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1950s | |
Frankie Laine's, "Rawhide"
Misheard Lyrics: John Cougar will be waitin’
or John Cougar will be late Original Lyrics: My true love will be waitin’
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1960s | |
The Eligibles', "The Ballad of Gilligan's Isle"
Misheard Lyrics: The webcast started getting rough
Original Lyrics: The weather started getting rough
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The Royal Guardsmen's, "Snoopy vs. the Red Baron"
Misheard Lyrics: 80 men drive and 80 men died
Original Lyrics: 80 men tried and 80 men died
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1970s | |
Electric Light Orchestra's, "Mr. Blue Sky"
Misheard Lyrics: Hey Mr. Askira
Original Lyrics: Hey Me. Blue Sky
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Marshall Tucker Band's, "Heard It in a Love Song"
Misheard Lyrics: Birdie in a love song
Ten feet long Original Lyrics: Heard it in a love song
Can't be wrong |
Roberta Flack's, "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face"
Misheard Lyrics: Offense, offense, offense
Original Lyrics: Your face, your face, your face
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The Allman Brothers Band's, "Ramblin’ Man"
Misheard Lyrics: Lord, I was born an American man
or Lord, I was born in America, man Original Lyrics: Lord, I was born a ramblin’ man
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Tina Charles', "Dr. Love"
Misheard Lyrics: So you bring round a bottle of beer
But doctor can't you see it's my heart that's really ill Original Lyrics: So you bring round a bottle of pills
But doctor can't you see it's my heart that's really ill |
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1980s | |
Anthrax's, "Indians"
Misheard Lyrics: No one ever gets your mom
Original Lyrics: No one ever gets involved
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Baltimora's, "Tarzan Boy"
Misheard Lyrics: Gimme Ricola, gimme Ricola
Original Lyrics: Gimme the other, gimme the other
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Bertie Higgins', "Key Largo"
Misheard Lyrics: Just like booties in the hall
or Just like boobies in the hall Original Lyrics: Just like Bogey and Bacall
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Boy Meets Girl's, "Waiting for a Star to Fall"
Misheard Lyrics: Reach for the stars above and carry your heart into my arms
Original Lyrics: Waiting for a star to fall and carry your heart into my arms
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Bryan Adams', "Run to You"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm gonna write to you
Original Lyrics: I'm gonna run to you
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Bryan Adams', "Somebody"
Misheard Lyrics: I got a son and a daughter
When you walked in the room Original Lyrics: I thought I saw the Madonna
When you walked in the room. |
Bryan Adams', "Summer of '69"
Misheard Lyrics: Back in the Thunderbird '69
Original Lyrics: Back in the summer of '69
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Electric Light Orchestra's, "Calling America"
Misheard Lyrics: Pooing America
Original Lyrics: Calling America
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Jona Lewie's, "You'll Always Find Me In The Kitchen At Parties"
Misheard Lyrics: You will always find him in the kitchen and farting
Original Lyrics: You will always find him in the kitchen at parties
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Murray Head's, "One Night in Bangkok"
Misheard Lyrics: Since they drearily installed all the chess boards in it
Original Lyrics: Since the Tyrolean spa had the chess boys in it
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New Kids on the Block's, "You Got It (The Right Stuff)"
Misheard Lyrics: You got some Lysol, baby
Original Lyrics: You got the right stuff, baby
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Pebbles', "Mercedes Boy"
Misheard Lyrics: Do you wanna ride, my well-behaved boy?
Original Lyrics: Do you wanna ride in my Mercedes, boy?
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Pete Townshend's, "Let My Love Open The Door"
Misheard Lyrics: Let's murder ope the door
Original Lyrics: Let my love open the door
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Scandal's, "The Warrior"
Misheard Lyrics: Shooting at the walls of Harlem
or Shooting at the walls of Hardee’s or Shooting at the walls at Arby’s Original Lyrics: Shooting at the walls of heartache
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The Manhattans', "Shining Star"
Misheard Lyrics: Honey, you are my China star
or Honey, you are my Chinese star Original Lyrics: Honey, you are my shining star
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1990s | |
Ace of Base's, "The Sign"
Misheard Lyrics: No one's gonna to drag you up to get into the life where you belong
The life where you belong Original Lyrics: No one's gonna to drag you up to get into the light where you belong
But where do you belong? |
Cannibal Corpse's, "Devoured by Vermin"
Misheard Lyrics: You f***ed a pig!
Original Lyrics: Fever for our blood
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Cannibal Corpse's, "Devoured by Vermin"
Misheard Lyrics: you f***ed our blood
Original Lyrics: Fever for our blood
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Cannibal Corpse's, "Devoured by Vermin"
Misheard Lyrics: you f***ing big
Original Lyrics: Fever for our blood
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Coolio's, "Fantastic Voyage"
Misheard Lyrics: Slop, slop, sloppity-slop
Original Lyrics: Slide, slide, slippity-slide
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Patty Smyth and Don Henley's, "Sometimes Love Just Ain’t Enough"
Misheard Lyrics: But I did not deserve you
or But I did not reserve you Original Lyrics: But I did not desert you
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Robbie Williams', "Millennium"
Misheard Lyrics: Before we forego
Original Lyrics: Before we fall down
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The Offspring's, "Gotta Get Away"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm paranoid and it's starting to show
Original Lyrics: Paranoid of people and it's starting to show.
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The Offspring's, "Gotta Get Away"
Misheard Lyrics: Palm-tree occupation is the way to go
Original Lyrics: Your own preoccupation is where you go
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2000s | |
Anna Nalick's, "Breathe (2 AM)"
Misheard Lyrics: No one can find the real life button, girls/boys/now
Original Lyrics: No one can find the rewind button, girls/boys/now
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Cannibal Corpse's, "Evisceration Plague"
Misheard Lyrics: Spread up the butter jizz on jawas design
Original Lyrics: Experimental pathogens, a devil's design
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Disturbed's, "Indestructible"
Misheard Lyrics: Another mission
The powers have called me away Another time To carry the cummers again Original Lyrics: Another mission
The powers have called me away Another time To carry the colors again |
Evan and Jaron's, "From My Head to My Heart"
Misheard Lyrics: It's not Jewish
Original Lyrics: It's not you
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Kataklysm's, "Blood on the Swans"
Misheard Lyrics: This is not bella swans!
Hell spawn This is not bella swans! Fallen Original Lyrics: This is blood on the swans!
Hell spawn This is blood on the swans! Fallen |
MyChildren MyBride's, "On Wings of Integrity"
Misheard Lyrics: big erection
Original Lyrics: bitter action
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Taking Back Sunday's, "My Blue Heaven"
Misheard Lyrics: And it's all too familiar
I eat hot wings all the time Original Lyrics: And it's all too familiar
And it happens all the time |
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2010s | |
Amon Amarth's, "First Kill"
Misheard Lyrics: was a blood all about
Original Lyrics: was the blood of a bard
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Amon Amarth's, "First Kill"
Misheard Lyrics: wash the blood all about
Original Lyrics: was the blood of a bard
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Amon Amarth's, "First Kill"
Misheard Lyrics: wash the butt of a bird
Original Lyrics: was the blood of a bard
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xmas | |
Jona Lewie's, "Stop the Cavalry"
Misheard Lyrics: Wish I could be dancing now
In the arms of a dirty cow Original Lyrics: Wish I could be dancing now
In the arms of the girl I love |
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