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1950s
Danny And The Juniors', "At The Hop"
Misheard Lyrics:
Let's go to the hop. Oh, maybe.
Original Lyrics:
Let's go to the hop (oh baby)
Little Richard's, "Tutti Frutti"
Misheard Lyrics:
Tutti Frutti, oh Rudy
Original Lyrics:
Tutti Frutti, au rutti
 
1960s
Beach Boys', "Barbara Ann"
Misheard Lyrics:
Bob Bob Bob Bob Bob a rant
Original Lyrics:
Ba-ba-ba, Ba-Barbara Ann
Beatles', "Paperback Writer"
Misheard Lyrics:
Ain't that right, girl.
Original Lyrics:
Paperback writer
Tom Jones', "It's Not Unusual"
Misheard Lyrics:
Star used to be low Byron
Original Lyrics:
It's not unusual to be loved by anyone
 
1970s
Led Zeppelin's, "Stairway To Heaven"
Misheard Lyrics:
If there's a penis in your mum's mouth, don't be alarmed now
Original Lyrics:
If there's a bustle in the hedgerow, don't be alarmed now.
Manfred Mann's Earth Band's, "Blinded By The Light"
Misheard Lyrics:
Wrapped up like a douche and a rover in the night.
Original Lyrics:
Revved up like a deuce, another runner in the night
The Monks', "Drugs In My Pocket"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'll put drugs in his pocket, maybe just a few of them
Original Lyrics:
I got drugs in this pocket, more than just a few of them
Warren Zevon's, "Werewolves Of London"
Misheard Lyrics:
I saw a werewolf with a Chinese menu in his hand.
Walking through the streets with some ho in the rain.
Original Lyrics:
I saw a werewolf with a Chinese menu in his hand.
Walking through the streets of Soho in the rain.
 
1980s
AC/DC's, "Highway to Hell"
Misheard Lyrics:
It ain't easy lovin' Steve
Season ticket wouldn't want that ride.
Original Lyrics:
Livin' easy, lovin' free
Season ticket on a one way ride.
John Mellencamp's, "Jack and Diane"
Misheard Lyrics:
Let it rock, let it roll
Let a bottle of milk, come and cereal.
Original Lyrics:
So let it rock, let it roll
Let the Bible Belt come and save my soul.
Ray Parker Jr's, "Ghostbusters"
Misheard Lyrics:
If you have ghosts, motherfreaking ghosts baby
Original Lyrics:
You have a dose of a freaky ghost, baby
Van Halen's, "Everybody Wants Some"
Misheard Lyrics:
I took a mega ride, lookin' for a mook beam.
Original Lyrics:
I took a mobile light, lookin' for a moonbeam.
Van Halen's, "Panama"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'm a citizen, Let's hit this disco man!
Original Lyrics:
Model citizen, zero discipline
Violent Femmes', "Old Mother Reagan"
Misheard Lyrics:
See, Old Mother Reagan wrote this song!
Original Lyrics:
This is the Old Mother Reagan protest song!
 
1990s
Alannah Myles', "Black Velvet"
Misheard Lyrics:
Jimmy Rogers Danelectro up high.
Original Lyrics:
Jimmy Rogers on the Victrola up high
Anthrax's, "Time"
Misheard Lyrics:
Black lives matter the seconds tick away
Original Lyrics:
Clockwise and the seconds tick away
Cornershop's, "Brimful of Asha"
Misheard Lyrics:
Green fields and asher on the 45
Original Lyrics:
Brimful of Asha on the 45.
Cranberries', "Ode to My Family"
Misheard Lyrics:
'Cause we were raised
To see life as butter take it if we can
Original Lyrics:
'Cause we were raised
To see life as fun and take it if we can
Fatboy Slim's, "Right Here, Right Now"
Misheard Lyrics:
Dang mup dafine ana luffs nareel
Original Lyrics:
Waking up to find your love's not real
Garbage's, "Only Happy When It Rains"
Misheard Lyrics:
Boy, I'm misery town
Original Lyrics:
Pour your misery down
Notorious B.I.G.'s, "Hypnotize"
Misheard Lyrics:
Never lose, never choose to, Blue's Clues who
Do something to us, talk go through us
Original Lyrics:
Never lose, never choose to, bruise crews who
Do something to us, talk go through us
Radiohead's, "Creep"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'm a minnow
Original Lyrics:
I'm a weirdo
 
2000s
Eagles', "No More Cloudy Days"
Misheard Lyrics:
No more stony knives
Original Lyrics:
No more stormy nights
Fall Out Boy's, "Nobody Puts Baby in the Corner"
Misheard Lyrics:
Happy like September in a February day
or
Happy like December in a February day
Original Lyrics:
The hand behind this pen relives a failure every day
Sarai's, "Ladies"
Misheard Lyrics:
f**k it hats
Original Lyrics:
bucket hats
Voltaire's, "Day of the Dead"
Misheard Lyrics:
the grandma rally
Original Lyrics:
the ground around me
 
2010s
Fall Out Boy's, "Twin Skeletons (Hotel In NYC)"
Misheard Lyrics:
The chairs are fake and my nerves are shitty
Original Lyrics:
That shares our fate and deserves our pity
Imagine Dragons', "Radioactive"
Misheard Lyrics:
Ready to rock them, ready to rock them
Original Lyrics:
Radioactive, Radioactive
Kiiara's, "Gold"
Misheard Lyrics:
Roofers caught me whacking off
Original Lyrics:
Roof is falling let me love me falling I just know
Misheard Lyrics:
Don't do low, don't do friends
Original Lyrics:
Don't do love, don't do friends
Martin Tungevaag ft. Serena West's, "Wicked Wonderland"
Misheard Lyrics:
Wicky wicky wonderland
Original Lyrics:
Wicked wicked wonderland
Rae Sremmurd's, "No Type"
Misheard Lyrics:
I ain't trigger trice!
Original Lyrics:
I ain't check the price!
Sia's, "Cheap Thrills"
Misheard Lyrics:
Hit the gun store
Original Lyrics:
Hit the dance floor
Sia's, "Cheap Thrills"
Misheard Lyrics:
Until I hit the gun store
Hit the gun store
I got all I need
No I ain't got gas
I ain't got gas
Original Lyrics:
Till I hit the dance floor
Hit the dance floor
I got all I need
No I ain't got cash
No I ain't got cash
Twenty One Pilots', "Stressed Out"
Misheard Lyrics:
Wish we could turn back time to the good dope days
Original Lyrics:
Wish we could turn back time, to the good old days
Voltaire's, "Oh My Goth!"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'm dead I'm dead I'm dead I'm dead I'm deader than dead
Original Lyrics:
Undead undead undead undead undeader than dead
Voltaire's, "When You're Dead"
Misheard Lyrics:
potential animes
Original Lyrics:
potential enemies
 
misc
Green Day's, "American Idiot "
Misheard Lyrics:
Do you want to be an American idiot
Original Lyrics:
Don't want to be an American idiot
 
xmas
Brenda Lee's, "Jingle Bell Rock"
Misheard Lyrics:
Snowin' and blowin' up cushions of fun
Original Lyrics:
Snowin' and blowin' up bushels of fun
Eagles', "Please Come Home for Christmas"
Misheard Lyrics:
Some salutations
Original Lyrics:
Send salutations
Eurythmics', "Winter Wonderland"
Misheard Lyrics:
Hearing the oak leaves
Original Lyrics:
Here in the open
Frank Sinatra's, "Jingle Bells"
Misheard Lyrics:
Dashing through the snow (Pluto)
In a one-horse open sleigh (Today)
Original Lyrics:
Dashing through the snow (To-doh)
In a one-horse open sleigh (Today)
Jackson 5's, "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus"
Misheard Lyrics:
Underneath the myths of Snow White
Original Lyrics:
Underneath his beard so snowy white
Mariah Carey's, "All I Want for Christmas is You"
Misheard Lyrics:
Make my witch come through
Original Lyrics:
Make my wish come true
Mariah Carey's, "Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town"
Misheard Lyrics:
The kids and girls in Toyland
Will have a Jewish leaf
Original Lyrics:
The kids in girl and boy land
Will have a jubilee
Michael Bolton's, "Our Love Is Like a Holiday"
Misheard Lyrics:
Huck and I
Original Lyrics:
How can I?
Nat King Cole's, "Caroling, Caroling"
Misheard Lyrics:
Mark E. Wells the song we sing
Original Lyrics:
Mark ye well the song we sing
The Waitresses', "Christmas Wrapping"
Misheard Lyrics:
That's how you ask BP
Original Lyrics:
That's RSVP
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers', "Christmas All Over Again"
Misheard Lyrics:
And all over sound
Original Lyrics:
And all over town

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