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1960s | |
Commercial's, "Marlboro"
Misheard Lyrics: Gum for where the flavor is
Original Lyrics: Come to where the flavor is
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Frank Sinatra's, "Strangers in the Night"
Misheard Lyrics: Strangers in the night, to lonely people
We were strangers in the night Original Lyrics: Strangers in the night, two lonely people
We were strangers in the night |
Junior Walker & the All-Stars', "Shotgun"
Misheard Lyrics: Do the dirt baby
Do the dirt now Original Lyrics: Do the jerk baby
Do the jerk now |
The Beatles', "I Am the Walrus"
Misheard Lyrics: Oompa, oompa, everybody's f***ed up.
Original Lyrics: Oompa Oomapa, stick it up your jumper (pronounced "joompa")
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The Searchers', "Sea of Heartbreak"
Misheard Lyrics: How did I lose you?
Or what on earth did I say? Original Lyrics: How did I lose you?
Oh, where did I fail? |
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1970s | |
Barry Manilow's, "I Write the Songs"
Misheard Lyrics: I like the songs that make the whole world sing
I like the songs of love and special things I like the songs that make the young girls cry I like the songs, I like the songs Original Lyrics: I write the songs that make the whole world sing
I write the songs of love and special things I write the songs that make the young girls cry I write the songs, I write the songs |
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Bruce Springsteen's, "Tenth Avenue Freeze Out"
Misheard Lyrics: Tap, devil, you can freestyle!
Original Lyrics: Tenth Avenue freeze out
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Dobie Gray's, "Drift Away"
Misheard Lyrics: Gimme the Beach Boys and free mice hole
I wanna get loss in your Rotten role and drift away Original Lyrics: Gimme the beat, boys, and free my soul
I wanna get lost in your rock 'n' roll and drift away |
Heatwave's, "Boogie Nights"
Misheard Lyrics: Dance with the funky gibbon
Original Lyrics: Dance with the boogie, get down
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Mott the Hoople's, "All the Young Dudes"
Misheard Lyrics: All the young Jews gimme the blues
Original Lyrics: All the young dudes carry the news
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Pink Floyd's, "Another Brick in the Wall, Part 2"
Misheard Lyrics: No books are hiding in the classroom
Original Lyrics: No dark sarcasm in the classroom
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Seals and Crofts', "Diamond Girl"
Misheard Lyrics: Na Na Na, you sure do shine
Original Lyrics: Diamond Girl, you sure do shine
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1980s | |
ABBA's, "Super Trouper"
Misheard Lyrics: And it's gonna be so different when I'm on the space tonight
or And it's gonna be so different when I'm on the spaceship night or And it's gonna be so different when I'm on the spaiche tonight Original Lyrics: And it's gonna be so different when I'm on the stage tonight
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Enya's, "Evening Falls..."
Misheard Lyrics: Like a shark passing through
Original Lyrics: Like a child passing through
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Michael Jackson's, "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm gonna say it one more time, I'm not gone stop!
Original Lyrics: Ma-ma se, ma-ma sa, ma-ma coo sa.
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Naked Eyes', "Promises, Promises"
Misheard Lyrics: You made me a pharmacist, pharmacist
Original Lyrics: You made me promises, promises
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Pat Benatar's, "Heartbreaker"
Misheard Lyrics: You're a jawbreaker
Original Lyrics: You're a heartbreaker
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Peter Gabriel's, "Games Without Frontiers"
Misheard Lyrics: Sheer symphonia.
Original Lyrics: Jeux sans frontieres
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Police's, "King Of Pain"
Misheard Lyrics: That's my soda, Babe!
Original Lyrics: That's my soul up there!
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Rod Stewart's, "Baby Jane"
Misheard Lyrics: When I drive my car again
Original Lyrics: When I give my heart again
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Scorpions', "Big City Nights"
Misheard Lyrics: Flat tity flat tity nights
Original Lyrics: Big city lights
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Starship's, "We Built This City"
Misheard Lyrics: Napoleon plays La Bamba
Original Lyrics: Marconi plays the mamba.
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Tina Turner's, "What's Love Got to Do with It?"
Misheard Lyrics: One slob Scotch-a-do Scotch-a-do baby.
One slob, with a sack in the hand in motion. One slob Scotch-a-do Scotch-a-do-baby. Who needs a part when a heart can't be broken? Original Lyrics: What's love got to do, got to do with it?
What's love but a second hand emotion? What's love got to do, got to do with it? Who needs a heart when a heart can be broken? |
1990s | |
China Black's, "Searching"
Misheard Lyrics: Searching for that something that I can't believe
And without a doubt the eye can't see Original Lyrics: Searching for that something that I can believe
And without a doubt that I can see |
Commercial's, "Hot Pockets"
Misheard Lyrics: When you want a hot meal you got a big deal
Original Lyrics: When you want a hot meal without a big deal
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Katrina and the Waves', "Love Shine a Light"
Misheard Lyrics: Let the love light Kerry.
Original Lyrics: Let the love light carry.
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PM Dawn's, "Set Adrift on Memory Bliss"
Misheard Lyrics: Baby you simply
or Baby you see me Original Lyrics: Baby you send me
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Primal Scream's, "Rocks"
Misheard Lyrics: Get your rock sock, get your rock sock, honey
Original Lyrics: Get your rocks off, get your rocks off, honey
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R.E.M.'s, "The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite"
Misheard Lyrics: If I don't pig 'em
Original Lyrics: If I don't pick up
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Stone Temple Pilots', "Trippin' on a Hole in a Paper Heart"
Misheard Lyrics: Took it out my paper heart
Original Lyrics: Don't cut out my paper heart
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2000s | |
Andrea Bocelli's, "Mille Lune Mille Onde"
Misheard Lyrics: Strange little bottle of emporium
Original Lyrics: Stringimi e parlami ancora
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Britney Spears', "Toxic"
Misheard Lyrics: I've got a new sugar warning
Original Lyrics: A guy like you should wear a warning
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Commercial's, "Detail LA"
Misheard Lyrics: Ain’t it fun I have to go right now?
Original Lyrics: And I don’t have to go right now
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Dirty Vegas', "Days Go By"
Misheard Lyrics: Days go by and still I think of Blue's Clues
Original Lyrics: Days go by and still I think of you
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Kylie Minogue's, "Can't Get You Out of My Head"
Misheard Lyrics: There's a dawn seeking in me
Original Lyrics: There's a dark secret in me
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Kylie Minogue's, "Love at First Sight"
Misheard Lyrics: We were never a PS/1
Original Lyrics: We were meant to be as one
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cLOUDDEAD's, "Dead Dogs Two"
Misheard Lyrics: To be a right handed dog
Original Lyrics: To be a red tendoned dog
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cLOUDDEAD's, "Dead Dogs Two"
Misheard Lyrics: To be a right handed dog
Original Lyrics: To be a red tendoned dog
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2010s | |
Jack Stauber's, "Baby Hotline"
Misheard Lyrics: Someday I will go back in time and find her OK
Original Lyrics: Someday I will go back outside and see her, okay
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PSY's, "Gangnam Style"
Misheard Lyrics: Be alone? Korean not alone?
Baby baby now in more job, I don't know Original Lyrics: Tbwineun nom geu wie naneun nom.
Baby baby naneun mwol jom aneun nom. |
christian | |
Liz Vice's, "Baby Hold On"
Misheard Lyrics: And if it don't bring us together
Original Lyrics: And if it don't, we're in this together
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country | |
Boney M's, "Rasputin"
Misheard Lyrics: But to Moscow chick's he was such a lovely s***
Original Lyrics: But to Moscow's chicks he was such a lovely dear.
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Lonestar's, "Mr. Mom"
Misheard Lyrics: People's mail in a Maytag dryer
Original Lyrics: Pampers melt in a Maytag dryer
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Shania Twain's, "Honey, I'm Home"
Misheard Lyrics: This could be worse than PBS
Original Lyrics: This could be worse than PMS
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Shania Twain's, "Honey, I'm Home"
Misheard Lyrics: This could be worse than UPS
Original Lyrics: This could be worse than PMS
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misc | |
Jack Harlow's, "First Class"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm on anger cloud nine
Original Lyrics: I'm on Angus cloud nine
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