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1960s
Barry McGuire's, "Eve of Destruction"
Misheard Lyrics:
There’ll be no one to say “Will the world integrate?”
Original Lyrics:
There’ll be no one to save with the world in a grave
Mamas and the Papas', "California Dreamin'"
Misheard Lyrics:
Condoleezza Brown and the skies are grey
Original Lyrics:
All the leaves are brown and the skies are grey
The Beach Boys', "Don’t Worry Baby"
Misheard Lyrics:
Somebody’s baby
Original Lyrics:
Don’t worry baby
 
1970s
Barry White's, "Can’t Get Enough of Your Love, Babe"
Misheard Lyrics:
Ice cream your name
Original Lyrics:
I scream your name
Billy Joel's, "Big Shot"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'll give you, one-hit wonder,
You sure did put on a show
Original Lyrics:
I'll give you one hint, honey
You sure did put on a show
Billy Joel's, "Big Shot"
Misheard Lyrics:
You had to have the front page pulled tight
Original Lyrics:
You had to have the front page, bold type
Billy Joel's, "Big Shot"
Misheard Lyrics:
You had to have the last word, last night
To know what everything's about
Original Lyrics:
You had to have the last word, last night
You know what everything's about
Bobby Bloom's, "Montego Bay"
Misheard Lyrics:
It's all on the rat side in Montego Bay
Original Lyrics:
It's all on the right side in Montego Bay
Bread's, "It Don't Matter to Me"
Misheard Lyrics:
There will always be an extra room
Waiting for you.
Original Lyrics:
There will always be an empty room
Waiting for you.
Carl Douglas', "Kung Fu Fighting"
Misheard Lyrics:
Those gifts went fast as lightning
Original Lyrics:
Those cats were fast as lightning
Gordon Lightfoot's, "Sundown"
Misheard Lyrics:
Somebody better take care
Original Lyrics:
Sundown, you better take care
Little River Band's, "Reminiscing"
Misheard Lyrics:
And the politics
Original Lyrics:
And the porter tunes
Peter Frampton's, "Do You Feel Like We Do?"
Misheard Lyrics:
I want to f*** you
Original Lyrics:
I want to THANK you.
Slade's, "Cum On Feel the Noize"
Misheard Lyrics:
Come on Cheerios
Original Lyrics:
Cum on feel the noize
Stevie Wonder's, "You Are the Sunshine of My Life"
Misheard Lyrics:
You are the Samsung of my life
Original Lyrics:
You are the sunshine of my life
The Doobie Brothers', "It Keeps You Runnin’"
Misheard Lyrics:
I can see a Hardee’s
or
I can see an Arby’s
Original Lyrics:
I can feel your heartbeat
The O'Jays', "Back Stabbers"
Misheard Lyrics:
Make love to my house again and again and again and again, yeah
Original Lyrics:
They come to my house again and again and again and again, yeah
The O'Jays', "Love Train"
Misheard Lyrics:
Soul Train
Original Lyrics:
Join hands
The Temptations', "Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me)"
Misheard Lyrics:
Some will be buried
Original Lyrics:
Some will be married
 
1980s
Commercial's, "L'eggs"
Misheard Lyrics:
No one eats a meal of ham and eggs
or
Nothing beats a great deviled egg
Original Lyrics:
Nothing beats a great pair of L'eggs
Irene Cara's, "Fame"
Misheard Lyrics:
December, December, December
Original Lyrics:
Remember, remember, remember
Jam's, "Going Underground"
Misheard Lyrics:
Spraying sheep from my TV screen
Original Lyrics:
Braying sheep on my TV screen.
Juice Newton's, "Love’s Been a Little Bit Hard on Me"
Misheard Lyrics:
Don’t spend a little bit all on me
or
Don’t spill a little bit on the table
Original Lyrics:
Love’s been a little bit hard on me
Loverboy's, "Working for the Weekend"
Misheard Lyrics:
Everybody's workin' for the Wiccan
Original Lyrics:
Everybody's working for the weekend
Stephen Bishop's, "It Might Be You"
Misheard Lyrics:
It might be new
Original Lyrics:
It might be you
Technotronic's, "Pump Up the Jam"
Misheard Lyrics:
Idyllwild a place to stay...
Wipe your feet off stupid
Original Lyrics:
I don't want a place to stay...
While you feet are stompin'
The Cure's, "Boys Don't Cry"
Misheard Lyrics:
Poison crime
Original Lyrics:
boys don't cry
The Stranglers', "Golden Brown"
Misheard Lyrics:
Lays me down with my munchie runs.
Original Lyrics:
Lays me down with my mind she runs.
Whitney Houston's, "Where Do Broken Hearts Go"
Misheard Lyrics:
Where's the frozen ice cream?
Original Lyrics:
Where do broken hearts go?
 
1990s
4 Non-Blondes', "Heyayayaya"
Misheard Lyrics:
Scrape the top of my lungs
Original Lyrics:
Scream the top of my lungs
Elton John's, "Candle in the Wind 1997"
Misheard Lyrics:
Goodbye eagle's nose
Original Lyrics:
Goodbye England's Rose
Movie Scripts', "Addams Family Values"
Misheard Lyrics:
My husband was on Animal House
Original Lyrics:
My husband was in that house
Movie Scripts', "The Addams Family (1991)"
Misheard Lyrics:
And do you pester?
Original Lyrics:
And dear Fester
Nirvana's, "All Apologies"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'll take all the blame
I was conceived from shame.
Some run free as a bird, choking on the ashes of her enemy.
Original Lyrics:
I'll take all the blame
Aqua seafoam shame
Sunburn with freezer burn
Choking on the ashes of her enemy
Nirvana's, "All Apologies"
Misheard Lyrics:
I's (was) conceived from shame.
Some run free as a bird, choking on the ashes of her enemy.
Original Lyrics:
Aqua seafoam shame
Sunburn, freezer burn
Choking on the ashes of her enemy
Nirvana's, "All Apologies"
Misheard Lyrics:
I's conceived from shame.
Original Lyrics:
Aqua seafoam shame.
No Doubt's, "Spiderwebs"
Misheard Lyrics:
And it’s all your fault
I scream like Bone Thugs
No ma hookah
I am gonna scream like Bone Thugs
Original Lyrics:
And it's all your fault
I screen my phone calls
No matter who calls
I gotta screen my phone calls.
No Doubt's, "Spiderwebs"
Misheard Lyrics:
Stoking up my water gun
I’m walking into spiderwebs
Original Lyrics:
Sorry I'm not home right now,
I'm walking into spider webs
R.E.M.'s, "Nightswimming"
Misheard Lyrics:
I forgot my shell out
Original Lyrics:
I forgot my shirt out
Robbie Williams', "Millennium"
Misheard Lyrics:
Give it up for lambs
Original Lyrics:
Give it up for Lent
Saint Etienne's, "He's On the Phone"
Misheard Lyrics:
Gotta get past
Original Lyrics:
Got the cash
Soundgarden's, "Black Hole Sun"
Misheard Lyrics:
Black hole sun, of Chicago
Original Lyrics:
Black hole sun, won't you come?
Stephen Bishop's, "You Can Do Anything"
Misheard Lyrics:
Even when you're out of blood
Original Lyrics:
Even when you're out of luck
 
2000s
Kt Tunstall's, "Suddenly I See"
Misheard Lyrics:
She holds you captivated with her pout
Original Lyrics:
She holds you captivated in her palm
O-Zone's, "Dragostea Din Tei"
Misheard Lyrics:
My heel, my hoof
Original Lyrics:
Ma-I-Ya hi, ma-I-ya hu
Owl City's, "Verge"
Misheard Lyrics:
These are auras
Original Lyrics:
These are our hours
The Ataris', "The Boys of Summer"
Misheard Lyrics:
Mayberry’s on, baby
Original Lyrics:
Wayfarers on, baby
 
2010s
Imagine Dragons', "Believer"
Misheard Lyrics:
Send a prayer to the worms up above
Original Lyrics:
Send a prayer to the ones up above
Misheard Lyrics:
Blow my d***, I fire my gun
We all need paper townol to clean up
Original Lyrics:
Blow a kiss, fire a gun
All we need is somebody to lean on
Marianas Trench's, "Cross My Heart"
Misheard Lyrics:
My bag is ripped and worn, but I've been sodomized.
Original Lyrics:
My bag is ripped and worn, but then again that's all I.

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