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1960s | |
Joan Baez's, "Sagt Mir Wo Die Blumen Sind "
Misheard Lyrics: Sock me once in the bloominstein
Original Lyrics: Sagt mir wo die Blumen sind
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Pink Floyd's, "Astronomy Domine"
Misheard Lyrics: Neptune, Titan, star scan brightens
Original Lyrics: Neptune, Titan, stars can frighten
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The Beatles', "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds"
Misheard Lyrics: Lucy and this guy named Linus
Original Lyrics: Lucy in the sky with diamonds
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1970s | |
ABBA's, "Mamma Mia"
Misheard Lyrics: You know that I fart so strong
Original Lyrics: You know that I'm not that strong
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Bee Gees', "Night Fever"
Misheard Lyrics: 9 people, 9 people
Original Lyrics: Night fever, night fever
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Carpenters', "(They Long to Be) Close to You"
Misheard Lyrics: Every time you hold me?
Original Lyrics: Every time you are near?
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Eagles', "Hotel California"
Misheard Lyrics: In your lullabies
or In your alibis Original Lyrics: Bring your alibis
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Electric Light Orchestra's, "Strange Magic"
Misheard Lyrics: Got a stray cat trick
Original Lyrics: Got a strange magic
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Kate Bush's, "Wuthering Heights"
Misheard Lyrics: Heathcliff, it's me, your Cathy,
I'm hung over, I'm so co-o-old, let me in thru your windo-o-ow Original Lyrics: Heathcliff, it's me, your Cathy,
I've come home and I'm so co-o-old, let me in thru your windo-o-ow |
Kate Bush's, "Wuthering Heights"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm coming back to decide to put a fight
Original Lyrics: I'm coming back to his side to put it right
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Melanie's, "Brand New Key"
Misheard Lyrics: I got a brand new brand of roller skates
Original Lyrics: I got a brand new pair of roller skates
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Paper Lace's, "The Night Chicago Died"
Misheard Lyrics: When a man in Acapulco
Original Lyrics: When a man named Al Capone
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Queen's, "It’s Late "
Misheard Lyrics: Dismay dismay dismay but not today
Original Lyrics: It’s late it’s late but not too late
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Sister Sledge's, "We Are Family"
Misheard Lyrics: We are family
Get up everybody and see Original Lyrics: We are family
Get up everybody and sing |
Stealers Wheel's, "Stuck In The Middle With You"
Misheard Lyrics: Well you started out with nothing
And you're proud that you're a self made man And your filthy Uncle Colin Slap you on the back and say Please Please! Original Lyrics: Well you started out with nothing
And you're proud that you're a self made man And your friends, they all come crawlin' Slap you on the back and say Please Please! |
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The Doobie Brothers', "Black Water"
Misheard Lyrics: Well, I still see her breast and she's ready for clothes
Original Lyrics: Well, I built me a raft and she's ready for floatin'
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1980s | |
Billy Joel's, "You're Only Human (Second Wind)"
Misheard Lyrics: Don’t break your second wind
Original Lyrics: Don't forget your second wind
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INXS's, "Original Sin"
Misheard Lyrics: To buy new jeans and wash to wear
Original Lyrics: To find your dreams get washed away
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Kim Carnes', "Crazy in the Night (Barking at Airplanes)"
Misheard Lyrics: When I hide down in the cupboard
Original Lyrics: When I hide down in the covers
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Kim Carnes', "Does It Make You Remember"
Misheard Lyrics: With the pain and the pressure
Original Lyrics: With the pain and the pleasure
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Kim Carnes', "Invisible Hands"
Misheard Lyrics: You need to cry or laugh
Original Lyrics: You neither cry nor laugh
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Madonna's, "La Isla Bonita"
Misheard Lyrics: Tropical iron beats
or Tropical island beats Original Lyrics: Tropical, the island breeze
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Sheriff's, "When I'm with You"
Misheard Lyrics: Ooh, I get juiced when I'm with you
Original Lyrics: Ooh, I get chills when I'm with you
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Stephen Bishop's, "It Might Be You"
Misheard Lyrics: It might be blue
Original Lyrics: It might be you
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The Clash's, "Clampdown"
Misheard Lyrics: When we’re working for the Rat Pack
or When we’re working for the Clampetts or When we’re working for the class act Original Lyrics: When we’re working for the clampdown
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The Cult's, "She Sells Sanctuary"
Misheard Lyrics: Well the exercise, makes my back turn.
And I have the time, paperback, paperback burn. Original Lyrics: Oh those heads that turn, make my back burn
And those heads that turn, make my back, make my back burn. |
1990s | |
Aerosmith's, "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing"
Misheard Lyrics: I could celebrate
Original Lyrics: I could stay awake
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Alannah Myles', "Black Velvet"
Misheard Lyrics: Always wanting more, leaving you wronging for
Original Lyrics: Always wanting more, he'd leave you longing for
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Coolio's, "Gangsta's Paradise"
Misheard Lyrics: Been spending monster loans living in the Gangsta’s Paradise.
Original Lyrics: We've been spending most of our lives
Living in a Gangsta's Paradise. |
Diana King's, "I Say a Little Prayer"
Misheard Lyrics: The devil should be without you
Original Lyrics: That's how it should be without you
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Duran Duran's, "Ordinary World"
Misheard Lyrics: There's an ordinary world
Somehow I have to fight Original Lyrics: There's an ordinary world
Somehow I have to find |
Jason Donovan's, "Any Dream Will Do"
Misheard Lyrics: I closed my eyes, drew back my foreskin
Original Lyrics: I closed my eyes, drew back the curtain
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Kid Rock's, "Cowboy"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm swinging my dick up and down the Coaster
Original Lyrics: I'm takin' my pick up and down that coast
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Lenny Kravitz's, "It Ain’t Over ‘til It’s Over"
Misheard Lyrics: So many pizza pies
Original Lyrics: So many tears I’ve cried
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Michael Jackson's, "Stranger In Moscow"
Misheard Lyrics: KGB was dark and mean
Original Lyrics: KGB was doggin' me
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Neneh Cherry's, "Buddy X"
Misheard Lyrics: You pushed your woman out to passion
And the promises you gave her won't last, yeah (Later) 'Cause if your woman gave her love in the same way that you do You'd steal away, you know you would Original Lyrics: You put your woman out to pasture
On the promises you gave her last year (Later) 'Cause if your woman gave her love in the same way that you do You'd feel a way, you know you would |
Suede's, "Saturday Night"
Misheard Lyrics: We'll do silly things and never let the winter end
Original Lyrics: We'll do silly things and never let the winter in
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Technotronic's, "Move This"
Misheard Lyrics: Come on, Pooh bear!
Original Lyrics: Come on, move this!
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Ziggy Marley's, "Believe in Yourself (Arthur theme)"
Misheard Lyrics: Over all the ice
Original Lyrics: Open up the eyes
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2000s | |
Aqua Teen Hunger Force's, "Dancing Is Forbidden"
Misheard Lyrics: Dance, finger puppet
or Damn finger puppet or Damn thing is busted or Dance and then suck it or Ants in your trumpet or Can't think of something Original Lyrics: Dancing is forbidden
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Lo-Pro's, "Reach"
Misheard Lyrics: I always swim
Original Lyrics: I always win
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The Strokes', "NYC Cops"
Misheard Lyrics: He was in the bedroom
She said time to go now. Original Lyrics: Nina's in the bedroom
She said time to go now. |
The Strokes', "New York City Cops"
Misheard Lyrics: They act like one words, but they just like turds.
Original Lyrics: They act like Romans, but they dress like Turks
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