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1960s
Four Tops', "I Can't Help Myself"
Misheard Lyrics:
Good-bye, honey bunch
Original Lyrics:
Sugar pie, honey bunch
King Crimson's, "21st Century Schizoid Man"
Misheard Lyrics:
Pocahontas by the door
Original Lyrics:
At paranoia's poison door
 
1970s
ABBA's, "That's Me"
Misheard Lyrics:
There's a special love
Like a needle flying with a dove
Original Lyrics:
There's a special love
Like an eagle flying with a dove
Doobie Brothers', "Jesus Is Just Alright"
Misheard Lyrics:
Jesus he jumps all night with me
Original Lyrics:
Jesus is just alright with me.
Elton John's, "Bennie and the Jets"
Misheard Lyrics:
She's electric boobs, a Mohawk too
You know, I heard it from a Pakistani
Original Lyrics:
She's got electric boots, a mohair suit
You know, I read it in a magazine
Jim Croce's, "Lover's Cross"
Misheard Lyrics:
I could be a super man
Or maybe a super guy.
Original Lyrics:
He'll have to be a super guy
Or maybe a super god
Manfred Mann's Earth Band's, "Blinded by the Night"
Misheard Lyrics:
Wrapped up like a douche, oh, in a rutebega fight.
Original Lyrics:
Revved up like deuce, another runner in the night.
Pink Floyd's, "Another Brick In The Wall (Part 1)"
Misheard Lyrics:
You! Yes, you don't have the same shit! Stand still, will you!
Original Lyrics:
You! Yes, you behind the bike sheds! Stand still, laddie!
The Mothers of Invention's, "She Painted Up Her Face"
Misheard Lyrics:
She's wasted off her face
She's cracked she's foreign liquor
Original Lyrics:
She painted up her face
She sat before the mirror
 
1980s
Acdc's, "Dirty Deeds (done Dirt Cheap)"
Misheard Lyrics:
Dirty jeans and a thunder jeep
Original Lyrics:
dirty deeds and they're done dirt cheap
Bangles', "Manic Monday"
Misheard Lyrics:
It doesn't matter that I have to feed the both of us and poor Michelle.
Original Lyrics:
It doesn't matter that I have to feed the both of us
Employment's down.
Blondie's, "The Tide Is High"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'm not the kind of girl who treats you just like fat
Original Lyrics:
I'm not the kind of girl who treats you just like that
Def Leppard's, "Pour Some Sugar on Me"
Misheard Lyrics:
Pour some sugar on me
Ooh, it's a prophylactic
Pour some sugar on me
C'mon, fire me up
Original Lyrics:
Pour some sugar on me
Ooh, in the name of love
Pour some sugar on me
C'mon, fire me up
Eddie Money's, "Shakin'"
Misheard Lyrics:
We did some shakin' till the middle of the night.
Original Lyrics:
Her tits were shakin' till all through the night.
Kraftwerk's, "Computer World"
Misheard Lyrics:
Interpol and Deutsche Bank, FBI and Scotland Yard
Interpol and Deutsche Bank, FBI and Scotland Yard

Time, travel, communication, entertainment
Time, travel, communication, entertainment


Computer world
Computer world
Original Lyrics:
Interpol and Deutsche Bank, FBI and Scotland Yard
Interpol and Deutsche Bank, FBI and Scotland Yard

Crime, travel, communication, entertainment
Crime, travel, communication, entertainment


Computer world
Computer world
Loverboy's, "Hot Girls in Love"
Misheard Lyrics:
She's Dirty Love McGee...
Original Lyrics:
She's turnin' on the heat.
Michael Jackson's, "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'"
Misheard Lyrics:
Your *Bedstemor Your Bedstemor To behave you Your Bedstemor (*"Bedstemor" is Danish for "grandmother")
Original Lyrics:
You're a vegetable You're a vegetable Still they hate you You're a vegetable.
Midnight Star's, "Freakazoid"
Misheard Lyrics:
Ooh tears babe
Original Lyrics:
No tears babe
Midnight Star's, "Freakazoid"
Misheard Lyrics:
Ooh tears babe
Original Lyrics:
No tears babe
Midnight Star's, "Freakazoid"
Misheard Lyrics:
Take me to the dance floor
Original Lyrics:
Technique to the dance floor
 
1990s
Alanis Morissette's, "Head Over Feet"
Misheard Lyrics:
Your love is thick
And it followed me home
Original Lyrics:
Your love is thick
And it swallowed me whole
Bette Midler's, "From a Distance"
Misheard Lyrics:
God is washing us
Original Lyrics:
God is watching us
Black Machine's, "How Gee"
Misheard Lyrics:
Any one of these: DJ in a babe, when it comes to scub
Nacha pascual, nacha pascual
.... DJ in a babe, when it comes to scratch
Nacha pascual, nacha pascual
.... DJ in a babe, when it comes to scrap
Nacha pascual, nacha pascual
Original Lyrics:
DJ in a bade when it comes to scratch Matching my style, matching my style
Celine Dion's, "Think Twice"
Misheard Lyrics:
Before your rosebud dies Baby, think twice
Original Lyrics:
Before you roll those dice Baby, think twice
Colin James', "Chicks and Cars"
Misheard Lyrics:
Gypsy cars and a purple wall.
Original Lyrics:
Chicks, cars, and a third World War
Enya's, "Anywhere Is"
Misheard Lyrics:
But all I hear are low signs
Original Lyrics:
But all I hear are low sounds
Enya's, "Anywhere Is"
Misheard Lyrics:
The moon upon the ocean
Is sweater an emotion
Original Lyrics:
The moon upon the ocean
Is swept around in motion
Gabrielle's, "Dreams"
Misheard Lyrics:
Dreams can come true, look at me ba-ba-du-du-du.
You know you got to have 'em, you know you've got to be strong.
Original Lyrics:
Dreams can come true, look at me babe I'm with you
You know you got to have hope, you know you've got to be strong.
Ini Kamoze's, "Here Comes the Hotstepper"
Misheard Lyrics:
Here comes the hotstepper. Bird, hurrah!
Original Lyrics:
Here comes the hotstepper, murderer.
Metallica's, "Wherever I May Roam"
Misheard Lyrics:
Anywhere I roam
Where I lay, my head explodes
Original Lyrics:
Anywhere I roam
Where I lay my head is home
Michael Bolton's, "How Can We Be Lovers?"
Misheard Lyrics:
How can we be lovers if we can't be in bed
Original Lyrics:
How can we be lovers if we can't make amends
Supergrass', "Going Out"
Misheard Lyrics:
If you want to go ouch
Original Lyrics:
If you want to go out
TLC's, "Unpretty"
Misheard Lyrics:
You can buy all the makeup, American made
Original Lyrics:
You can by all the make-up that M.A.C. can make
Tori Amos', "Professional Widow (Remix)"
Misheard Lyrics:
Ah, only bring yourself tonight, bless you.
Original Lyrics:
Honey bring it close to my lips, yeah.
 
2000s
Bette Midler's, "Nobody Else But You (Bette theme song)"
Misheard Lyrics:
It's time I feel I'm out to Pasteur
Original Lyrics:
Each time I feel I'm out to pasture
Clutch's, "The Mob Goes Wild"
Misheard Lyrics:
Condoleezza Rice is nice, but I prefer a Brony
Original Lyrics:
Condoleezza Rice is nice, but I prefer A-Roni
Enya's, "Only Time"
Misheard Lyrics:
19 of your love
Original Lyrics:
Night keeps all your heart
Enya's, "Only Time"
Misheard Lyrics:
Uno, only time
or
Oodles, only time
Original Lyrics:
Who knows? Only Time
Fall Out Boy's, "Sugar, We're Goin' Down"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'll go oh alone and start getting bullied
Original Lyrics:
A loaded God complex
Cock it and pull it.
Five For Fighting's, "Superman (It's Not Easy)"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'm just a man, with forty red sheep
Looking for special things inside of me.
Original Lyrics:
Only a man in a funny red sheet
Looking for special things inside of me
Nickelodeon's, "The Backyardigans Theme Song"
Misheard Lyrics:
Together in the Backyardigans
Original Lyrics:
Together in the back yard again
Robbie Williams', "Rock DJ"
Misheard Lyrics:
I've got the d!ck, gonna stick it in the girl
Original Lyrics:
I've got the gift, gonna stick it in the goal
 
2010s
Calvin Harris', "Outside"
Misheard Lyrics:
You're holding on
'Cause elf was never damned for me
Original Lyrics:
Now I'm holdin' on
Myself was never enough for me
Calvin Harris', "Out"
Misheard Lyrics:
You're holding on
'Cause elf was never damned for me
Original Lyrics:
Now I'm holdin' on
Myself was never enough for me
Calvin Harris', "Pray to God"
Misheard Lyrics:
I thought of lemon what made you strong
Original Lyrics:
I thought the end of a love what made you strong
Idina Menzel's, "Let It Go"
Misheard Lyrics:
Let it grow
Original Lyrics:
Let it go
Lorde's, "Team"
Misheard Lyrics:
Recall our sins
or Record our sin
or
The chord I sing.
Original Lyrics:
Send the call out.
Tinchy Stryder & The Chuckle Brothers', "To Me, To You (Bruv)"
Misheard Lyrics:
I respect you both take a walk from here
Now who or what really bought now, yeah?
Original Lyrics:
I respect you both so you're welcome here
But who or what really brought you here?
 
country
Shania Twain's, "You're Still the One"
Misheard Lyrics:
Just look at the sordid nun.
Original Lyrics:
Just look at us holding on.
 
misc
Bette Midler's, "Friends"
Misheard Lyrics:
You got to have fans
Original Lyrics:
You got to have friends

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