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1960s
B.J. Thomas', "Hooked on a Feeling"
Misheard Lyrics:
I can stop this peeing
Original Lyrics:
I can't stop this feeling
Misheard Lyrics:
Roll poly
Original Lyrics:
Wooly Bully
Sonny and Cher's, "I Got You Babe"
Misheard Lyrics:
Our money's all been sent
Original Lyrics:
Our money's all been spent
The Doors', "Light My Fire"
Misheard Lyrics:
shine a certain light on fire
Original Lyrics:
try to set the night on fire
The Seekers', "The Carnival Is Over"
Misheard Lyrics:
Porky roll and come on by
Original Lyrics:
For Pierrot and Columbine
 
1970s
America's, "A Horse with No Name"
Misheard Lyrics:
Is in the desert you can't remember your name
'Cause there ain't no one for to give you no fame.
Original Lyrics:
In the desert you can remember your name
'Cause there ain't no one for to give you no pain
Andy Gibb's, "(Love Is) Thicker Than Water"
Misheard Lyrics:
Betty Crocker
Original Lyrics:
Devil's daughter
Carly Simon's, "You're So Vain"
Misheard Lyrics:
Your scarf was from Africa
Original Lyrics:
Your scarf, it was apricot
Commodores', "Three Times a Lady"
Misheard Lyrics:
The melodies are all in my mind
Original Lyrics:
The memories are all in my mind
Foreigner's, "Cold as Ice"
Misheard Lyrics:
Someday you'll be surprised
Original Lyrics:
Someday you'll pay the price
Foreigner's, "Cold as Ice"
Misheard Lyrics:
You won't paralyze
Original Lyrics:
You want paradise
Foreigner's, "Double Vision"
Misheard Lyrics:
Fill my mind with that television
Original Lyrics:
Fill my eyes with that double vision
Foreigner's, "Hot Blooded"
Misheard Lyrics:
Got flooded
Original Lyrics:
Hot blooded
Jim Croce's, "Time in a Bottle"
Misheard Lyrics:
If I could make games last forever
Original Lyrics:
If I could make days last forever
Kraftwerk's, "The Robots"
Misheard Lyrics:
We are old, adjusted, too
Original Lyrics:
We are all adjusted to
Queen's, "Bohemian Rhapsody"
Misheard Lyrics:
Galileo Figaro - Where did he go?
Original Lyrics:
Galileo Figaro-magnifico.
Queen's, "We are the Champions"
Misheard Lyrics:
We are the Jetsons
Original Lyrics:
We are the champions
Van Halen's, "Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love"
Misheard Lyrics:
I heard the news lady
Original Lyrics:
I heard the news, baby.
 
1980s
Abba's, "Dancing Queen"
Misheard Lyrics:
she the dancing queen, only seven teeth
Original Lyrics:
You are the dancing queen
Young and sweet
Only seventeen
Billy Idol's, "Mony Mony"
Misheard Lyrics:
Like a monsignor!
Original Lyrics:
(Ride your pony) So good!
Bruce Springsteen's, "Hungry Heart"
Misheard Lyrics:
Everybody wants to have a whore
Original Lyrics:
Everybody wants to have a home
Genesis', "Land of Confusion"
Misheard Lyrics:
This is a face of giving
Original Lyrics:
This is a place worth giving
Jeffrey Osborne's, "We're Going All the Way"
Misheard Lyrics:
Headed for Paramus
Original Lyrics:
Headed for forever
Madonna's, "Angel"
Misheard Lyrics:
Satan disappeared
Original Lyrics:
Sadness disappeared
Talk Talk's, "Talk Talk"
Misheard Lyrics:
Society was bringing me down
Original Lyrics:
Anxiety was bringing me down
Tears for Fears', "Everybody Wants to Rule the World"
Misheard Lyrics:
It’s my own remote
Original Lyrics:
It’s my own remorse
Toto's, "Africa"
Misheard Lyrics:
As sure as Kilimanjaro rises like a lepress (a female leper) above the Serengeti
Original Lyrics:
As sure as Kilimanjaro rises like Olympus above the Serengeti.
 
1990s
Ace of Base's, "All That She Wants"
Misheard Lyrics:
All that she wants is another bagel
Original Lyrics:
All that she wants is another baby
Bryan Adams', "Let’s Make a Night to Remember"
Misheard Lyrics:
For January and December
Original Lyrics:
From January to December
Frankie J featuring Baby Bash's, "Obsesion (No Es Amor)"
Misheard Lyrics:
The one I am dreaming
Original Lyrics:
Then why am I dreaming?
Haddaway's, "What is Love?"
Misheard Lyrics:
Baby no Berkeley
Original Lyrics:
Baby don't hurt me
Korn's, "All in the Family"
Misheard Lyrics:
Climbing shoes and ladders
Original Lyrics:
Climbing shoots and ladders
Macy Gray's, "I Try"
Misheard Lyrics:
I try to say goodbye to Machoke
Try to walk away and I stumble
Though I try to hide it, it's clear
I wrote Kerberos when you were not here
Original Lyrics:
I try to say goodbye and I choke
Try to walk away and I stumble
Though I try to hide it, it's clear
My world crumbles when you are not here…
Madonna's, "Justify My Love"
Misheard Lyrics:
Washing
Original Lyrics:
Wanting
Madonna's, "Keep It Together"
Misheard Lyrics:
To a detention
Original Lyrics:
To get attention
Madonna's, "Oh Father"
Misheard Lyrics:
You can't make me try
Original Lyrics:
You can't make me cry
Pearl Jam's, "Even Flow"
Misheard Lyrics:
Evenflo
Original Lyrics:
Even flow
Red Hot Chili Peppers', "Scar Tissue"
Misheard Lyrics:
This Window she said is a Lonely View
Original Lyrics:
With the birds I'll share this lonely view
Rembrandts', "I'll Be There For You (Friends Theme)"
Misheard Lyrics:
When it happens in your day, we give off goop in your ear.
Original Lyrics:
When it hasn't been your day, your week, your month or even your year
Richard Marx's, "Now and Forever"
Misheard Lyrics:
Until the day the motion doesn't touch the sand
Original Lyrics:
Until the day the ocean doesn't touch the sand
Smash Mouth's, "Then the Morning Comes"
Misheard Lyrics:
And the world's okay
Original Lyrics:
And the world's a faze
Smash Mouth's, "Walkin' on the Sun"
Misheard Lyrics:
King Midas will be walkin' on the sun
Original Lyrics:
You might as well be walkin' on the sun
The Wonders', "That Thing You Do"
Misheard Lyrics:
I don't ask a lot girl,
But there's no more things for sure.
Original Lyrics:
I don't ask a lot, girl.
But I know one thing's for sure.
Tom Petty's, "You Don't Know How it Feels"
Misheard Lyrics:
So let's get to the core
Original Lyrics:
So let's get to the point
 
2000s
Incubus', "11 AM"
Misheard Lyrics:
Eleven AM
By now you would think I would be up,
But my bedsheets show the weight of choices I've made
Original Lyrics:
Eleven AM
By now you would think I would be up
But my bedsheets shade the heated choices I made.
Incubus', "A Certain Shade of Green"
Misheard Lyrics:
Remember when you procrastinate you choose lives
Original Lyrics:
Remember when you procrastinate you choose last.
John Legend's, "Used to Love U"
Misheard Lyrics:
Daisy
Original Lyrics:
Jay-Z
 
2010s
Dan + Shay's, "Speechless"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'm speechless
Staring at you staring at a mattress
Original Lyrics:
I'm speechless
Staring at you, standing there in that dress
 
christian
Traditional's, "Jesus Loves the Little Children"
Misheard Lyrics:
Whether they are black or white, all are precious in His sight.
Original Lyrics:
Red and yellow, black and white,
They are precious in his sight.
 
country
Shania Twain's, "That Don’t Impress Me Much"
Misheard Lyrics:
Down to an R
Original Lyrics:
Down to an art

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