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1960s | |
Sam Cooke's, "Twistin’ the Night Away"
Misheard Lyrics: Dancin’ with a older queen
Whose daughter’s in a diamond ring Original Lyrics: Dancin’ with a older queen
Who’s dolled up in her diamond rings |
Theme Songs', "Speed Racer"
Misheard Lyrics: Ghost Eraser, Ghost Eraser, Ghost Eraser go!
Original Lyrics: Go Speed Racer, go Speed Racer, go Speed Racer go!
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1970s | |
ABBA's, "Chiquitita"
Misheard Lyrics: Chicken Tikka, blue and red die
Original Lyrics: Chiquitita, you and I cry
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ABBA's, "Chiquitita"
Misheard Lyrics: I can see that you're oh so sad on a diet
Original Lyrics: I can see that you're oh so sad, so quiet
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ABBA's, "Does Your Mother Know?"
Misheard Lyrics: I can dance with you honey, if you think it's funny
Plus, I want to know what you're on. Original Lyrics: I can dance with you honey, if you think it's funny
Does your mother know that you're out? |
ABBA's, "Does Your Mother Know"
Misheard Lyrics: And I can chat with you, baby, furry little baby.
Original Lyrics: And I can chat with you, baby, flirt a little, maybe.
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ABBA's, "Does Your Mother Know"
Misheard Lyrics: And I know what you mean
When you give me a flatulent smile Original Lyrics: And I know what you mean
When you give me a flash of that smile |
ABBA's, "Does Your Mother Know"
Misheard Lyrics: Does your mother know you're a giraffe?
Original Lyrics: Does your mother know that you're out?
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ABBA's, "Money, Money, Money"
Misheard Lyrics: Monday, Monday, Monday
Always someday at the Richmond Swirl Original Lyrics: Money, money, money
Always sunny in the rich man's world |
ABBA's, "Money, Money, Money"
Misheard Lyrics: Money, money, money
Makes me funny in the rich man's world Original Lyrics: Money, money, money
Must be funny in the rich man's world |
ABBA's, "Money, Money, Money"
Misheard Lyrics: Mummy, mummy, mummy
Must be from me In a witches' swirl. Original Lyrics: Money, money, money
Must be funny In a rich man's world. |
ABBA's, "Money, Money, Money"
Misheard Lyrics: Some lost papers from long ago
Original Lyrics: To Las Vegas or Monaco
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ABBA's, "Voulez-Vous"
Misheard Lyrics: I can still say 'voulez-vous'
Original Lyrics: La question c'est voulez-vous
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ABBA's, "Voulez-Vous"
Misheard Lyrics: Life can still say voulez-vous
Original Lyrics: La question c'est voulez-vous
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ABBA's, "Voulez-Vous"
Misheard Lyrics: Life is chancy, voulez vous
Original Lyrics: La question c'est voulez-vous
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ABBA's, "Voulez-Vous"
Misheard Lyrics: Like it's chosen, voulez-vous
Original Lyrics: La question c'est voulez-vous
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ABBA's, "Voulez-Vous"
Misheard Lyrics: Like this dance, say "voulez-vous"
Original Lyrics: La question c'est voulez-vous
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ABBA's, "Voulez-Vous"
Misheard Lyrics: Make no big decision, you know what to do
But they still say, "Voulez-vous" Original Lyrics: Ain't no big decision, you know what to do
La question c'est voulez-vous |
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ABBA's, "Voulez-Vous"
Misheard Lyrics: Take it now or leave it
(Later) I can still say voulez-vous Original Lyrics: Take it now or leave it
(Later) Le Question c'est voulez-vous |
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ABBA's, "Voulez-Vous"
Misheard Lyrics: The question is: deja vous?
Original Lyrics: La question c'est voulez-vous
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ABBA's, "Voulez-Vous"
Misheard Lyrics: We've done it all before
And now we beg to get some more Original Lyrics: We've done it all before
And now we're back to get some more |
Blue Oyster Cult's, "ETI (Extra Terrestrial Inteligence)"
Misheard Lyrics: Papa John's, he's found the sauce for you
or Paula Zahn, he's found the sad, sad news Original Lyrics: Balthazar, he's found the saucer news
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Don McLean's, "Vincent"
Misheard Lyrics: Starry, starry night,
Paint your penis blue and grey Original Lyrics: Starry, starry night,
Paint your palette blue and grey |
The Staple Singers', "I'll Take You There"
Misheard Lyrics: I love that place
Original Lyrics: I know a place
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1980s | |
Aerosmith's, "Dude (Looks Like a Lady)"
Misheard Lyrics: Who looks like a lady?
Original Lyrics: Dude looks like a lady!
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Def Leppard's, "Rock of Ages"
Misheard Lyrics: Grover Cleveland got us mowing.
Original Lyrics: Gunter Glieben Glauchen Globen.
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Guns N' Roses', "Paradise City"
Misheard Lyrics: Take me down to the ferris wheel city
Original Lyrics: Take me down to the paradise city
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Kenny Loggins', "Danger Zone"
Misheard Lyrics: Begging you to tax(i) and go
Original Lyrics: Begging you to touch and go
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Michael Jackson's, "Billie Jean"
Misheard Lyrics: Mr. Bean is not my lover
Original Lyrics: Billie Jean is not my lover
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1990s | |
Guns N' Roses', "November Rain"
Misheard Lyrics: And it's hard to hold a can
Original Lyrics: And it's hard to hold a candle
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OMC's, "On the Run"
Misheard Lyrics: It's over on Nickelodeon
Original Lyrics: It's up to my neck now
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Sophie B. Hawkins', "As I Lay Me Down"
Misheard Lyrics: Munangagwa
Original Lyrics: Ooh la ka kah koh.
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The Presidents of the United States of America's, "Peaches"
Misheard Lyrics: Millions of bitches
Original Lyrics: Millions of peaches
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2000s | |
Celine Dion's, "Where Does My Heart Beat Now"
Misheard Lyrics: Cable in the water
Original Lyrics: Candle in the water
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Five for Fighting's, "The Riddle"
Misheard Lyrics: I asked him, "Wait, what's the sensual life?"
or I asked him, "Wait, what's the sensical life?" or I asked him, "Wait, what's the cents in dimes?" Original Lyrics: I asked him, "Wait, what's the sense in life?"
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Linkin Park's, "Bleed It Out"
Misheard Lyrics: Chiquitita just to throw it away
Original Lyrics: Digging deeper just to throw it away
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Smash Mouth's, "Then the Morning Comes"
Misheard Lyrics: And the world's so gray
Original Lyrics: And the world's a faze
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The Fray's, "How to Save a Life"
Misheard Lyrics: He walks, you say, "Sit down, it's just a dog"
Original Lyrics: He walks, you say, "Sit down, it's just a talk"
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2010s | |
Taylor Swift's, "Castles Crumbling"
Misheard Lyrics: My frozen friends
Original Lyrics: My foes and friends
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Twenty-One Pilots', "Stressed Out"
Misheard Lyrics: Wish we could turn back time
To the good old days When the mama said "must to sleep, but now we're stressed out" Original Lyrics: Wish we could turn back time
To the good old days When our mama sang us to sleep But now we're stressed out |