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1950s
Big Maybelle's, "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On"
Misheard Lyrics:
Oh what a shakin' goin' on
Original Lyrics:
Whole lotta shakin' goin' on
 
1960s
Strawberry Alarm Clock's, "Incense and Peppermints"
Misheard Lyrics:
Old Cajun firesweat
Original Lyrics:
Occasions persuasions
 
1970s
Boney M's, "Rasputin"
Misheard Lyrics:
But the cars are chucked, he danced really wunderbar
Original Lyrics:
But the Kazachouk, he danced really wunderbar.
Boney M's, "Rasputin"
Misheard Lyrics:
Rabuscious Rasputin had lots of hidden cars
Original Lyrics:
No doubt this Rasputin had lots of hidden charm
Boney M's, "Rasputin"
Misheard Lyrics:
Russia’s greatest washing machine
Original Lyrics:
Russia’s greatest love machine
Boney M's, "Rasputin"
Misheard Lyrics:
Then one night some men of Highend Landing
Original Lyrics:
Then one night some men of higher standing
Elton John's, "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road"
Misheard Lyrics:
Your cat locked me in your penthouse
I'm going back to my town
Original Lyrics:
You can't plant me in your penthouse
I'm going back to my plough.
Elvis Costello's, "Watching The Detectives"
Misheard Lyrics:
Red Datsun narrowly connects
Original Lyrics:
Red dogs under illegal legs
Led Zeppelin's, "Stairway to Heaven"
Misheard Lyrics:
And she's buying a spare rib to heaven
Original Lyrics:
And she's buying a stairway to heaven
Madonna's, "Music"
Misheard Lyrics:
Music makes the big boys come together
Original Lyrics:
Music makes the people come together
Michael Jackson's, "Rockin' Robin"
Misheard Lyrics:
F***in' robin
Original Lyrics:
Rockin' Robin
Paul McCartney's, "Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey"
Misheard Lyrics:
And a pot pie (a pot pie?)
I wondered what smelt so funny in the pie.
Original Lyrics:
And butter pie.(Butter pie?)
The butter wouldn't melt so I put it in the pie.
Queen's, "Bohemian Rhapsody"
Misheard Lyrics:
Beelzebub has a devil on the side, poor me
Original Lyrics:
Beelzebub had a devil put aside for me
Steve Miller Band's, "Jet Airliner"
Misheard Lyrics:
Big time Carolina.
Don't carry me too far away
Original Lyrics:
Big old jet airliner.
Don't carry me too far away.
The Eagles', "Hotel California"
Misheard Lyrics:
Her mind is definitely twisted
Original Lyrics:
Her mind is Tiffany-twisted
 
1980s
AC/DC's, "Dirty Deeds (Done Dirt Cheap)"
Misheard Lyrics:
Dirty deeds, in my dungarees.
Original Lyrics:
Dirty deeds and they're done dirt cheap.
Bob Marley's, "Buffalo Soldier"
Misheard Lyrics:
Buffalo soldier, dreadlock roster.
Original Lyrics:
Buffalo soldier, dreadlock rasta.
Four Tops', "Down in Acapulco"
Misheard Lyrics:
Down it like a phone call
Original Lyrics:
Down in Acapulco.
Hall & Oates', "Man Eater"
Misheard Lyrics:
Watch out before she'll shoot you up
Original Lyrics:
Watch out boy she'll chew you up
Living Colour's, "The Cult of Personality"
Misheard Lyrics:
Look in my eyes, what do you see?
The Cocoa Puffs are hatching
Original Lyrics:
Look in my eyes, what do you see?
The cult of personality
Men at Work's, "Down Under"
Misheard Lyrics:
Where women blow and men thunder?
Original Lyrics:
Where women glow and men plunder?
Michael Jackson's, "Man In The Mirror"
Misheard Lyrics:
And no mustache could a man ever clipper
Original Lyrics:
And no message could have been any clearer.
Prince's, "I Would Die 4 U"
Misheard Lyrics:
Mumbo jumbo you
Original Lyrics:
I would die for you
The Clash's, "Rock The Casbah"
Misheard Lyrics:
Drop your bombs on the illiterates
Original Lyrics:
Drop your bombs between the minarets
 
1990s
Alice in Chains', "Would?"
Misheard Lyrics:
Into the butt again
Original Lyrics:
Into the flood again
Billy Joel's, "A Minor Variation"
Misheard Lyrics:
Ain’t nobody’s business, baby
Ain’t nobody’s water garden
Original Lyrics:
Ain’t nobody’s business, baby
Ain’t nobody’s worry, darlin’
FireHouse's, "Love of a Lifetime"
Misheard Lyrics:
We'll make a wish and save it on a prank
Original Lyrics:
We'll make a wish and send it on a prayer
Hole's, "Celebrity Skin"
Misheard Lyrics:
My name is Myna Van
Original Lyrics:
My name is might have been
Hole's, "Celebrity Skin"
Misheard Lyrics:
No second feeling
Original Lyrics:
No second billing
Hole's, "Malibu"
Misheard Lyrics:
Hail me please, bring the sorrow from your eyes
Original Lyrics:
Help me please, burn the sorrow from your eyes
Smash Mouth's, "Satellite"
Misheard Lyrics:
You must be grab a Katie
Original Lyrics:
You must be gravitating
Temple of the Dog's, "Hunger Strike"
Misheard Lyrics:
And they're bombing babies, the slaves are all working.
Original Lyrics:
And they're farming babies, the slaves are all working.
Temple of the Dog's, "Hunger Strike"
Misheard Lyrics:
Blood is on the table, the mouths are all chomping.
Original Lyrics:
Blood is on the table, the mouths are all choking.
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers', "Into the Great Wide Open"
Misheard Lyrics:
Their A & R man said "I heard you were single"
Original Lyrics:
Their A & R man said, 'I don't hear a single'.
 
2000s
Britney Spears', "Oops, I Did It Again"
Misheard Lyrics:
Well, baby, I went down in California.
Original Lyrics:
Well, baby, I went down and got it for you.
Britney Spears', "Stronger"
Misheard Lyrics:
Somber for yesterday
Original Lyrics:
Stronger than yesterday
Bush's, "Glycerine"
Misheard Lyrics:
Bad mood water guy
Original Lyrics:
Bad moon, white again
Dream Theater's, "Forsaken"
Misheard Lyrics:
For Satan
Original Lyrics:
Forsaken
Green Day's, "Before the Lobotomy"
Misheard Lyrics:
Laftoo
Original Lyrics:
Laughter
Panic! At The Disco's, "Nails For Breakfast, Tacks For Snacks"
Misheard Lyrics:
Oh Oh, musicant who chokes on bees situations
Original Lyrics:
Oh Oh, was it God who chokes in these situations?
Pearl Jam's, "Jeremy"
Misheard Lyrics:
The dead lay in pools of rublo
Original Lyrics:
The dead lay in pools of maroon below.
Sean Paul's, "Temperature"
Misheard Lyrics:
I got the right temperature
Fish hat the ewe from the storm.
Original Lyrics:
I got the right temperature
For shelter you from the storm.
Taylor Swift's, "You Belong With Me"
Misheard Lyrics:
She’s cheerleader captain and I'm on the bleachers
Original Lyrics:
She's cheer captain and I'm on the bleachers
 
2010s
Demi Lovato's, "Sorry Not Sorry"
Misheard Lyrics:
Now I'm out here looking like the grinch
Original Lyrics:
Now I'm out here looking like revenge
Empyre One's, "My Radio"
Misheard Lyrics:
Oh we pukin' in the trash
Original Lyrics:
Only pure can attract
Havana Brown Featuring Pitbull's, "We Run the Night"
Misheard Lyrics:
Giving out the wrong number
Original Lyrics:
Run 'em like run 'em run 'em woop
Olly Murs', "Troublemaker"
Misheard Lyrics:
There must be poison in those bigger t*ts of yours
Original Lyrics:
There must be poison in those fingertips of yours
Vance Joy's, "Riptide"
Misheard Lyrics:
And the cow monster
Original Lyrics:
And they come unstuck
iDOLM@STER's, "Little Match Girl"
Misheard Lyrics:
like a little machine gun
Original Lyrics:
like a little match girl
 
misc
Bing Crosby's, "Easter Parade"
Misheard Lyrics:
Enter East Havana
Original Lyrics:
In your Easter bonnet

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