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1960s | |
Creedence Clearwater Revival's, "Fortunate Son"
Misheard Lyrics: Some Huxtable
Original Lyrics: Some folks are born
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1970s | |
ABBA's, "Take a Chance on Me"
Misheard Lyrics: Chica, change your mind, on the first-grade line
Honey, I'm still free, take a chance on me Original Lyrics: If you change your mind, I'm the first in line
Honey, I'm still free, take a chance on me |
ABBA's, "Take a Chance on Me"
Misheard Lyrics: Chick-a-chazz on me
Original Lyrics: Take a chance on me
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ABBA's, "Take a Chance on Me"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm the ostrich queen, take a chance on me
Original Lyrics: Honey I'm still free, take a chance on me
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ABBA's, "Take a Chance on Me"
Misheard Lyrics: If you change you mind on the virgin life
On the outs, feel free, take a chance on me Original Lyrics: If you change your mind, I'm the first in line
Honey I'm still free, take a chance on me |
ABBA's, "Take a Chance on Me"
Misheard Lyrics: If you change your mind on the French airline.
Original Lyrics: If you change your mind, I'm the first in line.
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ABBA's, "Take a Chance on Me"
Misheard Lyrics: If you change your mind on the birthday line.
On the ostrich street, take a chance on me. Original Lyrics: If you change your mind, I'm the first in line.
Honey, I'm still free, take a chance on me. |
ABBA's, "Take a Chance on Me"
Misheard Lyrics: If you change your mind on the birthday line
Ollie Oxen free, take a chance on me Original Lyrics: If you change your mind, I'm the next in line
Honey I'm still free, take a chance on me |
ABBA's, "Take a Chance on Me"
Misheard Lyrics: If you change your mind on the virgin life
On the outs, feel free, take a chance on me Original Lyrics: If you change your mind, I'm the first in line
Honey I'm still free, take a chance on me |
ABBA's, "Take a Chance on Me"
Misheard Lyrics: If you cheat you're blind, I'm the freeing kind
Honey I still see, take a chance on me (Later) Gonna wear my fairy dress and it ain't black tie You point me to the mess and then let me cry Original Lyrics: If you change your mind, I'm the first in line
Honey I'm still free, take a chance on me (Later) Gonna do my very best and it ain't no lie If you put me to the test, if you let me try |
ABBA's, "Take a Chance on Me"
Misheard Lyrics: If you choose your mind, in the welfare line
Ollie Oxen Free, take a chance on me Original Lyrics: If you change your mind, I'm the first in line
Honey I'm still free, take a chance on me |
ABBA's, "Take a Chance on Me"
Misheard Lyrics: If you choose your mind, in the welfare line
Ollie Oxen Free, take a chance on me Original Lyrics: If you change your mind, I'm the first in line
Honey I'm still free, take a chance on me |
ABBA's, "Take a Chance on Me"
Misheard Lyrics: If you hang to dry on the Uftring line
Original Lyrics: If you change your mind, I'm the first in line
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ABBA's, "Take a Chance on Me"
Misheard Lyrics: If you lose your mind, in the Welfare line
Ollie Oxen Free, take a chance on me Original Lyrics: If you change your mind, I'm the first in line
Honey I'm still free, take a chance on me |
ABBA's, "Take a Chance on Me"
Misheard Lyrics: If you're all alone with a pretty person
Original Lyrics: If you're all alone when the pretty birds have flown
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ABBA's, "Take a Chance on Me"
Misheard Lyrics: If you're all alone with a pretty purse and no
Money I'm still free Original Lyrics: If you're all alone when the pretty birds have flown
Honey I'm still free |
ABBA's, "Take a Chance on Me"
Misheard Lyrics: Take a chance on me (Come on, come on and rape me)
Take a chance on me Original Lyrics: Take a chance on me (Come on, give me a break will you?)
Take a chance on me |
ABBA's, "Take a Chance on Me"
Misheard Lyrics: You wanted to leave me there, afraid I would love a bear.
Original Lyrics: You wanted to leave me there, afraid of a love affair.
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Chic's, "Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah)"
Misheard Lyrics: That furnace heat
Original Lyrics: That body heat
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Queen's, "Killer Queen"
Misheard Lyrics: He's a killer, please
Original Lyrics: She's a killer Queen
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Queen's, "Killer Queen"
Misheard Lyrics: Tacos and enchiladas
Original Lyrics: Went down to Geisha Minor
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Queen's, "We Will Rock You"
Misheard Lyrics: Way will, way will rock you
Original Lyrics: We will, we will rock you
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Showaddywaddy's, "Dancin' Party"
Misheard Lyrics: At the Nazi party tonight
Original Lyrics: At the dancin' party tonight
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Thin Lizzy's, "The Boys are Back in Town"
Misheard Lyrics: The boys of Jacksonville
Original Lyrics: the boys are back in town
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1980s | |
Air Supply's, "Every Woman in the World"
Misheard Lyrics: So put your hand in mind
Original Lyrics: So put your hand in mine
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Billy Joel's, "Keeping the Faith"
Misheard Lyrics: Say goodbye, Abby Oody's got cooties
Original Lyrics: Say goodbye to the oldies but goodies
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The Sugarhill Gang's, "Rapper's Delight"
Misheard Lyrics: To the rhythm of the booger and pee
or To the rhythm of the burger of beef or To the rhythm of the Burger King Original Lyrics: To the rhythm of the boogie, the beat
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Weird Al Yankovic's, "Another One Rides the Bus"
Misheard Lyrics: And another coleslaw
Original Lyrics: And another comes on
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Weird Al Yankovic's, "Eat It"
Misheard Lyrics: Don't you tell me you're a bull
(later) I don't care if you're a bull Original Lyrics: Don't you tell me you're full
(later) I don't care if you're full |
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1990s | |
Aerosmith's, "Crazy"
Misheard Lyrics: I feel like a honeymoon
Original Lyrics: I feel like the color blue
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Sheryl Crow's, "All I Wanna Do"
Misheard Lyrics: Until the sun comes up on the center of Hollywood Blvd
Original Lyrics: Until the sun comes up over Santa Monica Blvd
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Weird Al Yankovic's, "Bohemian Polka"
Misheard Lyrics: No one really matters
Original Lyrics: Nothing really matters
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2000s | |
Coldplay's, "Yellow"
Misheard Lyrics: The countdown starts
The countdown starts on you (later) I sail across or I set a course Aboard a cruise for you Original Lyrics: Look at the stars
Look how they shine for you (later) I swam across |
Maroon 5's, "Harder to Breathe"
Misheard Lyrics: The weather is cold outside
Original Lyrics: When it gets cold outside
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Maroon 5's, "Makes Me Wonder"
Misheard Lyrics: Try to get your bags
Original Lyrics: Try to get you back
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Maroon 5's, "Sunday Morning"
Misheard Lyrics: Sunday morning rain and pollen
Original Lyrics: Sunday morning rain is falling
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Maroon 5's, "This Love"
Misheard Lyrics: This love has taken a poll, why me?
Original Lyrics: This love has taken its toll on me
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The White Stripes', "We're Going to Be Friends"
Misheard Lyrics: Yes I can tell that we are gonna meet friends
Original Lyrics: Yes I can tell that we are gonna be friends
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2010s | |
Maroon 5 featuring Christina Aguilera's, "Moves Like Jagger"
Misheard Lyrics: I want a room like Jagger
Original Lyrics: I wanna move like Jagger
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Maroon 5's, "Payphone"
Misheard Lyrics: But is it too late to drive?
Original Lyrics: But is it too late to try?
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