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1970s | |
Billy Joel's, "My Life"
Misheard Lyrics: You'll wake up in Brazil
Original Lyrics: You'll wake up with yourself
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Jim Gilstrap and Blinky Williams', "Good Times (closing theme)"
Misheard Lyrics: Just looking out for Allegra
or Just looking out for Allegro Original Lyrics: Just looking out of the window
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Jim Gilstrap and Blinky Williams', "Good Times"
Misheard Lyrics: Anytime you need a chairman
Original Lyrics: Anytime you need a payment
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Paul Simon's, "Kodachrome"
Misheard Lyrics: Mama don't take my holocaust
Original Lyrics: Mama don't take my Kodachrome
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Queen's, "Bicycle Race"
Misheard Lyrics: Bye Sukkel, bye Sukkel, bye Sukkel
I want to ride my wife, Sukkel, I want to ride my wife I want to ride my wife, Sukkel, I want to ride her when I like Original Lyrics: Bicycle, bicycle, bicycle
I want to ride my bicycle, I want to ride my bike I want to ride my bicycle, I want to ride it where I like |
Queen's, "Bicycle Race"
Misheard Lyrics: Cigarettes, cigarettes, cigarettes
Original Lyrics: Bicycle race, bicycle race, bicycle race
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Queen's, "Bicycle Race"
Misheard Lyrics: I don't believe in pizza fan, Frankenstein or Superman
Original Lyrics: I don't believe in Peter Pan, Frankenstein or Superman
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Queen's, "Bicycle Race"
Misheard Lyrics: buy cigarettes, buy cigarettes, buy cigarettes
Original Lyrics: Bicycle race, bicycle race, bicycle race
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Queen's, "Don't Stop Me Now"
Misheard Lyrics: And screwing around in ecstasy
Original Lyrics: And floating around in ecstasy
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Queen's, "Don't Stop Me Now"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm a rocking chair on my way to Mars
Original Lyrics: I'm a rocket ship on my way to Mars
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Queen's, "Fat Bottomed Girls"
Misheard Lyrics: Black bottom girls you make this rocking world go round
Original Lyrics: Fat bottomed girls you make the rocking world go round
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Queen's, "Fat Bottomed Girls"
Misheard Lyrics: But I knew life before I left my LCD
Original Lyrics: But I knew life before I left my nursery
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Queen's, "Fat Bottomed Girls"
Misheard Lyrics: But I knew life before I left my LCD
Original Lyrics: But I knew life before I left my nursery
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Queen's, "Fat Bottomed Girls"
Misheard Lyrics: But after beauty and their style,
We're kind of smooth after a while. Original Lyrics: But their beauty and their style,
Went kind of smooth after a while. |
Queen's, "Fat Bottomed Girls"
Misheard Lyrics: Flat bottomed girls you make the rockin' world go round
Original Lyrics: Fat bottomed girls you make the rockin' world go round
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Queen's, "Fat Bottomed Girls"
Misheard Lyrics: Get off your butts and rock!
Original Lyrics: Get on your bikes and ride!
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Queen's, "Fat Bottomed Girls"
Misheard Lyrics: Get on your backs and writhe.
Original Lyrics: Get on your bikes and ride.
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Queen's, "Fat Bottomed Girls"
Misheard Lyrics: Get on your backs and writhe.
Original Lyrics: Get on your bikes and ride.
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Queen's, "Fat Bottomed Girls"
Misheard Lyrics: He-pig woman, you made a fat boy outta me
or He-pig woman, you made a fag boy outta me Original Lyrics: Heap big woman, you made a bad boy out of me
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Queen's, "Fat Bottomed Girls"
Misheard Lyrics: Hey big woman you made a fag boy outta me
Original Lyrics: Heap big woman you made a bad boy out of me
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Queen's, "Fat Bottomed Girls"
Misheard Lyrics: I got stiffness in ma balls
or I got syphilis in the balls Original Lyrics: I got stiffness in my bones
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Queen's, "Fat Bottomed Girls"
Misheard Lyrics: I'll drink water, you made a bad boy out of me, hey hey!
Original Lyrics: Heap big woman, you made a bad boy out of me, Hey hey!
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Queen's, "Spread Your Wings"
Misheard Lyrics: His bus said to him
Now listen, boy, you're always free man Original Lyrics: His boss said to him
Now listen, boy, you're always dreaming |
Queen's, "You're My Best Friend"
Misheard Lyrics: You're the Vincent that I ever had
Original Lyrics: You're the best friend that I ever had
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The Hollies', "Long Cool Woman In a Black Dress"
Misheard Lyrics: Whiskey bottles, violent eyes
Original Lyrics: Whiskey bottles pilin' high
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The Hollies', "Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress"
Misheard Lyrics: Well, the D.A. was hung from my left hand
And she was holdin' my right And I told her 'Don't get scared, 'cause you've gone off as bad' But I've gotta be forgiven if I wanna spend my livin' With a long cool woman in a black dress Just to find out a beautiful song Original Lyrics: Well, the D.A. was pumpin' my left hand
And she was holdin' my right And I told her 'Don't get scare, 'cause you're gonna be spared' But I've gotta be forgiven if I wanna spend my livin' With a long cool woman in a black dress Just a 5'9" beautiful tall |
The Ramones', "I Wanna Be Sedated"
Misheard Lyrics: Just put me in a retailer
Original Lyrics: Just put me in a wheelchair
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1980s | |
Frankie Goes to Hollywood's, "Relax"
Misheard Lyrics: Maalox, don't do it
Original Lyrics: Relax, don't do it
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Genesis', "Invisible Touch"
Misheard Lyrics: She seems to have an invincible top chef!!
Original Lyrics: She seems to have an invisible touch, yeah.
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Genesis', "Tonight, Tonight, Tonight"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm gonna make it tonight
Original Lyrics: I'm gonna make it right
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Michael Jackson's, "Man in the Mirror"
Misheard Lyrics: 'Cause they got nowhere to cold,
That's why not I want you to know Original Lyrics: 'Cause they got nowhere to go,
That's why I want you to know |
Neil Diamond's, "America"
Misheard Lyrics: They're coming to Allegra
or They're coming to Allegro Original Lyrics: They're coming to America
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Queen's, "Fat Bottomed Girls"
Misheard Lyrics: Black bottomed girls
You make the rockin' world go round Original Lyrics: Fat bottomed girls you make the rockin' world go round
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Queen's, "Fat Bottomed Girls"
Misheard Lyrics: Get on your butts and ride
Original Lyrics: Get on your bikes and ride
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Queen's, "Hammer to Fall"
Misheard Lyrics: Give after one more time!
Original Lyrics: Give it to me one more time!
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Queen's, "Hammer to Fall"
Misheard Lyrics: Give after one more time!
Original Lyrics: Give it to me one more time!
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Queen's, "Hammer to Fall"
Misheard Lyrics: Give after one more try!
Original Lyrics: Give it to me one more time!
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Queen's, "Hammer to Fall"
Misheard Lyrics: Give after the one more time!
Original Lyrics: Give it to me one more time!
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Queen's, "Hammer to Fall"
Misheard Lyrics: Give after the one more try!
Original Lyrics: Give it to me one more time!
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Queen's, "Hammer to Fall"
Misheard Lyrics: Give it to me one more try!
Original Lyrics: Give it to me one more time!
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1990s | |
Michael Bolton's, "When a Man Loves a Woman"
Misheard Lyrics: When a man loves a robot
Original Lyrics: When a man loves a woman
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R. Kelly's, "I Believe I Can Fly"
Misheard Lyrics: Spread my wings and violate
or Spread my wings and find a way Original Lyrics: Spread my wings and fly away
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Seal's, "Fly Like an Eagle"
Misheard Lyrics: I wanna fly like a rainbow
Original Lyrics: I wanna fly like an eagle
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The Blackout Allstars', "I Like It"
Misheard Lyrics: I got sunk
or I got stunk Original Lyrics: I got soul
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2000s | |
Britney Spears', "Break the Ice"
Misheard Lyrics: It's been a wall, I know a motion to keep you waiting
But I'm here now I know I'm sleeping in bed, but I'm glad you came Original Lyrics: It's been a while I know I shouldn't have kept you waiting
But I'm here now I know it's been a while, but I'm glad you came |
Linkin Park's, "Bleed It Out"
Misheard Lyrics: I hope that you'll discuss, I'll make you racist!
Original Lyrics: I've opened up these scars, I'll make you face this!
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2010s | |
Chvrches', "The Mother We Share"
Misheard Lyrics: Come in misery where you can seem as old as your almonds
Original Lyrics: Come in misery where you can seem as old as your omens
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Zedd, Maren Morris, & Grey's, "The Middle"
Misheard Lyrics: Just pouring out admission
But God is my objection, oh, oh Original Lyrics: Just pourin' out admission
Regardless of my objection, oh, oh |
country | |
Tim McGraw's, "I Called Mama"
Misheard Lyrics: And the guitar from the backseat
Wrote a song just for me Original Lyrics: Grabbed my guitar from the backseat
Wrote a song just for me |
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