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1960s
Misheard Lyrics:
We got married in a river, hotter than a speckled trout
Original Lyrics:
We got married in a fever, hotter than a pepper sprout
Sam & Dave's, "Soothe Me"
Misheard Lyrics:
Sue me, baby, sue me
Original Lyrics:
Soothe me, baby, soothe me
The Grass Roots', "Let's Live for Today"
Misheard Lyrics:
To gimme summer lovin'
Original Lyrics:
To gimme some lovin'
The Rolling Stones', "Paint It Black"
Misheard Lyrics:
I see my rectum. I must have it painted black.
Original Lyrics:
I see my red door. I must have it painted black.
 
1970s
Aerosmith's, "Walkin' the Dog"
Misheard Lyrics:
Open your door
Original Lyrics:
Walkin' the dog
Billy Joel's, "Scenes from an Italian Restaurant"
Misheard Lyrics:
Thunderin Eddie
Original Lyrics:
Brenda and Eddie
Chic's, "Everybody Dance"
Misheard Lyrics:
Everybody dance, don't worry
Black your hands, black your hands
Original Lyrics:
Everybody dance, do-do-do
Clap your hands, clap your hands
Chic's, "Good Times"
Misheard Lyrics:
I ruined the house but it's getting late
Original Lyrics:
A rumor has it, it's getting late
Chic's, "My Forbidden Lover"
Misheard Lyrics:
My forbidden lava
Original Lyrics:
My forbidden lover
Elton John's, "Philadelphia Freedom"
Misheard Lyrics:
From the day that I was born a raging fag.
Original Lyrics:
From the day that I was born I've waved the flag.
Elton John's, "Rocket Man"
Misheard Lyrics:
Burning out this useless telephone
Original Lyrics:
Burning up this fuse up here alone
Gerry Rafferty's, "Baker Street"
Misheard Lyrics:
Well another crazy day, you'll dream the night away
Original Lyrics:
Well another crazy day, you'll drink the night away
Jackson 5's, "I Want You Back"
Misheard Lyrics:
Everett treats you from ni-how they just hang up the girl,
Follow with a girl I can't even bought around,
Oh let me day now
Original Lyrics:
Every street you walk on I leave tearstains on the ground,
Following the girl I don't even want around,
Oh let me tell you now
Michael Jackson's, "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough"
Misheard Lyrics:
Keep on with the post-op,
Don't stop, till you get enough.
Original Lyrics:
Keep on, with the force, don't stop
Don't stop 'til you get enough.
Paul Simon's, "50 Ways to Leave Your Lover"
Misheard Lyrics:
Don't have to be corduroy.
Original Lyrics:
Don't have to be coy Roy.
Queen's, "Bohemian Rhapsody"
Misheard Lyrics:
Cadamuse, Cadamuse will you do the fan Van Gogh
Original Lyrics:
Scaramouch, Scaramouch will you do the fandango
Queen's, "Don't Stop Me Now"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'm a rock of s*it from my way to maz
On a colon-ja course
I am a sat-on light
I'm out of control
I am a sex machine ready to reload
Laggen auta bomb no matter oh oh oh oh oh eggs plode
Original Lyrics:
I'm a rocketship on my way to Mars
On a collision course
I am a satellite
I'm out of control
I am a sex machine ready to reload
Like an atom bomb about to oh oh oh oh oh explode
Queen's, "Killer Queen"
Misheard Lyrics:
Little Man from China went down to get your minor.
Original Lyrics:
Met a man from China went down to Geisha Minor.
Queen's, "Killer Queen"
Misheard Lyrics:
Tiny mind with a laser beam
Original Lyrics:
Dynamite with a laser beam
Queen's, "Play the Game"
Misheard Lyrics:
Don't blank oxygen
Original Lyrics:
Don't play hard to get
The Four Seasons', "Who Loves You"
Misheard Lyrics:
Baby, when you're feeling light
Original Lyrics:
Baby, when you're feeling like
 
1980s
Baltimora's, "Tarzan Boy"
Misheard Lyrics:
Come and join me, one Missouri
Original Lyrics:
Come and join me, you won't be sorry
Bangles', "Walk Like an Egyptian"
Misheard Lyrics:
All the school kids so sick of books
They like the punk in the middle and
Original Lyrics:
All the school kids so sick of books
They like the punk and the metal band
Michael Jackson's, "Billie Jean"
Misheard Lyrics:
Billie Jean is not my one
She's just a kid who thinks that I am the one
Billie Jean is not my son
Original Lyrics:
Billie Jean is not my lover
She's just a girl who claims that I am the one
But the kid is not my son.
Queen's, "The Invisible Man"
Misheard Lyrics:
No one knows what I've been through
Let my fat a** burn
Original Lyrics:
No one knows what I've been through
Let my flag unfurl
Queen's, "Who Wants To Live Forever"
Misheard Lyrics:
So touch my tears with your ears
Touch my whoa whoa with your freak out tears
Original Lyrics:
So touch my tears with your lips
Touch my world with your fingertips
The Jam's, "The Eton Rifles"
Misheard Lyrics:
its a right balls
Original Lyrics:
Eton rifles, Eton rifles
The Specials', "A Message to You, Rudy"
Misheard Lyrics:
International cow
Original Lyrics:
Stop your messin' around
 
1990s
10,000 Maniacs', "These Are Days"
Misheard Lyrics:
These are the dates
Original Lyrics:
These are the days
Ace of Base's, "The Sign"
Misheard Lyrics:
I saw the sun
When I opened up my eyes, I saw the sun
Original Lyrics:
I saw the sign
And it opened up my eyes
I saw the sign.
Hootie And The Blowfish's, "Let Her Cry"
Misheard Lyrics:
Let her wail
Original Lyrics:
Let her be
Queen's, "These Are the Days of Our Lives"
Misheard Lyrics:
Sometimes I get tequila that's from back in the old days, long ago
Original Lyrics:
Sometimes I get the feeling, that was back in the old days, long ago
Skee-Lo's, "I Wish"
Misheard Lyrics:
I wish I had a rabbit in a hat, with a bat
And a six four father.
Original Lyrics:
I wish I had a rabbit in a hat, with a bat
And a six-four Impala.
Theme Songs', "Family Guy"
Misheard Lyrics:
F-ing cry
Original Lyrics:
Make you laugh and cry
Vengaboys', "Venga Bus"
Misheard Lyrics:
The Bengal Bus is coming.
Original Lyrics:
The Venga Bus is coming.
 
2000s
Empire of the Sun's, "Walking on a Dream"
Misheard Lyrics:
Savannah
To baby come on
Acapella
To baby come on
Original Lyrics:
Is it real now
When two people become one
I can feel it
When two people become one
Fall Out Boy's, "Sugar We're Goin' Down"
Misheard Lyrics:
Up, and dying to tell you everything you worry hear
'Cause that's just 2 AM this week
Original Lyrics:
Up, and dying to tell you anything, you wanna hear
'Cause that's just who I am this week
Fallout Boy's, "America's Suitehearts"
Misheard Lyrics:
I don't know much about the classic cause
But I got a lot of friend stuck in classical
Original Lyrics:
I don't know much about classic cars
But I've got a lot of friends stuck on classic coke
Maroon 5's, "This Love"
Misheard Lyrics:
The cares that controlled my mind
Original Lyrics:
The chaos that controlled my mind
Sophie Ellis Bextor's, "Murder on the Dancefloor"
Misheard Lyrics:
It's murder on the dancefloor,
So you'd better not steal the blow
Original Lyrics:
It's murder on the dancefloor,
So you'd better not kill the groove
Vanessa Carlton's, "Pretty Baby"
Misheard Lyrics:
Stumbling on raisins that are fart and feud
Original Lyrics:
Stumbling on reasons that are far and few
 
2010s
5 Seconds of Summer's, "She Looks So Perfect"
Misheard Lyrics:
Your lipstick stain ain't workin' out
I’ve got your name tattooed in an Arab font
or
Your lipstick stain ain't workin' out
I’ve got your name tattooed in Araldite
Original Lyrics:
Your lipstick stain is a work of art
I’ve got your name tattooed in an arrow heart
Adele's, "Set Fire to the Rain"
Misheard Lyrics:
I set fire to Lorraine
Original Lyrics:
I set fire to the rain
Ariana Grande's, "Problem"
Misheard Lyrics:
I got one less onshlionshlian
Original Lyrics:
I got one less, one less problem.
Clean Bandit's, "Rather Be"
Misheard Lyrics:
If you gave me your pants, I would take it
Original Lyrics:
If you gave me a chance I would take it
Clean Bandit's, "Rather Be"
Misheard Lyrics:
It's a shot in the dog, but I'm naked
Original Lyrics:
It's a shot in the dark, but I'll make it
Ed Sheeran's, "I See Fire"
Misheard Lyrics:
I see fire
Burning the breeze
or
Blood and debris
Original Lyrics:
I see fire
Blood in the breeze
Ella Henderson's, "Ghost"
Misheard Lyrics:
Give us the goat,
Give us the goat,
Give us the goat,
No more hunting baby!
Original Lyrics:
Give up the ghost
Give up the ghost
Give up the ghost
No more haunting baby
Misheard Lyrics:
Marcus, fire a gun.
Original Lyrics:
Blow a kiss, fire a gun
Omi's, "Cheerleader"
Misheard Lyrics:
Oh I think that I found myself a jelly bear
Original Lyrics:
Oh I think that I found myself a cheerleader

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