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1950s | |
Bing Crosby's, "Easter Parade"
Misheard Lyrics: I could write a sonnet
And flop my penis on it Original Lyrics: I could write a sonnet
About your Easter bonnet |
Buddy Holly and the Crickets', "Not Fade Away"
Misheard Lyrics: Milo bigger than a Cadillac
Original Lyrics: My love bigger than a Cadillac
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1970s | |
Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young's, "Our House"
Misheard Lyrics: Our house, is a very very terrifying house
Original Lyrics: Our house, is a very very very fine house.
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Donna Summer's, "Hot Stuff"
Misheard Lyrics: I need a rock star, baby, tonight
I want a rock star, baby, this evenin' Original Lyrics: I need some hot stuff, baby, tonight
I want some hot stuff, baby, this evenin' |
Elton John and Kiki Dee's, "Don't Go Breaking My Heart"
Misheard Lyrics: One hundred and five now Rastus
Original Lyrics: Oh honey, if I get restless.
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Facts of Life's, "Sometimes"
Misheard Lyrics: But sometimes a feline…
Original Lyrics: But sometimes I feel like…
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Jackson 5's, "Corner of the Sky"
Misheard Lyrics: Everything has its see-saw
Original Lyrics: Everything has its season
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Jackson 5's, "Get It Together"
Misheard Lyrics: You got me busy, busy, busy, busy, busy
Original Lyrics: You got me dizzy, dizzy, dizzy, dizzy, dizzy
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Jackson 5's, "I Am Love"
Misheard Lyrics: I find myself and wander
or I find myself and wonder Original Lyrics: I find myself in wonder
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Jackson 5's, "Lookin' Through the Windows"
Misheard Lyrics: Lorraine's about to come
or Parade's about to start Original Lyrics: The rain's about to start
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Jackson 5's, "Whatever You Got, I Want"
Misheard Lyrics: You're what I speak
Original Lyrics: Your eyes speak
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Pilot's, "Magic"
Misheard Lyrics: Meme-ing on my pillow in the morning
Original Lyrics: Dreaming on my pillow in the morning
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The Main Ingredient's, "Just Don’t Want to Be Lonely"
Misheard Lyrics: I just want to be lovely
Original Lyrics: I don't wanna be lonely
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1980s | |
Billy Idol's, "Flesh For Fantasy"
Misheard Lyrics: You see and feel my sex attire
Original Lyrics: You see and feel my sex attack
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Charlene's, "I've Never Been to Me"
Misheard Lyrics: Took the hand of a creature man
Original Lyrics: Took the hand of a preacher man
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Cold Chisel's, "Cheap Wine"
Misheard Lyrics: Baby you can shout at me
But you can't leave my eyes ... Spendin' every minute of the day before Watching the ocean, watching the shore Watching some girls, and thinkin' they could never be mine Never be mine, yeah Original Lyrics: Baby you can shout at me
But you can't meet my eyes ... Mending every minute of the day before Watching the ocean, watching the shore Watching the sunrise, and thinkin' there could never be more Never be more, yeah |
Dido's, "White Flag"
Misheard Lyrics: I will go down with this s***
Original Lyrics: I will go down with this ship
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Erasure's, "Sometimes"
Misheard Lyrics: Too hard for the pain sometimes
Original Lyrics: Truth is hard for the pain sometimes
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Fairground Attraction's, "Perfect"
Misheard Lyrics: I don't want a party and love affair
I need someone who really cares Life is too short to place silly gains Original Lyrics: I don't want half-hearted love affairs
I need someone who really cares Life is too short to play silly games |
Genesis', "In Too Deep"
Misheard Lyrics: Is Suzy stayin' too long?
Oh, and thinking about myself - oh Original Lyrics: It seems I've spent too long
Only thinking about myself - oh |
Lindsey Buckingham's, "Trouble"
Misheard Lyrics: I really should be saying goodbye
Original Lyrics: I really should be saying goodnight
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The Clash's, "Rock the Casbah"
Misheard Lyrics: Sherry don’t like it
Rock the Casbah! Rock the Casbah! Original Lyrics: Sharif don't like it
Rock the Casbah! Rock the Casbah! |
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The J. Geils Band's, "Come Back"
Misheard Lyrics: Oh, don't be grope
Original Lyrics: Oh, don't be cruel
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UB40's, "Red Red Wine"
Misheard Lyrics: Red red wine, you make me feel so grand
I feel a million dollar when you're dressin' my aunt Original Lyrics: Red red wine, you make me feel so grand
I feel a million dollar when you're just in my hand |
Yes', "Owner of a Lonely Heart"
Misheard Lyrics: Older than a lonely God
Original Lyrics: Owner of a lonely heart
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Yes', "Owner of a Lonely Heart"
Misheard Lyrics: Owner of a lonely God
Original Lyrics: Owner of a lonely heart
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1990s | |
Beats International's, "Dub Be Good to Me"
Misheard Lyrics: Dub Be Good to Me
Original Lyrics: Just be good to me
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Billie Ray Martin's, "Your Loving Arms"
Misheard Lyrics: And when this love seems the only conclusion
Then I'm guilty of abandoning you Put your loving arms around me And it feels like I'm sheltering you Put your loving arms around me And inside your arms I'm burping Original Lyrics: And when this love seems the only conclusion
That I'm guilty of Oh baby then you Put your loving arms around me And it feels like shelter when you Put your loving arms around me And inside your arms I'm burning |
Blur's, "Parklife"
Misheard Lyrics: They all go hand-in-hand, hand-in-hand, no doubt, parklife
Now I'm mean I get up when I want except on Wednesdays When I get rudely awakened by the dustbin Original Lyrics: They all go hand-in-hand, hand-in-hand through their parklife
Know what I mean? I get up when I want except on Wednesdays When I get rudely awakened by the dustmen |
Celine Dion's, "Misled"
Misheard Lyrics: And I'm too cross at times to get over you
OR And I took half the time to get over you Original Lyrics: And I took lots of time to get over you
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Culture Beat's, "Mr. Vain"
Misheard Lyrics: Feel the presence of the order of the man
A nun to compare Original Lyrics: Feel the presence of the aura of the man
None to compare |
Dream Theater's, "Scarred"
Misheard Lyrics: Won’t let them fill me fail unless they rubanize
Original Lyrics: Won't let them fill me with fatalistic remedies.
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Iron Maiden's, "Bring Your Daughter…to the Slaughter"
Misheard Lyrics: And all the mints are still in town
Original Lyrics: And all the myths are still in town
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Joe's, "All the Things (Your Man Won’t Do)"
Misheard Lyrics: Show me to the surrey
Original Lyrics: Show me to the subway
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Kidsongs', "A Pirate's Life"
Misheard Lyrics: Balloons everywhere
Original Lyrics: Doubloons everywhere
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Kidsongs', "Here We Go Loopty Loo"
Misheard Lyrics: Here we go way up, hi
Original Lyrics: Here we go way up high
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Korn's, "Freak on a Leash"
Misheard Lyrics: Something's great and taken from me, from me
Original Lyrics: Something's raped and taken from me, from me
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LL Cool J's, "Doin' It"
Misheard Lyrics: All this time you’ve been killing me
Original Lyrics: All this time you’ve been telling me
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2000s | |
Beastie Boys', "(You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (to Party)"
Misheard Lyrics: Barbie
Original Lyrics: Party
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Demon Hunter's, "Our Faces Fall Apart"
Misheard Lyrics: I built this sandwich with my own hands
Original Lyrics: I built this anguish with my own hands
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Eve featuring Gwen Stefani's, "Let Me Blow Ya Mind"
Misheard Lyrics: Don’t bite them bulls*** in your ear
Original Lyrics: Don’t fight that good s*** in your ear
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Falling Up's, "Goodnight Gravity"
Misheard Lyrics: So goodnight gravity, it has cut me down
Original Lyrics: So goodnight gravity, it has kept me down
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Rob Thomas', "Lonely No More"
Misheard Lyrics: I don’t wanna be horny no more
Original Lyrics: I don’t wanna be lonely no more
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The Veronicas', "Everything I’m Not"
Misheard Lyrics: She was tearing up the park
Original Lyrics: She was tearing us apart
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christian | |
Amy Grant's, "I Have Decided"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm gonna leave it to the load
Original Lyrics: I'm gonna leave it to the Lord
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Andy Flannagan's, "Addictions"
Misheard Lyrics: I'd live in someone's conversation
Original Lyrics: A living soul wants conversation
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