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1960s
Gene Pitney's, "24 Hours from Tulsa"
Misheard Lyrics:
I was only 24 hours from Tunstall
Original Lyrics:
I was only 24 hours from Tulsa.
Ray Charles', "Take These Chains from My Heart"
Misheard Lyrics:
Take this cheese from my eyes and let me see.
Original Lyrics:
Take these tears from my eyes and let me see.
Spinners', "Ghetto Child"
Misheard Lyrics:
When you forget a child
Original Lyrics:
When you're a ghetto child
The Monkees', "Randy Scouse Git"
Misheard Lyrics:
The being known as wonder girl is sleeping, I believe.
Original Lyrics:
The being known as wonder girl is speaking, I believe.
 
1970s
Cher's, "Take Me Home"
Misheard Lyrics:
Scars up above
Original Lyrics:
Stars up above
Dan Hill's, "Sometimes When We Touch"
Misheard Lyrics:
Sometimes wearing tux
Original Lyrics:
Sometimes when we touch
David Bowie's, "Five Years"
Misheard Lyrics:
We've got five kids, that's all we got
Original Lyrics:
We've got five years, that's all we got
Deep Purple's, "Space Truckin'"
Misheard Lyrics:
Come on, come on, come on
Let's go space junkie
Come on, come on, come on
Space junkie
Original Lyrics:
Come on, come on, come on
Let's go space truckin'
Come on, come on, come on
Space truckin'
Jim Croce's, "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown"
Misheard Lyrics:
Badder than Okie Coke
And meaner than a junkyard dope
Original Lyrics:
Badder than ol' King Kong
And meaner than a junkyard dog.
Kenny Rogers', "The Gambler"
Misheard Lyrics:
You've got to know when to hold 'em
Know when to phone them.
Original Lyrics:
You've got to know when to hold 'em
Know when to fold them.
Queen's, "Bohemian Rhapsody"
Misheard Lyrics:
Beelze-poop has a devil put aside for me
Original Lyrics:
Beelzebub has a devil put aside for me
Queen's, "Bohemian Rhapsody"
Misheard Lyrics:
Can't you listen to me baby
Original Lyrics:
Can't do this to me baby
Queen's, "Bohemian Rhapsody"
Misheard Lyrics:
Get your lips to me baby
Original Lyrics:
Can't do this to me baby
Rod Stewart's, "Maggie May"
Misheard Lyrics:
You stole my harp and that's what I really heard
Original Lyrics:
You stole my heart and that's what really hurts
Santana's, "Black Magic Woman"
Misheard Lyrics:
Got a black matching woman
Original Lyrics:
Got a black magic woman
Sweet Sensation's, "Sad Sweet Dreamer"
Misheard Lyrics:
Sad receiver
It's just one of those things you put down to experience.
Original Lyrics:
Sad sweet dreamer
It's just one of those things you put down to experience.
Terry Jacks', "Seasons in the Sun"
Misheard Lyrics:
I was the bastard of the family
Original Lyrics:
I was the black sheep of the family
The Spinners', "Rubberband Man"
Misheard Lyrics:
When the Rubberband man, Amsterdam
Original Lyrics:
When the Rubberband man starts to jam
 
1980s
Aerosmith's, "Dude (Looks Like a Lady)"
Misheard Lyrics:
Oogie was a lady!
Original Lyrics:
Ooh, he was a lady!
Billy Idol's, "Rebel Yell"
Misheard Lyrics:
In the midnight hour, she cried, 'War, War, War!'
With a rebel yell, she cried 'War, War, War!''
Original Lyrics:
In the midnight hour, she cried, 'More, more, more!'
With a rebel yell, she cried 'More, more, more!'
Dan Hill and Vonda Shepherd's, "Can't We Try"
Misheard Lyrics:
Can we try just a little more Pasteur?
Original Lyrics:
Can't we try just a little more passion?
David Bowie's, "Ashes to Ashes"
Misheard Lyrics:
Ashes to ashes, dunk the donkey
Original Lyrics:
Ashes to ashes, funk to funky
Deacon Blue's, "Queen of the New Year"
Misheard Lyrics:
My name for you
Is Queen of the nudists
Original Lyrics:
My name for you
Is Queen of the New Year
Godley & Creme's, "Wedding Bells"
Misheard Lyrics:
Like a square pig in a round home.
Original Lyrics:
Like a square peg in a round hole.
Marvin Gaye's, "Sexual Healing"
Misheard Lyrics:
Baby, my crotch is like an oven.
Original Lyrics:
Baby, I'm hot just like an oven.
Nik Kershaw's, "The Riddle"
Misheard Lyrics:
And his mind is a beagle in the red hot night.
Original Lyrics:
And his mind is a beacon in the veil of the night.
Phil Collins', "Take Me Home"
Misheard Lyrics:
Tape-tape me home
Original Lyrics:
Take-take me home
Simply Red's, "Holding Back the Years"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'll keep going on
Original Lyrics:
I'll keep holding on
The Clash's, "Rock the Casbah"
Misheard Lyrics:
Thinks he's got a potion
Original Lyrics:
The Sharif don't like it.
The Jam's, "That's Entertainment"
Misheard Lyrics:
Cuddling a womble and smelling stale perfume
Original Lyrics:
Cuddling a warm girl and smelling stale perfume
The Jam's, "Town Called Malice"
Misheard Lyrics:
Tangled mallets
Original Lyrics:
Town called Malice
The Jam's, "Town Called Malice"
Misheard Lyrics:
Tangled mallets
Original Lyrics:
Town called Malice
The Pogues', "Fairytale of New York"
Misheard Lyrics:
And the boys at the end were PDQ and singing 'Galway Bay'.
Original Lyrics:
And the boys of the NYPD choir were singing 'Galway Bay'.
 
1990s
Brian McKnight's, "Anytime"
Misheard Lyrics:
Whoa-whoa
Original Lyrics:
Woman
Brian McKnight's, "Back at One"
Misheard Lyrics:
Repeat steps one, two, three
Original Lyrics:
Repeat steps one through three
Inspiral Carpets', "Two Worlds Collide"
Misheard Lyrics:
Guess that makes me a fat man.
Original Lyrics:
Guess that makes me a bad man.
Lighthouse Family's, "Ocean Drive"
Misheard Lyrics:
When heartache arrives, we'll live on Ocean Drive.
Original Lyrics:
When that day arrives, we'll live on Ocean Drive.
Mark Knopfler's, "Sailing to Philadelphia"
Misheard Lyrics:
This Baker's Boy from the waistcoat tree
Original Lyrics:
This Baker's Boy from the West Country
Pet Shop Boys', "Suburbia"
Misheard Lyrics:
Mother's got a Hindu, to be done
Original Lyrics:
Mother's got a hairdo, to be done
Simply Red's, "Never Never Love"
Misheard Lyrics:
Wheel of revolution
Original Lyrics:
Real revolution
 
2000s
'Weird' Al Yankovic's, "It's All About the Pentiums"
Misheard Lyrics:
You think your Commodore 64 is really Neo
Original Lyrics:
You think your Commodore 64 is really neato
Cher's, "Song for the Lonely"
Misheard Lyrics:
This is a Zonk for the lonely
Original Lyrics:
This is a song for the lonely
Metallica's, "All Within My Hands"
Misheard Lyrics:
Keel keel keel keel keel
Original Lyrics:
Kill kill kill kill kill!
Mudvayne's, "Prod"
Misheard Lyrics:
Cannot receive it up the ass
Original Lyrics:
Cannot receive the obvious
Phoenix's, "Lisztomania"
Misheard Lyrics:
Like a rhino, like a rhino!
Original Lyrics:
Like a riot, like a riot, oh!
Razorlight's, "Somewhere Else"
Misheard Lyrics:
A wheely wheely recycle bin somewhere else but here.
Original Lyrics:
I really really wish I could be somewhere else but here.
The Killers', "Mr. BrightSide"
Misheard Lyrics:
Turning tricks into the sea
Twenty-first cent. lullabies
Original Lyrics:
Turning saints into the sea
Turning through sick lullabies
 
2010s
Foster the People's, "Pumped Up Kicks"
Misheard Lyrics:
Brother's got a quick hand
He looked around the room
To evaluate his plan
He's got his own cigarette
Hanging from his mouth
Original Lyrics:
Robert's got a quick hand
He'll look around the room
He won't tell you his plan
He's got a rolled cigarette
Hanging out his mouth
Shawn Mendes', "Stitches"
Misheard Lyrics:
Needle in the bread, gotta get you outta my head
Needle in the bread, gonna wind up dead
Original Lyrics:
Needle and the thread, gotta get you outta my head
Needle and the thread, gonna wind up dead
 
xmas
Traditional's, "Good King Wenceslas"
Misheard Lyrics:
When a plumber came in sight
Gathering winter fuel
Original Lyrics:
When a poor man came in sight
Gathering winter fuel

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