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1960s
Brian Hyland's, "Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Yellow Polka Dot Bikini"
Misheard Lyrics:
Beanie Weenie
Original Lyrics:
Teeny weeny
The Doors', "Break On Through (To the Other Side)"
Misheard Lyrics:
Chicken (hot)
Original Lyrics:
She get (high)
The Doors', "Gloria"
Misheard Lyrics:
Do it, do it, do it
Original Lyrics:
Too late, too late, too late
The Doors', "Love Street"
Misheard Lyrics:
Lunchmeat
Original Lyrics:
Love Street
The Rolling Stones', "19th Nervous Breakdown"
Misheard Lyrics:
Well, it seems to me that you have sinned too much in too few years.
Original Lyrics:
Well, it seems to me that you have seen too much in too few years.
 
1970s
ABBA's, "Dancing Queen"
Misheard Lyrics:
You only tease him to turn him on
Original Lyrics:
You're a teaser, you turn 'em on
ABBA's, "If it Wasn't for the Nights"
Misheard Lyrics:
I've got a pointless work I have to do
Original Lyrics:
I've got appointments, work I have to do
ABBA's, "Take A Chance On Me"
Misheard Lyrics:
If you change your mind on the first-aid line,
On the upstairs three,
Take a chance on me.
Original Lyrics:
If you change your mind I'm the first in line
Honey I'm still free
Take a chance on me
David Bowie's, "Fame"
Misheard Lyrics:
Pain
Original Lyrics:
Fame
Donna Summer's, "Hot Stuff"
Misheard Lyrics:
Lookin' for some hot stuff, baby, deceive me.
Original Lyrics:
Lookin' for some hot stuff, baby, this evenin'.
Earth, Wind & Fire's, "Sing a Song"
Misheard Lyrics:
When you are dining out
Original Lyrics:
When you feel down and out
Electric Light Orchestra's, "Telephone Line"
Misheard Lyrics:
Tell me a lie
Original Lyrics:
Telephone line
Electric Light Orchestra's, "Turn to Stone"
Misheard Lyrics:
Cornerstone
Original Lyrics:
Turn to stone
England Dan and John Ford Coley's, "I’d Really Love to See You Tonight"
Misheard Lyrics:
I’m not talking about urinating
or
I’m not talking about Uranus
Original Lyrics:
I’m not talking about moving in
Gordon Lightfoot's, "Sundown"
Misheard Lyrics:
Sundown you better take care
If I find you've been creeping round up down stairs
Original Lyrics:
Sundown, you better take care
If I find you've been creeping 'round my back stairs.
Kansas', "Carry on Wayward Son"
Misheard Lyrics:
Carry on, my native son.
Original Lyrics:
Carry on, my wayward son.
Kenny Loggins & Stevie Nicks', "Whenever I Call You Friend"
Misheard Lyrics:
Beans don't burn on a Saturday night!
Original Lyrics:
Sweet love showin' us a heavenly light
Led Zeppelin's, "Rock and Roll"
Misheard Lyrics:
Dinnertime
Original Lyrics:
Been a long time
Queen's, "Bohemian Rhapsody"
Misheard Lyrics:
He's just a poor boy from a poor family,
Sparing his life for some warm sausages.
Original Lyrics:
He's just a poor boy from a poor family
Spare him his life from his monstrosity.
Steve Miller Band's, "Jungle Love"
Misheard Lyrics:
Jump around!
Sanity man!
It’s driving me crazy!!
Original Lyrics:
Jungle love
It’s driving me mad
It’s making me crazy
Supertramp's, "Cannonball"
Misheard Lyrics:
Don't say you would, I don't just want a hug
Original Lyrics:
Don't say a word, I know just what I heard
The Doors', "Peace Frog"
Misheard Lyrics:
Down in the streets in the town of Chicago
Original Lyrics:
Blood in the streets in the town of Chicago
Village People's, "Macho Man"
Misheard Lyrics:
Moscow Moscow man.
Original Lyrics:
Macho, Macho Man
 
1980s
ABBA's, "Our Last Summer"
Misheard Lyrics:
It was a violent, true romance
Original Lyrics:
It was a fine and true romance
Aretha Franklin and George Michael's, "I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)"
Misheard Lyrics:
A newlywed wedding
Original Lyrics:
I knew you were waiting
Billy Ocean's, "Caribean Queen"
Misheard Lyrics:
Garry Busey
Original Lyrics:
Caribean Queen
Gerry Rafferty's, "Right Down the Line"
Misheard Lyrics:
All those crazy drinks
Original Lyrics:
All those crazy dreams
Guns N' Roses', "Welcome to the Jungle"
Misheard Lyrics:
If you want your toe to bleed
Original Lyrics:
if you want it your gonna bleed
Men At Work's, "Down Under"
Misheard Lyrics:
Do you come from a land down under?
Where women flow, and men thunder.
Original Lyrics:
Do you come from a land down under?
Where women glow and men plunder.
Metallica's, "One"
Misheard Lyrics:
Ohh my breast is sideways today.
Please, God, help me!!
Original Lyrics:
Hold my breath as I wish for death.
Please, God, help me!!
Michael Jackson's, "Human Nature"
Misheard Lyrics:
If this town
Is just a nipple
Then let me take a bite
Original Lyrics:
If this town
Is just an apple
Then let me take a bite
Prince's, "Little Red Corvette"
Misheard Lyrics:
Littering prohibited
Original Lyrics:
Little Red Corvette
Rick James', "Super Freak"
Misheard Lyrics:
When I get there, she's got intertwining candles
Original Lyrics:
When I get there, she's got incense, wine, and candles
Soul II Soul's, "Back to Life"
Misheard Lyrics:
How early in the morning.
How early in the evening
Original Lyrics:
However do you want me
However do you need me.
Star Turn On 45 (Pints)'s, "Pump Up the Bitter"
Misheard Lyrics:
So knock the wall doon
Bring the drugs in
Let's have a party
Original Lyrics:
So knock the wall down
Bring the drums in
Let's have a party
The Exploited's, "Dead Cities"
Misheard Lyrics:
Get ciggies, get ciggies
Original Lyrics:
Dead cities, dead cities
Thompson Twins', "Hold Me Now"
Misheard Lyrics:
Hold me down
Hold my arms
Original Lyrics:
Hold me now
Warm my heart.
Violent Femmes', "Blister in the Sun"
Misheard Lyrics:
When I eat beets I stain my sheets,
I don't even know why!
Original Lyrics:
Body and beats, I stain my sheets
I don't even know why.
 
1990s
Chumbawamba's, "Tubthumping"
Misheard Lyrics:
I get no town,
I am like a loggerhead,
You're never gonna keep me down
Original Lyrics:
I get knocked down,
But I get up again,
You're never gonna keep me down
Eiffel 65's, "Blue (Da Ba Dee)"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'm blue in Aberdeen I will die
Original Lyrics:
I'm blue - da-ba-de-da-ba-di da-ba-de-da-ba-di da-ba-de-da-ba-di
Metallica's, "Enter Sandman"
Misheard Lyrics:
Take my hand
Original Lyrics:
Grain of sand
Oasis', "Wonderwall"
Misheard Lyrics:
Cos maybe she's going to her shopping at Sainsbury's
Original Lyrics:
'Cause maybe, you're gonna be the one that saves me.
Red Hot Chili Peppers', "Scar Tissue"
Misheard Lyrics:
In my brother's she'd is a lonely Jew
Original Lyrics:
With the birds I'll share this lonely view
Seal's, "Don't Cry"
Misheard Lyrics:
Livid scenes; a sink of ants
Original Lyrics:
Limousines and sycophants
The Lion King's, "Circle of Life"
Misheard Lyrics:
Aaaahhhhhhhh sevenya bobo bi see baba
Original Lyrics:
Nants ingonyama bagithi Baba Sithi uhm ingonyama
 
2000s
Edwin McCain's, "I'll Be"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'll be your flying soda.
I'll be love super - sized!
Original Lyrics:
And I'll be...your crying shoulder
I'll be...Love's suicide
Jay-Z featuring Alicia Keys', "Empire State of Mind"
Misheard Lyrics:
I became a wintry tomato
Original Lyrics:
Concrete Jungle where dreams are made of
 
2010s
Alice Merton's, "No Roots"
Misheard Lyrics:
Head for the next town roan
Original Lyrics:
Had for the next town running
Katie Tunstell's, "Silent Sea"
Misheard Lyrics:
On a Simon sea
Original Lyrics:
On a silent sea.
Owl City's, "The Verge"
Misheard Lyrics:
Veezel all eyes
Original Lyrics:
These are our hours

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