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1950s | |
Frank Sinatra's, "Moonlight in Vermont"
Misheard Lyrics: You and I can moonlight in Vermont.
Original Lyrics: You and I and moonlight in Vermont.
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1960s | |
The Beach Boys', "Barbara Ann"
Misheard Lyrics: Bop, bop, bop. Bop, bop-ar-am.
Original Lyrics: Ba-ba-ba, ba-Barbara Ann.
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1970s | |
ABBA's, "Man in the Middle"
Misheard Lyrics: Did you see that whale
In the limousine? Original Lyrics: Did you see that man
In the limousine? |
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Ace's, "How Long"
Misheard Lyrics: How long has this been moving on?
Original Lyrics: How long has this been going on?
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Queen's, "Killer Queen"
Misheard Lyrics: She's a killer Queen
Somebody cut the cheese Dynamite with a laser beam Original Lyrics: She's a killer Queen
Gunpowder, gelatine Dynamite with a laser beam |
Queen's, "Now I'm Here"
Misheard Lyrics: And many a tear lives on in Rhye
Original Lyrics: And many a tear lives on in my eye
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Queen's, "Now I'm Here"
Misheard Lyrics: Down in the city just people and me
Original Lyrics: Down in the city just Hoople and me
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Queen's, "Now I'm Here"
Misheard Lyrics: Down in the dungeon, just creatures and me
Original Lyrics: Down in the dungeon, just Peaches and me
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Queen's, "Now I'm Here"
Misheard Lyrics: Down in the dungeons these creatures are mean
Original Lyrics: Down in the dungeons just Peaches and me
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Queen's, "Now I'm Here"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm doing fine now,
Down in the dungeons with Peters and Lee. Original Lyrics: I'm safe and sound,
Down in the dungeon, just Peaches and me. |
Queen's, "Now I'm Here"
Misheard Lyrics: You matches still days up in the sky
Original Lyrics: You matches still light up the sky
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1980s | |
Culture Club's, "Church of the Poison Mind"
Misheard Lyrics: Curse of McDonald’s fries
Original Lyrics: Church of the Poison Mind
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Freddie Mercury's, "Living on My Own"
Misheard Lyrics: Sometimes I feel I'm always walking too fast, slow down, yeah
Original Lyrics: Sometimes I feel I'm always walking too fast, so lonely
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Frida's, "Shine"
Misheard Lyrics: You give me love, you make me shine
We're in the midnight sky or Here in the midnight sky Original Lyrics: You give me love, you make me shine
Clear in the midnight sky |
Goombay Dance Band's, "Seven Tears"
Misheard Lyrics: Seven tears, we will run into the sea
If one day they reach some distant borders Then you'll know it's sent with love from me Here I stand hand in head Lonely like a stranger on the shore I can't stand this feeling anymore Day by day this world's angry And if dreams were wings I would fly (Later) I'll come back to you four thousand times Original Lyrics: Seven tears are runnin' to the sea
If one day they reach some distant waters Then you'll know it's sent with love from me Here I stand head in hand Lonely like a stranger on the shore I can't stand this feeling anymore Day by day this world's all grey And if dreams were eagles I would fly (Later) I'll come back to you four thousand miles |
Jesse Frederick's, "Everywhere You Look (Theme from 'Full House')"
Misheard Lyrics: Whatever happened to respectability
Original Lyrics: What ever happened to predictability
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John Mellencamp's, "R.O.C.K. in the U.S.A."
Misheard Lyrics: I am silly in the U.S.A.
Original Lyrics: R.O.C.K. in the U.S.A.
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Johnny Hates Jazz's, "Shattered Dreams"
Misheard Lyrics: Nothing but cheddar cheese
Original Lyrics: Nothing but shattered dreams
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Lionel Richie's, "Stuck on You"
Misheard Lyrics: Makes 'em on my way
Original Lyrics: Guess I'm on my way
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Prefab Sprout's, "King of Rock and Roll"
Misheard Lyrics: Hot dog, jumping frog, I want Kirkie.
Original Lyrics: Hot dog, jumping frog, Albuquerque.
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Prefab Sprout's, "King of Rock and Roll"
Misheard Lyrics: Hot dog, jumping frog, I want Kirkie.
Original Lyrics: Hot dog, jumping frog, Albuquerque.
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Queen's, "Hammer to Fall"
Misheard Lyrics: Maybe, now your struggles all fade
Original Lyrics: Baby, now your struggle's all vain
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Rod Stewart's, "Young Turks"
Misheard Lyrics: Pop-Tarts be free tonight
Original Lyrics: Young hearts be free tonight
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The Clash's, "Should I Stay or Should I Go?"
Misheard Lyrics: Should I stay or should I pull out?
Original Lyrics: Should I stay or should I go now?
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Wee Sing's, "America the Beautiful"
Misheard Lyrics: O beautiful for children’s feet
Original Lyrics: O beautiful for pilgrim feet
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1990s | |
10,000 Maniacs', "Jezebel"
Misheard Lyrics: Make believe is make believe
Original Lyrics: Family is family
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Blur's, "There's No Other Way"
Misheard Lyrics: All that you can do is watch them pay
I'll watch you pay Original Lyrics: All that you can do is watch them play
I'll watch you play |
Gloworm's, "Carry Me Home"
Misheard Lyrics: Bubba left the house this morning
Original Lyrics: Father left the house this morning
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Green Day's, "Redundant"
Misheard Lyrics: We're living in a repetition
Containing the same old stick again Now a look in started a convention Like a propulsion guy over game over game over You are a monster Original Lyrics: We're living in repetition
Content in the same old shtick again Now the routine's turning to contention Like a production line going over and over and over Rollercoaster |
Nirvana's, "Smells Like Teen Spirit"
Misheard Lyrics: I walk on walls, being your friends
Smallest girls to the tent She soiled the walls sell the short She's tall enough says dirty words Original Lyrics: Load up on guns, bring your friends
It's fun to lose and to pretend She's over board and self-assured Oh no, I know a dirty word |
Queen's, "Too Much Love Will Kill You"
Misheard Lyrics: Too much love will kill you, Indians
Original Lyrics: Too much love will kill you, in the end
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Queen's, "Too Much Love Will Kill You"
Misheard Lyrics: Too much love will kill you, and you try
Original Lyrics: Too much love will kill you every time
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Queen's, "Too Much Love Will Kill You"
Misheard Lyrics: Torn between two lovers
And the love you leave behind Original Lyrics: Torn between the lover and the love you leave behind
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Queen's, "Too Much Love Will Kill You"
Misheard Lyrics: Yes, too much love will kill you
It'll make your life to fly Original Lyrics: Yes, too much love will kill you, it'll make your life a lie
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Queen's, "Too Much Love Will Kill You"
Misheard Lyrics: You'd give your life, you'd sell your song
But here it comes a friend Original Lyrics: You'd give your life, you'd sell your soul
But here it comes again |
Queen's, "Too Much Love Will Kill You"
Misheard Lyrics: You're headed for disaster
'Cause you never read insides Original Lyrics: You're headed for disaster
'Cause you never read the signs |
Queen's, "Too Much Love Will Kill You"
Misheard Lyrics: You're headed for disaster
'Cause you never read the sides Original Lyrics: You're headed for disaster
'Cause you never read the signs |
Sister Hazel's, "All for You"
Misheard Lyrics: The nurse can say
Original Lyrics: But words can’t say
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The Bucketheads', "The Bomb"
Misheard Lyrics: Lisa has turned into a man
Original Lyrics: Street sounds swirling through my mind
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U2's, "Mysterious Ways"
Misheard Lyrics: She loves a mysterious place
Original Lyrics: She moves in mysterious ways
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2010s | |
La Roux's, "Bulletproof"
Misheard Lyrics: This time baby I'll be babe proof
Original Lyrics: This time baby I'll be bulletproof
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La Roux's, "Bulletproof"
Misheard Lyrics: This time baby I'll be baby proof
Original Lyrics: This time baby I'll be bulletproof
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The Script featuring will.i.am's, "Hall of Fame"
Misheard Lyrics: You can be a Mazda
Original Lyrics: You can be a master
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Train's, "Drive By"
Misheard Lyrics: Oh, but that one night
You spilled a High Life Original Lyrics: Oh, but that one night
Is still the highlight |
country | |
Toby Keith's, "Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue"
Misheard Lyrics: When we see a grown man crying
Original Lyrics: When we see Old Glory flying
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