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1950s
Cast of 'The Wizard Of Oz''s, "Winkie Chant"
Misheard Lyrics:
Oreo, Reo-ah!
Original Lyrics:
O-ee-yah, e-oh-ah!
 
1960s
Led Zeppelin's, "Livin' Lovin Maid"
Misheard Lyrics:
With a purple umbrella and a fifty percent hand
Original Lyrics:
With a purple umbrella and a fifty-cent hat.
The Beatles', "Penny Lane"
Misheard Lyrics:
Getting late
Original Lyrics:
Penny Lane
 
1970s
Boney M.'s, "Daddy Cool"
Misheard Lyrics:
What about it daddy cool
Original Lyrics:
Wild about daddy cool
Boney M.'s, "Ma Baker"
Misheard Lyrics:
And so the story ends
So come on let's go, friends
Original Lyrics:
And so the story ends
Of one who left no friends
Boney M.'s, "Ma Baker"
Misheard Lyrics:
What made them rob the bank?
It was the last forade
The cops appeared to sue
They couldn't get their way
Original Lyrics:
One day they robbed a bank
It was their last foray
The cops appeared too soon
They couldn't get away
Boney M.'s, "Rasputin"
Misheard Lyrics:
Ra Ra Russiantin
Original Lyrics:
Ra Ra Rasputin
Chic's, "Le Freak"
Misheard Lyrics:
All that Russia
Original Lyrics:
All that pressure
Electric Light Orchestra's, "Evil Woman"
Misheard Lyrics:
Big Eagle Woman
Original Lyrics:
The evil woman
Grateful Dead's, "Halfstep Mississippi Uptown"
Misheard Lyrics:
Get yourself a pound of shards and seal that silver mine
Original Lyrics:
Get yourself a powder charge and seal that silver mine
Joni Mitchell's, "Big Yellow Taxi"
Misheard Lyrics:
Pink paradise, fruit of the parking lot.
Original Lyrics:
They paved paradise, and put up a parking lot.
Manfred Mann's Earth Band's, "Blinded By The Light"
Misheard Lyrics:
wrapped up like a douche
Original Lyrics:
revved up like a deuce
Neil Diamond's, "Forever In Blue Jeans"
Misheard Lyrics:
Nothing around but the sound of my heart in your sides
Original Lyrics:
Nothing around but the sound of my heart and your sighs
Neil Diamond's, "Forever in Bluejeans"
Misheard Lyrics:
Honey's sweet, but it ain't nothin' next to Baby Street
Original Lyrics:
Honey's sweet, but it ain't nothin' next to baby's treat.
Steve Miller Band's, "Fly Like an Eagle"
Misheard Lyrics:
Feed the babies
We don't have enough to eat
Show the children with no shoes on their feet
How's the people livin' in the street?
Oh, there's a solution
Original Lyrics:
Feed the babies
Who don't have enough to eat
Shoe the children with no shoes on their feet
House the people livin' in the street
Oh, there's a solution
Misheard Lyrics:
Luna, clouds unfold
Original Lyrics:
Luna, glide down from the moon
Misheard Lyrics:
Yeah, ya got room Phillip skirt
Told my brute
Times don’t choose
Original Lyrics:
Yeah, ya got ruby lipstick
Rose petal rouge
Dime-store jewelry
Toto's, "Angela"
Misheard Lyrics:
Somewhere she weeps a hedge and then brushes the floor
Original Lyrics:
Somewhere she weeps, her hair gently brushes the floor
Toto's, "Girl Goodbye"
Misheard Lyrics:
It's the perfect season to play the sun in your eyes
Original Lyrics:
It's so hard to see the truth with the sun in your eyes
 
1980s
Bon Jovi's, "Livin' On A Prayer"
Misheard Lyrics:
Gina's jeans are running away.
Original Lyrics:
Gina dreams of running away.
Boney M.'s, "African Moon"
Misheard Lyrics:
That's the way to meet the African Moon
Original Lyrics:
That's awaiting the African moon
Cold Chisel's, "Cheap Wine"
Misheard Lyrics:
Cheap wine and I'm 3 days old.
Original Lyrics:
Cheap wine and a 3 day growth.
Commercial's, "Crazy Eddie"
Misheard Lyrics:
Our prices are in Spain!
Original Lyrics:
Our prices are insane!
Earth, Wind & Fire's, "Let's Groove"
Misheard Lyrics:
Different strokes getting to move
Original Lyrics:
Let this groove get you to move
Earth, Wind & Fire's, "Thinking of You"
Misheard Lyrics:
I've been thinking (Thinking of you)
I'm in Wonderland (What would I do)
Got me thinking (I'll be true)
Oh, I'm in Wonderland (I'm thinking of you)
Original Lyrics:
I've been thinking (Thinking of you)
Got me wondering (What would I do)
Got me thinking (I'll be true)
Oh, got me wondering (I'm thinking of you)
Glenn Frey's, "The Heat is On"
Misheard Lyrics:
30 30 30
Original Lyrics:
Burning burning burning
Mike + The Mechanics', "Nobody's Perfect"
Misheard Lyrics:
It must be hard being a ninja
Original Lyrics:
It must be hard being an angel
Phil Collins', "Don't Lose My Number"
Misheard Lyrics:
Sugar Bear, run for your life
Original Lyrics:
You better run for your life
Steve Perry's, "Oh, Sherrie"
Misheard Lyrics:
Oh, Sherrie I'm alone
Hold on, hold on
Original Lyrics:
Oh, Sherrie, our love
Holds on! Holds on!
The Rolling Stones', "Start Me Up"
Misheard Lyrics:
You make a gold man cry
Original Lyrics:
You make a grown man cry
 
1990s
Bone Thugs 'n Harmony's, "Tha Crossroads"
Misheard Lyrics:
And a one a mi seven (187)Wylie
Original Lyrics:
And I'm gonna miss everybody.
Brian McKnight's, "Back at One"
Misheard Lyrics:
Say farewell to the government
Original Lyrics:
Say farewell to the dark of night
Bucketheads', "The Bomb"
Misheard Lyrics:
B-boy running through my miiiind.
Original Lyrics:
Streets' sounds swirlin' through my mind
C+C Music Factory's, "Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)"
Misheard Lyrics:
Give me the future
Original Lyrics:
Give me the music
Eiffel 65's, "Blue (Da Ba Dee)"
Misheard Lyrics:
Abba bee Abba bye
Original Lyrics:
Da ba dee da ba dee ba da die.
Eiffel 65's, "Blue (Da Ba Dee)"
Misheard Lyrics:
And I'm in need of a diet.
Original Lyrics:
Da bee, da ba dee ba da die.
Eiffel 65's, "Blue (Da Ba Dee)"
Misheard Lyrics:
I am green. I should die.
Original Lyrics:
Da ba dee, da ba die.
Janet Jackson's, "If"
Misheard Lyrics:
Make you call my name or not it's cool, it belongs to you
Original Lyrics:
Make you call out my name and ask you what belongs to you
KLF's, "3 A.M. Eternal"
Misheard Lyrics:
Ancients of Groove
Original Lyrics:
Ancients of Mu Mu
Marilyn Manson's, "I Don't Like the Drugs (The Drugs Like Me)"
Misheard Lyrics:
Just a simple old soul made to look like like a human fetus.
Original Lyrics:
I am just a sample of a soul
Made to look just like a human being.
Nirvana's, "Smells Like Teen Spirit"
Misheard Lyrics:
An avocado, a potato a banana I'm tomato!
Original Lyrics:
A mulatto, an albino, a mosquito, my libido.
 
2000s
Atomic Kitten's, "The Tide Is High"
Misheard Lyrics:
The tide is high but I'm moving on
Original Lyrics:
The tide is high but I'm holding on
Courage the Cowardly Dog's, "King Ramses"
Misheard Lyrics:
Like a mad dog, like a mad dog
Original Lyrics:
The man in gauze, the man in gauze
Enya's, "Only Time"
Misheard Lyrics:
We are the dead
Original Lyrics:
Dee Dah Doe Dae
Enya's, "Orinoco Flow"
Misheard Lyrics:
Say you will
Original Lyrics:
Sail away
One Republic's, "Apologize"
Misheard Lyrics:
I said it's too late to bore a child.
Original Lyrics:
I said it's too late to apologize.
 
2010s
Bruno Mars', "Grenade"
Misheard Lyrics:
You said you love my jambalaya
Original Lyrics:
You said you love me, you're a liar
Magic's, "Rude"
Misheard Lyrics:
Why you gotta be so rude? I farted at an altitude!
Original Lyrics:
Why you gotta be so rude? Don't ya know I'm human too?
Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars', "Uptown Funk!"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'm too hot
Hot damn
Like a Dragon Ball meets Ironman
Original Lyrics:
I'm too hot
Hot damn
Make a dragon wanna retire, man.
Paul McCartney's, "Come On to Me"
Misheard Lyrics:
If you come home with me
Original Lyrics:
If you come on to me

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