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1960s | |
Nat King Cole's, "L-O-V-E"
Misheard Lyrics: L is for the way the book's on me
Original Lyrics: L is for the way you look at me
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1970s | |
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, "Honey, Honey"
Misheard Lyrics: Honey Honey, hump me cutie, ah-huh, honey honey
Original Lyrics: Honey Honey, how you thrill me, ah-huh, honey honey
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ABBA's, "Honey, Honey"
Misheard Lyrics: Honey, honey, how you fill me.
Original Lyrics: Honey, honey, how you thrill me.
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ABBA's, "Honey, Honey"
Misheard Lyrics: I feel like I wanna see, you're a double-D.
Original Lyrics: I feel like I wanna sing when you do your thing
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ABBA's, "Honey, Honey"
Misheard Lyrics: I'd heard about Henry Ford,
And wanted to know some more. Original Lyrics: I'd heard about you before,
I wanted to know some more. |
ABBA's, "Honey, Honey"
Misheard Lyrics: Oh, you make me tipsy
Original Lyrics: Oh, you make me dizzy
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ABBA's, "Honey, Honey"
Misheard Lyrics: Yummy Mummy, how you thrill me.
Original Lyrics: Honey, honey, how you thrill me.
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ABBA's, "Summer Night City"
Misheard Lyrics: Someone might see me
Original Lyrics: Summer night city
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ABBA's, "Voulez-Vous"
Misheard Lyrics: Write this on the spot
A sense of expectation hiding in the dark Giving out a spark Across the room your eyes are floating in the dark And here we go again We know the start, we know the end Bastards of the sea, we've done it all before And now we're back to kill some more You are what I feed. Original Lyrics: People everywhere
A sense of expectation hanging in the air Giving out a spark Across the room your eyes are glowing in the dark And here we go again We know the start, we know the end Masters of the scene, we've done it all before And now we're back to get some more You know what I mean. |
Bruce Springsteen's, "Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out"
Misheard Lyrics: Deb W freestyle
Original Lyrics: Tenth Avenue freeze-out
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Elton John's, "Philadelphia Freedom"
Misheard Lyrics: Ghirardelli freedom
Original Lyrics: Philadelphia Freedom
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Jackson 5's, "I'll Be There"
Misheard Lyrics: You and I must make a bet
or You and I must take a chance or You and I must make a guess or You and I must make a gas Original Lyrics: You and I must make a pact
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Lynyrd Skynyrd's, "Sweet Home Alabama"
Misheard Lyrics: Well, I hope Eeyore will remember
Original Lyrics: Well, I hope Neil Young will remember
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Mungo Jerry's, "In the Summertime"
Misheard Lyrics: You can nearly make it through in nearly five
Original Lyrics: You can make it, make it good in a lay-by
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Shocking Blue's, "Venus"
Misheard Lyrics: A pianist with no name
Original Lyrics: And Venus was her name
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Theme Songs', "One Day at a Time"
Misheard Lyrics: So walk on the beach
Original Lyrics: So up on your feet
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Warren Zevon's, "Werewolves of London"
Misheard Lyrics: Werewolves and walruses
Original Lyrics: Werewolves of London
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1980s | |
10,000 Maniacs', "Hey Jack Kerouac"
Misheard Lyrics: Shark of the world
Original Lyrics: Shock of the world
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Bon Jovi's, "Bad Medicine"
Misheard Lyrics: Your love is like madness
Original Lyrics: Your love is like bad medicine
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Elton John's, "I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues"
Misheard Lyrics: Between you and me, I could honest have said
The banks can only get better And while I'm away, just out lemons inside I don't wanna belong, before you have made a run To the place in our hearts where we hide Original Lyrics: Between you and me, I could honestly say
That things can only get better And while I'm away, dust out the demons inside And it won't be long, before you and me run To the place in our hearts where we hide |
Elton John's, "Sacrifice"
Misheard Lyrics: Mutual misunderstanding, after the fight
Original Lyrics: Mutual misunderstanding, after the fact
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Expose's, "Let Me Be the One"
Misheard Lyrics: That I long to trust
Original Lyrics: That I long to touch
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Jeffrey Osborne's, "We're Going All the Way"
Misheard Lyrics: The more the melody
Original Lyrics: The more the merrier
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Miami Sound Machine's, "Bad Boy"
Misheard Lyrics: Who's Whoopi Goldberg?
Original Lyrics: Boys will be boys
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Prince's, "Raspberry Beret"
Misheard Lyrics: She wore a raspberry beret, the kind you find in The Second World War.
Original Lyrics: She wore a raspberry beret the kind you find in a Secondhand Store.
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Van Halen's, "Jump"
Misheard Lyrics: You got to roll with the punches to jiga ma squeal
Original Lyrics: You got to roll with the punches to get to what's real.
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1990s | |
10,000 Maniacs', "Because the Night"
Misheard Lyrics: Peacocks alive, and monster mamas
Original Lyrics: Because the night belongs to lovers
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Bob Dylan's, "Things Have Changed"
Misheard Lyrics: Trying to get as far away from Moscow that I can
or Trying to get as gas away from myself as I can Original Lyrics: I've been trying to get as far away from myself as I can
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Charles & Eddie's, "Would I Lie to You"
Misheard Lyrics: Look into my flies
Original Lyrics: Look into my eyes
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Eiffel 65's, "Blue (Da Ba Dee)"
Misheard Lyrics: Blue is the color, over and out
Original Lyrics: Blue is the color of all that I wear
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Jennifer Lopez's, "If You Had My Love"
Misheard Lyrics: And I gave you all my books
Original Lyrics: And I gave you all my trust
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Meat Loaf's, "I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)"
Misheard Lyrics: And some nights you're talking nice
Original Lyrics: And some nights you're carved in ice
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Michael Bolton's, "Go the Distance"
Misheard Lyrics: But to look we maybe the glory
Is a thousand miles apart Original Lyrics: But to look beyond the glory is the hardest part
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2000s | |
Britney Spears', "Stronger"
Misheard Lyrics: Stronger than escapades
or Stronger than Ice Capades Original Lyrics: Stronger than yesterday
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Jennifer Lopez's, "Love Don't Cost a Thing"
Misheard Lyrics: Even if you were drooling
Original Lyrics: Even if you were broke
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Kid Rock's, "All Summer Long"
Misheard Lyrics: Not thinking about the long run
Original Lyrics: Not thinking about tomorrow
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Samantha Mumba's, "Gotta Tell You"
Misheard Lyrics: If I didn't tell you it's denied
Original Lyrics: If I didn't tell you this tonight
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Tina Turner's, "I Don't Wanna Fight"
Misheard Lyrics: I don't really wanna fly no more
Original Lyrics: I don't really wanna fight no more
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2010s | |
Caramell's, "Caramell Dansen"
Misheard Lyrics: Dance on my balls,
Cat f***ing a handbag, Yours only yours, I wanna sleep with Winston, It's no lie, Lisa in the crowd said, "Look, Harry had a vagina malfunction." Original Lyrics: Dansa med oss
Klappa era händer Gör som vi gör Ta några steg åt vänster Lyssna och lär Missa inte chansen Nu är vi här med Caramelldansen |
LMFAO's, "Party Rock Anthem"
Misheard Lyrics: Beaches wanna see.
Original Lyrics: We just wanna see.
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Taylor Swift's, "…Ready for it?"
Misheard Lyrics: Some boys are trying too hard, he don’t drive that Volvo
Original Lyrics: Some boys are trying too hard, he don’t try at all though
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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 |
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Cyndi Thomson's, "What I Really Meant to Say"
Misheard Lyrics: Breathin' dusty air
or Breathin' dust in air Original Lyrics: Breathin' the same air
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Shania Twain's, "You Win My Love"
Misheard Lyrics: You win my love, yeah you run my world
Original Lyrics: You win my love, yeah you're number one
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