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1960s | |
Sly and The Family Stone's, "Everyday People"
Misheard Lyrics: Ahhh, now everyday people
Original Lyrics: I am everyday people
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1970s | |
ABBA's, "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)"
Misheard Lyrics: No one to heal my brain
Original Lyrics: No one to hear my prayer
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ABBA's, "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)"
Misheard Lyrics: No one to hear my grey
Original Lyrics: No one to hear my prayer
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ABBA's, "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)"
Misheard Lyrics: No one to hear my train
Original Lyrics: No one to hear my prayer
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ABBA's, "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)"
Misheard Lyrics: Order a pizza
Original Lyrics: Autumn winds blowing
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ABBA's, "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)"
Misheard Lyrics: Take me to the doctors till the break of the day
Original Lyrics: Take me through the darkness till the break of the day
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ABBA's, "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)"
Misheard Lyrics: Take me to the tropics
Original Lyrics: Take me through the darkness
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ABBA's, "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)"
Misheard Lyrics: There's not a soul out there, no one to heal my pain
Original Lyrics: There's not a soul out there, no one to hear my prayer
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ABBA's, "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)"
Misheard Lyrics: There's not a store out there
Original Lyrics: There's not a soul out there
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ABBA's, "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)"
Misheard Lyrics: Won't somebody help me chase Charlotte Rae?
Original Lyrics: Won't somebody help me chase the shadows away?
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ABBA's, "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!"
Misheard Lyrics: Gimme, gimme, gimme, your land after midnight.
Original Lyrics: Gimme, gimme, gimme, a man after midnight.
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ABBA's, "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!"
Misheard Lyrics: Gimmick, gimmick, gimmick
Original Lyrics: Gimme, gimme, gimme
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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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ABBA's, "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm watching my late charm in my flat all alone
Original Lyrics: Watching the late show in my flat all alone
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ABBA's, "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!"
Misheard Lyrics: Jimmy, Jimmy, Jimmy, a mad after midnight
Original Lyrics: Gimme, gimme, gimme a man after midnight
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ABBA's, "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!"
Misheard Lyrics: Take me through the daftness to the break of the day
Original Lyrics: Take me through the darkness to the break of the day
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ABBA's, "Summer Night City"
Misheard Lyrics: Barking at the moonlight love making in the dark
Original Lyrics: Walking in the moonlight love making in the dark
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ABBA's, "Summer Night City"
Misheard Lyrics: Can't resist the strange attraction
From that giant down the hall Original Lyrics: Can't resist the strange attraction
From that giant dynamo |
ABBA's, "Summer Night City"
Misheard Lyrics: F***ing in the moonlight, going naked in the dark
Original Lyrics: Walkin' in the moonlight, love makin' in a park
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ABBA's, "Summer Night City"
Misheard Lyrics: F***ing in the moonlight, going naked in the dark
Original Lyrics: Walking in the moonlight, love making in a park
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ABBA's, "Summer Night City"
Misheard Lyrics: F***ing in the moonlight, love-making in the park
Original Lyrics: Walking in the moonlight, love-making in the park
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ABBA's, "Summer Night City"
Misheard Lyrics: In the sun don't feel like sleeping
... I know love's waiting there for me Tonight I move so fancy-free ... Interest is the strange attraction ... Time to breed and time to live Waiting for the sunrise, toe-dancing - uh huh ... Parking in the moonlight, love-making - uh huh This illusion calls me clearly ... Someone told me, "See the leerers. We don't miss them when they're gone" ... Our kind of people everywhere ... And tomorrow, when they're spawning And her pursed lips start to sing In the daylight of the morning Nothing's worth remembering Original Lyrics: In the sun I feel like sleeping
… I know what's waiting there for me Tonight I'm loose and fancy-free … Can't resist the strange attraction … Time to breathe and time to live Waiting for the sunrise, soul dancing in the dark … Walking in the moonlight, love-making in a park It's elusive call it glitter … Some folks only see the litter We don't miss them when they're gone … My kind of people everywhere … And tomorrow, when it's dawning And the first birds start to sing In the pale light of the morning Nothing's worth remembering |
ABBA's, "Summer Night City"
Misheard Lyrics: It's a dream inside our reach
Original Lyrics: It's a dream, it's out of reach
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ABBA's, "Summer Night City"
Misheard Lyrics: It's a dream, it's out of reach
Scattered grapefruit on the beach. Original Lyrics: It's a dream, it's out of reach
Scattered driftwood on the beach. |
ABBA's, "Summer Night City"
Misheard Lyrics: Pole dancing in the park
Original Lyrics: Soul dancing in the dark
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ABBA's, "Waterloo"
Misheard Lyrics: Want a poo, knowing my paper will be with you.
Original Lyrics: Waterloo, knowing my fate is to be with you.
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Abba's, "Does Your Mother Know"
Misheard Lyrics: Does your mother know that your ass?
Original Lyrics: Does your mother know that you're out?
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Cyndi Grecco's, "Making Our Dreams Come True"
Misheard Lyrics: Doing my homework
Original Lyrics: Doing it our way
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Kool & The Gang's, "Open Sesame"
Misheard Lyrics: I am the genie of suck
Original Lyrics: I am the genie of sound
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Lynyrd Skynyrd's, "What's Your Name?"
Misheard Lyrics: Write your name!
Original Lyrics: What's your name?
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The Cars', "Just What I Needed"
Misheard Lyrics: You always knew to Reddi-Wip
Original Lyrics: You always knew to wear it well
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1980s | |
Judas Priest's, "Electric Eye"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm elected, protected, defective, electric guy
Original Lyrics: I'm elected protective, detective, electric eye
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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. |
Sheila E.'s, "A Love Bizarre"
Misheard Lyrics: We all want a London bazaar
Original Lyrics: We all want a love bazaar
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1990s | |
The Geto Boys', "Mind Playing Tricks on Me"
Misheard Lyrics: There’s somebody watchin' me ak
But I can’t see who it is 'cause there’s a mole on your back Original Lyrics: Is somebody watchin' the Ak'?
But I don't know who it is, so I'm watchin' my back |
Toad the Wet Sprocket's, "All I Want"
Misheard Lyrics: The freedom speaks
Original Lyrics: The evening speaks
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Toad the Wet Sprocket's, "Walk on the Ocean"
Misheard Lyrics: The Arctic Ocean
Original Lyrics: We started the ocean
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2000s | |
Avril Lavigne's, "Girlfriend"
Misheard Lyrics: Hey hey, Jew Jew, I know that you're circumcised!
Original Lyrics: Hey hey, you you, I know that you like me
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Kelly Clarkson's, "Favourite Kind of High"
Misheard Lyrics: You're my favourite kind of high,
Rushin' through me like a fart Original Lyrics: You're my favourite kind of high,
Rushin' through me like a fire |
Kelly Clarkson's, "Favourite Kind of High"
Misheard Lyrics: You're my favourite kind of high,
Rushing through me like a fart Original Lyrics: You're my favourite kind of high,
Rushing through me like a fire |
The Chainsmokers', "Roses"
Misheard Lyrics: Say a little lullabye
Original Lyrics: Say you'll never let me go
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2010s | |
Ariana Grande, Jessi J and Nicki Minaj's, "Bang Bang"
Misheard Lyrics: Baby into my room
Original Lyrics: Bang bang into my room
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Mind.in.a.box's, "World of Promises"
Misheard Lyrics: Like guest sharts in my heart
Original Lyrics: Like glass shards in my heart
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christian | |
Traditional's, "Joy to the World"
Misheard Lyrics: Let every heart repair then you
Original Lyrics: Let every heart prepare Him room
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misc | |
Olivia Rodrigo's, "Good 4 U"
Misheard Lyrics: You look happy in Hell, so
Original Lyrics: You look happy and healthy
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Phoenix Phenom's, "I Can Be Your Jukebox"
Misheard Lyrics: Let me see your tube socks, tube socks, tube socks.
I can your tube socks. Baby, turn me on. Let's me see your tube socks, tube socks, tube socks. I can see your tube socks, I'm 'bout to let em know. Original Lyrics: Let me be your jukebox, jukebox, jukebox.
I can be your jukebox. Baby, turn me on. Let me be your jukebox, jukebox, jukebox. I can be your jukebox, I'm 'bout to let em know. |