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1960s
Beach Boys', "I Can Hear Music"
Misheard Lyrics:
I can hear music, squeek squeek music
Original Lyrics:
I can hear music, sweet sweet music
Sister Sledge's, "Got to Love Somebody"
Misheard Lyrics:
My tummy's coming, I need someone to share my popcorn and jelly beans
Original Lyrics:
My time has come and I need someone to share my popcorn and jelly beans
The Moody Blues', "Nights in White Satin"
Misheard Lyrics:
Bad set of people beckon lament
Original Lyrics:
Bedsitter people look back and lament.
 
1970s
Al Stewart's, "Year Of The Cat"
Misheard Lyrics:
You go strolling through the crowd like Pete Scolari
Original Lyrics:
You go strolling through the crowd like Peter Lorre.
Cyndi Grecco's, "Making Our Dreams Come True"
Misheard Lyrics:
Where's Cyndi? Who will break it?
Original Lyrics:
Read us any rule, we'll break it
Doobie Brothers', "Black Water"
Misheard Lyrics:
Gonna play some funky music man
Pretty momma gonna take me by my hand
Original Lyrics:
I'd like to hear some funky Dixieland,
Pretty mama, come and take me by the hand
Hamilton, Joe Frank, and Reynolds', "Don't Pull Your Love"
Misheard Lyrics:
Don't pour your love out on me, baby
Original Lyrics:
Don't pull your love out on me baby.
Heatwave's, "The Groove Line"
Misheard Lyrics:
Leave your woman behind
Original Lyrics:
Leave your worries behind
Led Zeppelin's, "In My Time Of Dying"
Misheard Lyrics:
oh my teeth hurt
Original Lyrics:
Oh my Jesus
Pink Floyd's, "Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2)"
Misheard Lyrics:
Go home, beat the kids
Original Lyrics:
Wrong! Do it again!
Sister Sledge's, "Lost in Music"
Misheard Lyrics:
We're lost in the movies
Original Lyrics:
We're lost in music
Steely Dan's, "Reelin' In The Years"
Misheard Lyrics:
Are you reelin' in the yeast Stowin' away the thyme Are you gatherin' up the geese Have you had enough of mine?
Original Lyrics:
Are you reelin' in the years Stowin' away the time Are you gatherin' up the tears Have you had enough of mine?
The Kinks', "Lola"
Misheard Lyrics:
But I know what I am, in bed I'm a man
Original Lyrics:
But I know what I am, and I'm glad I'm a man.
 
1980s
Genesis', "Invisible Touch"
Misheard Lyrics:
She sees the hat, and Izzy don't touch her!
She reaches in, and that's some Polio!
Original Lyrics:
She seems to have an invisible touch,
She reaches in, grabs right hold of your heart!
Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam's, "Lost in Emotion"
Misheard Lyrics:
Hit the beef now
Original Lyrics:
Hit the beat now
Misheard Lyrics:
He lies to succeed
Nuclear and HCP
Carbon fields and francis
We still like to succeed
Original Lyrics:
Electricity
Nuclear and HEP
Carbon fuels from the sea
Wasted electricity
Roberta Flack's, "Together Through the Years"
Misheard Lyrics:
Like to set your sweetened sanity
Original Lyrics:
Like to set your sweet insanity
Tears For Fears', "Everybody Wants to Rule the World"
Misheard Lyrics:
There's a rule where the light won't find you
Holding hands while the walls come tumbling down
When they're doo woppin' right behind you
Original Lyrics:
There's a room where the light won't find you
Holding hands while the walls come tumbling down
When they do I'll be right behind you
Tears For Fears', "Everybody Wants to Rule the World"
Misheard Lyrics:
We will find you last thing I know best in heaven
Original Lyrics:
We will find you acting on your best behavior
Tears for Fears', "Everybody Wants to Rule the World"
Misheard Lyrics:
All the freedom and full pleasure
Original Lyrics:
All for freedom and for pleasure
Van Halen's, "Everybody Wants Some"
Misheard Lyrics:
You can't get a medic on a subway line.
Original Lyrics:
You can't get romantic on a subway line.
 
1990s
Cher's, "The Shoop Shoop Song (It's In His Kiss)"
Misheard Lyrics:
Is it in his face Oh no, that's just his charm In his morning breath Oh no, that's just his arms
Original Lyrics:
Is it in his face Oh no, that's just his charm In his warm embrace Oh no, that's just his arms
Destiny's Child's, "Say My Name"
Misheard Lyrics:
You're acting gay
Original Lyrics:
Yeah-yeah-yeah-yea
Jane Child's, "Don't Wanna Fall in Love"
Misheard Lyrics:
I don't wanna fall in Luvs
Original Lyrics:
I don't wanna fall in love
Jon Secada's, "If You Go"
Misheard Lyrics:
If you don't say good night
Original Lyrics:
If you go, say goodbye
Jon Secada's, "Just Another Day"
Misheard Lyrics:
Make it a few days without you
Original Lyrics:
Make it through the day without you
Jon Secada's, "Mental Picture"
Misheard Lyrics:
I've been voiding checks I'm missing
Original Lyrics:
I've been avoiding things I'm missing
Jon Secada's, "Si Te Vas"
Misheard Lyrics:
City lights
Original Lyrics:
Si Te Vas
Michael Jackson's, "Black or White"
Misheard Lyrics:
I was black, now I'm white
What's wrong with me?
Original Lyrics:
It's black, it's white
It's tough for them to get by
Nightcrawlers', "Push the Feeling On"
Misheard Lyrics:
You lied again
You line up all the Smurfs
Original Lyrics:
Their lives again
Their Li, to pull us through
Rage Against the Machine's, "Bullet in the Head"
Misheard Lyrics:
Just victims of the in-house tri fi
Original Lyrics:
Just victims of the in-house drive by
Sir Mixalot's, "Baby Got Back"
Misheard Lyrics:
I like big butts in a can of limes.
Original Lyrics:
I like big butts and I cannot lie.
Twenty One Pilots', "Polarize"
Misheard Lyrics:
You know where I'm coming from
Though I am running to you
All our feelings tonight, tonight, tonight, oh
Original Lyrics:
You know where I'm coming from
Though I am running to you
All our feelings deny, deny, denial, oh
 
2000s
Barenaked Ladies', "Pinch Me"
Misheard Lyrics:
Please god, kill me
cuz I'm still asleep
Original Lyrics:
Please god, tell me
that I'm still asleep
Empire of the Sun's, "Walking on a Dream"
Misheard Lyrics:
It's a grandma
Original Lyrics:
Is it real now
Kanye West's, "Golddigger"
Misheard Lyrics:
Now I ain't sayin' she's a gold digger But she ain't messin' with no Chrono Trigger
Original Lyrics:
Now I ain't sayin' she's a gold digger But she ain't messin' with no broke ni**a
Linkin Park's, "Bleed It Out"
Misheard Lyrics:
Bleed it out dicky jeebers just to throw it away
Original Lyrics:
I bleed it out,
Digging deeper just to throw it away.
M.C. Pea Pod's, "Digi Rap"
Misheard Lyrics:
Save the world from a digital disaster.
Then a prank from the net meet the digital master
Original Lyrics:
Save the world from a digital disaster.
Then right from the net meet the digital master
P.O.D.'s, "Youth of the Nation"
Misheard Lyrics:
We are, we are, the euthanasia
Original Lyrics:
We are, we are, the youth of the nation
Shine Down's, "Second Chance"
Misheard Lyrics:
I just saw Haley's comment, She winked, said, "Why are you always running in place"
Original Lyrics:
I just saw Haley's comet, shooting She waved, said, "Why are you always running in place"
Theme Songs', "The Nutshack"
Misheard Lyrics:
Phil's from the soul, Jack's from the pier
Original Lyrics:
Phil's from 'cisco, Jack's from the P.I.
Under17's, "Icchae!! Popotan"
Misheard Lyrics:
Why does she eat chow?
Original Lyrics:
watashi icchau!!
 
2010s
Foster The People's, "Pumped Up Kicks"
Misheard Lyrics:
All the other kids are bangin' fucked up chics...
Original Lyrics:
All the other kids with the pumped up kicks
Hozier's, "Take Me to Church"
Misheard Lyrics:
ill worship like a dog at your shrine in the night
ill tell you my sins so you can use your knife
offer me that dreadful breath
good god, give her some light
Original Lyrics:
I'll worship like a dog at the shrine of your light
I'll tell you my sins so you can sharpen your knife
Offer me that deathless death
Good God, let me give you my life
Kidz Bop's, "Thrift Shop"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'm gonna mock some tags, only got twenty dollars in my pocket
Original Lyrics:
I'm gonna rock some tags, only got twenty dollars in my pocket
Mark Ronson's, "Uptown Funk"
Misheard Lyrics:
Don't believe I just saw
Original Lyrics:
Don't believe me just watch
Maroon 5's, "Moves Like Jagger"
Misheard Lyrics:
Moves like jaguar
Original Lyrics:
Moves like jagger
Muse's, "Psycho"
Misheard Lyrics:
And I won't be espresso
Original Lyrics:
And I won't be responsible
 
misc
Shirley Temple's, "Polly Wolly Doodle"
Misheard Lyrics:
Mr. Gloop, be on your way
Original Lyrics:
Mr. Gloom, be on your way
Traditional's, "Old McDonald Had a Farm"
Misheard Lyrics:
Old McDonald had a fart
Original Lyrics:
Old McDonald had a farm

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