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1950s | |
Elvis Presley's, "Hound Dog"
Misheard Lyrics: You ain't nothin' but a howlin' dog
Original Lyrics: You ain't nothin' but a hound dog
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1960s | |
Janis Joplin's, "Piece of My Heart"
Misheard Lyrics: Roll on, roll on
Original Lyrics: Come on, come on
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Jefferson Airplane's, "Somebody to Love"
Misheard Lyrics: When the book is found
Original Lyrics: When the truth is found
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Louis Armstrong's, "What a Wonderful World"
Misheard Lyrics: I see clouds at night
Original Lyrics: I see clouds of white
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Peter, Paul, and Mary's, "If I Had a Hammer"
Misheard Lyrics: All over his hand
Original Lyrics: All over this land
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Rolling Stones', "Get Off My Cloud"
Misheard Lyrics: In the morning the (Unintelligible) were just
Like fags that step outta my way and scream Original Lyrics: In the morning the parking tickets were just
Like a flag stuck on my window screen |
Rolling Stones', "Sympathy for the Devil"
Misheard Lyrics: I shouted out
Who killed the Kennedys? When after all It was USA Original Lyrics: I shouted out
Who killed the Kennedys? When after all It was you and me |
1970s | |
ABBA's, "Take a Chance on Me"
Misheard Lyrics: If you're all alone,
When a pretty person phones. Original Lyrics: If you're all alone
When the pretty birds have flown. |
ABBA's, "The Name of the Game"
Misheard Lyrics: What's the name of the day?
Original Lyrics: What's the name of the game?
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Alicia Bridges', "I Love the Nightlife (Disco ‘Round)"
Misheard Lyrics: I want a Mag-Lite
Original Lyrics: I love the nightlife
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Badfinger's, "Come and Get It"
Misheard Lyrics: Make your mind of fat
Original Lyrics: Make your mind up fast
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Dan Fogelberg's, "Part of the Plan"
Misheard Lyrics: Monday we’re all gonna burst out
Original Lyrics: One day we’ll all understand
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Jefferson Starship's, "Miracles"
Misheard Lyrics: If only you believe in Monopoly
Original Lyrics: If only you believe like I believe
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Kenny Loggins & Stevie Nicks', "Whenever I Call You 'Friend'"
Misheard Lyrics: Sweetest love on assembly night
Original Lyrics: Sweet love's showing us a heavenly light.
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Kool And The Gang's, "Open Sesame"
Misheard Lyrics: Get down to the beat
Original Lyrics: Get down with the genie
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Squeeze's, "Cool For Cats"
Misheard Lyrics: The Indians send signals from the rocks above the past
(Later) And he wakes to find the violence dead and an a*se in his hats Original Lyrics: The Indians send signals from the rocks above the pass
(Later) And he wakes to find the fire's dead and arrows in his hats |
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Yes', "Roundabout"
Misheard Lyrics: Call it morning driving through the sound and in and out the palace
Original Lyrics: Call it morning driving through the sound and in and out the valley
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Yes', "Roundabout"
Misheard Lyrics: Marmots come out of the sky and just stand there
Original Lyrics: Mountains come out of the sky and just stand there
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1980s | |
Culture Club's, "Church of the Poison Mind"
Misheard Lyrics: There's a McLovin in your eyes
You used to make my life so sweet Original Lyrics: Desolate lovin' in your eyes
You used and made my life so sweet |
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Huey Lewis and the News', "Stuck with You"
Misheard Lyrics: We were bound by offerings
Original Lyrics: We were bound by all the rest
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Miami Sound Machine's, "Conga"
Misheard Lyrics: Like the sugar bear so sweet
Original Lyrics: Like the sugar cane so sweet
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Michael Jackson's, "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'"
Misheard Lyrics: Im'ma say it one more time I'm not gon' stop
Original Lyrics: Ma ma se, ma ma sa, moo ma coo sa
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Prince's, "1999"
Misheard Lyrics: Two Thousand zero zero party over room’s out of time!
Original Lyrics: Two thousand zero zero party over oops out of time!
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Rick Springfield's, "Jessie’s Girl"
Misheard Lyrics: Where can I find a woman like that?
Not Jessie’s Girl Original Lyrics: Where can I find a woman like that?
Like Jessie’s Girl |
Toto's, "Africa"
Misheard Lyrics: As sure as Kilimanjaro rises like Olympus above a plate of spaghetti.
Original Lyrics: As sure as Kilimanjaro rises like Olympus above the Serengeti.
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1990s | |
Barenaked Ladies', "One Week"
Misheard Lyrics: Chick-fil-A in China, the Chinese chicken
Original Lyrics: Chickety China, the Chinese chicken
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Captain Hollywood Project's, "More and More"
Misheard Lyrics: Going gone gone
Original Lyrics: More and more and more
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Enya's, "How Can I Keep from Singing?"
Misheard Lyrics: It sounds an ankle in my soul
Original Lyrics: It sounds an echo in my soul
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Incognito's, "Always There"
Misheard Lyrics: Always there to brief you
Always there when I'm eating Always there to love you Always there, thinking of you Such a good filling, that's where I want to be, yeah Locked in your prison of total ecstasy You're so strong and you're sewed together Original Lyrics: Always there to please you
Always there when I need you Always there to love you Always there, thinking of you Such a good feeling, that's where I want to be, yeah Locked in your prison of total ecstasy You're so strong and you're so together |
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Ken Barrie's, "Postman Pat"
Misheard Lyrics: Postman Pat, Postman Pat, Postman Pat, he's a stupid tw*t.
Original Lyrics: Postman Pat, Postman Pat, Postman Pat and his black and white cat.
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Melissa Etheridge's, "Come to My Window"
Misheard Lyrics: Just to preach you
Original Lyrics: Just to reach you
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Melissa Etheridge's, "I'm the Only One"
Misheard Lyrics: Blues baby, can't you see...
Original Lyrics: Please, baby, can't you see...
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Pop Will Eat Itself's, "Get The Girl! Kill The Baddies!"
Misheard Lyrics: Rap justice, rough floor
Original Lyrics: Rough justice, rough law
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Salt-N-Pepa featuring En Vogue's, "Whatta Man"
Misheard Lyrics: Buttermilk, buttermilk, buttermilk
Original Lyrics: Whatta man, whatta man, whatta man
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Salt-N-Pepa's, "Let's Talk About Sex"
Misheard Lyrics: A hot tropic, candy man's eyes pop
So you have just got to get whatever you don't got (Later) I bet she always was common (Later) She had it all so bad so she should have been glad But she was mad and sad and feelin' bad Thinkin' about the things that she never had No love, just sex, bottlenecks with a check and a note OR No love, just sex, bubble necks with a check and a note Original Lyrics: Hot to trot, make any man's eyes pop
She uses what she got to get whatever she don't got (Later) Nothin' she ever wore was ever common (Later) She had it all in the bag so she should have been glad But she was mad and sad and feelin' bad Thinkin' about the things that she never had No love, just sex, followed next with a check and a note |
Sunscreem's, "Broken English"
Misheard Lyrics: What are you farting for?
Original Lyrics: What are you fighting for?
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Tina Turner's, "I Don't Wanna Fight"
Misheard Lyrics: I don't really wanna fire no more
Original Lyrics: I don't really wanna fight no more
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Whitesnake's, "Now You're Gone"
Misheard Lyrics: There's an empty nest closing around me
Original Lyrics: There's an emptiness closing around me
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2000s | |
Commercial's, "Nick Jr. (Piper O'Possum)"
Misheard Lyrics: I love to stink and I love to pay
Original Lyrics: I love to sing and I love to play
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Kelly Rowland's, "When Love Takes Over"
Misheard Lyrics: Winner Takes Over
Original Lyrics: When Love Takes Over
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Radiohead's, "Pyramid Song"
Misheard Lyrics: And we all went to heaven in a mineral ball
Original Lyrics: And we all went to heaven in a little row boat
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2010s | |
Logic's, "Homicide"
Misheard Lyrics: how could I be dethroned?
Original Lyrics: how could I be yeet thrown?
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Macklemore's, "Can't Hold Us"
Misheard Lyrics: Like the coelacanth hold us
Original Lyrics: Like the ceiling can't hold us.
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Pink's, "Just Like Fire"
Misheard Lyrics: No one can drink p*ss like me everyday
Original Lyrics: No one can be just like me any way
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