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1960s | |
Monkees', "Pleasant Valley Sunday"
Misheard Lyrics: The wicked squire just came out to mow his lawn.
Original Lyrics: The weekend squire just came out to mow his lawn.
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1970s | |
America's, "Sister Golden Hair"
Misheard Lyrics: Vinny Bobarino Vinny Babarino
Original Lyrics: Do Do bob bobba do
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David Bowie's, "Space Oddity"
Misheard Lyrics: Blanket turning blue
Original Lyrics: Planet Earth is blue
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Queen's, "Somebody to Love"
Misheard Lyrics: Bite, I need somebody to love, Bite, I need somebody to love
Original Lyrics: Find me somebody to love, find me somebody to love
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Queen's, "Somebody to Love"
Misheard Lyrics: But "everybody wants a crocodile"
They say, I'm going crazy. Original Lyrics: But everybody wants to put me down
They say, I'm going crazy. |
Queen's, "Somebody to Love"
Misheard Lyrics: But everybody wants a puppy dog
Original Lyrics: But everybody wants to put me down
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Queen's, "Somebody to Love"
Misheard Lyrics: But everybody wants a puppy dog
They say I'm gonna raise him Original Lyrics: But everybody wants to put me down
They say I'm going crazy |
Queen's, "Somebody to Love"
Misheard Lyrics: Each morning I get out my diaper
Original Lyrics: Each morning I get up, I die a little
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Queen's, "Somebody to Love"
Misheard Lyrics: Each morning I get out my diary
Can barely stand on my feet Take a look in the mirror and cry Just like watching Benny Hill Original Lyrics: Each morning I get up I die a little
Can barely stand on my feet Take a look in the mirror and cry Lord what are you doing to me |
Queen's, "Somebody to Love"
Misheard Lyrics: Each morning I get up my crocodile
Original Lyrics: Each morning I get up, I die a little
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Queen's, "Somebody to Love"
Misheard Lyrics: Each morning I get up, I'm tired,
Can't even stand on my feet. Original Lyrics: Each morning I get up, I die a little,
Can barely stand on my feet. |
Queen's, "Somebody to Love"
Misheard Lyrics: Each morning I take out my diary
Original Lyrics: Each morning I get up, I die a little
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Queen's, "Somebody to Love"
Misheard Lyrics: Each morning I wake on my toilet.
Original Lyrics: Each morning I get up, I die a little.
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Queen's, "Somebody to Love"
Misheard Lyrics: Each morning I wank off a dialect.
Original Lyrics: Each morning I wake up I die a little.
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Queen's, "Somebody to Love"
Misheard Lyrics: Everybody wants a poopy diaper
Original Lyrics: Everybody wants to put me down
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Queen's, "Somebody to Love"
Misheard Lyrics: Find me somebody to love bite,
Me somebody to love bite Original Lyrics: Find me somebody to love,
Find me somebody to love find |
Queen's, "Somebody to Love"
Misheard Lyrics: He's pulling the head off a Dalek
Original Lyrics: Each morning I get up and I die a little
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Queen's, "Somebody to Love"
Misheard Lyrics: I go down and I squeeze each testicle,
Till the tears run down from my eyes Original Lyrics: I go down on my knees and I start to pray,
Till the tears run down from my eyes |
Queen's, "Somebody to Love"
Misheard Lyrics: I got no feel like I've no river, I just creep loosing my Bean
Original Lyrics: I got no feel like I've no rhythm, I just keep losing my beat
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Queen's, "Somebody to Love"
Misheard Lyrics: I work and I ate my balls
Original Lyrics: I work till I ache my bones
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Queen's, "Somebody to Love"
Misheard Lyrics: I work and I ate my bones
Original Lyrics: I work and I ache my bones
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Queen's, "Somebody to Love"
Misheard Lyrics: I work hard every day of my life
I work till I ache my balls Original Lyrics: I work hard every day of my life
I work till I ache my bones |
Queen's, "Somebody to Love"
Misheard Lyrics: I worked hard every day of my life
I worked till I ate my balls Original Lyrics: I work hard every day of my life
I work till I ache my bones |
Queen's, "Somebody to Love"
Misheard Lyrics: This morning, I get on my diet
Original Lyrics: Each morning, I get up and I die a little
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Queen's, "Tie Your Mother Down"
Misheard Lyrics: Jimi Hendrix, sunshine of your love
Original Lyrics: Just gimme every inch of your love
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Queen's, "Tie Your Mother Down"
Misheard Lyrics: Tigers on the prowl
Original Lyrics: Tie your mother down
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Queen's, "Tie Your Mother Down"
Misheard Lyrics: Tigers on the prowl
Original Lyrics: Tie your mother down
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The Hollies', "Long Cool Woman (in a Black Dress)"
Misheard Lyrics: Working for the pussy eye
Original Lyrics: Working for the FBI
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Wings', "Silly Love Songs"
Misheard Lyrics: It's in the city
or It's in the ceiling Original Lyrics: It isn't silly
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1980s | |
Kim Carnes', "Bette Davis Eyes"
Misheard Lyrics: She's got credit problems, stand outside
She's got Bette Davis eyes Original Lyrics: She's got Greta Garbo standoff sighs
She's got Bette Davis eyes. |
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Kool & the Gang's, "Celebration"
Misheard Lyrics: Say you're right on time, come on!
Original Lyrics: Celebrate good times, come on!
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Queen's, "Princes Of The Universe"
Misheard Lyrics: But I can throw a rock, 'cause I'm rightful Stein
Original Lyrics: But I can prove 'em wrong, 'cause I'm right first time
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Queen's, "Princes Of The Universe"
Misheard Lyrics: But I can throw the rock, 'cause I'm rightful Stein
Original Lyrics: But I can prove 'em wrong, 'cause I'm right first time
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Queen's, "Princes of the Universe"
Misheard Lyrics: We're the Francis of the universe
Original Lyrics: We're the princes of the universe
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Queen's, "Princes of the Universe"
Misheard Lyrics: We're the cheeses of the universe
Original Lyrics: We're the princes of the universe
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1990s | |
Backstreet Boys', "I Want It That Way"
Misheard Lyrics: Ain't nothin' but a heartache
Ain't nothin' but a pi## take Original Lyrics: Ain't nothin' but a heartache
Ain't nothin' but a mistake |
Blur's, "End of a Century"
Misheard Lyrics: We kiss the toilet when we say goodnight
Original Lyrics: Kiss with dry lips, when we say goodnight
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Bon Jovi's, "Always"
Misheard Lyrics: Well, there ain't no love in this load of dice
Original Lyrics: Well, there ain't no luck in these loaded dice
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Live's, "I Alone"
Misheard Lyrics: Your hunger is up, you're at Chick-fil-A
Original Lyrics: Your anger is up, you've been swept away
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The Bucketheads', "The Bomb!"
Misheard Lyrics: Pizza really took my mind
Original Lyrics: Street sounds swirling through my mind
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Weird Al Yankovic's, "Amish Paradise"
Misheard Lyrics: Soon I’ll raise my mother
Original Lyrics: Soon I’ll raise another
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Whigfield's, "Saturday Night"
Misheard Lyrics: Saturday night, I feel the air is getting hot
Lucky baby Original Lyrics: Saturday night, I feel the air is getting hot
Like you baby |
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2000s | |
Sash!'s, "Just Around the Hill"
Misheard Lyrics: Suddenly you'll see there are many ways to go too straight
Original Lyrics: Suddenly you'll see there are many ways
Don't go too straight |
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2010s | |
Disclosure's, "White Noise"
Misheard Lyrics: Just gonna get Macbeth
Original Lyrics: Just gonna get knocked back
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Taylor Swift's, "Delicate"
Misheard Lyrics: Listen for the best
My reputation’s never be good so You just like beef with me Original Lyrics: This ain't for the best
My reputation's never been worse, so You must like me for me |
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