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1950s | |
Bobby Darin's, "Splash Splash"
Misheard Lyrics: Splash splash, mama’s takin’ a bath
Original Lyrics: Splash splash, I was takin’ a bath
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1960s | |
The Monkees', "Daydream Believer"
Misheard Lyrics: Cheer up sweat-pea, Cheem
Old what canned it meaned Two and Dade ream of leaver and and Holmbculmning queeheheheen! Original Lyrics: Cheer up, sleepy Jean.
Oh what can it mean To a daydream believer and a homecoming queen |
The Monkees', "Daydream Believer"
Misheard Lyrics: The shaven raven calls and it screams.
Original Lyrics: The shavin' razor's cold and it stings.
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1970s | |
Elton John's, "Take Me to the Pilot"
Misheard Lyrics: If y'all feel that it's real, I'm gonna try
And I'm-a here, again, your prison ... I am dented and-a spent with hot treason Through a day of Diatone Is the one danger zone ... Feed me through the tamer ... Well, I know he's not bold ... Oh he Maybe she Well I'm told And I'm never, never for certain Original Lyrics: If you feel that it's real, I'm on trial
And I'm here, yeah, in your prison ... I am dented and I'm spent with high treason Through a glass eye, your throne Is the one danger zone ... Lead me through the chamber ... Well, I know he's not old ... Or he may be she What I'm told is never, never for certain |
Gloria Loring's, "The Facts of Life"
Misheard Lyrics: You take the boobs
Original Lyrics: You take the good
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Robert Palmer's, "Bad Case of Loving You (Doctor, Doctor)"
Misheard Lyrics: Daffy, Daffy, give me the news
Original Lyrics: Doctor, doctor, give me the news
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Three Dog Night's, "The Show Must Go On"
Misheard Lyrics: Leave me as I fly a jet
Far away from this masquerade Original Lyrics: Leave me outside my address
Far away from this masquerade |
1980s | |
Alan Thicke's, "It Takes Diff'rent Strokes"
Misheard Lyrics: A man has gone in the middle seat
Original Lyrics: A man is born; he's a man of means
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Dexy's Midnight Runners', "Geno"
Misheard Lyrics: On a night when brawlers pursued me and you
After a week of lookin' back in school We always said when they brawl that night Just punishing steps will keep them outta our house Original Lyrics: On a night when flowers didn't suit my shoes
After a week of flunkin' and bunkin' school The lowest head in the crowd that night Just practicin' steps and keepin' outta the fights |
Don Henley's, "The Boys of Summer"
Misheard Lyrics: Sway barrels on
Original Lyrics: Wayfarers on baby
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Electric Light Orchestra's, "Hold on Tight"
Misheard Lyrics: Sail on time to Bayonne
Original Lyrics: It's a long time to be gone
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Elton John's, "I'm Still Standin'"
Misheard Lyrics: Pickin' up the fishies of my life without you on my mind
Original Lyrics: Pickin' up the pieces of my life without you on my mind
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Elton John's, "I'm Still Standin'"
Misheard Lyrics: Pickin' up the species of my life without you on my mind
Original Lyrics: Pickin' up the pieces of my life without you on my mind
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Elton John's, "I'm Still Standing"
Misheard Lyrics: I steal diamonds after all these years
Original Lyrics: I'm still standing after all these years
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Kool & the Gang's, "Celebration"
Misheard Lyrics: We gonna celebrate your farting with you
Original Lyrics: We gonna celebrate your party with you
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Men at Work's, "Who Can It Be Now?"
Misheard Lyrics: I've done no harm, at least to myself
... I like it here with my childhood friends Here they come, to steal ends again ... Is it the man come to take me away? Original Lyrics: I've done no harm, I keep to myself
... I like it here with my childhood friend Here they come, those feelings again ... Is it the men come to take me away? |
Michael Jackson's, "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'"
Misheard Lyrics: Mama se, Mama sa, ma ma coo sa
Original Lyrics: Imma say it one more time, I'm not gon stop
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Robert Palmer's, "Addicted to Love"
Misheard Lyrics: You might as well phrase it
Original Lyrics: You might as well face it
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Robert Palmer's, "Simply Irresistible"
Misheard Lyrics: She's so fine
There's no telling with the Cunninghams Original Lyrics: She's so fine
There's no telling where the money went |
1990s | |
Adina Howard's, "Freak Like Me"
Misheard Lyrics: Tomorrow, gonna take you around the world on a big Celine
Original Lyrics: Come on and I will take you around the hood on a gangsta lean
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Cher's, "Could've Been You"
Misheard Lyrics: Well it must have been glue 'cause you said it was love
(Later) Guess I should've been cruel Maybe I was too kind When loving me was easy you were hard to find When I cried over you, baby how the teardrops burned Oh baby, baby now the chairs have turned Original Lyrics: Well it must have been good 'cause you said it was love
(Later) Guess I should've been cool Maybe I was too kind When loving me was easy you were hard to find When I cried over you, baby how the teardrops burned Oh baby, baby now the table's turned |
Kylie Minogue's, "Finer Feelings"
Misheard Lyrics: But what is love without the finer feelings?
It's just sense without the sensual healing Original Lyrics: But what is love without the finer feelings?
It's just sex without the sexual healing |
Natalie Imbruglia's, "Torn"
Misheard Lyrics: I thought I saw a man who wouldn't lie
(Later) There's nothing there, he used to lie (Later) I'm wide awake and I can see the purple sky is torn Original Lyrics: I thought I saw a man brought to life
(Later) There's nothing where he used to lie (Later) I'm wide awake and I can see the perfect sky is torn |
Right Said Fred's, "Deeply Dippy"
Misheard Lyrics: Deeply dippy 'bout the cups you've got
Deeply hot, hot for the cups you've got (Later) Let's set sail for the seeds of passion now (Later) Deeply dippy 'bout your Spanish eyes I see your smile, lips that go on for miles and miles Original Lyrics: Deeply dippy 'bout the curves you've got
Deeply hot, hot for the curves you've got (Later) Let's set sail for the seas of passion now (Later) Deeply dippy 'bout your Spanish eyes Sierra smile, legs that go on for miles and miles |
Sting's, "If I Ever Lose My Faith in You"
Misheard Lyrics: If I have the news of fate in you
Original Lyrics: If I ever lose my faith in you
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TLC's, "Waterfalls"
Misheard Lyrics: She give him loving that his body can handle
But all he can say is, "Baby, be good to me" OR But all he can say is, "Baby, it's killing me" One day he goes and takes up Gwen and then Vera But he doesn't recognize his own faith Original Lyrics: She give him loving that his body can't handle
But all he can say is, "Baby, it's good to me" One day he goes and takes a glimpse in the mirror But he doesn't recognize his own face |
Vanessa Williams', "Save the Best for Last"
Misheard Lyrics: You go and save the best arrest
Original Lyrics: You go and save the best for last
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2000s | |
Alicia Keys', "A Woman's Worth"
Misheard Lyrics: You could buy me girls
Original Lyrics: You could buy me pearls
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Alicia Keys', "If I Ain't Got You"
Misheard Lyrics: Some people want diaries
Original Lyrics: Some people want diamond rings
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Backstreet Boys', "Shape of My Heart"
Misheard Lyrics: Hold me now, Obama
(later) Touch me now, Obama Original Lyrics: Hold me now, don't bother
(later) Touch me now, don't bother |
Chris Brown's, "Kiss, Kiss"
Misheard Lyrics: In her mind she fantasize 'bout chillin with meeee
Original Lyrics: In her mind she fantasize 'bout gettin' with me
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Plain White T's', "Hey There Delilah"
Misheard Lyrics: Our friends will all make fun of us
And we'll just laugh along because That it's a s*** ass day Original Lyrics: Our friends would all make fun of us
And we'll just laugh along because We know that none of them have felt this way. |
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2010s | |
5 Seconds of Summer's, "She's Kinda Hot"
Misheard Lyrics: She's got an iPhone. Yeah she's got an iPhone.
Original Lyrics: She's kinda hot though. Yeah she's kind of hot though.
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Alicia Keys', "Girl on Fire"
Misheard Lyrics: This girl is a diner
Original Lyrics: This girl is on fire
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Bruno Mars', "When I Was Your Man"
Misheard Lyrics: That I should have brought you flowers
Original Lyrics: That I should have bought you flowers
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Commercial's, "Hill's Pet Nutrition"
Misheard Lyrics: Science dig that
Original Lyrics: Science did that
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Fun.'s, "Some Nights"
Misheard Lyrics: But I still wake up; I still sing your gospel
Original Lyrics: But I still wake up, I still see your ghost
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Michael Buble's, "Haven’t Met You Yet"
Misheard Lyrics: And beat me up, it’s gonna change me
or And beef me up, it’s gonna change me Original Lyrics: And baby your life is gonna change me
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Psychedelic Porn Crumpets', "My friend's a Liquid"
Misheard Lyrics: Off the opium tower
Off the opium tower Original Lyrics: Top of the old bell tower
Top of the old bell tower |
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Lady Antebellum's, "Heart Break"
Misheard Lyrics: I think it's time to take a heart break, I'll date
Solo on a Saturday night Original Lyrics: I think it's time to take a heart break, out late
Solo on a Saturday night |
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Lady Antebellum's, "Heart Break"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm single for the summer, I won't be down
Original Lyrics: I'm single for the summer, I won't rebound
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Maddie and Tae's, "Everywhere I'm Goin'"
Misheard Lyrics: Everywhere I've been on the map I'm holding
Yeah, everywhere I've been And everywhere I'm goin' From the backwoods to the neon gully Original Lyrics: Every red pin on the map I'm holding
You're everywhere I've been And everywhere I'm goin' From backwoods to the neon glowin' |
Pam Tillis', "Shake the Sugar Tree"
Misheard Lyrics: Ah, shake it to the trees,
I feel your love falling all around me. Original Lyrics: I'll shake the sugar tree,
'Til I feel your love falling all around me. |
Tenille Arts', "Somebody Like That"
Misheard Lyrics: And those midnight tears to know what love's like
Original Lyrics: And enough midnight tears to know what love's not
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Trace Adkins', "Every Light in the House Is On"
Misheard Lyrics: Every light in the housing zone
Original Lyrics: Every light in the house is on
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