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1960s | |
Beatles', "Revolution"
Misheard Lyrics: But if you go carrying pictures of chairmen, now,
You ain't gonna make it with anyone anyhow. Original Lyrics: But if you go carrying pictures of Chairman Mao,
You ain't gonna make it with anyone anyhow. |
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1970s | |
Debby Boone's, "You Light Up My Life"
Misheard Lyrics: You light up my game
Original Lyrics: You light up my day
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Diana Ross', "Love Hangover"
Misheard Lyrics: I got the shittiest hangover
Original Lyrics: I got the sweetest hangover
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Donna Summer's, "Love to Love You Baby"
Misheard Lyrics: When you read, you're so close to me
Original Lyrics: When you lean so close to me
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Donna Summer's, "Love to Love You Baby"
Misheard Lyrics: You put me in a chair and spin
Original Lyrics: You put me in such an awful spin
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Fleetwood Mac's, "Dreams"
Misheard Lyrics: Father only happens when he’s married
Original Lyrics: Thunder only happens when it’s raining
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LaBelle's, "Lady Marmalade"
Misheard Lyrics: He met Marmalade down in old New Jersey
Original Lyrics: He met Marmalade down in old New Orleans
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Maxine Nightingale's, "Right Back Where We Started From"
Misheard Lyrics: I want my car
Original Lyrics: A love like ours
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Patrick Hernandez's, "Born to Be Alive"
Misheard Lyrics: S*** came out an old guitar
Original Lyrics: A suitcase and an old guitar
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Queen's, "You're My Best Friend"
Misheard Lyrics: You're the biggest fan that I ever had
Original Lyrics: You're the best friend that I ever had
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1980s | |
Cast of 42nd Street's, "We're in the Money"
Misheard Lyrics: We need the money
Original Lyrics: We're in the money
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Def Leppard's, "Hysteria"
Misheard Lyrics: I get the spirit gum hysteria
Original Lyrics: I get hysterical, hysteria
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Def Leppard's, "Hysteria"
Misheard Lyrics: I get the spirit gum hysteria
Original Lyrics: I get hysterical, hysteria
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Eurythmics', "Here Comes the Rain Again"
Misheard Lyrics: Here comes the renegade
Original Lyrics: Here comes the rain again
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George Michael's, "Faith"
Misheard Lyrics: And I know alligator pranks
Original Lyrics: And I know all the games you play
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Joan Armatrading's, "Drop the Pilot"
Misheard Lyrics: Drop the monkey
Smell my poo poo Original Lyrics: Drop the monkey
Smell my perfume |
Michael Jackson's, "The Way You Make Me Feel"
Misheard Lyrics: My lovely days are gone
Original Lyrics: My lonely days are gone
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Murray Head's, "One Night in Bangkok"
Misheard Lyrics: You took it to attorneys
Original Lyrics: You took it to a tourist
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The Clash's, "The Magnificent Seven"
Misheard Lyrics: A cowboy's doing TV land
Original Lyrics: What cowboys do in TV land
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The Clash's, "The Magnificent Seven"
Misheard Lyrics: Wait for a pot pie
Original Lyrics: Wave b-b-bye-bye
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The Rolling Stones', "Start Me Up"
Misheard Lyrics: You can stuff me up
Original Lyrics: You can start me up
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The Smiths', "How Soon Is Now"
Misheard Lyrics: We are human and we need to eat lunch
Just like everybody else does Original Lyrics: We are human and we need to be loved
Just like everybody else does |
Winger's, "Seventeen"
Misheard Lyrics: And just when I fought, she was coming to my door
Original Lyrics: And just when I thought she was coming to my door
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1990s | |
Backstreet Boys', "I'll Never Break Your Heart"
Misheard Lyrics: I'll never bake a tart
Original Lyrics: I'll never break your heart
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Bell Biv DeVoe's, "Do Me"
Misheard Lyrics: Backstage, I'm your age, I'm arrested
Original Lyrics: Backstage, underage, adolescent
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Jimmy Cliff's, "I Can See Clearly Now"
Misheard Lyrics: I can sing clearly now, my name is gone
Original Lyrics: I can see clearly now the rain is gone
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Linda Ronstadt and Aaron Neville's, "All My Life"
Misheard Lyrics: Babe, I've lived all my life for you
Original Lyrics: Babe, I've looked all my life for you
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Merril Bainbridge's, "Mouth"
Misheard Lyrics: When I kiss you now I wanna taste it
Original Lyrics: When I kiss your mouth I wanna taste it
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Quad City DJ’s', "Come On and Ride It (The Train)"
Misheard Lyrics: Come on, ride the train, Aladdin
Original Lyrics: Come on, ride the train, hey, ride it
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Rockapella's, "Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?"
Misheard Lyrics: Steven's stolen South Korea
Original Lyrics: Steal their Seoul in South Korea
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Soundgarden's, "Spoonman"
Misheard Lyrics: Feel the river with your hands
Original Lyrics: Feel the rhythm with your hands
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Stereo MC's', "Creation"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm talking about religions
Original Lyrics: I'm talking about relations
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Toni Braxton's, "You Mean the World to Me"
Misheard Lyrics: Why should I bully you?
Original Lyrics: Why should I believe you?
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2000s | |
Beyonce's, "Naughty Girl"
Misheard Lyrics: I'll be your party girl
Original Lyrics: I'll be your naughty girl
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Counting Crows', "Big Yellow Taxi"
Misheard Lyrics: It ain't paradise to put up with a f***ing lot
Original Lyrics: They paved paradise to put in a parking lot
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Janet Jackson's, "Doesn’t Really Matter"
Misheard Lyrics: Doesn’t really matter with the ice cream
Original Lyrics: Doesn’t really matter what the eye is seeing
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Jason Mraz's, "I'm Yours"
Misheard Lyrics: Well, open up your mind, is he like me?
Original Lyrics: Well, open up your mind and see like me
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John Mayer's, "Waiting on the World to Change"
Misheard Lyrics: Keep on winning (winning)
Original Lyrics: Keep on waiting (waiting)
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Lifehouse's, "Hanging by a Moment"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm hanging by your wallet
Original Lyrics: I'm hanging by a moment
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Nelly's, "Ride Wit Me"
Misheard Lyrics: Hey, pass me the pudding
Original Lyrics: Hey, must be the money
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Pink's, "Just Like a Pill"
Misheard Lyrics: Run just as fast as I can to the middle of nowhere
To the middle of my factory fears Original Lyrics: Run just as fast as I can to the middle of nowhere
To the middle of my frustrated fears |
Stacie Orrico's, "(There's Gotta Be) More to Life"
Misheard Lyrics: There's gotta be the 4th of July
Original Lyrics: There's gotta be more to life
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Switchfoot's, "Dare You to Move"
Misheard Lyrics: I dare you in blue
or I dare you, Blue's Clues Original Lyrics: I dare you to move
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2010s | |
Walk the Moon's, "Aquaman"
Misheard Lyrics: Under the chalkboard surface of the sea
Original Lyrics: Under the troubled surface of the sea
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country | |
Alan Jackson's, "www.memory"
Misheard Lyrics: If you feed the need, just get the meat
Original Lyrics: If you feel the need, just click on me
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