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1950s | |
1970s | |
Billy Joel's, "She's Always a Woman"
Misheard Lyrics: She's always a moron to me
Original Lyrics: She's always a woman to me
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Carly Simon's, "You Belong to Me"
Misheard Lyrics: You're an honoree
Original Lyrics: You belong to me
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Carpenters', "Rainy Days and Mondays"
Misheard Lyrics: Nothing to do but drown
Original Lyrics: Nothing to do but frown
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Elton John's, "Benny and the Jets"
Misheard Lyrics: You know I met her in a mausoleum
Original Lyrics: You know I read it in a magazine
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Elton John's, "Tiny Dancer"
Misheard Lyrics: Lay me down in sheets Bert Glennon.
Original Lyrics: Lay me down in sheets of linen.
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Michael Jackson's, "Don't Stop Til You Get Enough"
Misheard Lyrics: Keep up, with the foxtrot
Don't stop till you get enough Original Lyrics: Keep on with the force, don't stop.
Don't stop till you get enough |
Neil Diamond's, "Cracklin' Rosie"
Misheard Lyrics: Cracklin' Rosie geet on bord-a,
We gonna ride till there ain't no mortal goat Original Lyrics: Cracklin' Rosie get on board,
We gonna ride till there ain't no more to go |
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The Charlie Daniels Band's, "Uneasy Rider"
Misheard Lyrics: Well I had them all out there steppin' an' b****in'
Original Lyrics: Well I had them all out there steppin' an' a fetchin'
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1980s | |
A Flock of Seagulls', "The More You Live, The More You Love"
Misheard Lyrics: The song they sing
Original Lyrics: Or so they say
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A Flock of Seagulls', "Transfer Affection"
Misheard Lyrics: Hola, hola
Original Lyrics: Hold on, hold on
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INXS's, "Need You Tonight"
Misheard Lyrics: Everybody dies, yeah, that's okay
Original Lyrics: Everybody does, yeah, that's okay
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James Brown's, "Living in America"
Misheard Lyrics: System to system
Original Lyrics: Station to station
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Level 42's, "Micro-Kid"
Misheard Lyrics: Pushing all the buckets
Original Lyrics: Pushing all the buttons
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Level 42's, "The Chinese Way"
Misheard Lyrics: Take a German back in time
Original Lyrics: Take a journey back in time
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Level 42's, "The Sun Goes Down (Living It Up)"
Misheard Lyrics: Is it a crazy motion?
Original Lyrics: Is it a crazy notion?
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Phil Collins', "Another Day In Paradise"
Misheard Lyrics: Don’t think twice
Original Lyrics: Oh, think twice
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1990s | |
Celine Dion's, "Nothing Broken But My Heart"
Misheard Lyrics: I really don't know lies
Original Lyrics: I really don't know why
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INXS's, "Not Enough Time"
Misheard Lyrics: We will make Pine-Sol
Original Lyrics: We will make time stop
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Level 42's, "All Over You"
Misheard Lyrics: What I film for you
Original Lyrics: What I feel for you
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Level 42's, "Forever Now"
Misheard Lyrics: I just heard the piggy bank
or I just heard Big Ben Original Lyrics: I just heard the big bang
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Level 42's, "Guaranteed"
Misheard Lyrics: Don't be this gay with me
Original Lyrics: Don't play this game with me
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Level 42's, "Love in a Peaceful World"
Misheard Lyrics: You came from out of Norway
Original Lyrics: You came from out of nowhere
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N2Deep's, "Back to the Hotel"
Misheard Lyrics: A little shitty
or A little titty or Little Debbie Original Lyrics: A little city
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Snap!'s, "Rhythm Is a Dancer"
Misheard Lyrics: Pretty little dancer
Original Lyrics: Rhythm is a dancer
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Wilson Phillips', "Give It Up"
Misheard Lyrics: It would be some night
Original Lyrics: It would be so nice
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2000s | |
Cher's, "Song for the Lonely"
Misheard Lyrics: This is a song of baloney
Original Lyrics: This is a song for the lonely
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Enrique Iglesias', "Hero"
Misheard Lyrics: You can take my treasure chest
Original Lyrics: You can take my breath away
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Fall Out Boy's, "Sugar, We're Goin' Down"
Misheard Lyrics: Drive a car, breakaway
Original Lyrics: Drop a heart, break a name
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Sabaton's, "Primo Victoria"
Misheard Lyrics: 6th of June 1944 Allies are torn in the war
Original Lyrics: 6th of June 1944 Allies are turning the war
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Sabaton's, "Primo Victoria"
Misheard Lyrics: 6th of June 1944 Allies are turning the world
Original Lyrics: 6th of June 1944 Allies are turning the war
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Sabaton's, "Primo Victoria"
Misheard Lyrics: 6th of June 1944 Allies return in the war
Original Lyrics: 6th of June 1944 Allies are turning the war
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Sabaton's, "Primo Victoria"
Misheard Lyrics: Normandy, state of anarchy
Over, war Original Lyrics: Normandy, state of anarchy
Overlord |
Sabaton's, "Primo Victoria"
Misheard Lyrics: Our orders were easy - it's "kill or be killed!"
Blood on both sides will be spared Original Lyrics: Our orders were easy - it's "kill or be killed!"
Blood on both sides will be spilled |
2010s | |
Katy Perry's, "Dark Horse"
Misheard Lyrics: Ah, ah, she's obese
Original Lyrics: Ah, ah, she's a beast
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Sabaton's, "Carolus Rex"
Misheard Lyrics: They thought I was too young to rule the land.
Just as they failed to understand how to rule Original Lyrics: They thought I was too young to rule the land.
Just as they failed to understand Born to rule |
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country | |
Alan Jackson's, "Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)"
Misheard Lyrics: I watch the CMAs
Original Lyrics: I watch CNN
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Brooks and Dunn's, "Only in America"
Misheard Lyrics: Only in a million
Original Lyrics: Only in America
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Lee Greenwood's, "God Bless the USA"
Misheard Lyrics: Got arrested in the USA
Original Lyrics: God bless the USA
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Lonestar's, "I'm Already There"
Misheard Lyrics: I met your friends
Original Lyrics: I'm in your prayers
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Oak Ridge Boys', "Y'all Come Back Saloon"
Misheard Lyrics: But the one most requested
By the Manchin U.S. cowboy Original Lyrics: But the one most requested
By the man she knew as "Cowboy" |
Walker Hayes', "AA"
Misheard Lyrics: Tryna get paid in the middle of May, y'all
Original Lyrics: Tryna get paid and a little love made, y'all
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misc | |
Commercial's, "Cellino"
Misheard Lyrics: Car crash in Costa Rica
Original Lyrics: Car crash? Call Cellino
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