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1960s | |
1970s | |
Deep Purple's, "Smoke on the Water"
Misheard Lyrics: We all came out to Moltres
Original Lyrics: We all came out to Montreux
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Rod Stewart's, "Ain't Love a Bitch"
Misheard Lyrics: You're a Hoosier job
Original Lyrics: You can lose your job
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Rod Stewart's, "Get Back"
Misheard Lyrics: For some California glass
or For some California class Original Lyrics: For some California grass
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1980s | |
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start the Fire"
Misheard Lyrics: Florence of Arabia, British people mania
Old Miss London, Mr. Pierce Patterson Original Lyrics: Lawrence of Arabia, British Beatlemania
Ole Miss, John Glenn, Liston beats Patterson |
Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam's, "All Cried Out"
Misheard Lyrics: Inside the snowy diner
Original Lyrics: Inside I'm slowly dying
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Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam's, "Can You Feel the Beat"
Misheard Lyrics: Oh, I love, I love, I love
Original Lyrics: Oh, my love, my love, my love
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Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam's, "Head to Toe"
Misheard Lyrics: Ooh, baby, I've been a robot
This time I know Original Lyrics: Ooh, baby, I think I love you
From head to toe |
Rod Stewart's, "Every Beat of My Heart"
Misheard Lyrics: Put me at Dollar Tree
Original Lyrics: Put me on a train
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Rod Stewart's, "Lost in You"
Misheard Lyrics: I spin the eggs today
Original Lyrics: I spent all yesterday
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Rod Stewart's, "Passion"
Misheard Lyrics: Running out of patrons
Original Lyrics: Running out of patience
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Rod Stewart's, "What Am I Gonna Do"
Misheard Lyrics: That you mind
Original Lyrics: That you're mine
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The Proclaimers', "I'm Gonna Be (500 miles)"
Misheard Lyrics: Larry Emdur (Larry Emdur), Larry Emdur (Larry Emdur)
Original Lyrics: Da lat da (Da lat da), da lat da (Da lat da)
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1990s | |
Boyzone's, "Isn't It a Wonder?"
Misheard Lyrics: Isn't it a wonder
When the cross runs out of my life or When the cross falls on my life Original Lyrics: Isn't it a wonder
On the crossroads of my life |
D:Ream's, "Things Can Only Get Better"
Misheard Lyrics: I sometimes lose myself in weeds
or I sometimes lose myself in greed Original Lyrics: I sometimes lose myself in me
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Duran Duran's, "Ordinary World"
Misheard Lyrics: Crazy sunset.
Original Lyrics: Crazy, some would say.
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Duran Duran's, "Ordinary World"
Misheard Lyrics: Somehow hard to find
Original Lyrics: Somehow I have to find
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Eiffel 65's, "Blue (Da Ba Dee)"
Misheard Lyrics: And a blue beret
Original Lyrics: And a blue Corvette
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Joan Osborne's, "One of Us"
Misheard Lyrics: And well, well, God's in his grave
Original Lyrics: And yeah, yeah, God is great
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Michael Jackson's, "Black or White"
Misheard Lyrics: It don't matter if you realize
Original Lyrics: It don't matter if you're black or white
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Rod Stewart's, "Shotgun Wedding"
Misheard Lyrics: And I'm Victor, oh yeah
Original Lyrics: And I'm a victim, oh yeah
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Rod Stewart's, "You're the Star"
Misheard Lyrics: I think I washed it
Original Lyrics: I think I lost it
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Seahorses', "Love Is the Law"
Misheard Lyrics: We lived in a dogfish headcase
(Later) Left her cat by the sink, it's not what you think Original Lyrics: We lived in a dogfish egg case
(Later) Left her cap by the sink, it's not what you think |
Sinead O'Connor's, "This Is To Mother You"
Misheard Lyrics: All your unhappy nests
Original Lyrics: All your unhappiness
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2000s | |
2010s | |
Sia feat. Sean Paul's, "Cheap Thrills"
Misheard Lyrics: (I won't debate!)
Original Lyrics: (I love cheap thrills!)
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Sia feat. Sean Paul's, "Cheap Thrills"
Misheard Lyrics: Harry Potter
Original Lyrics: Hit the dance floor
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Vance Joy's, "Riptide"
Misheard Lyrics: You're the mush/much who shuns the cistern in their dreams
Original Lyrics: You're the magicians assistant in their dreams
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christian | |
Traditional's, "Wayfaring Stranger"
Misheard Lyrics: I’m just a bull with errant stranger,
Traveling through this world of war Original Lyrics: I’m just a poor wayfaring stranger,
Traveling through this world below |
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country | |
Amy Dalley's, "Love's Got an Attitude"
Misheard Lyrics: If you know it, it complicates it.
Original Lyrics: Thinking only complicates it.
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Cyndi Thomson's, "Hope You're Doing Fine"
Misheard Lyrics: The boss is nice but not his wife, but she only works with kids
Original Lyrics: The boss is nice but not his wife, but she only works weekends
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Diamond Rio's, "Unbelievable"
Misheard Lyrics: she's got to have a ball
or she's got to have a bull Original Lyrics: she's got-to-havable
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George Strait's, "We Really Shouldn't Be Doing This"
Misheard Lyrics: We really shouldn't be doing this and we both know I,
Just being close enough to think like this, do enough to make me need to lie. This kinda talkin' leadeth to somewhere, We're gettin' way too close to going there The farther off the better to resist, we really shouldn't be doing this. Only an isolated incident, like the equator skips the sun Original Lyrics: We really shouldn't be doing this and we both know why.
Just being close enough to think like this, enough to make you need to lie. This kinda talk will lead us to somewhere, We're gettin' way too close to going there The farther off the better to resist, we really shouldn't be doing this. Only an isolated incident, but the acquaintance left me stunned. |
Katrina Elam's, "Second Chance"
Misheard Lyrics: The weight of the world you need to survive
Original Lyrics: The weight of the world, the need to survive
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Katrina Elam's, "That's My Man"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm never good at blue jeans
or I'm never good in blue jeans Original Lyrics: A miracle in blue jeans
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Kenny Chesney's, "There Goes My Life"
Misheard Lyrics: A couple years of up all night and a
Few thousand operas later Original Lyrics: A couple years of up all night and a
Few thousand diapers later |
Lainey Wilson's, "Wildflowers and Wild Horses"
Misheard Lyrics: That red hair that falls like rain
Original Lyrics: That bread of heaven falls like rain
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Lainey Wilson's, "Wildflowers and Wild Horses"
Misheard Lyrics: Through barbed wire valleys and overgrown bales
or Through barbed wire valleys and overgrown dales Original Lyrics: Through barbed wire valleys and overgrown dells
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Lindsay Ell's, "Criminal"
Misheard Lyrics: Cocked like a fuel gauge
Feeling like a ten-gauge crush Original Lyrics: Cocked like a twelve gauge
Feeling like a teenage crush |
Michael Peterson's, "Drink, Swear, Steal & Lie"
Misheard Lyrics: I must confess I'm just a buxom fool
Original Lyrics: I must confess I'm just a back sliding fool
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Rosanne Cash's, "Runaway Train"
Misheard Lyrics: 'Cause the long midnights
Aren't easy to see Original Lyrics: The curves around midnight
Aren't easy to see |
Tanya Tucker's, "I'll Come Back As Another Woman"
Misheard Lyrics: So I'll leave you with a promise from a heart that's burning up
Original Lyrics: So I'll leave you with a promise from a heart that's heard enough
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Tanya Tucker's, "I'll Come Back As Another Woman"
Misheard Lyrics: So I'll leave you with a promise from a heart that's hurt enough
Original Lyrics: So I'll leave you with a promise from a heart that's heard enough
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Tracy Lawrence's, "If the Good Die Young"
Misheard Lyrics: Love that good diode
Original Lyrics: If the good die young
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Tracy Lawrence's, "If the Good Die Young"
Misheard Lyrics: When you're gone, you're gone forever with the good diode
Original Lyrics: 'Cause he's gonna live forever if the good die young
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