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1960s
Misheard Lyrics:
We was driving up a great fine hill
Original Lyrics:
We was driving up Grapevine Hill
Creedence Clearwater Revival's, "Fortunate Son"
Misheard Lyrics:
Ganymede, Ganymede
Original Lyrics:
It ain't me, it ain't me.
Jefferson Airplane's, "Somebody to Love"
Misheard Lyrics:
When the tooth is gone
Original Lyrics:
When the truth is found
Len Barry's, "1-2-3"
Misheard Lyrics:
Oh that's not telling gently
Original Lyrics:
Oh that's how elementary
The Beach Boys', "Help Me Rhonda"
Misheard Lyrics:
Well since she put me down
There's been owls chewin' in my head
Original Lyrics:
Since she put me down
I've been out doin' in my head.
The Monkees', "Daydream Believer"
Misheard Lyrics:
Have some Sneaky Pete.
Original Lyrics:
Cheer up, sleepy Jean.
 
1970s
AC/DC's, "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap"
Misheard Lyrics:
Dirty briefs when they cut the cheese
Original Lyrics:
Dirty deeds and they're done dirt cheap
Charlie Dore's, "Pilot Of The Airwaves"
Misheard Lyrics:
Pirate of the airwaves
Original Lyrics:
Pilot of the airwaves
Eagles', "Hotel California"
Misheard Lyrics:
Give it all up and move to California
Original Lyrics:
Living it up at the Hotel California
Eagles', "Hotel California"
Misheard Lyrics:
Good luck said the night man
We are hoping to deceive
Original Lyrics:
'Relax', said the nightman.
We are open to receive
Movie Scripts', "Benji (1974)"
Misheard Lyrics:
They sell plates and grapes
Original Lyrics:
This old place is great
Steve Miller Band's, "Fly Like an Eagle"
Misheard Lyrics:
Into the picture
Original Lyrics:
Into the future
Steve Miller's, "Jet Airliner"
Misheard Lyrics:
Big old scary vagina
Original Lyrics:
Big old jet airliner
Stevie Wonder's, "I Wish"
Misheard Lyrics:
Sleepin’ at the back door
Original Lyrics:
Sneakin’ at the back door
The Police's, "Message in a Bottle"
Misheard Lyrics:
Silly outfit, LOL
Original Lyrics:
Sending out an SOS
 
1980s
AC/DC's, "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap"
Misheard Lyrics:
Dirty deeds cause thunder queefs
Original Lyrics:
Dirty deeds and they're done dirt cheap.
Billy Joel's, "Pressure"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'm sure you'll have Bill Cosby at your side
Original Lyrics:
I'm sure you'll have some cosmic rationale
Level 42's, "Something About You"
Misheard Lyrics:
Those diamond rings
Original Lyrics:
Those diamond dreams
Men at Work's, "Who Can it Be Now?"
Misheard Lyrics:
Is it just my friends to see?
Original Lyrics:
It's just my fantasy
Public Enemy's, "Fight the Power"
Misheard Lyrics:
Fight the power
(Hit me in the face)
Fight the powers that be
Original Lyrics:
Fight the power
(Let me hear you say)
Fight the powers that be
Queen's, "Crazy Little Thing Called Love"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'm 11
Original Lyrics:
I ain't ready
Sheena Easton's, "For Your Eyes Only"
Misheard Lyrics:
Pull your eyes only
Original Lyrics:
for your eyes only
Misheard Lyrics:
Eat cow poo
Original Lyrics:
Peek-A-Boo
U2's, "Sunday Bloody Sunday"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'm wrong
Original Lyrics:
How long?
Van Halen's, "You Really Got Me"
Misheard Lyrics:
Camelia got me
Original Lyrics:
You really got me
Misheard Lyrics:
Ham on, ham on, have an whole wheat, all right!
Original Lyrics:
Ham on, ham on
Ham on whole wheat, all right.
 
1990s
Beck's, "Loser"
Misheard Lyrics:
I, Juan N. Devol
Original Lyrics:
Soy un perdedor
Boyz II Men's, "End of the Road"
Misheard Lyrics:
To the end of the world
Original Lyrics:
To the end of the road
Chumbawamba's, "Tubthumping"
Misheard Lyrics:
Grizzly night and day
Original Lyrics:
Pissing the night away
Crystal Waters', "100% Pure Love"
Misheard Lyrics:
Going back to the meadow and around the bend
Original Lyrics:
Going back to the middle and around again
Misheard Lyrics:
Tiramisù that's the deserts mystery
Original Lyrics:
And I miss you
Like the deserts miss the rain.
Madonna's, "Ray of Light"
Misheard Lyrics:
She's got a cellphone universe
Original Lyrics:
She's got herself a universe
Nirvana's, "Been a Son"
Misheard Lyrics:
She should've won the travel fund.
Original Lyrics:
She should've worn the crown of thorns.
Nobuo Uematsu's, "One Winged Angel"
Misheard Lyrics:
Xbox Victory
Peter Pan Lemon Tea
Original Lyrics:
Estuans interius
Ira vehementi
The Cardigans', "Lovefool"
Misheard Lyrics:
Mommy, mommy, say that you’re mommy
Original Lyrics:
Love me, love me, say that you love me
Ween's, "Ocean Man"
Misheard Lyrics:
Oh she man, the city of a light bulb living in the sand.
Original Lyrics:
Ocean man, the sequence of a life form braised in the sand
 
2000s
Celine Dion's, "That's the Way It Is"
Misheard Lyrics:
In this thing called... Mother of Pearl
Original Lyrics:
In this thing called... love
Chad Kroeger's, "Hero"
Misheard Lyrics:
I am so high, I can hear her burn
I am so high, I can hear her burn
Original Lyrics:
I am so high, I can hear heaven
I am so high, I can hear heaven
Gwen Stefani's, "What You Waiting For"
Misheard Lyrics:
Take a chance, you stupid home
and
Wipe your shorts, you're capable
Original Lyrics:
Take a chance, you stupid ho
and
Life is short, you're capable
John Mellencamp's, "Our Country"
Misheard Lyrics:
This is all contrary
Original Lyrics:
This is our country
Las Ketchup's, "The Ketchup Song"
Misheard Lyrics:
A hey, ha, hey
A debbie to the bevvie
In the levvie in Lurgan
In Uruguay with you and me
Original Lyrics:
Aserejé ja de jé de jebe
Tu de jebere sebiunouva
Majabi an de bugui
An de buididipí.
Moloko's, "The Time Is Now"
Misheard Lyrics:
Give up yourself unto the monorail
Original Lyrics:
Give up yourself unto the moment
OutKast's, "Hey Ya!"
Misheard Lyrics:
Kayla
Original Lyrics:
Hey Ya!
Pussy Cat Dolls', "When I Grow Up"
Misheard Lyrics:
Be on the Wii
Original Lyrics:
People know me
 
2010s
Ava Max's, "Sweet but Psycho"
Misheard Lyrics:
She’s a poison potatie
Original Lyrics:
She poison but tasty
DNCE's, "Cake by the Ocean"
Misheard Lyrics:
See you licking frosting from your old man
Original Lyrics:
See you licking frosting from your own hands
 
country
Toby Keith's, "Made in America"
Misheard Lyrics:
WB 40
Original Lyrics:
WD-40
 
misc
Traditional's, "America (My Country 'Tis of Thee)"
Misheard Lyrics:
From every other side
Original Lyrics:
From every mountainside
Traditional's, "Deck the Halls"
Misheard Lyrics:
Darn! We now are gay and prarrel.
Original Lyrics:
Don we now our gay apparel.
 
xmas
Traditional's, "I Saw Three Ships"
Misheard Lyrics:
Our Saviour Christ of Israeli

(or, as I heard it earlier:)

I'll save your Christ...
Original Lyrics:
Our Savior Christ and His lady

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