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1950s
Frankie Laine's, "Rawhide"
Misheard Lyrics:
Keep those buggies movin'
Original Lyrics:
Keep those dogies movin'
 
1960s
Theme Songs', "Candid Camera"
Misheard Lyrics:
When you least expect it
You're erected
Original Lyrics:
When it's least expected
You're elected
 
1970s
Bee Gees', "You Should Be Dancing"
Misheard Lyrics:
whatcha doing on your bed
Original Lyrics:
What ya doin' on your back?
Boz Scaggs', "Lowdown"
Misheard Lyrics:
Turn on that old love light And try to make it through the years
Original Lyrics:
Turn on that old love light And turn a maybe to a yes
Peaches & Herb's, "Reunited"
Misheard Lyrics:
I realize I love you 'cause I washed your back, hey, hey
Original Lyrics:
I realize I love you 'cause I want you back, hey, hey
Peaches & Herb's, "Reunited"
Misheard Lyrics:
I was a fooder, ever leave your side
Original Lyrics:
I was a fool to ever leave your side
Santana's, "The Fact of Love"
Misheard Lyrics:
Someone's got to beat up that brat before the show is over,
Baby, such are the facts of love.
Original Lyrics:
Someone's got to clean up their act before the show is over,
Baby, such are the facts of love.
Sweet's, "Ballroom Blitz"
Misheard Lyrics:
And the man in the box said everyone attack and it turned into a gerbert splits
Original Lyrics:
And the man at the back said, 'Everyone attack', and it turned into a ballroom blitz.
The Eagles', "Wasted Time"
Misheard Lyrics:
You didn't love the bar too much, you just loved the bar too well
Original Lyrics:
You didn't love the boy too much,No, no, you just loved the boy too well
Traffic's, "The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys"
Misheard Lyrics:
The low sparkin' high heeled boys
Original Lyrics:
The low spark of high heeled boys
Yes', "Roudabout"
Misheard Lyrics:
We stand to lose all time
A thousand ants just die in our hands
Original Lyrics:
We stand to lose all time
A thousand answers by in our hand.
 
1980s
ABC's, "When Smokey Sings"
Misheard Lyrics:
When i'm smoking sense
Original Lyrics:
When Smokey Sings
Bette Midler's, "From a Distance"
Misheard Lyrics:
Goddess watching us
Original Lyrics:
God is watching us
Billy Ocean's, "When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going"
Misheard Lyrics:
Going, I'll climb Eddie Money
Original Lyrics:
Darlin', I'll climb any mountain
Michael Jackson's, "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'ma sayin' I'm the son of a makusa
Original Lyrics:
Ma-ma se, ma-ma sa, ma-ma coo sa.
Patrick Swayze's, "She's Like the Wind"
Misheard Lyrics:
Feel the best of my face
Original Lyrics:
Feel the breath of my face
Paul Simon's, "You Can Call Me Al"
Misheard Lyrics:
I can call you Betty
Betty wet the Beddy
Original Lyrics:
I can call you Betty
And Betty when you call me
Phil Collins', "In the Air Tonight"
Misheard Lyrics:
I can feel it cumming in your hair tonight.
Original Lyrics:
I can feel it coming in the air tonight.
Phil Collins', "One More Night"
Misheard Lyrics:
Please give me 109 (pronounced "one-oh-nine")
Give me 109
109 'cause I can't wait forever
Original Lyrics:
Please give me one more night
Give me one more night
One more night 'cause I can't wait forever
Pink Floyd's, "Another Brick in the Wall, Part 2"
Misheard Lyrics:
We don't need no end potato
Original Lyrics:
We don't need no education
Starship's, "We Built This City"
Misheard Lyrics:
My Pony play the mango
Original Lyrics:
Marconi plays the mamba.
Steve Winwood's, "The Finer Things"
Misheard Lyrics:
The way my sock gets lost in you
Original Lyrics:
The way my soul gets lost in you
The Police's, "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic"
Misheard Lyrics:
Every time that I come nearer
Original Lyrics:
Every time that I come near her
Theme Songs', "The World of David the Gnome"
Misheard Lyrics:
Birds that chalk and fish that sting
Original Lyrics:
Birds that talk and fish that sing
 
1990s
Commercial's, "A&P"
Misheard Lyrics:
The greystone just next door
Original Lyrics:
The great store just next door
Marcy Playground's, "Sex and Candy"
Misheard Lyrics:
Mama, this shorty is a dream
Original Lyrics:
Mama, this surely is a dream
Michael Jackson's, "Jam"
Misheard Lyrics:
You wanna get up and jump
Original Lyrics:
You wanna get up and jam
Michael Jackson's, "You Are Not Alone"
Misheard Lyrics:
Your burgers are the best
Original Lyrics:
Your burdens I will bear
Nightcrawlers', "Push The Feeling On"
Misheard Lyrics:
Oh the lines are good, Oh, the lines are full of spoof
Original Lyrics:
Their lives again, Their li-pull us through
No Mercy's, "Where Do You Go?"
Misheard Lyrics:
Where do you grow? I'm lonely!
Original Lyrics:
Where do you go, my lovely?
Oasis', "Supersonic"
Misheard Lyrics:
Six in a car, we're all alone
Original Lyrics:
Sits in a corner all alone
R.E.M.'s, "Man on the Moon"
Misheard Lyrics:
If you're in the east
They put a man on the move
Man on the move
Original Lyrics:
If you believed
They put a man on the moon
Man on the moon
R.E.M.'s, "Nightswimming"
Misheard Lyrics:
The phonograph on the dashboard
Original Lyrics:
The photograph on the dashboard
Sir Mix-a-Lot's, "Baby Got Back"
Misheard Lyrics:
I like big bucks and I cannot lie
Original Lyrics:
I like big butts and I cannot lie
Snap!'s, "The Power"
Misheard Lyrics:
Skin, skin, skin epidemic.
Original Lyrics:
It's gettin', it's gettin', it's gettin' kinda hectic.
The Lion King's, "Circle of Life"
Misheard Lyrics:
Ahhh topanga bag of peaches mama
Original Lyrics:
Nants ingonyama bagithi Baba Sithi uhm ingonyama
The Rembrandts', "I'll Be There for You (Friends Theme)"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'll be an a**hole to you
Original Lyrics:
I'll be there for you
Theme Songs', "Second Time Around (Step by Step theme)"
Misheard Lyrics:
A dream got broken
Seems like all has lost
What could be the future?
Could you pay the pause?
You wander
Will there ever be a second time around?
Original Lyrics:
The dream, wide broken
Seemed like all was lost
What would be the future?
Could you pay the cost?
You wonder
Will there ever be a second time around?
 
2000s
Commercial's, "Detrol LA"
Misheard Lyrics:
And to go, we have to go right now
Original Lyrics:
And I don't have to go right now
Crystal Castles', "Crimewave"
Misheard Lyrics:
An STDeer
Did you sent ear?
It kinky rooowdy
Or under-holy
Original Lyrics:
Minn besti vinur hverju sem dynur
Ég kyngi tári og anda hári
Fall Out Boy's, "Sugar We're Going Down"
Misheard Lyrics:
Is this more than you bonded for yet?
Original Lyrics:
Is this more than you bargained for yet?
La Roux's, "Bulletproof"
Misheard Lyrics:
This time baby, I'll be remembered.
Original Lyrics:
This time baby, I'll be bulletproof
Lazy Town's, "Theme Song"
Misheard Lyrics:
You meet Robbie with his shrotten bath as Sportacus saving the day.
Original Lyrics:
You meet Robbie with his rotten plan and Sportacus saving the day.
Marilyn Manson's, "Arma-goddamn-motherf*ckin-geddon"
Misheard Lyrics:
It's on my goddamn motherf*cking kitten
Original Lyrics:
It's Arma-goddamn-motherf*ckin-geddon
Theme Songs', "Tiny Tots"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'm a tot and you're a tot, Tilly tom and tiny
Original Lyrics:
I am a tot j'suis une tot
Tilly, Tom and Tiny, too.
 
2010s
Adele's, "Water Under the Bridge"
Misheard Lyrics:
Our love ain't water another bridge
Original Lyrics:
Our love ain't water under the bridge
Fall Out Boy's, "Uma Thurman"
Misheard Lyrics:
Carry me 'til I confess
Original Lyrics:
Bury me 'til I confess
Icona Pop's, "I Love It"
Misheard Lyrics:
You're from the 70s, but on the 90s bench
Original Lyrics:
You're from the 70s, but I'm a 90s bitch
Major Lazer's, "Lean On"
Misheard Lyrics:
F*** this, fire a gun
Original Lyrics:
Blow a kiss, fire a gun
Meghan Trainor's, "All About That Bass"
Misheard Lyrics:
Every pinch of you is perfect from the butter to the talk
Original Lyrics:
Every inch of you is perfect from the bottom to the top

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