board and do the Cupid slide
Original Lyrics: I just wanna get on board and do the Cuban slide
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Radio Commercial's, "Gorton's Clam Chowder"
Misheard Lyrics: Gorton's of cluster
Original Lyrics: Gorton's of Gloucester
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Rockwell's, "Somebody's Watching Me"
Misheard Lyrics: I always feel like somebody's pushing me
Original Lyrics: I always feel like somebody's watching me
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The B-52's', "Love Shack"
Misheard Lyrics: The drugged shag is a little old place where
We can get together, Drugged shag baby Original Lyrics: The love shack is a little old place where
We can get together, Love shack baby |
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1990s | |
Ace of Base's, "All That She Wants"
Misheard Lyrics: All that she wants is unavailable
Original Lyrics: All that she wants is another baby
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Aretha Franklin's, "A Deeper Love"
Misheard Lyrics: Find a deeper love
Original Lyrics: Pride, a deeper love
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Blur's, "Stereotypes"
Misheard Lyrics: All your life you are dreaming and then you're still dreaming
Original Lyrics: All your life you are dreaming and then you stop dreaming
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Blur's, "The Universal"
Misheard Lyrics: Yes, the future's been told
Original Lyrics: Yes, the future's been sold
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Culture Beat's, "Anything"
Misheard Lyrics: Is there anything more I can do for you
Should my head be red or should it be blue? (Later) Shall I handle all of my secrets for you Maybe then you'll see me too Is there something wrong, yeah. Original Lyrics: Is there anything more I can do for you
Should my hair be red or shall it be blue? (Later) Shall I hand up all of my secrets to you Maybe then you'll see me too Is there something more, yeah. |
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Kim Appleby's, "Mama"
Misheard Lyrics: Hat times, I feel so sad
OR Half the time I feel so sad Original Lyrics: At times I feel so sad
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Pretenders', "I'll Stand By You"
Misheard Lyrics: Take me to your darkest flowers
Original Lyrics: Take me to your darkest hours
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2000s | |
Bon Jovi's, "Who Says You Can't Go Home"
Misheard Lyrics: Wasting dimes, spending too much time on the telephone
Original Lyrics: Saving dimes, spending too much time on the telephone
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Brave Combo's, "Groundhog, Groundhog"
Misheard Lyrics: You're the L.A. forecaster today
Original Lyrics: You're the very forecaster today
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OutKast's, "Rosa Parks"
Misheard Lyrics: Ah-Ha push that poop
Everybody drop all the kids at the pool Original Lyrics: Ah-Ha hush that fuss
Everybody move to the back of the bus |
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2010s | |
Post Malone's, "Psycho"
Misheard Lyrics: Can't really trust nobody with all this Jewish volume
Original Lyrics: Can't really trust nobody with all this jewelry on you
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Post Malone's, "Psycho"
Misheard Lyrics: Tell me if they gonna psycho
Original Lyrics: Damn, my AP goin' psycho
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country | |
LeAnn Rimes', "Life Goes On"
Misheard Lyrics: And you're still thinkin' you're the dynamite
Original Lyrics: And you're still thinkin' you're the Daddy Mac
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LeAnn Rimes', "Life Goes On"
Misheard Lyrics: I've gotta go now and mow the lawn
Original Lyrics: I've gotta go now
I'm moving on |
LeAnn Rimes', "Life Goes On"
Misheard Lyrics: You sucked me in the dream of night
Just like a toy, you were black and white Original Lyrics: You sucked me in and played my mind
Just like a toy, you were crank and wind |
Reba McEntire's, "The Fear of Being Alone"
Misheard Lyrics: So let me find my tongue and remind myself
Don't say that word Not the one people say too much or Not the one we both hate too much Original Lyrics: So let me bite my tongue and remind myself
Don't say that word Not the one we both heard too much |
Tammy Wynette's, "Stand by Your Man"
Misheard Lyrics: It was just a man
Original Lyrics: He's just a man
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