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1960s | |
Dave Davies', "Death of a Clown"
Misheard Lyrics: Won't someone help me to break up this clown?
OR Won't someone help me to break up this crowd? Original Lyrics: Won't someone help me to break up this crown?
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1970s | |
Average White Band's, "Cut the Cake"
Misheard Lyrics: Got a birthday cake
Original Lyrics: Gotta cut the cake
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Carly Simon's, "You Belong to Me"
Misheard Lyrics: You don't have to prove to me you're pitiful to strangers
Original Lyrics: You don't have to prove to me you're beautiful to strangers
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Carroll O'Connor and Jean Stapleton's, "Those Were The Days ('All In The Family' Theme)"
Misheard Lyrics: mystery could use a man like Herbert Hoover again
Original Lyrics: Mister, we could use a man like Herbert Hoover again
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Cast Of A Chorus Line's, "One"
Misheard Lyrics: What singular sensation?
Original Lyrics: One singular sensation
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Queen's, "Good Old Fashioned Loverboy"
Misheard Lyrics: Ooh, mother, ooh, Mother Goose
Original Lyrics: Ooh, love, ooh, loverboy
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Queen's, "Seven Seas of Rhye"
Misheard Lyrics: Mission: do or else die
Original Lyrics: Mister do or else die
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Queen's, "Spread Your Wings"
Misheard Lyrics: Put yourself together
Original Lyrics: Pull yourself together
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Slade's, "Take Me Bak 'Ome"
Misheard Lyrics: A superman comes to meet you
He looks like a slice of beef Original Lyrics: A superman comes to meet you
He looks twice the size of me |
Suzi Quatro's, "Can the Can"
Misheard Lyrics: Well, you call your mum a tiger
And we know that you ain't lyin' Well your sister's got to be on top She tuckers out your mind And your eagle don't relax There's little bit of evil lovin' on the side Don't let the crap get into the eagle's nest at night Because the eagle could stay up tomorrow (Scratch out her eyes) Original Lyrics: Well you call your mama tiger
And we all know you are lying ... Well your sister's got the feline touch She touches up your mind And your eagle lover likes his little bit of evil lovin' all the time Don't let the cat get into the eagle's nest at night Because the eagle could say 'yes' without a fight (Scratch out her eyes) |
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1980s | |
Bananarama's, "I Heard a Rumour"
Misheard Lyrics: Up on the rooftop
Original Lyrics: I heard a rumour
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Belinda Carlisle's, "Circle in the Sand"
Misheard Lyrics: Somehow all around
Original Lyrics: Sundown all around
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Cast of 42nd Street's, "Lullaby of Broadway"
Misheard Lyrics: Hip, hip, hooray and valley hood
Original Lyrics: Hip, hip, hooray and ballyhoo
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Eddy Grant's, "Do You Feel My Love"
Misheard Lyrics: You left me on the breadline
Now I know what it's all about Original Lyrics: You left me with a problem
Now I know what it's all about |
Fleetwood Mac's, "Everywhere"
Misheard Lyrics: I wanna be with you in L.A.
Original Lyrics: I wanna be with you everywhere
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Freddie Mercury's, "Living on My Own"
Misheard Lyrics: Sometimes I feel my body gives me a warning
Original Lyrics: Sometimes I feel nobody gives me no warning
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LeVert's, "Casanova"
Misheard Lyrics: I am much your casanova
Original Lyrics: I ain't much on casanova
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Madonna's, "Into the Groove"
Misheard Lyrics: I want you
OR I'm watching you Original Lyrics: I'm waiting
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Phil Collins', "Don't Lose My Number"
Misheard Lyrics: Jimmy, did you lose my number?
Original Lyrics: Billy, don't you lose my number
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1990s | |
Aqua's, "Turn Back Time"
Misheard Lyrics: Claim your right to silence
Claim your eyes to see the truth Though my panicked conscience will build a wall in you Original Lyrics: Claim your right to science
Claim your right to see the truth Though my pangs of conscience will drill a hole in you |
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Eiffel 65's, "Blue (Da Ba Dee)"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm blue, if that was me, I would die If that was me, I would die If that was me, I would die
Original Lyrics: I'm blue Da ba dee da ba di Da ba dee da ba di Da ba dee da ba di
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Primus', "South Park"
Misheard Lyrics: I like girls and big fat kitties
or I like girls and big fat piggies Original Lyrics: I like girls with big fat titties
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Queen's, "Heaven for Everyone"
Misheard Lyrics: This could be hell
Original Lyrics: This could be heaven
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Queen's, "Let Me Live"
Misheard Lyrics: Take a piece of my home
Original Lyrics: Take a piece of my heart
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The Heights', "How Do You Talk to an Angel"
Misheard Lyrics: Kill me, kill me
Original Lyrics: Tell me, tell me
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The Prodigy's, "Charly"
Misheard Lyrics: Jesus, she's happy when she's Tinker Bell
Original Lyrics: She seh she happy when she tink 'bout
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The Prodigy's, "Out of Space"
Misheard Lyrics: I'll take your friends to another dimension
Original Lyrics: I'll take your brains to another dimension
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The Prodigy's, "Voodoo People"
Misheard Lyrics: Mattress people, poo-poo people
Original Lyrics: Magic people, voodoo people
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2000s | |
Artful Dodger's, "Woman Trouble"
Misheard Lyrics: I bet she never told you everything that drifted through her mind
In a secret voice Well I bet you never caught her fighting with another man such as I did Original Lyrics: I bet she never told you everything that drifted through her mind
All the secret thoughts Well I bet you never caught her sliding with another man because I did |
Green Day's, "Jesus of Suburbia"
Misheard Lyrics: The living room
Oh, my private womb All the moms I've frightened away Original Lyrics: The living room
Or my private womb While the moms and Brads are away |
Lady Gaga's, "Love Game"
Misheard Lyrics: Don't think too much, just bust that dick
Original Lyrics: Don't think too much, just bust that kick
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The Prodigy's, "Take Me to the Hospital"
Misheard Lyrics: He was creepy like dragon blood
Original Lyrics: He was creepy like Dracula
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The Prodigy's, "Warrior's Dance"
Misheard Lyrics: You got to drink Kool-Aid
Original Lyrics: You got to be doing
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The Script's, "The Man Who Can't Be Moved"
Misheard Lyrics: 'Cause if one day you wake up and find controlness in me
Original Lyrics: 'Cause if one day you wake up and find that you're missing me
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2010s | |
Bastille's, "Quarter Past Midnight"
Misheard Lyrics: Yeah, yeah, yeah, and now we're crawling up the walls again
And it's a quarter past the world And you said we'd leave this place in dust Original Lyrics: Yeah, yeah, yeah, and now we're crawling up the walls again
And it's a quarter past twelve And you said we'd leave this place in dust |
Ellie Goulding's, "Still Falling For You (And Just Like That)"
Misheard Lyrics: But all your frozen scars are mine
Original Lyrics: But all your flaws and scars are mine
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Taylor Swift's, "Call It What You Want"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm laughing with my lover, making farts undercover
Original Lyrics: I'm laughing with my lover, making forts undercover
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Taylor Swift's, "Invisible String"
Misheard Lyrics: Was there glue, added in sea?
Original Lyrics: Were there clues, I didn't see?
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Traditional's, "If You're Happy and You Know It"
Misheard Lyrics: If you're tacky and you know it, crap your hands
Original Lyrics: If you're happy and you know it, clap your hands
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