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1950s
The Chordettes', "Mr. Sandman"
Misheard Lyrics:
Give him the word that I'm not all over
Original Lyrics:
Give him the word that I'm not a rover
 
1970s
ABBA's, "Mamma Mia"
Misheard Lyrics:
I've been cheated by you since I jumped away
So I made up my mind, I must come to obey.
Original Lyrics:
I've been cheated by you since I don't know when
So I made up my mind, this must come to an end.
Creedence Clearwater Revival's, "Sweet Hitchhiker"
Misheard Lyrics:
Sweet hitch a hike brotha
Original Lyrics:
Sweet Hitchhiker
Deep Purple's, "Woman From Tokyo"
Misheard Lyrics:
Wild woman from Tokyo
Original Lyrics:
My woman from Tokyo
Elton John's, "Philadelphia Freedom"
Misheard Lyrics:
as I near the street it's Philadelphia Freedom
Original Lyrics:
'Cause I live and breathe this Philadelphia freedom.
George McCrae's, "Rock Your Baby"
Misheard Lyrics:
Rock of Ages
Original Lyrics:
Rock your baby
Merle Haggard's, "Okie From Muskogee"
Misheard Lyrics:
I’m proud to be an Okie from Muskogee
Where even queers can have a ball
Original Lyrics:
I’m proud to be an Okie from Muskogee
Where even squares can have a ball
Pink Floyd's, "Wish You Were Here"
Misheard Lyrics:
Take walk in the park with a Negro I a cage
Original Lyrics:
A walk on part in the war, for a lead role in a cage
Ringo Starr's, "A Dose of Rock ‘n’ Roll"
Misheard Lyrics:
You don’t know that you can
Original Lyrics:
You don’t know that you care
Ringo Starr's, "Oh My My"
Misheard Lyrics:
Oh mama
Original Lyrics:
Oh My My
Ringo Starr's, "Only You"
Misheard Lyrics:
You are my Desitin
Original Lyrics:
You are my destiny
Ringo Starr's, "Wrack My Brain"
Misheard Lyrics:
Wreck my brain
Original Lyrics:
Wrack my brain
Yes', "I've Seen All Good People"
Misheard Lyrics:
To the corner of July
Original Lyrics:
To the corner of your life
 
1980s
Iron Maiden's, "Invasion"
Misheard Lyrics:
Robin Hooding the land
Original Lyrics:
Robbing and looting the land
Iron Maiden's, "Invasion"
Misheard Lyrics:
The fart kings are coming
Original Lyrics:
The vikings are coming
Iron Maiden's, "Invasion"
Misheard Lyrics:
The fat kids are coming
Original Lyrics:
The Vikings are coming
Mr. Mister's, "Kyrie"
Misheard Lyrics:
Carry an angel down this road that I must travel
Original Lyrics:
Kyrie Eleison down the road that I must travel
Prince's, "Batdance"
Misheard Lyrics:
Get the phone call!
Original Lyrics:
Get the funk up!
Spandau Ballet's, "True"
Misheard Lyrics:
Take your seaside otter, write the next line.
Original Lyrics:
Take your seaside arms and write the next line.
Spoons', "Old Emotions"
Misheard Lyrics:
A face that you remember.
Original Lyrics:
Of things that you remember
Stevie Nicks', "Edge of Seventeen"
Misheard Lyrics:
Just like the wild wind does
Sings a song
Sounds like she's singin'
Ooh, baby, ooh, baby, ooh
Original Lyrics:
Just like the white-winged dove
Sings a song
Sounds like she's singing
Oh baby oh said oh
The Bangles', "Manic Monday"
Misheard Lyrics:
All of my life, why did my mother have to get to hard to get down?
Does it matter that I have to be the both of us and floor the sound?
He tells me in his bathroom voice,
"Come on honey, let's go make some noise."
Original Lyrics:
All of my nights, why did my lover have to pick last night to get down (last night, last night)
Doesn't matter that I have to feed the both of us, employment's down
He tells me in his bedroom voice
'Come on honey, let's go make some noise.'
The Cure's, "The Love Cats"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'll show you in spring, it's a picture of Sting.
Original Lyrics:
I'll show you in spring, it's a treacherous thing.
The Go-Go's', "Our Lips Are Sealed"
Misheard Lyrics:
Only to see you.
Original Lyrics:
Our lips are sealed
The Human League's, "Human"
Misheard Lyrics:
Won't you please forget me?
Original Lyrics:
Won't you please forgive me?
The Who's, "Eminence Front"
Misheard Lyrics:
People forget, forget their Haydn
Original Lyrics:
People forget, forget they're hidin'
 
1990s
Beastie Boys', "Intergalactic"
Misheard Lyrics:
Intergalactic punched in the ovaries, bun in the oven, danger rising
Original Lyrics:
Intergalactic planetary planetary intergalactic
Bryan Adams', "Let's Make a Night to Remember"
Misheard Lyrics:
All night long
Original Lyrics:
All life long
Crystal Waters', "Say... If You Feel Alright"
Misheard Lyrics:
Just say hell
Original Lyrics:
Just say hey
Eiffel 65's, "Blue (Da Ba Dee)"
Misheard Lyrics:
If I were green, I would die
Original Lyrics:
Da ba dee, da ba die.
Heart's, "Voodoo Doll"
Misheard Lyrics:
You work your magic on my boobs.
OR
You work your magic on my booze.
Original Lyrics:
You work your magic on my blues.
Hole's, "Malibu"
Misheard Lyrics:
And the sun goes down, I walk into the ways
Original Lyrics:
And the sun goes down, I walk into the waves
Hole's, "Malibu"
Misheard Lyrics:
Crash amber
Original Lyrics:
Crash and burn
 
2000s
Audioslave's, "Cochise"
Misheard Lyrics:
But if it helps you, man
Then I won't stop it.
Original Lyrics:
But if it helps you mend
Then I won't stop it.
Backstreet Boys', "Larger Than Life"
Misheard Lyrics:
All of our timeshares
Original Lyrics:
All of our time spent
The Ataris', "In This Diary"
Misheard Lyrics:
Here in this diarrhea
Original Lyrics:
Here in this diary
X-Dream's, "The 1st"
Misheard Lyrics:
We are the first of cyber ear pollution.
We are the first to program our future
Original Lyrics:
We are the first of cyber-evolution.
We are the first to program our future
 
2010s
Ariana Grande's, "Break Free"
Misheard Lyrics:
This is the part when I bake free
Original Lyrics:
This is the part when I break free
Ariana Grande's, "Side to side"
Misheard Lyrics:
Say I should give them mug
Original Lyrics:
Say I should give you up
Britney Spears', "Circus"
Misheard Lyrics:
All eyes on me discovering new pee just like a sir gas
Original Lyrics:
All eyes on me in the centre of the ring just like a circus
Camila Cabello's, "Havana"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'll do it forever in a minute
Original Lyrics:
I knew him forever in a minute
Camila Cabello's, "Havana"
Misheard Lyrics:
I've been getting Mulan
Original Lyrics:
I've been getting mular
Ed Sheeran's, "Perfect"
Misheard Lyrics:
Dancing in the dark
With you between my ass
Original Lyrics:
Dancing in the dark
With you between my arms
Ed Sheeran's, "Perfect"
Misheard Lyrics:
When you said you looked at meds
Original Lyrics:
When you said you looked a mess
Future's, "Mask Off"
Misheard Lyrics:
Maskanah, f*** it, mask off
Original Lyrics:
Mask on, f*** it, mask off
Of Mice and Men's, "Defy"
Misheard Lyrics:
I defy your selflessness.
Original Lyrics:
I defy this hopelessness.
Rihanna's, "Where Have You Been"
Misheard Lyrics:
Where are you bean
Original Lyrics:
Where have you been?
Sia's, "Fire Meet Gasoline"
Misheard Lyrics:
I got all I need
When you came into me
Original Lyrics:
I got all I need
When you came back to me
Unknown Mortal Orchestra's, "Everyone Acts Crazy Nowadays"
Misheard Lyrics:
We are taking a massive s***
Taking a massive s***
Original Lyrics:
We are taking all kinds of s***
Taking all kinds of s***
 
misc
Cast of 'The Wizard Of Oz''s, "Winkie Chant"
Misheard Lyrics:
we oh-oh oh we oh
Original Lyrics:
O-ee-yah, e-oh-ah!

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