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1950s | |
Jimmie Dodd's, "Mickey Mouse March"
Misheard Lyrics: Who’s the people of the club that’s made for you and me?
Original Lyrics: Who’s the leader of the club that’s made for you and me?
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1960s | |
Jimmie Dodd's, "Fun with Music"
Misheard Lyrics: What a good night for acting
Original Lyrics: What a good night for laughing
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Jimmie Dodd's, "The Telephone Song"
Misheard Lyrics: Rain, rain, rain
Original Lyrics: Ring, ring, ring
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Theme Songs', "Car 54, Where are You?"
Misheard Lyrics: Khrushchev’s due and I don’t mind
Original Lyrics: Khrushchev’s due at Idlewild
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1970s | |
Blondie's, "Dreaming"
Misheard Lyrics: I don’t want to live on Cheryl Tiegs
Original Lyrics: I don’t want to live on charity
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Edison Lighthouse's, "Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm an acapella
Original Lyrics: I'm a lucky fella
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Elton John's, "Benny and the Jets"
Misheard Lyrics: She's got electric boobs
Original Lyrics: She's got electric boots
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Elton John's, "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road"
Misheard Lyrics: You can't flash me and your pen-pals
Original Lyrics: You can't plant me in your penthouse
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Jackson 5's, "Mama's Pearl"
Misheard Lyrics: You sent Coach Bill
Original Lyrics: You send cold chills
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Orleans', "Dance with Me"
Misheard Lyrics: Stormy nights and love is all around us
Original Lyrics: Starry eyes and love is all around us
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Queen's, "Don’t Stop Me Now"
Misheard Lyrics: The stockings, the stockings
or The stuffing, the stuffing Original Lyrics: Don’t stop me, don’t stop me
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The Jaggerz's, "The Rapper"
Misheard Lyrics: They go in the wrapper
Original Lyrics: They call him the rapper
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The Raspberries', "Go All The Way"
Misheard Lyrics: Easy go all the way.
Original Lyrics: Please, go all the way.
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1980s | |
Gary Wright's, "Really Wanna Know You"
Misheard Lyrics: I don’t mind being Laurie
Original Lyrics: I don’t mind being lonely
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John Mellencamp's, "Ain’t Even Done with the Night"
Misheard Lyrics: And I know 22
Original Lyrics: And I know what to do
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Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam's, "Lost in Emotion"
Misheard Lyrics: Monster in the ocean
Original Lyrics: Lost in emotion
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Paula Abdul's, "Cold Hearted"
Misheard Lyrics: He's the Godfather's mate
Original Lyrics: He's a cold hearted snake
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Queen's, "Radio Ga Ga"
Misheard Lyrics: All we hear is a baby go ga ga
Original Lyrics: All we hear is radio ga ga
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Romeo Void's, "A Girl in Trouble (Is a Temporary Thing)"
Misheard Lyrics: To use her hair
Original Lyrics: To use her head
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Squeeze's, "Pulling Mussels (from the Shell)"
Misheard Lyrics: Bullying Marsha and Michelle
Original Lyrics: Pulling mussels from a shell
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Survivor's, "Burning Heart"
Misheard Lyrics: With a bowling alley
Original Lyrics: With a burning heart
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1990s | |
Everclear's, "I Will Buy You a New Life"
Misheard Lyrics: I will buy you some goggles
Original Lyrics: I will buy you a garden
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Go West's, "Faithful"
Misheard Lyrics: Though we sail on story things
Original Lyrics: Though we sail on stormy things
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Marcia Griffiths', "Electric Boogie"
Misheard Lyrics: (It’s elected!)
Original Lyrics: (It’s electric!)
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Paula Abdul's, "Vibeology"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm doin' the funky way
Original Lyrics: I'm in a funky way
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Pearl Jam's, "Yellow Ledbetter"
Misheard Lyrics: And the coal miner said and I want what I said and then I called out again.
Original Lyrics: And they called and I said that I want what I said and then I called out again.
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Pearl Jam's, "Yellow Ledbetter"
Misheard Lyrics: And the reason I want to leave the coal mine,oh.
Original Lyrics: And the reason oughtta leave her calm,oh I know.
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The Rembrandts', "I’ll Be There for You"
Misheard Lyrics: Your love’s like Chick-fil-A
Original Lyrics: Your love life’s D.O.A.
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k.d. lang's, "Constant Craving"
Misheard Lyrics: Feel it in my skin
Original Lyrics: Here beneath my skin
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2000s | |
Cast of Bombay Dreams', "Love's Never Easy"
Misheard Lyrics: Life's never easy
Original Lyrics: Love's Never Easy
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Linkin Park's, "Numb"
Misheard Lyrics: (Caught in the overcoat)
Original Lyrics: (Caught in the undertow)
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Nickelback's, "If Today Was Your Last Day"
Misheard Lyrics: If today was your last day and tomorrow was too late,
Could you say goodbye to yesterday? Would you live each moment like your last, Leave evil pigeons in the past? Donate every dime you had, if today was your last day? What if, what if, if today was your last day? Original Lyrics: If today was your last day and tomorrow was too late,
Could you say goodbye to yesterday? Would you live each moment like your last, Leave old pictures in the past? Donate every dime you had, if today was your last day? What if, what if, if today was your last day? |
Thalia featuring Fat Joe's, "I Want You"
Misheard Lyrics: You make the boss say
Original Lyrics: You make the Don say
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The Ataris', "The Boys of Summer"
Misheard Lyrics: I saw a Jackass sticker on a Cadillac
Original Lyrics: I saw a Black Flag sticker on a Cadillac
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2010s | |
Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars', "Uptown Funk!"
Misheard Lyrics: Make em drag them out of retirement
Original Lyrics: Make a dragon wanna retire, man
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Ed Sheeran's, "Shivers"
Misheard Lyrics: Episodes on fire, I wanna stay up all day and all night
Original Lyrics: Like my soul's on fire, I wanna stay up all day and all night
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Post Malone feat. SZA's, "I Like You (A Happier Song)"
Misheard Lyrics: But I need to Google, I need someone to ground me
Original Lyrics: But I need a good girl, I need someone to ground me
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Traditional's, "The Wheels on the Bus"
Misheard Lyrics: The neighbor on the bus
Original Lyrics: The baby on the bus
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