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1950s | |
Frank Sinatra's, "You Make Me Feel So Young"
Misheard Lyrics: You make me feel solo
Original Lyrics: You make me feel so young
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Sheb Wooley's, "Purple People Eater"
Misheard Lyrics: It was a one-eyed, one horrifying purple people eater
Original Lyrics: It was a one-eyed, one-horned, flying purple people eater
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Sheb Wooley's, "Purple People Eater"
Misheard Lyrics: It was a red-eyed, one horrifying purple people eater
Original Lyrics: It was a one-eyed, one-horned flying purple people eater
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1960s | |
Friend & Lover's, "Reach Out of the Darkness"
Misheard Lyrics: And you may fly to L.A.
Original Lyrics: And you may find a way
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Marty Wilde's, "Abergavenny"
Misheard Lyrics: Taking a trip up to everything in me
Original Lyrics: taking a trip up to Abergavenny
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The Temptations', "Get Ready"
Misheard Lyrics: Get ready for silly goats
Original Lyrics: Get ready 'cause here I come
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1970s | |
Abba's, "Gimme Gimme Gimme"
Misheard Lyrics: I open the window and I'm dancing through the night
Original Lyrics: I open the window and I gaze into the night
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Chic's, "Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah)"
Misheard Lyrics: What a dream
Original Lyrics: What a treat
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Commercial's, "Progresso"
Misheard Lyrics: Make it Picasso or make it yourself
Original Lyrics: Make it Progresso or make it yourself
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Melanie's, "Brand New Key"
Misheard Lyrics: I've got a brand new game of no mistakes
Original Lyrics: I've got a brand new pair of roller skates
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Melanie's, "Lay Down (Candles in the Rain)"
Misheard Lyrics: Way down, way down
Original Lyrics: Lay down, lay down
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Queen's, "Bohemian Rhapsody"
Misheard Lyrics: Noah’s skate from reality
Original Lyrics: No escape from reality
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Steely Dan's, "Peg"
Misheard Lyrics: When the shadow falls
You see it already Original Lyrics: Then the shutter falls
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Styx's, "I'm Ok"
Misheard Lyrics: Hey, Hey seven in a row day
Original Lyrics: Hey, Hey, seven on the rotate
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Sugarloaf's, "Green-Eyed Lady"
Misheard Lyrics: Revlon lady
or Avon lady Original Lyrics: green-eyed lady
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The Sylvers', "Boogie Fever"
Misheard Lyrics: Hulu fever
or Hula fever Original Lyrics: Boogie Fever
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Three Dog Night's, "Never Been to Spain"
Misheard Lyrics: Well, I never been insane
or Well, I never been the same Original Lyrics: Well, I never been to Spain
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1980s | |
Jody Watley's, "Looking for a New Love"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm looking for a mural
Original Lyrics: I'm looking for a new love
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1990s | |
Bizarre Inc.'s, "I'm Gonna Get You"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm gonna get your pigpen
or I'm gonna get your playpen Original Lyrics: I'm gonna get you, baby
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Bone Thugs 'n Harmony's, "Tha Crossroads"
Misheard Lyrics: And I'm gonna miss every potty
Original Lyrics: And I'm gonna miss everybody.
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INXS's, "Disappear"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm looking at what's on MTV
Original Lyrics: I'm looking at what's on TV
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The Cover Girls', "Wishing on a Star"
Misheard Lyrics: I never thought I'd sing
Original Lyrics: I never thought I'd see
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Tommy Page's, "I'll Be Your Everything"
Misheard Lyrics: Just read for me
Original Lyrics: Just reach for me
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Whitesnake's, "Now You're Gone"
Misheard Lyrics: I can feel my heart is shrinking
Original Lyrics: I can feel my heart is breaking
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2000s | |
Aaron Carter's, "Aaron's Party (Come Get It)"
Misheard Lyrics: (Colgate)
Original Lyrics: (Come get it)
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Fragma's, "Everytime You Need Me"
Misheard Lyrics: Let's buckle and make it shine
Original Lyrics: Let's sparkle and make it shine
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Sade's, "By Your Side"
Misheard Lyrics: You think I'd be at the fireside, baby
Original Lyrics: You think I'd leave your side, baby
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The Backyardigans', "Lady in Pink"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm Canadian pink
Original Lyrics: I'm the lady in pink
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Trivium's, "Kirisute Gomen "
Misheard Lyrics: Send the pedal straight to hell
Original Lyrics: Send the bitter straight to hell
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Usher's, "U Remind Me"
Misheard Lyrics: You remind me of GERD
Original Lyrics: You remind me of a girl
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Wee Sing's, "Halloween, Halloween"
Misheard Lyrics: It means Snoopy fun
Original Lyrics: It means spooky fun
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2010s | |
Fall Out Boy's, "Immortals"
Misheard Lyrics: I am the sinnin' bottom half of the hourglass
Original Lyrics: I am the sand in the bottom half of the hourglass
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Kendrick Lamar's, "DNA"
Misheard Lyrics: Got Ovaltine inside my DNA
Original Lyrics: Got royalty inside my DNA
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Kiiara's, "Gold"
Misheard Lyrics: Never leave a party without ever letting me know
Original Lyrics: I could leave the party without ever letting you know
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Lizzo's, "Truth Hurts"
Misheard Lyrics: I just took a derriere test
Original Lyrics: I just took a DNA test
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Maroon 5's, "Animals"
Misheard Lyrics: I cut you out and tie your legs
Original Lyrics: I cut you out entirely
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Miley Cyrus', "Can't Be Tamed"
Misheard Lyrics: It's Saturday DNA
Original Lyrics: It's set in my DNA
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country | |
Keith Urban's, "You'll Think of Me"
Misheard Lyrics: But you're stinky
Original Lyrics: But you'll think of me
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Shania Twain's, "Any Man of Mine"
Misheard Lyrics: I need a man in mind
Original Lyrics: Any man of mine
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Dua Lipa's, "Levitating"
Misheard Lyrics: I heard it from a nation that we fell into a rhythm
Original Lyrics: I had a premonition that we fell into a rhythm
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