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1950s | |
Elvis Presley's, "Hound Dog"
Misheard Lyrics: You ain't nothing but Harry Potter
Original Lyrics: You ain't nothing but a hound dog
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1960s | |
Louis Armstrong's, "We Have All the Time in the World"
Misheard Lyrics: We have all the time in the world, just enough
Original Lyrics: We have all the time in the world, just for love
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1970s | |
Billy Joel's, "New York State of Mind"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm in a moolah state of mind
Original Lyrics: I'm in a New York State of mind
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Billy Joel's, "She's Always a Woman"
Misheard Lyrics: And she never digs in
Original Lyrics: And she never gives in
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Eddie Money's, "Baby Hold On"
Misheard Lyrics: Tigger and Pooh bear
Original Lyrics: Rich man, poor man
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Electric Light Orchestra's, "Evil Woman"
Misheard Lyrics: I believe in a woman
Original Lyrics: Evil woman
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Electric Light Orchestra's, "Shine A Little Love"
Misheard Lyrics: You shine a little life on my life
or You shine a little light on my life or You shine a little light on my light Original Lyrics: You shine a little love on my life
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Journey's, "Lights"
Misheard Lyrics: When the lights go down in the century
Original Lyrics: When the lights go down in the city
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Led Zeppelin's, "In My Time Of Dying"
Misheard Lyrics: Oh, oh, Gabriel, let me blow you, hon.
Original Lyrics: Oh, oh, Gabriel, let me blow your horn
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Led Zeppelin's, "In My Time of Dying"
Misheard Lyrics: I know there must be electric trains
Original Lyrics: I know there must be lipstick traces,
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Mungo Jerry's, "In the Summertime"
Misheard Lyrics: You can scratch my arm
Original Lyrics: You can stretch right up
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Queen's, "We Are the Champions"
Misheard Lyrics: We are the chalfonts, my fans
Original Lyrics: We are the champions, my friends
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Queen's, "We Will Rock You"
Misheard Lyrics: Bleating with your ass
Original Lyrics: Pleading with your eyes
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Queen's, "We Will Rock You"
Misheard Lyrics: Buddy you're a boy make a big nice
Cake in the street gonna be a big mad someday Original Lyrics: Buddy you're a boy make a big noise
Playing in the street gonna be a big man someday |
Queen's, "We Will Rock You"
Misheard Lyrics: Kicking your camel over the face
Original Lyrics: Kicking your can all over the place
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Queen's, "We Will Rock You"
Misheard Lyrics: Kicking your kind all over the place
Original Lyrics: Kicking your can all over the place
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Queen's, "We Will Rock You"
Misheard Lyrics: Puddy you are decoys make a big nose
Playing in the beet gonna be a big van some day You got blood on your face, you big s*** face Kicking your mace all over the place Original Lyrics: Buddy you're a boy make a big noise
Playing in the street gonna be a big man some day You got mud on your face, you big disgrace Kicking your can all over the place |
Queen's, "We Will Rock You"
Misheard Lyrics: Somebody better put a bag over your face
Original Lyrics: Somebody better put you back into your place
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Queen's, "We Will Rock You"
Misheard Lyrics: Waving your fanny all over the place
Original Lyrics: Waving your banner all over the place
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Queen's, "We Will Rock You"
Misheard Lyrics: Waving your pecker all over the place
Original Lyrics: Waving your banner all over the place
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Queen's, "We Will Rock You"
Misheard Lyrics: Waving your sweater all over the place.
Original Lyrics: Waving your banner all over the place.
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Queen's, "We Will Rock You"
Misheard Lyrics: Wii will, Wii will, rock you
Original Lyrics: We will, we will, rock you!
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Queen's, "We Will Rock You"
Misheard Lyrics: You beat this grace, kicking your cat all over the place
Original Lyrics: You big disgrace, kicking your can all over the place
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Queen's, "We Will Rock You"
Misheard Lyrics: You got Bud on your case, he slapped your face
Original Lyrics: You got mud on your face, you big disgrace
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Queen's, "We Will Rock You"
Misheard Lyrics: You got mud on your face, you big disgrace
Somebody better put a bag over your face Original Lyrics: You got mud on your face, you big disgrace
Somebody better put you back into your place |
Queen's, "We Will Rock You"
Misheard Lyrics: You've got mud on your face, you big fat grace
Original Lyrics: You've got blood on your face, you big disgrace
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Rufus featuring Chaka Khan's, "Tell Me Something Good"
Misheard Lyrics: Tell me that you’re righteous, yeah
Original Lyrics: Tell me that you like me, yeah
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The Trammps', "Disco Inferno"
Misheard Lyrics: Tie your mother down
Original Lyrics: Burn that mother down
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1980s | |
Bobby Brown's, "On Our Own"
Misheard Lyrics: Don't know where the cars may fall
Original Lyrics: Don't know where the cards may fall
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Bonnie Tyler's, "Holding Out for a Hero"
Misheard Lyrics: Through the wind and the chill and the rain
I'll just stop at the back Original Lyrics: Through the wind and the chill and the rain
And the storm and the flood |
Madonna's, "Like a Prayer"
Misheard Lyrics: Just like your friends
You know I'll take your friends Original Lyrics: Just like a prayer
You know I'll take you there |
Peter Cetera's, "Glory of Love"
Misheard Lyrics: It's like a night of Saturday horror
Original Lyrics: It's like a knight in shining armor
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Phil Collins', "In the Air Tonight"
Misheard Lyrics: I can see your booty and your rear tonight
Original Lyrics: I can feel it coming in the air tonight
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Queen's, "Flash"
Misheard Lyrics: Dispatch warlocking agents
Original Lyrics: Dispatch war rocket Ajax
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Queen's, "Flash"
Misheard Lyrics: Flesh! Aaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhh!
He hates every one of us! Original Lyrics: Flash! Aaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhh!
He saves every one of us! |
Steve Winwood's, "The Finer Things"
Misheard Lyrics: The finer things are in China, too
Original Lyrics: The finer things are shining through
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1990s | |
Extreme's, "More Than Words"
Misheard Lyrics: 'Cause I'm a million loads
Original Lyrics: 'Cause I'd already know
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Extreme's, "More Than Words"
Misheard Lyrics: 'Cause I'm a million loads
Original Lyrics: 'Cause I'd already know
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Gin Blossoms', "Til I Hear It from You"
Misheard Lyrics: I don’t wanna take advice from fruit
Original Lyrics: I don’t wanna take advice from fools
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Metallica's, "Fuel"
Misheard Lyrics: Gimme fue, gimme fa
Gimme dabajaza Original Lyrics: Gimme fuel, gimme fire
Gimme that which I desire. |
2000s | |
All Saints', "Pure Shores"
Misheard Lyrics: Turn me into a beach
Original Lyrics: Take me to my beach
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Amy MacDonald's, "This Is the Life"
Misheard Lyrics: while they shot him and he just sits way over there
Original Lyrics: while the shy tormented youth sit way over there
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Blink 182's, "I Miss You"
Misheard Lyrics: You'll waste your time, mommy, you're already the voice inside my'yead (I miss you, miss you)
Original Lyrics: Don't waste your time on me
You're already the voice inside my head (miss you, miss you). |
Nikka Costa's, "Everybody Got Their Something"
Misheard Lyrics: Make you smell like a really stinky child
Original Lyrics: Make you smile like an itty-bitty child
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Nikki Costa's, "Everybody Got Their Something"
Misheard Lyrics: Make you smell like a really stinky child
Original Lyrics: Make you smile like an itty-bitty child
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2010s | |
The Amity Affliction's, "I Hate Hartley"
Misheard Lyrics: And Jeff won't be my lover
Original Lyrics: And death won't be my lover
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country | |
Tim McGraw's, "Don't Take the Girl"
Misheard Lyrics: Grabbed her by the oar
Original Lyrics: Grabbed her by the arm
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Tim McGraw's, "Southern Voice"
Misheard Lyrics: Meg Ryan won it, Billy Graham saved it
Original Lyrics: Bear Bryant won it, Billy Graham saved it
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