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1960s
Bee Gees', "I Started a Joke"
Misheard Lyrics:
I started to choke
Original Lyrics:
I started a joke
The Velvet Underground's, "Sweet Jane"
Misheard Lyrics:
Jack's in his corset, Jane is in her vest.
Original Lyrics:
Jack who's in his car, says to Janey, in her vest.
 
1970s
AC/DC's, "Highway to Hell"
Misheard Lyrics:
It ain't easy livin' free
She's a ni**er on a one way ride
Original Lyrics:
Living easy, loving free
Season ticket on a one-way ride.
Brian Eno's, "No One Receiving"
Misheard Lyrics:
In the eastern ways, in the eastern days.
Original Lyrics:
In these metal ways, in these metal days.
Bruce Springsteen's, "Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out"
Misheard Lyrics:
Dead devil in the freezer aisle.
Original Lyrics:
Tenth Avenue freeze out.
Captain & Tennille's, "Love Will Keep Us Together"
Misheard Lyrics:
Sunday you look so bigot
Original Lyrics:
Someday you look so begone
Captain & Tennille's, "Love Will Keep Us Together"
Misheard Lyrics:
Yard ain't beautiful
Original Lyrics:
You are beautiful
Jim Ellis', "WKRP In Cincinnati (Closing Theme)"
Misheard Lyrics:
Hey you, bartender
Get set up in here
Two little bottles and a rock 'n' roll bar, uh huh
I said, Good bartender,
Get set up and head out
I said, I'm doing good
Then I'll pulling outta here, uh huh
Original Lyrics:
Mad tooth bar chin-up, box zing outta her hair now Still do the modern day whack-a-mole ditto-o-o What's that? Good bartender, i'da hat-beer 'n' head out I said I wouldn't do it if a poodle had a lid on
Lynyrd Skynyrd's, "Sweet Home Alabama"
Misheard Lyrics:
Boom boom boom
Original Lyrics:
Ooh ooh ooh
Paul Revere And The Raiders', "Indian Reservation"
Misheard Lyrics:
So proud to live, so proud you'd die
Original Lyrics:
So proud to live, so proud to die
Roxy Music's, "Virginia Plain"
Misheard Lyrics:
Can't you see that whore's a maid
What's her name? Virginia Plain
Original Lyrics:
Can't you see that Holzer mane?
What's her name, Virginia Plain
Supertramp's, "Give A Little Bit"
Misheard Lyrics:
Hey hey, whoa no, da na, hey hey, yeah
Original Lyrics:
Hey hey, whoa whoa, banana, yeah!
Sweet's, "Fox on the Run"
Misheard Lyrics:
For f***’s sake
Fox on the run
You scream and everybody’s gone
Original Lyrics:
F-foxy
Fox on the run
You scream and everybody comes
The Police's, "Peanuts"
Misheard Lyrics:
There's something wrong
Your brain is gone
Original Lyrics:
The songs are wrong
The bread 'as gone
 
1980s
Bon Jovi's, "Living in Sin"
Misheard Lyrics:
And I don't need no creature
Original Lyrics:
And I don't need no preacher
Bon Jovi's, "Living in Sin"
Misheard Lyrics:
We're living insane
Original Lyrics:
We're living in sin
Bon Jovi's, "Never Say Goodbye"
Misheard Lyrics:
11 'til you die
Original Lyrics:
Never Say Goodbye
Bon Jovi's, "Who Says You Can't Go Home"
Misheard Lyrics:
Was a GMC lost in the Twilight Zone
Original Lyrics:
Was a gypsy lost in the Twilight Zone
Ozzy Osbourne's, "Crazy Train"
Misheard Lyrics:
Au revoir... Ha, ha, ha. ha
Original Lyrics:
All aboard...Ha, ha, ha, ha
Taylor Dayne's, "Don't Rush Me"
Misheard Lyrics:
Fill er up speedy
Original Lyrics:
Don't rush me.
The Go Gos', "Vacation"
Misheard Lyrics:
Vacation, over troubled water.
Vacation; Havasu get away!
Original Lyrics:
Vacation, all I ever wanted.
Vacation; had to get away
Thompson Twins', "Hold Me Now"
Misheard Lyrics:
Hold me now
Hold my heart
Original Lyrics:
Hold me now
Warm my heart.
 
1990s
Aerosmith's, "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing"
Misheard Lyrics:
The sweetest dream I’d never do
Original Lyrics:
The sweetest dream would never do
Bon Jovi's, "Keep the Faith"
Misheard Lyrics:
Think: don't let your luck turn to heat
Original Lyrics:
Faith: don't let your love turn to hate
Cranberries', "Linger"
Misheard Lyrics:
Do you have to live in danger?
Original Lyrics:
Do you have to let it linger?
Damn Yankees', "High Enough"
Misheard Lyrics:
Can you take the higher love?
Original Lyrics:
Can you take me high enough?
M People's, "Sight for Sore Eyes"
Misheard Lyrics:
As a matter of fact and a plop on the head
Original Lyrics:
As a matter of fact at the drop of a hat
Nobuo Uematsu's, "One Winged Angel"
Misheard Lyrics:
Very, very hairy log
Whenever in panty lust
Original Lyrics:
Veni, veni, venias,
Ne me mori facias
Pablo Montero's, "Gata Salvaje"
Misheard Lyrics:
Got to so f*** it
Come to the sun
Original Lyrics:
Gata Salvaje con tu pasion
R.E.M.'s, "Nightswimming"
Misheard Lyrics:
Every sweet life deserves a picture
Original Lyrics:
Every streetlight deserves a picture
Shanice's, "Saving Forever for You"
Misheard Lyrics:
And you'll be my habit
Baby 'til the habits
Original Lyrics:
And you'll be my heaven
Baby 'til the heavens
Smash Mouth's, "Why Can't We Be Freinds"
Misheard Lyrics:
Why can't we beat France
Why can't we beat France
Why can't we beat France
Why can't we beat France
Original Lyrics:
Why can't we be friends
Why can't we be friends
Why can't we be friends
Why can't we be friends
 
2000s
Bon Jovi's, "Who Says You Can't Go Home"
Misheard Lyrics:
Uber says you can't go home
Original Lyrics:
Who says you can't go home?
Busted's, "You Said No"
Misheard Lyrics:
On the day that I crashed the moon
Original Lyrics:
On the day that I crashed and burned.
Fall Out Boy's, "Sugar, We're Going Down"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'm just a nudge in your bedclothes,
But you're just a lie in a song
Original Lyrics:
I'm just a notch in your bedpost
But you're just a line in a song.
Jessica Simpson's, "A Little Bit"
Misheard Lyrics:
A little less spray
Original Lyrics:
A little less break
Outkast's, "Ms Jackson"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'm sorry Ms Jackson
I am four eels
Never meant to make your Doppler crack
I apologize a truth advice
Original Lyrics:
I'm sorry Ms Jackson
I am for real
Never meant to make your daughter cry
I apologize a trillion times
Shakira feat. Wyclef Jean's, "Hips Don't Lie"
Misheard Lyrics:
You make a woman German
Original Lyrics:
You make a woman go mad
Yo Gabba Gabba's, "All My Friends are Different"
Misheard Lyrics:
Amope and different
Original Lyrics:
All my friends are different
Yo Gabba Gabba's, "Goodbye"
Misheard Lyrics:
They have to go back omen
Original Lyrics:
They have to go back home now
Yo Gabba Gabba's, "I Love Bugs"
Misheard Lyrics:
I love bucks
Original Lyrics:
I love bugs
Yo Gabba Gabba's, "Nap Time"
Misheard Lyrics:
Time for sleet
Original Lyrics:
Time for sleep
 
2010s
Camila Cabello's, "Havana"
Misheard Lyrics:
Banana oh na na,
Half of my heart is a banana oh na na.
Original Lyrics:
Havana oh na na,
Half my heart is in Havana oh na na
Ed Sheeran's, "Shape of You"
Misheard Lyrics:
Your shampoo's like a magnet too
Original Lyrics:
We push and pull like a magnet do
Future's, "Mask Off"
Misheard Lyrics:
Tide pod, that’s a liability
Original Lyrics:
Top off, that’s a liability
Maroon 5's, "What Lovers Do"
Misheard Lyrics:
Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh there was s**t
Original Lyrics:
Oh OH OH OH Oh been wishin' for you
Maroon 5's, "What Lovers Do"
Misheard Lyrics:
Ooh, ooh ooh ooh there was s**t for you for you
Ooh, ooh
Original Lyrics:
Ooh ooh ooh ooh been wishin' for you
Selena Gomez and Marshmello's, "Wolves"
Misheard Lyrics:
I've been running through the jungle.
I've been running through the walls, to get to you.
Original Lyrics:
I've been running through the jungle.
I've been running with the wolves, to get to you.
Vance Joy's, "We’re Going Home"
Misheard Lyrics:
When I see you latch on, I know I’m home
Original Lyrics:
When I see your light shine, I know I’m home
 
misc
Commercial's, "State Farm"
Misheard Lyrics:
Like a good Navy
State Fart is there
Original Lyrics:
Like a good neighbor
State Farm is there

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