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1960s
Shocking Blue's, "Mighty Joe"
Misheard Lyrics:
Beware beware when he is around
Tonight I go with a face, boys
or
Might I go with the baseboards
Original Lyrics:
Beware beware when he is around
Mighty Joe with a bass voice
Sonny and Cher's, "I Got You Babe"
Misheard Lyrics:
Then put your little head in mind
Original Lyrics:
Then put your little hand in mine
Traffic's, "Dear Mr. Fantasy"
Misheard Lyrics:
You are the thing take us out of this blues
Original Lyrics:
You are the thing take us out of this gloom
 
1970s
Boney M's, "Rasputin"
Misheard Lyrics:
Lover of the recipe
Original Lyrics:
Lover of the Russian Queen
Cheap Trick's, "I Want You to Want Me"
Misheard Lyrics:
Fiddle I, fiddle I, fiddle I see you crying.
Original Lyrics:
Didn't I, didn't I, didn't I see you crying.
Cher's, "The Way of Love"
Misheard Lyrics:
When you need a boy that you like a lot
Original Lyrics:
When you meet a boy that you like a lot
Elton John's, "Daniel"
Misheard Lyrics:
I can see the red tail lights of Daniel's new Limousine
Original Lyrics:
I can see the red tail lights
Heading for Spain.
Jackson 5's, "ABC"
Misheard Lyrics:
That's how making love can be.
Original Lyrics:
That's how easy love can be.
Paul Revere and the Raiders', "Indian Reservation"
Misheard Lyrics:
Cherokee flight
Original Lyrics:
Cherokee tribe
Pink Floyd's, "Time"
Misheard Lyrics:
Digging away the moments that make up the dull day
Original Lyrics:
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day
Queen's, "Bohemian Rhapsody"
Misheard Lyrics:
The elder poop has a devil motorcycle, eeeeeeee!
Original Lyrics:
Beelzebub has a devil put aside for me.
Queen's, "Fat Bottomed Girls"
Misheard Lyrics:
With that bottom girl, you make the rockin' world go round.
Original Lyrics:
Fat bottomed girls, you make the rockin' world go round.
Supertramp's, "The Logical Song"
Misheard Lyrics:
But they sent me away to teach me how to be sensible
Original Lyrics:
But they sent me away to teach me how to be sensical
 
1980s
Culture Club's, "I'll Tumble 4 Ya"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'll be your store
Original Lyrics:
I'll be your score
Def Leppard's, "Pour Some Sugar On Me"
Misheard Lyrics:
Lookin' like a lover with a red iPhone
Original Lyrics:
Livin' like a lover with a radar phone.
Eddie Money's, "Think I'm in Love"
Misheard Lyrics:
I think I'm alone
Original Lyrics:
I think I'm in love
Genesis', "Invisible Touch"
Misheard Lyrics:
She has a kitten ability
To take everything she seeds
Original Lyrics:
She has a built-in ability
To take everything she sees
Survivor's, "High On You"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'm sci-fi on you
Original Lyrics:
I'm so high on you
The B-52's', "Roam"
Misheard Lyrics:
Roam back to me
Shooting through, everything dreams
Oh girl dancing down those dirty and dusty trails
Take it head to head rocking through the wilderness
Around the world the trip begins with a guess
Original Lyrics:
Boy mercury
Shooting through every degree
Oh girl dancing down those dirty and dusty trails
Take it hip to hip rocking through the wilderness
Around the world the trip begins with a kiss
Whitney Houston's, "I Wanna Dance with Somebody"
Misheard Lyrics:
Oh, I wanna dance with some bunny
Original Lyrics:
Oh, I wanna dance with somebody
 
1990s
Mark Morrison's, "Return of the Mack"
Misheard Lyrics:
You're like a man
Original Lyrics:
You lied to me.
Rockapella's, "Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?"
Misheard Lyrics:
Steal their soul in South Korea
Original Lyrics:
Steal their Seoul in South Korea
Rod Stewart's, "The Motown Song"
Misheard Lyrics:
Only if we listen to the miracles echo to the Allen down below.
Original Lyrics:
On the roof and listen to The Miracles echo to the alley down below.
TV Theme Song's, "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles"
Misheard Lyrics:
When the evil shredder attacks, these turtle farts will come and fight back
Original Lyrics:
When the evil shredder attacks these turtle boys will cut him no slack
Whitney Houston's, "Step by Step"
Misheard Lyrics:
Brick by brick
Original Lyrics:
Break by break
 
2000s
Bjork's, "Unison"
Misheard Lyrics:
And a pair of onyx eyes
Original Lyrics:
And a parrot on each side
Britney Spears', "Radar"
Misheard Lyrics:
Catch you up, Marina
Original Lyrics:
Got you on my radar
Fefe Dobson's, "Everything"
Misheard Lyrics:
This diamond ring
Original Lyrics:
This I will bring
Gwen Stefani's, "What You Waiting For"
Misheard Lyrics:
Wipe your shorts, you're capable
Original Lyrics:
Life is short, you're capable
Pink's, "Just Like a Pill"
Misheard Lyrics:
To the middle of the factory fields
Original Lyrics:
To the middle of my frustrated fears
Shakira feat. Wyclef Jean's, "Hips Don't Lie"
Misheard Lyrics:
You know my kids don't lie
And I'm starting to feel this light
Original Lyrics:
You know my hips don't lie
And I'm starting to feel this right
Train's, "If It's Love"
Misheard Lyrics:
If it's love
And we decide that it's forever,
No one else can do it better
Original Lyrics:
Here it's love
Oh it is so and it's forever,
No one else can do it better
 
2010s
Alice Merton's, "No Roots"
Misheard Lyrics:
I got no boobs
Original Lyrics:
I've got no roots
Future's, "Mask Off"
Misheard Lyrics:
Contemplate, we gon' contemplate
Original Lyrics:
We call the play, we didn't come to play
George Ezra's, "Budapest"
Misheard Lyrics:
Miles from Budapest
Original Lyrics:
My house in Budapest
Iggy Azalea's, "Fancy"
Misheard Lyrics:
First things first, amaryllis
Original Lyrics:
First things first, I'm the realest
Misheard Lyrics:
Focus, fire a gun
Original Lyrics:
Blow a kiss, fire a gun
MisterWives', "Coloring Outside the Lines"
Misheard Lyrics:
Smoke marijuana
Do, make it all come true
Because nothing is impossible with you.
Original Lyrics:
Say, what we wanna
Do, make it all come true
Because nothing is impossible with you.
Swedish House Mafia's, "Don't You Worry Child"
Misheard Lyrics:
Don’t you worry, don’t you worry child.
Ciara’s got a plan for you
Original Lyrics:
Don't you worry, don't you worry child.
See heaven's got a plan for you
Taylor Swift's, "Bad Blood"
Misheard Lyrics:
Salt in the womb, like you're laughing right at me
Original Lyrics:
Salt in the the wound, like you're laughing right at me
 
misc
Ella Fitzgerald's, "A-Tisket, a-Tasket"
Misheard Lyrics:
A Triscuit, a basket
Original Lyrics:
A-Tisket, a-Tasket
Ella Fitzgerald's, "A-Tisket, a-Tasket"
Misheard Lyrics:
A green and yellow Bassett
Original Lyrics:
A green and yellow basket
Ella Fitzgerald's, "Cheek to Cheek"
Misheard Lyrics:
That I can hardly speed
Original Lyrics:
That I can hardly speak
Traditional's, "500 Miles"
Misheard Lyrics:
No, I'm one, No, I'm two,
No, I'm three, No, I'm four,
No, I'm 500 miles away from home.
Original Lyrics:
Lord, I'm one, Lord, I'm two,
Lord, I'm three, Lord, I'm four,
Lord, I'm 500 miles away from home.
Traditional's, "Clementine"
Misheard Lyrics:
Caring foxes, without stockses
Original Lyrics:
Herring boxes, without topses
Traditional's, "Clementine"
Misheard Lyrics:
In a cabin, in a cadon, and scavading for a mine.
Original Lyrics:
In a cavern, in a canyon, excavating for a mine.
Traditional's, "Clementine"
Misheard Lyrics:
Lived a miner, bored a miner
Original Lyrics:
Lived a miner, forty-niner
Traditional's, "Oh Susanna"
Misheard Lyrics:
For I come from a banana, with my badger on my knee
Original Lyrics:
For I come from Alabama, with my banjo on my knee.
Traditional's, "Red River Valley"
Misheard Lyrics:
Do not hate and give me a dune.
Original Lyrics:
Do not hasten to bid me adieu.
Traditional's, "She'll be coming round the mountain"
Misheard Lyrics:
She'll be singing How Are You Now when she comes
or
She'll be singing Hall in New York when she comes
Original Lyrics:
She'll be singing Hallelujah when she comes

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