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1960s
Beach Boys', "Barbara Ann"
Misheard Lyrics:
Ba, ba, ba, ba, ba, baran
Original Lyrics:
Ba, ba, ba, ba, Barbara Ann
The Beatles', "Come Together"
Misheard Lyrics:
Hold you in his armchair, you can feel his disease
Original Lyrics:
Hold you in his arms, yeah, you can feel his disease
The Beatles', "The Ballad of John & Yoko"
Misheard Lyrics:
Coffee early plane back to London
Fifty eight comes tight in a sack
Original Lyrics:
Caught the early plane back to London
Fifty acorns tied in a sack
 
1970s
Chris Calina's, "Ford commercial (1977)"
Misheard Lyrics:
The Fords are dunkin'
Original Lyrics:
The Fords are comin'
Elton John's, "Tower of Babel"
Misheard Lyrics:
Snow, semen, and ivory on town.
Original Lyrics:
Stone, cement, and ivory on top.
Simon & Garfunkel's, "My Little Town"
Misheard Lyrics:
We have nothing but the dead in mind Back in my little town
Original Lyrics:
Leaving nothing but the dead and dying Back in my little town
Tim Curry's, "Baby Love"
Misheard Lyrics:
Ooh, need to hold you once again my love, feel your warmth embrace my love
Original Lyrics:
Ooh, need to hold you once again my love, feel your warm embrace my love
Village People's, "Y.M.C.A."
Misheard Lyrics:
I said young man, put your butt on the shelf
Original Lyrics:
I said young man, put your pride on the shelf
 
1980s
Bon Jovi's, "You Give Love A Bad Name"
Misheard Lyrics:
Angel's smile on your lips
Murrayed nails on your fingertips
Original Lyrics:
You paint your smile on your lips
Blood red nails on your fingertips
Cyndi Lauper's, "Girls Just Want To Have Fun"
Misheard Lyrics:
Oh mama deep, we're not the first jellied bones
Original Lyrics:
Oh mama dear, we're not the fortunate ones.
Cyndi Lauper's, "Girls Just Want To Have Fun"
Misheard Lyrics:
The phone rings in the middle of the night
My body yells, "what you gonna do with your life?"
Original Lyrics:
The phone rings in the middle of the night
My father asks, "What you gonna do with your life?"
Dire Straits', "Money For Nothing"
Misheard Lyrics:
We've got the movies refrigerators
Original Lyrics:
We've got to move these refrigerators
Hall & Oates', "Adult Education"
Misheard Lyrics:
What they need is a dull education
Original Lyrics:
What they need is adult education
Human League's, "Mirror Man"
Misheard Lyrics:
Says he's a big ball fan.
Original Lyrics:
Says he's a people fan.
Meat Loaf's, "Dead Ringer For Love"
Misheard Lyrics:
Ever since I can remember
You were hanging round the doorway
Original Lyrics:
Ever since I can remember
You were hanging round this joint
Michael Jackson's, "Thriller"
Misheard Lyrics:
Now is the time for you & I to cut or blow together
Original Lyrics:
Now is the time for you and I to cuddle close together
Pet Shop Boys', "West End Girls"
Misheard Lyrics:
In a west end town, a dead end world The east end boys are west end girls.
Original Lyrics:
In a west end town, a dead end world The east end boys and west end girls.
 
1990s
Air's, "Sexy Boy"
Misheard Lyrics:
Sexy Bowie
or
Setsy Bowie
Original Lyrics:
Sexy boy
Artful Dodger's, "Re-Rewind"
Misheard Lyrics:
3D wine
Original Lyrics:
Re-rewind
Misheard Lyrics:
3 lines on a shelf
Original Lyrics:
3 lions on a shirt
Boyzone's, "Key to My Life"
Misheard Lyrics:
Rain on the wind uncovers the trees
Original Lyrics:
Rain on the window covers the trace
Edwyn Collins', "A Girl Like You"
Misheard Lyrics:
Too many quota singers
Not heed no quota songs
Original Lyrics:
Too many protest singers
Not enough protest songs.
Misheard Lyrics:
Could you be there?
Original Lyrics:
Could you be dead?
Jamiroquai's, "Cosmic Girl"
Misheard Lyrics:
So I asked her for another of the same
Original Lyrics:
So I asked her for her number all the same
Janet Jackson feat. Q-Tip's, "Got 'Til It's Gone"
Misheard Lyrics:
Don't know, seem to go, & you don't know what you got til lymph gone
Original Lyrics:
Don't it always seem to go, & you don't know what you got til it's gone
Joan Osborne's, "One of Us"
Misheard Lyrics:
Yeah, yeah, God, it is great
Original Lyrics:
Yeah, yeah God is great
KWS's, "Please Don't Go"
Misheard Lyrics:
Please go home
Original Lyrics:
Please don't go
Meat Loaf's, "I'd Lie for You (And That's The Truth)"
Misheard Lyrics:
Believe me, baby, got your neck on your muscle
Original Lyrics:
Believe me, baby, got your name carved on my soul
Meat Loaf's, "I'd Lie for You (And That's The Truth)"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'd never below a blue
Original Lyrics:
I'd never paint your world blue
Meat Loaf's, "Not A Dry Eye In The House"
Misheard Lyrics:
Listen any universal
Original Lyrics:
Listen & you'll hear the sound
Michelle Gayle's, "Sweetness"
Misheard Lyrics:
Folks sound chippin' & I'm losing my mind
Walking in circles & I'm talking in rhymes
But I can't help it cos it happens each time when yorkie
Whispering words & mumbling a whack
Original Lyrics:
Folks say I'm trippin' & I'm losing my mind
Walking in circles & I'm talking in rhymes
But I can't help it cos it happens each time when you're near
Whispering words that melt me like wax
Oasis', "Champagne Supernova"
Misheard Lyrics:
Can't believe the landslide
Original Lyrics:
Caught beneath the land slide
Oasis', "Some Might Say"
Misheard Lyrics:
Some might say that sunshine follows Sunday
Though its attitude a man who can outshine
Original Lyrics:
Some might say that sunshine follows thunder
Go and tell it to the man who cannot shine
Savage Garden's, "I Want You"
Misheard Lyrics:
Like a chip of cherry cola
Original Lyrics:
Like a chic-a-cherry cola
Savage Garden's, "To the Moon and Back"
Misheard Lyrics:
Summer and a private plate
She packs her fag from outer space
Original Lyrics:
Summer in a private place
She packs her bag from outer space
Steps', "To Be Your Hero"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'd bomb heaven and earth, In order to save you,
Original Lyrics:
I'd move heaven and earth, In order to save you,
The Cranberries', "Zombie"
Misheard Lyrics:
Eearhay, eearhay, salami, salami
Original Lyrics:
In your head, in your head, Zombie, Zombie.
The Cranberries', "Zombie"
Misheard Lyrics:
It's the same old team
Original Lyrics:
It's the same old theme.
The Rolling Stones', "Love Is Strong"
Misheard Lyrics:
You make me hot, you make me weep
Original Lyrics:
You make me hard, you make me weak
Tori Amos', "Professional Widow (Its Got To Be Big) [Armand Van"
Misheard Lyrics:
Holly bring it close to my...
Holly bring it close to my lips yeah
Scabby vig
Scabby vig
Original Lyrics:
Honey bring yourself close to my...
Honey bring yourself close to my lips yeah
It's gotta be big
It's gotta be big
 
2000s
Alphabeat's, "The Spell"
Misheard Lyrics:
Insannability, that brings me closer to you
Original Lyrics:
It's an ability that brings me closer to you
Atomic Kitten's, "The Tide Is High"
Misheard Lyrics:
The tiger's eye
Original Lyrics:
The tide is high
Britney Spears', "Criminal"
Misheard Lyrics:
Uh oh, I know, shalecko, but no
Original Lyrics:
All I know, should let go, but no
Eminem's, "We Made You"
Misheard Lyrics:
What's Ellen Degeneres have that I don't, are you tellin' me tetanus?
Original Lyrics:
What's Ellen Degeneres have that I don't, are you tellin' me tenderness?
Lady Gaga's, "I Like It Rough"
Misheard Lyrics:
Brown girl wipes her tears with silver lines
Original Lyrics:
Prom girl wipes her tears with silver lines
Lady Gaga's, "I Like It Rough"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'm a hard girl, loving me's like straightening curves
Original Lyrics:
I'm a hard girl, loving me's like straightening curls
Scissor Sisters', "I Can't Decide"
Misheard Lyrics:
Curled up tight & now it's rotten
Original Lyrics:
Curled up, died & now it's rotten
Scissor Sisters', "I Can't Decide"
Misheard Lyrics:
I could bury you alive
But you might crawl out with the night & kill me
Original Lyrics:
I could bury you alive
But you might crawl out with a knife & kill me
 
2010s
Lana Del Rey's, "Music to Watch Boys To"
Misheard Lyrics:
Travertine and living single
It never felt that right to me
Original Lyrics:
Velveteen and living single
It never felt that right to me
 
country
jeanita's, "Green Green Grass of Home"
Misheard Lyrics:
Down the lane I walk, and there runs Mary. Her golden lips like cherries
Original Lyrics:
Down the road I look, and there runs Mary
Hair of gold, and lips like cherries.

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