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1950s
Television's, "The Honeymooners (opening)"
Misheard Lyrics:
Jackie Grease and The Honeymooners
Original Lyrics:
Jackie Gleason...The Honeymooner
 
1960s
Television's, "Fred Flintstone"
Misheard Lyrics:
Yamma-damma-doo!
Original Lyrics:
Yabba-dabba-doo!
Theme Songs', "Car 54, Where Are You?"
Misheard Lyrics:
Kruschev's you and I are wild
Original Lyrics:
Khruschev's due at Idlewild.
Theme Songs', "Scooby Doo, Where Are You?"
Misheard Lyrics:
You're not kidding me, 'cause I can't see
Original Lyrics:
You're not fooling me, 'cause I can see
Theme Songs', "The Jetsons"
Misheard Lyrics:
There's George Jetson!
Original Lyrics:
Meet George Jetson!
 
1970s
David Bowie's, "Ziggy Stardust"
Misheard Lyrics:
Like a lethal messiah.
Original Lyrics:
Like a leper messiah
England Dan and John Ford Coley's, "I'd Really Love to See You Tonight"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'm not talkin' 'bout the women
Original Lyrics:
I'm not talkin' 'bout movin' in
Olivia Newton-John's, "Don't Stop Believing"
Misheard Lyrics:
Don't stop, be leaving
Original Lyrics:
Don't stop believing
Olivia Newton-John's, "I'll Bet You a Kangaroo"
Misheard Lyrics:
Come on boys, give it a chance
And the little ladies just love to dance
Original Lyrics:
Come on boys, give it a chance
Adelaide ladies just love to dance
Misheard Lyrics:
I heard that you're wrong, you know now
Original Lyrics:
I heard that you're on your own, now
Misheard Lyrics:
Sam, Sam you know where I am, come around and toke awhile
Original Lyrics:
Sam, Sam you know where I am, come around and talk awhile
Sonny Curtis', "Love Is All Around (Season 1 Mary Tyler Moore)"
Misheard Lyrics:
And all this time you're all alone
Original Lyrics:
And, girl, this time you're all alone
Sonny Curtis', "Love Is All Around (season 2-7 Mary Tyler Moore)"
Misheard Lyrics:
And suddenly make it all secretly wild
Original Lyrics:
And suddenly make it all seem worthwhile
The Stylistics', "Betcha by Golly, Wow"
Misheard Lyrics:
You're a genie in the sky
Original Lyrics:
You're a genie in disguise
The Stylistics', "You Are Everything"
Misheard Lyrics:
She looked like you do
Original Lyrics:
She woke like you do
The Stylistics', "You Make Me Feel Brand New"
Misheard Lyrics:
God breasts you
Original Lyrics:
God bless you
 
1980s
Blondie's, "The Tide Is High"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'm not the kind of girl who gives head just like that
Original Lyrics:
I'm not the kind of girl who treats you just like that
Christopher Cross', "Sailing"
Misheard Lyrics:
Well, it's not far back to Santa Fe
Original Lyrics:
Well, it's not far back to sanity
Commodores', "Lady (You Bring Me Up)"
Misheard Lyrics:
You bring me up, you knock 'em down
(Up, you knock 'em down)
Original Lyrics:
You bring me up when I'm down
(Up when I'm down)
Genesis', "Tonight, Tonight, Tonight"
Misheard Lyrics:
Denied, denied, denied, uh-ohhh!
Original Lyrics:
Tonight, tonight, tonight, oh-ohhh!
Jane Wiedlin's, "Our Lips Are Sealed"
Misheard Lyrics:
I love to see ya
Original Lyrics:
Our lips are sealed
John Parr's, "St. Elmo's Fire (Man in Motion)"
Misheard Lyrics:
Sentinel's fire
Original Lyrics:
St. Elmo's fire
Meatloaf's, "Dead Ringer for Love"
Misheard Lyrics:
Rock`n`Roll and prude
Original Lyrics:
Rock`n`Roll and brew
Olivia Newton-John's, "Heart Attack"
Misheard Lyrics:
Busted diamonds gone to Heaven
Original Lyrics:
Must have died and gone to Heaven
Olivia Newton-John's, "Physical"
Misheard Lyrics:
You gotta know that you wear me out, yeah, you're maulin' me
Original Lyrics:
You gotta know that you're bringin' out the animal in me
Starship's, "We Built This City"
Misheard Lyrics:
'Cause we're December fools.
Original Lyrics:
'Cause we're the simple fools.
Talking Heads', "Once In A Lifetime"
Misheard Lyrics:
You may find yourself living in a shat-on shack
Original Lyrics:
You may find yourself living in a shotgun shack
 
1990s
Andrew Gold's, "Final Frontier (Mad About You theme)"
Misheard Lyrics:
Tell my wife "I love you like I do"
Original Lyrics:
Tell me why I love you like I do
Duran Duran's, "White Lines"
Misheard Lyrics:
Activates rejected - comp anons corrected
Gangsters, thugs & smugglers are thoroughly respected
The money gets divided - the winnin' get excited
Now I'm broke & it's no joke
Original Lyrics:
Athletes reject it - governors correct it
Gangsters, punks, and smugglers are thoroughly respected
The money gets divided - the women get excited
Now I'm broke and it's no joke
Eiffel 65's, "Blue (Da Ba Dee)"
Misheard Lyrics:
I will beat up a guy
Original Lyrics:
Da bee, da ba dee ba da die.
Queen's, "Ride The Wild Wind"
Misheard Lyrics:
It's the overload, don't sit on the fence
Original Lyrics:
Push the envelope, don't sit on the fence
Traditional's, "Frere Jacques"
Misheard Lyrics:
Very shocking
Original Lyrics:
Frere Jacques
 
2000s
'N Sync's, "I Want My Baby Back Ribs"
Misheard Lyrics:
I want my Betty back, Betty back, Betty back
Original Lyrics:
I want my baby back, baby back, baby back
Britney Spears', "Piece of Me"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'm Mrs. extra, extra delicious skin
Original Lyrics:
I'm Mrs. extra, extra, this just in
Coldplay's, "Yellow"
Misheard Lyrics:
Jeg sked, åh ja, jeg sked en bums
Original Lyrics:
Your skin, oh yeah, your skin and bones
DJ Luck And MC Neat's, "Little Bit of Luck"
Misheard Lyrics:
Aluminium Rinsing Salts
Original Lyrics:
Hollering the rinsin' sound
Fall Out Boy's, "America's Suitehearts"
Misheard Lyrics:
You could have mount to much and made out with us
I know you heard this song before but bridges hell's
What What What the world befather it me
Will my dreams dreams stop all of the all forest trees
Original Lyrics:
You could have knocked me out with a feather.
I know you've heard this all before, but we're just Hell's neighbors.
Why, why, why won't the world revolve around me?
In my dreams trees grow all over the streets.
Keyshia Cole's, "Heaven Sent"
Misheard Lyrics:
Simple, never!
Original Lyrics:
Sent from Heaven
Owl City's, "If My Heart Was a House"
Misheard Lyrics:
'Cause your favourite s*** is navy blue
Original Lyrics:
'Cause your favourite shade is navy blue
Shakira's, "Hips Don't Lie"
Misheard Lyrics:
Never really knew that she could dance like this
She make a man wanna Shish Knish
Original Lyrics:
Never really knew that she could dance like this
She make a man wanna speak Spanish
Television's, "Mickey Mouse Clubhouse"
Misheard Lyrics:
Everybody say, "Oh, tutors!"
Original Lyrics:
Everybody say, "Oh, Toodles!"
Theme Songs', "Little Einsteins"
Misheard Lyrics:
Everyone to rock it
Wrap it up now
Original Lyrics:
Everyone to rocket
Rev it up now
 
2010s
Fall Out Boy's, "Centuries"
Misheard Lyrics:
Mummy fight my teenage dreams
Original Lyrics:
Mummified my teenage dreams
Jason Derulo's, "Want to Want Me"
Misheard Lyrics:
It's too hot to sleep
I got the s***s on the floor
Original Lyrics:
It's too hard to sleep
I got the sheets on the floor
Kelis', "Scream"
Misheard Lyrics:
Been writing plays for such a long time
Original Lyrics:
Been running in place for such a long time
Maroon 5's, "Sugar"
Misheard Lyrics:
When I'm without you I'm smoking weed
Original Lyrics:
When I'm without you I'm something weak
Taylor Swift's, "Style"
Misheard Lyrics:
You got that jeans deep dickdream look in your eyes
Original Lyrics:
You got that James Dean daydream look in your eye
 
country
Tennessee Ernie Ford's, "Sixteen Tons"
Misheard Lyrics:
I sold my soul for the company dole.
Original Lyrics:
I owe my soul to the company store.
 
misc
Traditional's, "The Itsy Bitsy Spider"
Misheard Lyrics:
Down came Lorraine and watched the spider out
Original Lyrics:
Down came the rain and washed the spider out
Traditional's, "Where Is Thumbkin?"
Misheard Lyrics:
Where is f***in'?
Original Lyrics:
Where is Thumbkin?

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