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1960s | |
1970s | |
Blue Oyster Cult's, "ETI (Extra Terrestrial Intelligence)"
Misheard Lyrics: Homicide, he's found the saucy news
Original Lyrics: Balthazar, he's found the saucer news
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Joni Mitchell's, "Court And Spark"
Misheard Lyrics: Look into my door
Original Lyrics: Love came to my door
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KC & The Sunshine Band's, "That's the Way (I Like It)"
Misheard Lyrics: Castaway
Original Lyrics: That's the way
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Kiss', "Rock and Roll All Nite"
Misheard Lyrics: You keep on sucking
Original Lyrics: You keep on shouting
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Mary Hopkin's, "If You Love Me"
Misheard Lyrics: I will share maternity with you
Original Lyrics: I will share eternity with you
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Paul and Linda McCartney's, "Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey"
Misheard Lyrics: I read another book and I had a cup of tea
And a pudding pie (A pudding pie?) The pudding - what a smell with the pudding in the pie Original Lyrics: I had another look and I had a cup of tea
And a butter pie (A butter pie?) The butter wouldn't melt so I put it in the pie |
The Staple Singers', "I'll Take You There"
Misheard Lyrics: Oh Peter Pan
or Oh Tinker Bell Original Lyrics: I'll take you there
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1980s | |
Anita Baker's, "Caught Up in the Rapture"
Misheard Lyrics: A condom in the sexual love
Original Lyrics: I'm caught up in the rapture of love
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Dan Fogelberg's, "The Leader of The Band"
Misheard Lyrics: The lonely child of Lord Al Wilde, a cabinet maker's son
Original Lyrics: An only child alone and wild, a cabinet maker's son
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Eurythmics', "Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)"
Misheard Lyrics: Sweet peas are made of knees.
Original Lyrics: Sweet dreams are made of this.
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Eurythmics', "Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)"
Misheard Lyrics: Who am I to diss and leave?
Original Lyrics: Who am I to disagree?
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Guns N Roses', "Paradise City"
Misheard Lyrics: Take me down to the petrified city
Original Lyrics: Take me down to the Paradise City
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John Lennon's, "Nobody Told Me"
Misheard Lyrics: Straight As indeed
Original Lyrics: Strange days indeed
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KC & The Sunshine Band's, "Give It Up"
Misheard Lyrics: Everybody wants a hug
Original Lyrics: Everybody wants your love
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Rick Springfield's, "Love Somebody"
Misheard Lyrics: You got some Rice-a-Roni
Original Lyrics: You better love somebody
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Sheena Easton's, "Almost Over You"
Misheard Lyrics: She asked about dudes
Original Lyrics: She asked about you
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The Blues Brothers', "Soul Man"
Misheard Lyrics: Steve Crawford in the junkyard
Original Lyrics: Steve Cropper and Junkyard
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1990s | |
Ace of Base's, "Always Have, Always Will"
Misheard Lyrics: I always win
Original Lyrics: I always will
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All Saints', "War of Nerves"
Misheard Lyrics: I don't ever want to be paid
Original Lyrics: I don't ever want to feel pain
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Celine Dion's, "Because You Loved Me"
Misheard Lyrics: A lion that roars
Original Lyrics: A light in the dark
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Dru Hill's, "These are the Times"
Misheard Lyrics: Swallow you like feces, feces
Original Lyrics: Swallow you like Reese's Pieces
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Fatboy Slim's, "Praise You"
Misheard Lyrics: I have to praise your pair of shoes
Original Lyrics: I have to praise you like I should
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Fatboy Slim's, "The Rockafeller Skank"
Misheard Lyrics: Ride it back down
Original Lyrics: Right about now
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Richard Marx's, "Hazard"
Misheard Lyrics: And leave this old actual town
Original Lyrics: And leave this old Nebraska town
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Richard Marx's, "Now and Forever"
Misheard Lyrics: Now in Paramus, I will be a man
Original Lyrics: Now and forever, I will be your man
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Stereophonics', "Just Looking"
Misheard Lyrics: Do I want the drinks?
Original Lyrics: Do I want the dreams?
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2000s | |
Backstreet Boys', "Drowning"
Misheard Lyrics: Baby I get hectic
Original Lyrics: Baby I can't help it
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Creed's, "With Arms Wide Open"
Misheard Lyrics: When I was morbid
Original Lyrics: With arms wide open
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O-Town's, "All or Nothing"
Misheard Lyrics: Or are we in Japan
Original Lyrics: …or are we just friends?
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Samantha Mumba's, "Lately"
Misheard Lyrics: A Saturday in November
Original Lyrics: The saddest day in November
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Simply Red's, "The Air That I Breathe"
Misheard Lyrics: Sometimes all I need is the bear and the bees
Original Lyrics: Sometimes all I need is the air that I breathe
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Smash Mouth's, "Then the Morning Comes"
Misheard Lyrics: Are the boys okay?
Original Lyrics: And the world's a faze
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2010s | |
Sabaton's, "Winged Hussars"
Misheard Lyrics: When/Then the wind and stars arrived.
Original Lyrics: When/Then the Winged Hussars arrived.
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Conway Twitty's, "That's My Job"
Misheard Lyrics: Everything I do is because of flu to keep you safe with me
Original Lyrics: Everything I do is because of you to keep you safe with me
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Fleetwood Mac's, "Second Hand News"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm gonna suck them boobs
Original Lyrics: I'm just secondhand news
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Carrie Underwood's, "Jesus Take the Wheel"
Misheard Lyrics: With her baby drinking Pepsi
or With her baby getting a vaccine Original Lyrics: With her baby in the back seat
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