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1960s
Lesley Gore's, "It's My Party"
Misheard Lyrics:
It's my body and I'll die if I want to
Original Lyrics:
It's my party and I'll cry if I want to
Simon & Garfunkel's, "Mrs. Robinson"
Misheard Lyrics:
Put it in your banshee with your cupcakes
Original Lyrics:
Put it in your pantry with your cupcakes
The Beatles', "Penny Lane"
Misheard Lyrics:
A pretty nurse is selling puppies from a tree
Original Lyrics:
A pretty nurse is selling poppies from a tray
The Chi-Lites', "Oh Girl"
Misheard Lyrics:
Oh god
Original Lyrics:
Oh girl
The Rolling Stones', "Paint it Black"
Misheard Lyrics:
No more will my green Sebring turn a deeper blue
Original Lyrics:
No more will my green seagull turn a deeper blue
 
1970s
Bette Midler's, "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy"
Misheard Lyrics:
He had a booger style
Original Lyrics:
He had a boogie style
Blondie's, "Heart of Glass"
Misheard Lyrics:
Watching those trucks
Original Lyrics:
Won't you just trust?
Bob Dylan's, "Like a Rolling Stone"
Misheard Lyrics:
How does it fail?
Original Lyrics:
How does it feel?
Dire Straits', "Sultans of Swing"
Misheard Lyrics:
A bandit's blowing Disney
Original Lyrics:
A band is blowing Dixie
Dobie Gray's, "Drift Away"
Misheard Lyrics:
Gimme the people to free my soul
Original Lyrics:
Gimme the beat boys and free my soul
Elton John's, "Funeral for a Friend"
Misheard Lyrics:
Love that rhythm in my head
Original Lyrics:
Love lies bleeding in my hand
John Sebastian's, "Welcome Back"
Misheard Lyrics:
Looking back
Original Lyrics:
Welcome back
Jose Feliciano's, "Feliz Navidad"
Misheard Lyrics:
Fleas never dab
Original Lyrics:
Feliz Navidad
M's, "Pop Muzik"
Misheard Lyrics:
What, what, what is it?
Original Lyrics:
Pop, pop, pop muzik
 
1980s
Adrian Gurvitz's, "Classic"
Misheard Lyrics:
Gonna write a classic
Gonna write it in an attic
Babe, I'm a haddock now
A haddock for your love
Original Lyrics:
Got to write a classic
Got to write it in an attic
Baby, I'm an addict now
An addict for your love
Bette Midler's, "Wind Beneath My Wings"
Misheard Lyrics:
You got me in beneath my wings
Original Lyrics:
You are the wind beneath my wings
Luther Vandross', "Here and Now"
Misheard Lyrics:
Even now
Original Lyrics:
Here and Now
Men at Work's, "It's a Mistake"
Misheard Lyrics:
Whistling your favourite tune, we'll send a cauliflower.
Original Lyrics:
Whistling your favourite tune, we'll send a card and flower.
Pink Floyd's, "Another Brick in the Wall, Pt. 2"
Misheard Lyrics:
All in all you're just a mother breaking the wall
Original Lyrics:
All in all you're just another brick in the wall
Pink Floyd's, "Another Brick in the Wall, Pt. 2"
Misheard Lyrics:
Hey! Teacher! Listen to Kiss FM!
Original Lyrics:
Hey! Teacher! Leave those kids alone!
Pink Floyd's, "Another Brick in the Wall, Pt. 2"
Misheard Lyrics:
No duck sarcasm in the classroom
Original Lyrics:
No dark sarcasm in the classroom
Queen's, "Another One Bites The Dust"
Misheard Lyrics:
Shut up!
Original Lyrics:
Shoot out
Spandau Ballet's, "Instinction"
Misheard Lyrics:
So ticket
Original Lyrics:
So take it
Spandau Ballet's, "Only When You Leave"
Misheard Lyrics:
How many cars must I make?
or
How many cards must I make?
Original Lyrics:
How many calls must I make?
Spandau Ballet's, "To Cut a Long Story Short"
Misheard Lyrics:
See you in the ballet
or
See you, Spandau Ballet
Original Lyrics:
See you in the valley
The Associates', "Club Country"
Misheard Lyrics:
There lies the perfect sultana
Original Lyrics:
Therein lies the perfect pseudonym
The Associates', "Party Fears Two"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'll have a shower
And then f*** my brother up
Original Lyrics:
I'll have a shower
And then phone my brother up
The Eurythmics', "Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of These)"
Misheard Lyrics:
Hold him hit him
Squeeze him hit him
Original Lyrics:
Hold your head up, keep your head up.
 
1990s
Babylon Zoo's, "Spaceman"
Misheard Lyrics:
There's a party between us
So where is your cock?
Original Lyrics:
There's a fire between us
So where is your god?
Bette Midler's, "From a Distance"
Misheard Lyrics:
Playing songs of Pope
Original Lyrics:
Playing songs of hope
Bette Midler's, "Stuff Like That There"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'm at the cafe
Original Lyrics:
A mess o' cabbage
Divinyls', "I Touch Myself"
Misheard Lyrics:
I fuck at myself
Original Lyrics:
I forget myself
Misheard Lyrics:
I got a space
Original Lyrics:
Like outer space
Heart's, "Rage"
Misheard Lyrics:
Pleasant black cold concrete
Original Lyrics:
Flesh and blood and cold concrete
Heart's, "Will You Be There (In the Morning)"
Misheard Lyrics:
You're my obsession, my addiction, my drug,
So let the candle grow into a great fire plug.
Original Lyrics:
You're my obsession, my addiction, my drug,
So let the candle grow into a great fire of love.
Meredith Brooks', "Nothing in Between"
Misheard Lyrics:
I hate the one today
Original Lyrics:
I hate the world today
Reef's, "Naked"
Misheard Lyrics:
Chuck a dart
Light a fart
Original Lyrics:
Come the dark
Light a fire
Reef's, "Naked"
Misheard Lyrics:
If you know why I'm fat
I would get a kid from that
Muddy face, bloody hand
Naked weekends on our own
Original Lyrics:
If you know where I'm at
I would get a kick from that
Muddy face, bloody hand
Naked we dance on our clothes
Stevie B's, "Because I Love You (The Postman Song)"
Misheard Lyrics:
If you should feel that I don't really dare
And that you're starting to lose track
Original Lyrics:
If you should feel that I don't really care
And that you're starting to lose ground
 
2000s
Britney Spears', "Circus"
Misheard Lyrics:
All eyes on me, in the center of the rain,
Just like a circus.
Original Lyrics:
All eyes on me in the center of the ring
Just like a circus.
Lloyd's, "You"
Misheard Lyrics:
She's fighting, too
Original Lyrics:
She's fine, too
The Used's, "The Taste Of Ink"
Misheard Lyrics:
And I'll savor every woman out there
Original Lyrics:
And I savor every moment of this.
Theme Songs', "It's a Big Big World"
Misheard Lyrics:
Baby Bop for you and me
Original Lyrics:
Big enough for you and me
Theme Songs', "Rubbadubbers"
Misheard Lyrics:
Rex and the media
Original Lyrics:
Reg and Ameilia
 
2010s
Camila Cabello's, "Havana"
Misheard Lyrics:
Banana, ooh na na (ay)
Original Lyrics:
Havana, ooh na na (ay)
Carly Rae Jepsen's, "Call Me Maybe"
Misheard Lyrics:
But now you're in the malware
Original Lyrics:
But now you're in my way
Lady Gaga's, "Bad Romance"
Misheard Lyrics:
Your sugar romance
Original Lyrics:
Want your bad romance
PSY's, "Gangnam Style"
Misheard Lyrics:
Open condom style
Original Lyrics:
Oppa-Gangnam Style
Vance Joy's, "Riptide"
Misheard Lyrics:
And the car won't start
Original Lyrics:
And they come unstuck
 
misc
Traditional's, "Home on the Range"
Misheard Lyrics:
Where seven is heard
On discouraging work
Original Lyrics:
Where seldom is heard
A discouraging word

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