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1950s | |
Gene Kelly's, "Singin' in the Rain"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm siblings with Lorraine
Original Lyrics: I'm singin' in the rain
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1960s | |
Sly and the Family Stone's, "Everyday People"
Misheard Lyrics: I am Snoopy the beagle
Original Lyrics: I am everyday people
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1970s | |
Bread's, "Baby I’m a Want You"
Misheard Lyrics: Baby I’m a wombat
Original Lyrics: Baby I'm a want you
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Earth, Wind, and Fire's, "After the Love Has Gone"
Misheard Lyrics: After the love has gone
How could you leave me up To not let me stay around? Oh, after the love has gone It used to be right it’s wrong The love that's lost has been found? Original Lyrics: After the love has gone
How could you lead me on And not let me stay around? Oh, after the love has gone What used to be right is wrong Can love that's lost be found? |
Elton John's, "Your Song"
Misheard Lyrics: And well the thing is why I really love you.
Original Lyrics: Anyway the thing is what I really mean.
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Elton John's, "Your Song"
Misheard Lyrics: I sat on the roof, and I can't tell for miles
Well some of the verses, well they got me quite cross. Original Lyrics: I sat on the roof, and I kicked off the moss
Well, a few of the verses, well they got me quite cross. |
Elton John's, "Your Song"
Misheard Lyrics: I sat on the roof, and I kicked off the marks
Well some of the voices, well they got me quite cross Original Lyrics: I sat on the roof, and I kicked off the moss
Well, a few of the verses, well they got me quite cross |
Elton John's, "Your Song"
Misheard Lyrics: I'd build a big house where we both could live
Original Lyrics: I'd buy a big house where we both could live
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Elton John's, "Your Song"
Misheard Lyrics: If I was a skeleton, but then again, a gnome
Original Lyrics: If I was a sculptor, but then again, no
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Elton John's, "Your Song"
Misheard Lyrics: It may be a beluga butt, now that it's done.
Original Lyrics: It may be quite simple but, now that it's done.
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Elton John's, "Your Song"
Misheard Lyrics: Or a man who makes potions in a traveling shoe
Original Lyrics: Or a man who makes potions in a traveling show
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Elton John's, "Your Song"
Misheard Lyrics: Yours are the sweetest diamonds I've ever seen.
Original Lyrics: Yours are the sweetest eyes I've ever seen.
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Elton John's, "Your Song"
Misheard Lyrics: Yours is the sweetest ass I've ever seen.
Original Lyrics: Yours are the sweetest eyes I've ever seen.
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Kenny Loggins and Stevie Nicks', "Whenever I Call You Friend"
Misheard Lyrics: Sweet love sugar on a Saturday night
Original Lyrics: Sweet love showin' us a heavenly light
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Kiss', "God of Thunder"
Misheard Lyrics: I was born on an impulse
Original Lyrics: I was born on Olympus
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Led Zeppelin's, "When the Levee Breaks"
Misheard Lyrics: Girl, you shou'n't have gone
Original Lyrics: Goin' to Chicago
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Led Zeppelin's, "When the Levee Breaks"
Misheard Lyrics: God, the s*** goes on
Original Lyrics: Goin' to Chicago
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Sly and the Family Stone's, "Family Affair"
Misheard Lyrics: It's a deadly affair
Original Lyrics: It's a family affair
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The Bee Gees', "You Should Be Dancing"
Misheard Lyrics: What you doing on your back?
Original Lyrics: What you doin' in a discotheque
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The Guess Who's, "No Time"
Misheard Lyrics: There's no time left for Blue's Clues
Original Lyrics: There's no time left for you
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The Moody Blues', "Question"
Misheard Lyrics: You won't believe Blue's Clues
Original Lyrics: You won't believe it's true
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1980s | |
Barry Manilow's, "Read ‘em and Weep"
Misheard Lyrics: And everything’s great
Original Lyrics: And everything’s blank
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Bon Jovi's, "I'll Be There for You"
Misheard Lyrics: I'll be on Blue's Clues
Original Lyrics: I'll be there for you
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Janet Jackson's, "The Pleasure Principle"
Misheard Lyrics: It’s the plagiarism
Original Lyrics: It’s the pleasure principle
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Pat Benatar's, "Love Is a Battlefield"
Misheard Lyrics: Don’t we just know it?
Original Lyrics: Both of us know it
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T'Pau's, "Heart and Soul"
Misheard Lyrics: A little Backyardigans' soul
Original Lyrics: A little bit of heart and soul
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Taylor Dayne's, "Tell It to My Heart"
Misheard Lyrics: I don’t watch Blue’s Clues
Original Lyrics: I don’t want to lose
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Taylor Dayne's, "Tell It to My Heart"
Misheard Lyrics: Tell it to my son
Original Lyrics: Tell it to my heart
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The Beach Boys', "Come Go with Me"
Misheard Lyrics: Come into my car
Original Lyrics: Come into my heart
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1990s | |
Blues Traveler's, "Run-Around"
Misheard Lyrics: When all it does is a hold-me-down
Original Lyrics: When all it does is slow me down
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Carly Simon's, "Let the River Run"
Misheard Lyrics: Make it lemon-lime
Original Lyrics: Let the river run
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Color Me Badd's, "I Wanna Sex You Up"
Misheard Lyrics: Oh my six foot tall
Original Lyrics: I wanna sex you up
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Everything But the Girl's, "Missing"
Misheard Lyrics: I watch Blue's Clues
Original Lyrics: And I miss you
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Green Day's, "Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)"
Misheard Lyrics: It's only contradictable
Original Lyrics: It's something unpredictable
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Janet Jackson's, "Love Will Never Do (Without You)"
Misheard Lyrics: They said it was a yes
Original Lyrics: They said it wouldn’t last
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Metallica's, "The God That Failed"
Misheard Lyrics: Friar Tuck, how do you feel?
Original Lyrics: Pride you took, pride you feel
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Sarah McLachlan's, "Angel"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm your silent referee
Original Lyrics: Of your silent reverie
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System of a Down's, "Sugar"
Misheard Lyrics: And I just f***ing pick her
Original Lyrics: And I just f***ing kick her
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The Proclaimers', "(I'm Gonna Be) 500 Miles"
Misheard Lyrics: And I'm gonna want 500 roars
Original Lyrics: And I'm gonna walk 500 more
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2000s | |
Commercial's, "JG Wentworth"
Misheard Lyrics: 877-CRASH-NOW
or 877-CRASHDOWN Original Lyrics: 877-CASH-NOW
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Kasabian's, "Cutt Off"
Misheard Lyrics: To the bad boy
I saw my sister She's got my comics Original Lyrics: Chew the backbone
A solar system These clever convicts |
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Alan Jackson's, "Gone Country"
Misheard Lyrics: She’s in the country
Original Lyrics: She’s gone country
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Juice Newton's, "(And) Then He Kissed Me"
Misheard Lyrics: I felt so happy that I almost died
Original Lyrics: I felt so happy that I almost cried
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