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1950s
Frank Sinatra's, "Makin' Whoopee"
Misheard Lyrics:
For meetin' Whoopi
Original Lyrics:
For makin' whoopee
 
1960s
Misheard Lyrics:
Dr. Seuss
Original Lyrics:
Susie Q
Misheard Lyrics:
Juice Newton
Original Lyrics:
Susie Q
Frankie Valli's, "My Eyes Adored You"
Misheard Lyrics:
My eyes adored you
Though I never later had known you
My eyes adored you.
Original Lyrics:
My eyes adored you
Though I never laid a hand on you
My eyes adored you.
The Beatles', "Ob La Di, Ob La Da"
Misheard Lyrics:
jasmine has a sparrow in the market place
Original Lyrics:
Desmond has a barrow in the market place.
 
1970s
Bob Dylan's, "Tangled Up In Blue"
Misheard Lyrics:
They never did like Mama's homemade bread
Papa's band book wasn't big enough
Original Lyrics:
They never did like Mama's homemade dress
Papa's bank book wasn't big enough
Boston's, "Feelin' Satisfied"
Misheard Lyrics:
You got a heavenly racket on music
Original Lyrics:
You gotta have a little rock 'n roll music
Creedence Clearwater Revival's, "Lookin' Out My Back Door"
Misheard Lyrics:
Dude, dude, dude
Original Lyrics:
Doo, doo, doo
Lynyrd Skynyrd's, "Free Bird"
Misheard Lyrics:
And this Borden cannot change
Original Lyrics:
And this bird you cannot change
Paul McCartney's, "Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey"
Misheard Lyrics:
The butter wouldn't melt so I farted on the pie.
Oh, it looks alright.
Original Lyrics:
The butter wouldn't melt so I put it in the pie.
Rolling Stones', "Wild Horses"
Misheard Lyrics:
Wild horses couldn't drag me your way
Original Lyrics:
Wild horses couldn't drag me away
Sammy Davis Jr.'s, "Candy Man"
Misheard Lyrics:
The candy man breaks everything he makes
Original Lyrics:
The candy man makes everything he bakes
Supertramp's, "Goodbye Stranger"
Misheard Lyrics:
In the Land Of Goshen, Far away It's the life I've chosen Every day
Original Lyrics:
In the land and the ocean Far away It's the life I've chosen Every day
The Temptations', "Papa Was a Rolling Stone"
Misheard Lyrics:
It was the third exception but....
Original Lyrics:
It was the third of September
Theme Songs', "Good Times (Closing Theme)"
Misheard Lyrics:
What's looking out of the window?
Washing the dishes glow oh oh oh
Thinking bout how all of them fall down
Original Lyrics:
Just lookin' out of the window
Watching the asphalt grow
Thinkin' how it all looks hand me down.
 
1980s
Billy Ocean's, "When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going"
Misheard Lyrics:
When the growing gets tough
Original Lyrics:
When the going gets tough
Depeche Mode's, "Enjoy the Silence"
Misheard Lyrics:
Pleasures we think
So does the thing
Original Lyrics:
Pleasures remain
So does the pain
Dire Straits', "Tunnel of Love"
Misheard Lyrics:
Girl it looked so pretty to me, just like it always did, just like the Spanish City Turin".
Original Lyrics:
And girl it looks so pretty to me just like it always did
Like the Spanish city to me .
Glenn Frey's, "You Belong to the City"
Misheard Lyrics:
You belong to the CD
Original Lyrics:
You Belong to the City
Go West's, "King Of Wishful Thinking"
Misheard Lyrics:
I don't need to fall at your feet, just 'cause you called me to the phone.
Original Lyrics:
I don't need to fall at your feet, just 'cause you cut me to the bone.
Iron Maiden's, "Innocent Exile"
Misheard Lyrics:
'Cause I defied the law
Original Lyrics:
Satisfy the lawn
Lionel Richie's, "All Night Long (All Night)"
Misheard Lyrics:
I believe in Pepsi Cola
Hey jumbo jumbo
Take some time before we go
Original Lyrics:
Jambo nipe senti moja
Hey jambo jambo
Way to parti o we goin
Hey jambo
Michael Jackson's, "Rock with You"
Misheard Lyrics:
I want a mockingbird
Original Lyrics:
I wanna rock with you
Queen's, "Radio Ga Ga"
Misheard Lyrics:
Like all good things on New England prayers
Original Lyrics:
Like all good things on you we depend
REO Speedwagon's, "Keep On Loving You"
Misheard Lyrics:
Instead you lied stealing my friends, all caught up in here I said
Original Lyrics:
Instead you lay still in the grass, all coiled up and hissing
Temptations', "Treat Her Like A Lady"
Misheard Lyrics:
I like bopping and nose-picking
Original Lyrics:
I like opening doors, picking, [her hankie off the floor]
The Cure's, "Pictures of You"
Misheard Lyrics:
That I almost believe that they're weird
Original Lyrics:
That I almost believe that they're real
 
1990s
95 South's, "Whoot, There It Is"
Misheard Lyrics:
Looky here, looky here, looky here.
Uh, boy looky here.
Original Lyrics:
Look a hitter, look a hitter, look a hitter.
Uh, boy look a hitter.
Big Mountain's, "Baby, I Love Your Way"
Misheard Lyrics:
Ooh, baby, I love L.A.
Original Lyrics:
Ooh, baby, I love your way
Dark Funeral's, "My Dark Desires"
Misheard Lyrics:
Break the nation and pull my shoe.
Original Lyrics:
Bring damnation upon my soul.
Geri Halliwell's, "Bag It Up "
Misheard Lyrics:
Just a bad day's of all the sixth sense
Original Lyrics:
Just a bad case of opposite sex
Geri Halliwell's, "Bag It Up"
Misheard Lyrics:
Just a bad taste of all the sixth sense
Original Lyrics:
Just a bad case of opposite sex
Nirvana's, "Smells Like Teen Spirit"
Misheard Lyrics:
I’m a loser, and a fighter, I’m a skater, and a leader
Original Lyrics:
A mulatto, an albino, a mosquito, my libido
Pearl Jam's, "Jeremy"
Misheard Lyrics:
Gnashed teeth in misery at lady's breast.
Original Lyrics:
Gnashed his teeth and bit the recess lady's breast.
 
2000s
Alana Grace's, "Black Roses Red"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'm feeling like I'm living on meds
Original Lyrics:
I feeling like I'll blame it on love
My Chemical Romance's, "Our Lady of Sorrows"
Misheard Lyrics:
Fight me for an apple!
Original Lyrics:
Fight me for an apparition!
My Chemical Romance's, "The Jetset Life Is Gonna Kill You"
Misheard Lyrics:
Lost in the prescription cheese.
Got something else in mind.
Original Lyrics:
Lost in the prescription.
She's got something else in mind.
Panic! At the Disco's, "High Hopes"
Misheard Lyrics:
I always had high high hopes for Eleven
Original Lyrics:
'Cause I always had high high hopes for a livin'
Pet Shop Boys', "I'm with Stupid"
Misheard Lyrics:
You flew up all the way like a hot cheese in the dark
Original Lyrics:
You flew up all the way like a hawk chasing a dove
System of a Down's, "Violent Pornography"
Misheard Lyrics:
Chubby chicks and sodomy
Original Lyrics:
Choking chicks in sodomy
Misheard Lyrics:
Give me the people yes and free my soul
I wanna get along with the rock and roll and drift away
Original Lyrics:
Give me the beat boys, and free my soul
I wanna get lost in your rock and roll and drift away.
 
2010s
Colbie Caillat's, "Brighter Than the Sun"
Misheard Lyrics:
Shining Hollywood
Original Lyrics:
Shining how we want
Fall Out Boy's, "Champion"
Misheard Lyrics:
Fucking life those hands C; or C; fucking lift your hands
Original Lyrics:
If I can live through this
Jonas Blue's, "Dusk Till Dawn"
Misheard Lyrics:
We're gonna ri-ri-ri-ri-ride to Ipoh
Original Lyrics:
We're gonna ri-ri-ri-ri-rise till we fall
Katy Perry's, "Dark Horse"
Misheard Lyrics:
Are you ready for, ready for
A puppet stoon, puppet stoon
Original Lyrics:
Are you ready for, ready for
A perfect storm, perfect storm
Maroon 5's, "Misery"
Misheard Lyrics:
I am in Missouri
Original Lyrics:
I am in misery
Maroon 5's, "What Lovers Do"
Misheard Lyrics:
Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh, I'm takin' s..t for you
Original Lyrics:
Ooh ooh ooh ooh been wishin' for you
My Chemical Romance's, "Na Na Na (Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na)"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'd rather go to hell Than be in purgatory Cut my hair Gag and bore me Pull his pants Let this world explode
Original Lyrics:
I'd rather go to hellThan be in purgatoryCut my hairGag and bore mePull this pinLet this world explode
Taylor Swift's, "Delicate"
Misheard Lyrics:
Listen for the best
My reputation's never been worse so
You must like me for me
Original Lyrics:
This ain't for the best
My reputation's never been worse so
You must like me for me
Twenty One Pilots', "Chlorine"
Misheard Lyrics:
Sipping on strained chlorine
Original Lyrics:
Sipping on straight chlorine

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