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1960s
Rolling Stones', "19th Nervous Breakdown"
Misheard Lyrics:
Oh Lucy Blaine ! That girl just can't sing !.
Original Lyrics:
Oh, who's to blame, that girl's just insane.
Santana's, "Oye Como Va"
Misheard Lyrics:
Bueno paco pa, mi hijo Bueno paco pa sriracha
Original Lyrics:
Oye como va Mi ritmo Bueno pa gozar Mulata
The Beatles', "Across the Universe "
Misheard Lyrics:
Thoughts meow, they're like an endless wind inside a litter box
Original Lyrics:
Thoughts meander like an endless wind inside a letter box
The Mamas and the Papas', "California Dreamin'"
Misheard Lyrics:
You know the preacher's like a poet
Original Lyrics:
You know the preacher likes the cold.
 
1970s
AC/DC's, "Kicked in the Teeth"
Misheard Lyrics:
I hope the two-faced little b*tch is satisfied.
Original Lyrics:
I hope your two-faced living's made you satisfied.
America's, "A Horse with No Name"
Misheard Lyrics:
In the desert you can remember your name
'Cause there ain't no one for to feel you no pain
Original Lyrics:
In the desert you can remember your name
'Cause there ain't no one for to give you no pain.
Burton Cummings', "Stand Tall"
Misheard Lyrics:
Oh, snack time
And don't you find
Original Lyrics:
Oh, stand tall
And don't you fall
Fleetwood Mac's, "Dreams"
Misheard Lyrics:
When the rain washes, you clean your load
Original Lyrics:
When the rain washes you clean you'll know
Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds', "Fallin' in Love"
Misheard Lyrics:
Suzie lays at midnight's hour
And feeling love's kitten power
Original Lyrics:
As we lay at midnight's hour
And feeling love's hidden power
Led Zeppelin's, "In My Time of Dying"
Misheard Lyrics:
Oh my teeth hurt, oh my teeth hurt A tortilla, a tortillia
Original Lyrics:
Oh my JesusOh My Jesus
Nicolette Larson's, "Lotta Love"
Misheard Lyrics:
And we don't see either eye
Original Lyrics:
And we don't see eye to eye
Nicolette Larson's, "Lotta Love"
Misheard Lyrics:
To get a smoother night
Original Lyrics:
To get us through the night
Peaches and Herb's, "Shake Your Groove Thing"
Misheard Lyrics:
Show 'em how to do it now
Original Lyrics:
Show 'em how we do it now
Rupert Holmes', "Escape (The Pina Colada Song)"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'm not march into health food
Original Lyrics:
I'm not much into health food
Rupert Holmes', "Escape (The Pina Colada Song)"
Misheard Lyrics:
I've got to meet you by tomorrow noon
And cut through all this red paint
Original Lyrics:
I've got to meet you by tomorrow noon
And cut through all this red tape
Rupert Holmes', "Escape (The Pina Colada Song)"
Misheard Lyrics:
If you like bein' in Granada
Original Lyrics:
If you like pina coladas
Rupert Holmes', "Escape (The Pina Colada Song)"
Misheard Lyrics:
If you're not into yogurt
If you have half a plane
Original Lyrics:
If you're not into yoga
If you have half a brain
Rupert Holmes', "Escape (The Pina Colada Song)"
Misheard Lyrics:
In the doom summer cape
Original Lyrics:
In the dunes of the cape
Rupert Holmes', "Escape (The Pina Colada Song)"
Misheard Lyrics:
Where we plane or escape
Original Lyrics:
Where we'll plan our escape
 
1980s
Cyndi Lauper's, "Girls Just Want to Have Fun"
Misheard Lyrics:
Ogres just wanna have fun
Original Lyrics:
Oh girls just wanna have fun
David Bowie's, "Underground"
Misheard Lyrics:
The monsters got me
Original Lyrics:
Sister, sister please
Neil Diamond's, "America"
Misheard Lyrics:
Every time that f*g's unfurled.
Original Lyrics:
Every time that flag's unfurled.
Prince's, "Controversy"
Misheard Lyrics:
You are a little girl, to not believe in me,
Controversy.
Original Lyrics:
Do I believe in God, do I believe in me?
Controversy.
Quiet Riot's, "Cum On Feel the Noize"
Misheard Lyrics:
We'll get one, one, one
or
We'll get what, what, what?
Original Lyrics:
We'll get wild, wild, wild
Rush's, "Freewill"
Misheard Lyrics:
I will choose from atmosphere
I will choose free will
Original Lyrics:
I will choose a path that's clear
I will choose free will
The Bangles', "Walk Like an Egyptian"
Misheard Lyrics:
Let's fart, oh no
Original Lyrics:
Life's hard, you know
The Stranglers', "Golden Brown"
Misheard Lyrics:
Lays me down with my Cheerios
Original Lyrics:
Lays me down with my mind she runs
Wang Chung's, "Everybody Have Fun Tonight"
Misheard Lyrics:
Everybody wear junk tonight.
Original Lyrics:
Everybody Wang Chung tonight.
Whitney Houston's, "Saving All My Love for You"
Misheard Lyrics:
That's just an open taxi.
Original Lyrics:
That's just an old fantasy.
 
1990s
Alice in Chains', "Sludge Factory"
Misheard Lyrics:
You insult me at night, oh you're forgiven this time
Original Lyrics:
You insult me in my home, you're forgiven this time
Faith No More's, "A Small Victory"
Misheard Lyrics:
AIDS! Shades! Promenades!
Original Lyrics:
It...shouldn't...bother me!
Moby's, "Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad?"
Misheard Lyrics:
Eeeeeee poppadom
Original Lyrics:
These open doors
Spice Girls', "Wannabe"
Misheard Lyrics:
Sunny body down and mine is all around
Original Lyrics:
Slam your body down and wind it all around
Spice Girls', "Wannabe"
Misheard Lyrics:
Sunny body down and mine is all around
Original Lyrics:
Slam your body down and wind it all around
The Bucketheads', "Got Myself Together"
Misheard Lyrics:
Got myself to get her
Original Lyrics:
Got myself together
 
2000s
Commercial's, "Dodo Internet"
Misheard Lyrics:
Toto Toto the internet is sublime!
Original Lyrics:
Dodo dodo internet that flies 9.90 a month
Connect yourself with Dodo.
Green Day's, "Jesus of Suburbia"
Misheard Lyrics:
To fall in love and fall in doubt
To alcohol and cigarettes
Mary Jane's drinking me insane
Doing someone else's cocaine.
Original Lyrics:
To fall in love and fall in debt
To alcohol and cigarettes
Mary Jane's keeping me insane
Doing someone else's cocaine.
Lady Gaga's, "Bad Romance"
Misheard Lyrics:
You're a n*gger in a bad romance
Original Lyrics:
You and me could write a bad romance.
One Republic's, "Apologize"
Misheard Lyrics:
I said it's too late for sorry time.
Original Lyrics:
I said it's too late too apologize.
 
2010s
Commercial's, "Blue-Emu"
Misheard Lyrics:
It works fast and you won't sting
Original Lyrics:
It works fast and you won't stink
Fall Out Boy's, "Centuries"
Misheard Lyrics:
The fingers are your thighs now my fingerprints
And this is supposed to match the doctors that you feel
Original Lyrics:
The bruises on your thighs like my fingerprints
And this is supposed to match the darkness that you felt
Fall Out Boy's, "Fourth of July"
Misheard Lyrics:
I missed you in the jungle too.
Original Lyrics:
I missed you in the June gloom too.
Major Lazer's, "Lean On"
Misheard Lyrics:
Blow a kiss, ride a duck
Original Lyrics:
Blow a kiss, fire a gun
Nick Jonas', "Jealous"
Misheard Lyrics:
I turn my cheek, music up and I'm puffin' my chest.
I'm getting ready to face you, can call obsessed.
It's not your fault that they hover, I mean in all respect.
It's my right to be hellish, I still get jealous.
Original Lyrics:
I turn my chin, music up and I'm puffin' my chest
I'm turning red in the face, you can call me obsessed
It's not your fault that they hover, I mean no disrespect
It's my right to be hellish, I still get jealous
Omi's, "Cheerleader"
Misheard Lyrics:
She grants my wishes like a genie in a butthole
Original Lyrics:
She grants my wishes like a genie in a bottle
Omi's, "Cheerleader"
Misheard Lyrics:
She had balls like a model
Original Lyrics:
She walks like a model
Sia's, "Chandelier"
Misheard Lyrics:
One, two, three One, two, three, Drake
Original Lyrics:
One two three One two three, drink
The Score's, "Oh My Love"
Misheard Lyrics:
You're the only thing I need to make me depressed
Original Lyrics:
You're the only prayer I need to make me feel blessed
 
country
Johnny Lee's, "Lookin' for Love"
Misheard Lyrics:
I've done everything I could to get the blues subside
Original Lyrics:
I've done everything I could to get me through the night
Steve Miller Band's, "Fly Like an Eagle"
Misheard Lyrics:
Feed the baddies
Who don't have enough to eat
Wanna shoot the children
With no shoes on their feet
Original Lyrics:
Feed the babies
Who don't have enough to eat
Shoe the children
With no shoes on their feet

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