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1950s
Fats Domino's, "Be My Guest"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'm gonna make you queef all day.
Original Lyrics:
I'm gonna make you queen for a day.
 
1960s
Edith Piaf's, "Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien"
Misheard Lyrics:
Chant grégorien (Gregorian chant)
Original Lyrics:
Non, rien de rien
Roger Whittaker's, "Durham Town"
Misheard Lyrics:
I've got to leave old Berlin town
Original Lyrics:
I'm going to leave ol' Durham Town.
The Beatles', "Get Back"
Misheard Lyrics:
JoJo was a man who thought he was a wally
Original Lyrics:
JoJo was a man who thought he was a loner
The Beatles', "Norwegian Wood"
Misheard Lyrics:
I sat on the floor
By the mybine
Original Lyrics:
I sat on the floor
Biding my time
The Left Banke's, "Walk Away Renee"
Misheard Lyrics:
Just walk away Renee
You won't see me with a dibble-e-do
Original Lyrics:
Just walk away Renee
You won't see me following you back home
 
1970s
Boney M's, "Rasputin"
Misheard Lyrics:
He ruled the Russian land and never mind bizarre
But the Kaiser Chuck he danced gaily on the bar.
Original Lyrics:
He ruled the Russian land and never mind the Czar
But the kasachok he danced really wunderbar.
David Bowie's, "Oh! You Pretty Things"
Misheard Lyrics:
The author's a b****
Original Lyrics:
The earth is a b****
David Bowie's, "Sound and Vision"
Misheard Lyrics:
Don't you understand terms of sound and vision?
Original Lyrics:
Don't you wonder sometimes
'Bout sound and vision?
Gentle Giant's, "Cogs in Cogs"
Misheard Lyrics:
And around the rising moon reflects
The old circle, the wheel slowly turns around
Original Lyrics:
Anger and the rising murmur breaks
The old circle, the wheel slowly turns around
Gentle Giant's, "The Runaway"
Misheard Lyrics:
Soon he will get away and free is his
Future and the moon is the scientist's home
And debating, he's escaping
Original Lyrics:
Soon he will get away and free is his
Future, no more aimless time to spend
And evading, he's escaping
John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John's, "You're the One That I Want"
Misheard Lyrics:
You're the wallaby one
Original Lyrics:
You're the one that I want
Lindisfarne's, "Lady Eleanor"
Misheard Lyrics:
Then in walked Rod the Crusher with the Lady Eleanor.
Original Lyrics:
Then in walked Rodrick Usher with the Lady Eleanor.
Pink Floyd's, "Money"
Misheard Lyrics:
Money
It's a guess
Original Lyrics:
Money
It's a gas
Steely Dan's, "Peg"
Misheard Lyrics:
I've seen your picture
You're naming lots of puppies
Original Lyrics:
I've seen your picture
Your name in lights above it
The Stranglers', "Duchess"
Misheard Lyrics:
Says she's a Nerys, sits in her terrace
Original Lyrics:
Says she's an heiress, sits in her terrace
Theme Songs', "American Top 40"
Misheard Lyrics:
Kissy's coast to coast
Original Lyrics:
Casey's coast to coast
Theme Songs', "Are You Being Served?"
Misheard Lyrics:
Grandpa's perfumery, stationary and leather goods
Original Lyrics:
Ground floor: perfumery, stationary and leather goods
 
1980s
Belinda Carlisle's, "Leave a Light On for Me"
Misheard Lyrics:
Just like a spot light in the dark
Baby that's your heart
Original Lyrics:
Just like a spark lights up the dark
Baby that's your heart
Boomtown Rats', "Rat Trap"
Misheard Lyrics:
There was an awful lot of rocking going on that night,
Cruising time for the young black knights,
Just down past the gasworks, by the meat factory door,
The fly blow boys were coming on strong
Original Lyrics:
There was an awful lot of rocking going on that night,
Cruising time for the young bright lights,
Just down past the gasworks, by the meat factory door,
The five lamp boys were coming on strong
David Bowie's, "China Girl"
Misheard Lyrics:
I stumble into town
Just like a secret call
Original Lyrics:
I stumble into town
Just like a sacred cow
David Bowie's, "China Girl"
Misheard Lyrics:
Plants for everyone
Original Lyrics:
Plans for everyone
Enya's, "Orinoco Flow (Sail Away)"
Misheard Lyrics:
From the North to the South
On the day of the cartoon
Original Lyrics:
From the North to the South
Ebudae unto Khartoum
Madonna's, "La Isla Bonita"
Misheard Lyrics:
Your Spanish lallerei
Original Lyrics:
Your Spanish lullaby
Rod Stewart's, "Young Turks"
Misheard Lyrics:
Billy piss disease
Drove a pickup like a lunatic.
Original Lyrics:
Billy pierced his ears
Drove a pickup like a lunatic.
The Clash's, "Should I Stay or Should I Go?"
Misheard Lyrics:
Peanut butter sucker
Original Lyrics:
¿Me frio o lo soplo?
The Jam's, "That's Entertainment"
Misheard Lyrics:
A baby wailing, a stray dog howling
The screech of brakes and vampires blinking
Original Lyrics:
A baby wailing, a stray dog howling
The screech of brakes and lamplight blinking
The Pogues', "Fairytale of New York"
Misheard Lyrics:
It was Christmas Eve babe
In the drunk town
A Norman said to me, won't see another one
Original Lyrics:
It was Christmas Eve babe
In the drunk tank
An old man said to me, won't see another one
The Psychedelic Furs', "Love My Way"
Misheard Lyrics:
It's a passion with a gun my love
Original Lyrics:
It's a fashion with a gun my love
 
1990s
Fun Factory's, "I Wanna Be with U"
Misheard Lyrics:
I wanna be with U with my lover's troop
Original Lyrics:
I wanna be with U when my love is true
Maria McKee's, "Show Me Heaven"
Misheard Lyrics:
I need your hand to study me.
Original Lyrics:
I need your hand to steady me.
Paula Cole's, "I Don't Want to Wait"
Misheard Lyrics:
Open up your morning light
And say a little prayer for Ry
Original Lyrics:
Open up your morning light
And say a little prayer for I
Spin Doctors', "Little Miss Can't Be Wrong"
Misheard Lyrics:
Little Miss, Little Miss, Little miss camping ground
Original Lyrics:
Little Miss, Little Miss, Little miss can't be wrong.
The Blackout Allstars', "I Like It Like That"
Misheard Lyrics:
Stump your feat if you like my Pete
Original Lyrics:
Stomp your feet if you like my beat
Theme Songs', "Delilah"
Misheard Lyrics:
The light out
Love someone denied
Original Lyrics:
Delilah
Love someone tonight
 
2000s
Barenaked Ladies', "The Big Bang Theory Theme"
Misheard Lyrics:
On a whole universe was in a hot damn state
Original Lyrics:
Our whole universe was in a hot dense state
CKY's, "Shock and Terror"
Misheard Lyrics:
Your sense of human has expired.
Original Lyrics:
Your sense of humour has expired.
Coldplay's, "Fix You"
Misheard Lyrics:
Cheers stream down on your face
Original Lyrics:
Tears stream down on your face
Fall Out Boy's, "Nobody Puts Baby in the Corner"
Misheard Lyrics:
Heavy hearted surfers are our favorites every day
Original Lyrics:
The hand behind this pen relives a failure every day
Fall Out Boy's, "Sugar, We're Goin' Down"
Misheard Lyrics:
We're goin' down, down on a merry-go-round
And Sugar, we're goin' down singin'
I'll be your #1 with a bully
I know you got complex, start getting bullied
Original Lyrics:
We're goin' down, down in an earlier round
And Sugar, we're goin' down swingin'
I'll be your #1 with a bullet
A loaded god complex, cock it and pull it
Madonna's, "Music"
Misheard Lyrics:
Music makes the boys fuzzy, and they rebel.
Original Lyrics:
Music makes the bourgeoise and the rebel.
Metallica's, "St. Anger"
Misheard Lyrics:
Italian noose
Original Lyrics:
I tie a noose
The All-American Rejects', "Dirty Little Secret"
Misheard Lyrics:
And all I've tried to hide
It tears me apart
Change this lightbulb
Original Lyrics:
And all I've tried to hide
It's eating me apart
Trace this life out.
 
2010s
Beck's, "Dreams"
Misheard Lyrics:
You could put away my laundry
Original Lyrics:
You could put the weight right on to me
Flo Rida's, "I Don't Like It, I Love It"
Misheard Lyrics:
I got an anaconda in my trumpet.
Original Lyrics:
I got a anaconda in my truck fit.
Jamie Christopherson's, "The Only Thing I Know for Real"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'm standing here holding my brain
Original Lyrics:
I'm standing here holding my blade
Meghan Trainor's, "All About That Bass"
Misheard Lyrics:
All a bugga base, bugga base
Original Lyrics:
I'm all about that bass, 'bout that bass, no treble
 
misc
Desi Arnaz's, "Babalu"
Misheard Lyrics:
Mama knew
Original Lyrics:
Babalu
Traditional's, "Here We Go 'Round the Mulberry Bush"
Misheard Lyrics:
Here we go 'round the mulberry bush
So Irving in the morning
Original Lyrics:
Here we go 'round the mulberry bush
So early in the morning
Traditional's, "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star"
Misheard Lyrics:
Like a diner in the sky
Original Lyrics:
Like a diamond in the sky

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