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1960s
Aretha Franklin's, "Respect"
Misheard Lyrics:
R-E-S-P-E-C-T
Take care, TCP
Original Lyrics:
R-E-S-P-E-C-T
Take care, TCB
Donovan's, "Jennifer Juniper"
Misheard Lyrics:
Geneva, je n'ai pas
Original Lyrics:
Jennifer Juniper
Television's, "Dennis the Menace"
Misheard Lyrics:
Yes. I'm sick at everything
Original Lyrics:
Yes. I'm sick and everything
The Beatles', "Cry Baby Cry"
Misheard Lyrics:
The duke was having problems
With a message
At the local A&P
Original Lyrics:
The duke was having problems
With a message
At the local Bird and Bee.
The Beatles', "Golden Slumbers"
Misheard Lyrics:
Sleep pretty doll, you do not cry
Original Lyrics:
Sleep pretty darling, do not cry.
 
1970s
10cc's, "The Things We Do for Love"
Misheard Lyrics:
The things with coo coo love
Original Lyrics:
The things we do for love.
Earth, Wind & Fire's, "Fantasy"
Misheard Lyrics:
Until the twirl or never
Original Lyrics:
Until the 12th of never
Elton John's, "Tiny Dancer"
Misheard Lyrics:
Hold me closer, Tiny Danza
Original Lyrics:
Hold me closer, tiny dancer.
Gary Wright's, "Dreamweaver"
Misheard Lyrics:
Dream Weiner
Original Lyrics:
Dreamweaver
Henry Gross', "Shannon"
Misheard Lyrics:
I've heard she's drifting out to sea
Original Lyrics:
I hope she's drifting out to sea
Led Zeppelin's, "Bron-y-aur Stomp"
Misheard Lyrics:
Little man in the inner tree
Did the Mother Nature bow to you and me
Original Lyrics:
Hear the wind whistle in the tree
Telling mother nature 'bout you and me.
Lynn Anderson's, "Rose Garden"
Misheard Lyrics:
I beg your hardon
Original Lyrics:
I beg your pardon
 
1980s
Alan Parsons Project's, "Eye in the Sky"
Misheard Lyrics:
I can strike you blind.
Original Lyrics:
I can read your mind.
Commercial's, "7 Up"
Misheard Lyrics:
We think you'll drink
Original Lyrics:
Rethink your drink
Def Leppard's, "Pour Some Sugar On Me"
Misheard Lyrics:
Devil is your lover, baby go all night
Original Lyrics:
Television lover, baby go all night
Duran Duran's, "Girls on Film"
Misheard Lyrics:
you're kung fu
Original Lyrics:
Girls on film
Luther Vandross', "She Won't Talk to Me"
Misheard Lyrics:
To my surprise she was passing
Original Lyrics:
To my surprise she was passé
Peter Gabriel's, "In Your Eyes"
Misheard Lyrics:
And the Grand Vizier so soon will burn
Original Lyrics:
And the grand facade So soon will burn
Peter Gabriel's, "In Your Eyes"
Misheard Lyrics:
And the grand bazaar so soon will burn
Original Lyrics:
And the grand facade So soon will burn
Queen's, "Another One Bites the Dust"
Misheard Lyrics:
Are you ready to think?
Original Lyrics:
Are you ready for this?
Ray Parker, Jr.'s, "Ghostbusters"
Misheard Lyrics:
Can you call
Ghostbusters!
Original Lyrics:
And call
Ghostbusters!
Ray Parker, Jr.'s, "Ghostbusters"
Misheard Lyrics:
I hear it likes the ghosts
Original Lyrics:
I hear it likes the girls
Rod Stewart's, "Forever Young"
Misheard Lyrics:
And when you finally fly away, I'll be hoping that I served you well.
For all the wisdom of a lifetime, no one can ever tell.
But whatever road you choose, I'm right behind you, with the news
Original Lyrics:
And when you finally fly away, I'll be hoping that I served you well.
For all the wisdom of a lifetime, no one can ever tell.
But whatever road you choose, I'm right behind you, win or lose
Siouxsie and the Banshees', "Cities in Dust"
Misheard Lyrics:
Oh your citiy's not enough
Original Lyrics:
Oh your city lies in dust
Starship's, "We Built This City"
Misheard Lyrics:
Genie's in the hoopla
Original Lyrics:
Knee deep in the hoopla
Starship's, "We Built This City"
Misheard Lyrics:
Like holy snakes Mamba.
Original Lyrics:
Marconi plays the mamba.
U2's, "Desire"
Misheard Lyrics:
Oh sister in Lego
Original Lyrics:
Oh sister, I can't let you go
 
1990s
Hole's, "Softer, Softest"
Misheard Lyrics:
I've got a blister from
F***ing everything I see
Original Lyrics:
I've got a blister from
Touching everything I see
Melissa Etheridge's, "Nowhere to Go"
Misheard Lyrics:
We can talk on the telephone
Original Lyrics:
We can talk until dawn
Nightcrawlers', "Push the Feeling On"
Misheard Lyrics:
They're lies again
Eliza pulled a spoon
Original Lyrics:
Their lives again; their lives---to pull us through
Rod Stewart/Ronnie Wood's, "Having a Party"
Misheard Lyrics:
Coax her in the icebox
Original Lyrics:
Cokes are in the icebox.
Selena's, "I Could Fall in Love"
Misheard Lyrics:
So why should I keep this to myself
And never let you know?
Original Lyrics:
So I should keep this to myself
And never let you know
 
2000s
Misheard Lyrics:
He sat in the pool while she freshened up [...]
Oh-oh, black satin sheets, men always scream
More! more! more!
Original Lyrics:
He sat in her boudoir while she freshened up [...]
On her black satin sheets is where he started to freak yeah
More! more! more!
Green Day's, "21st Century Breakdown"
Misheard Lyrics:
Being a gangster the town was small
Homeland security could kill us all
Original Lyrics:
Videogames to the tower's fall
Homeland security could kill us all
Hilary Duff's, "So Yesterday"
Misheard Lyrics:
If you want to wake up with seven heads
OR
If you want to wake up with a severed head
Original Lyrics:
If you want to walk, I'm a step ahead
Joanna Newsom's, "Only Skin"
Misheard Lyrics:
And in your diaper, you will have a fine view
Original Lyrics:
And though you die, bird, you will have a fine view
Linkin Park's, "Breaking the Habit"
Misheard Lyrics:
I don't want to be the one the pebbles always choose
Original Lyrics:
I don't want to be the one the battles always choose.
Radiohead's, "You And Whose Army?"
Misheard Lyrics:
Postcard stamps.
Original Lyrics:
Ghost horses.
Shakira's, "Underneath Your Clothes"
Misheard Lyrics:
There's a man like Charles
Original Lyrics:
There's the man I choose.
Shakira's, "Whenever, Wherever"
Misheard Lyrics:
So you don't confuse me with nothing
Original Lyrics:
So you don't confuse me with mountains
 
2010s
Fall Out Boy's, "Demigods"
Misheard Lyrics:
I am a-livin'
Their arm's a goat
Original Lyrics:
I am believin'
Their hearts are gold
Katy Perry's, "Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)"
Misheard Lyrics:
Skinny dipping with the Sharks runaway inside a bar playing with the minisharks on Friday night.
Original Lyrics:
Yeah, we danced on tabletops And we took too many shots Think we kissed but I forgot Last Friday Night
Marina and the Diamonds', "Bubblegum Bitch"
Misheard Lyrics:
Don't care if you think I'm gum
I don't care at all
Candy bear, sweetie pie, wanna be a boy
Original Lyrics:
Don’t care if you think I’m dumb
I don’t care at all
Candy bear, sweetie pie, wanna be adored
Marina and the Diamonds', "Bubblegum Bitch"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'll cheer you up then I'll spit you out
'Cause that's what your love is all about
So pull me closer, and kiss me ohhh
I'm gonna pop your bubble of hearts
I'm miss sugar pink lick her, lick her lips
Hit me with your sweet love, seal it with a kiss
Original Lyrics:
I'll chew you up and I'll spit you out
'Cause that's what young love is all about
So pull me closer, and kiss me hard
I'm gonna pop your bubblegum heart
I'm miss sugar pink liquor, liquor lips
Hit me with your sweet love, steal me with a kiss.
Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars', "Uptown Funk!"
Misheard Lyrics:
Am I baobab that money?
Original Lyrics:
Am I bad 'bout that money?
Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars', "Uptown Funk!"
Misheard Lyrics:
Girls sexy hallelujah
Original Lyrics:
Girls hit your hallelujah
Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars', "Uptown Funk!"
Misheard Lyrics:
Uptown funky one
Original Lyrics:
Uptown funk you up.
Matt Nathanson's, "Headphones"
Misheard Lyrics:
I feel invincible. My head phones home
Original Lyrics:
I feel invincible with my headphones on
Meghan Trainor's, "All About That Bass"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'm all about the bass, bout the base, now the treble.
Original Lyrics:
I'm all about that bass, 'bout that bass, no treble
 
country
Vince Gill's, "One More Last Chance"
Misheard Lyrics:
Give me just a one more last dance
Before you say, "We're through"
Original Lyrics:
Give me just a one more last chance
Before you say, "We're through"

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