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1950s
Elvis Presley's, "Don't Be Cruel"
Misheard Lyrics:
Don't stop thinkin' of me.
Original Lyrics:
Don't start the hanky number
Jerry Lee Lewis', "Great Balls of Fire"
Misheard Lyrics:
To hide your love to drive a man insane
Original Lyrics:
Too bad your love drives a man insane
 
1960s
Creedence Clearwater Revival's, "Fortunate Son"
Misheard Lyrics:
I ate no senator's salsa
Original Lyrics:
I ain't no senator's son, son
The Lovin' Spoonful's, "Did You Ever Have to Make Up Your Mind?"
Misheard Lyrics:
Cute as a bonnet
Original Lyrics:
Cute as a bunny
 
1970s
Abba 's, "That's me"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'm Gary, not the kind of girl you'd marry
Original Lyrics:
I'm Carrie, not the kind of girl you'd marry
Aerosmith's, "Back in the Saddle"
Misheard Lyrics:
Lemme stick your tongue in your ass, I scream for more
Original Lyrics:
Four bits gets you time in the racks, I scream for more
Aerosmith's, "Walk This Way"
Misheard Lyrics:
So I took a big chance at the high school dance
With a filly who was ready to play.
Original Lyrics:
So I took a big chance at the high school dance
With a missy who was ready to play.
Alice Cooper's, "School's Out"
Misheard Lyrics:
School's out for Emma
Original Lyrics:
School's out for summer.
Bee Gees', "Night Fever"
Misheard Lyrics:
You ate 'em all up
Original Lyrics:
In the heat of our love
Elton John's, "Philadelphia Freedom"
Misheard Lyrics:
From the day that I was born away from light.
Original Lyrics:
From the day that I was born I've waved the flag.
Elton John's, "Tiny Dancer"
Misheard Lyrics:
Hold me closer Tony Danza
We'll drink the Kool-Aid off the highway.
Original Lyrics:
Hold me closer tiny dancer
Count the headlights on the highway.
Frankie Valli's, "My Eyes Adored You"
Misheard Lyrics:
Miles of torture.
How I'll ever led to hang on you?
Miles of torture.
Original Lyrics:
My eyes adored you.
Though I never laid a hand on you.
My eyes adored you.
John Denver's, "Aspenglow"
Misheard Lyrics:
Winter's cold, aspenglow.
Original Lyrics:
Wintersköl, aspenglow.
Neil Diamond's, "Cracklin' Rosie"
Misheard Lyrics:
Cracklin' Oats, they make me smile.
Original Lyrics:
Cracklin' Rosie makes me smile.
Rod Stewart's, "You're in My Heart"
Misheard Lyrics:
You'll be my breasts should I grow old
Original Lyrics:
You'll be my breath should I grow old
Steely Dan's, "Peg"
Misheard Lyrics:
Peg, it will come back to you.
Peg, it will come back to you.
Then, you're start a job.
You see it all, hee-hee.
It's your very foreign movie.
Original Lyrics:
Peg, it will come back to you.
Peg, it will come back to you.
Then the shutter falls.
You see it all in 3-D.
It's your favorite foreign movie.
The Doors', "Light My Fire"
Misheard Lyrics:
And our love become a few ropes higher
Original Lyrics:
And our love become a funeral pyre.
Tom Jones', "She's a Lady"
Misheard Lyrics:
Cheesy lady
Original Lyrics:
She's a lady
 
1980s
Alannah Myles', "Black Velvet"
Misheard Lyrics:
Like a velvet if you please.
Every world, every song that he say for you.
Original Lyrics:
Black velvet if you please.
Every word of every song that he sang was for you.
Billy Ocean's, "European Queen"
Misheard Lyrics:
She said I was the diaper she wanted to take
Original Lyrics:
She said I was the tiger she wanted to tame
Bob Seger's, "Like a Rock"
Misheard Lyrics:
Working for p*nis,
Not a dime to spare.
Original Lyrics:
Working for peanuts,
Not a dime to spare.
Bruce Springsteen's, "Cover Me"
Misheard Lyrics:
Shut the door 'cause of me
Original Lyrics:
Shut the door and cover me
Dolly Parton's, "Me and Little Andy"
Misheard Lyrics:
Giddy up Charlie horse don't take a pill.
Original Lyrics:
Giddy up rocky horse down to the mill.
Falco's, "Rock Me Amadeus"
Misheard Lyrics:
Really, I'm a dentist
A dentist
Really, I'm a dentist
Original Lyrics:
Rock me, Amadeus Amadeus
Rock me, Amadeus.
Gloria Estefan and the Miami Sound Machine's, "Rhythm Is Gonna Get You"
Misheard Lyrics:
Listermints gonna get you listermints gonna get you... tonight
Original Lyrics:
The rhythm is gonna get you
Jermaine Stewart's, "We Don't Have to Take Our Clothes Off"
Misheard Lyrics:
We don't have to eat our coleslaw
Original Lyrics:
We don't have to take our clothes off
Stacey Q's, "We Connect"
Misheard Lyrics:
Boy you shot me with your white hot load
Original Lyrics:
The way you shock me with your white-hot-love
The Scorpions', "Rhythm of Love"
Misheard Lyrics:
Reason of love
Original Lyrics:
Rhythm of love
Theme Songs', "Chip & Dale Rescue Rangers"
Misheard Lyrics:
No no it never fails, they'll take the clues
Fight for the reds, the whites, and blues
Original Lyrics:
No, no it never fails, they'll take the clues
And find the wheres and whys and whos
Van Halen's, "Source of Infection"
Misheard Lyrics:
Life is a source of infection!
Original Lyrics:
Love is the source of infection!
 
1990s
Primus', "Pork Soda"
Misheard Lyrics:
(Canadian frank)
Original Lyrics:
(You made me run)
Radiohead's, "Karma Police"
Misheard Lyrics:
Karma Police
The rest is 'matic toxic waste
It pushes like a franchise's lack of TV radio
Original Lyrics:
Karma police
Arrest this man
He talks in maths
He buzzes like a fridge
He's like a detuned radio
Shania Twain's, "That Don't Impress Me Much"
Misheard Lyrics:
I can't believe you kiss your cock at night
Original Lyrics:
Can't believe you kiss your car goodnight
Smashmouth's, "All Star"
Misheard Lyrics:
Somebody once told me
The world is gonorrhi
Original Lyrics:
Somebody once told me
The world is gonna roll me
Spice Girls', "Spice Up Your Life"
Misheard Lyrics:
Tranquil spaceman and all that's in between
Original Lyrics:
Tribal spaceman and all that's in between
Whitney Houston's, "Queen of the Night"
Misheard Lyrics:
'Cause I'm gonna clean up the night
Clean up the night
Oh yeah, oh yeah
Original Lyrics:
'Cause I'm the queen of the night
The queen of the night
Oh yeah, oh yeah
 
2000s
Coldplay's, "42"
Misheard Lyrics:
Those who are dead are not dead
They're just living in my head
And since I fell for that spell
I am living in this web
Original Lyrics:
Those who are dead are not dead
They're just living in my head
And since I fell for that spell
I am living there as well
Foo Fighters', "Wheels"
Misheard Lyrics:
When the wheels countdown.
When the wheels touch ground.
And you feel like it's all over.
There's another round for you.
Original Lyrics:
When the wheels come down.
When the wheels touch ground.
And you feel like it's all over.
There's another round for you.
Job For A Cowboy's, "Entombment Of A Machine"
Misheard Lyrics:
Camouflage missile.
Original Lyrics:
Collapse from its jaws
Junior Senior's, "Move Your Feet"
Misheard Lyrics:
Just poop-dee-poop-poop my record on
Original Lyrics:
Just put, put, put, put my record on
Justin Bieber's, "One Less Lonely Girl"
Misheard Lyrics:
There's going to be one pressed over girl
Original Lyrics:
There's gonna be one less lonely girl.
Paris Hilton's, "Stars are Blind"
Misheard Lyrics:
Even though the guys are crazy
Original Lyrics:
Even though the gods are crazy
 
2010s
Adele's, "Set Fire to the Rain"
Misheard Lyrics:
I said prayers to the ain
Original Lyrics:
Set fire to the rain
Ed Sheeran's, "Shape Of you"
Misheard Lyrics:
And now my Butt Cheeks smell like you.
Original Lyrics:
And now my bedsheets smell like you
Joseph's, "White Flag"
Misheard Lyrics:
Turn the white f**
Original Lyrics:
Burn the white flag
Kings Of Leon's, "Reverend"
Misheard Lyrics:
Just like a ribbon, like a ribbon on the radio
or
Just like a river, like a river on the radio
Original Lyrics:
Just like a Reverend, like a Reverend on the radio
Mondo Cozmo's, "Shine"
Misheard Lyrics:
Let 'em get hot
Let 'em get slow
Original Lyrics:
Let 'em get high
Let 'em get stoned
Simon Curtis', "Laser Guns Up"
Misheard Lyrics:
The name is Osama when the game is P-O-P
Original Lyrics:
The name is S-I-M-O-N, the game is P-O-P
 
country
Ashley McBryde's, "A Little Dive Bar in Dahlonega"
Misheard Lyrics:
To a little dive bar and a lot of dust
Original Lyrics:
To a little dive bar in Dahlonega
Ashley McBryde's, "A Little Dive Bar in Dahlonega"
Misheard Lyrics:
To a little dive bar with a lot of love
Making the best of a worst day kind of night
Original Lyrics:
To a little dive bar in Dahlonega
Making the best of a worst day kind of night

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