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1960s
The Beach Boys', "Fun, Fun, Fun"
Misheard Lyrics:
She drives the Idiot 500
Original Lyrics:
She drives the Indy 500
The Four Tops', "I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch)"
Misheard Lyrics:
Can't get up myself
With you and nobody else
Original Lyrics:
I can't help myself
I love you and nobody else
The Four Tops', "It's the Same Old Song"
Misheard Lyrics:
Now it's insane...awesome sauce!
Original Lyrics:
Now it's the same old song
 
1970s
Alan Thicke's, "It Takes Diff'rent Strokes"
Misheard Lyrics:
Marmalade
Original Lyrics:
Not a lot
Bee Gees', "I Just Wanna Be your Everything"
Misheard Lyrics:
I just want to be your handyman
Original Lyrics:
I just wanna be your everything
David Bowie's, "Starman"
Misheard Lyrics:
Let the children lose it
Let the children use it
And all the children will get....
Original Lyrics:
Let the children lose it
Let the children use it
Let all the children boogie
Elton John's, "Philadelphia Freedom"
Misheard Lyrics:
Shop around
Original Lyrics:
Shine the light
Jigsaw's, "Love Fire"
Misheard Lyrics:
Nobody higher and higher
Original Lyrics:
Love fire, higher and higher
Jigsaw's, "Sky High"
Misheard Lyrics:
Why did it have to start?
Original Lyrics:
Why did it have to stop?
Norman Greenbaum's, "Spirit in the Sky"
Misheard Lyrics:
I go to France with Jesus
Original Lyrics:
I got a friend in Jesus
Pratt & McClain's, "Happy Days"
Misheard Lyrics:
These happy days are yours in mind
Original Lyrics:
These happy days are yours and mine
Queen's, "We are the Champions"
Misheard Lyrics:
No time for smoothies
Original Lyrics:
No time for losers
Rush's, "Tom Sawyer"
Misheard Lyrics:
Is it the worry of today's Tom Sawyer
Original Lyrics:
Exit the warrior
Today's Tom Sawyer
Squeeze's, "Cool For Cats"
Misheard Lyrics:
The swing is doing ninety 'cause they've got nowhere to go
They'll get a gang of villains in a shed up that they throw
They're counting out the fivers when the ear comes back again
In and out of Wantsworth with another Sunday night
It's funny how the missus always looks so bleedin' sane
And meanwhile at the station there's a couple of likely lads
Who're swiller as your father and they're very cool for cats
Original Lyrics:
The Sweeney's doing ninety 'cause they've got the word to go
They'll get a gang of villains in a shed up at Heathrow
They're counting out the fivers when the handcuffs lock again
In and out of Wandsworth with the numbers on their names
It's funny how the missus always looks the bleedin' same
And meanwhile at the station there's a couple of likely lads
Who swear like how's your father and they're very cool for cats
The Moments', "Love on a Two-Way Street"
Misheard Lyrics:
I thought it was a revolution
Original Lyrics:
I thought it was a revelation
The Moments', "Love on a Two-Way Street"
Misheard Lyrics:
With music so entertaining
Original Lyrics:
With music softly playing
The Police's, "Roxanne"
Misheard Lyrics:
Upset
Original Lyrics:
Roxanne
The Who's, "Eminence Front"
Misheard Lyrics:
It's an M&M's Frosty
Original Lyrics:
It's an eminence front
 
1980s
Bruce Springsteen's, "Glory Days"
Misheard Lyrics:
Holy grail
Original Lyrics:
Glory Days
Commercial's, "Beatrice Foods"
Misheard Lyrics:
Weird Beatrice
Original Lyrics:
We're Beatrice
Debbie Gibson's, "Only in My Dreams"
Misheard Lyrics:
I really wanna see
Original Lyrics:
As real as it may seem
Elton John's, "Sad Songs (Say So Much)"
Misheard Lyrics:
Salsoul says so much
Original Lyrics:
Sad songs say so much
George Benson's, "Give Me the Night"
Misheard Lyrics:
Pedalyte
Original Lyrics:
Gimme the night
Lionel Richie's, "Running with the Night"
Misheard Lyrics:
We were running...(whoa),
Running with a knife
Original Lyrics:
We were running...(whoa),
Running with the night.
Madonna's, "Material Girl"
Misheard Lyrics:
'Cause we're living in a really real world,
And I am a cheerio girl.
Original Lyrics:
'Cause everybody's living in a material world
And I am a material girl.
Modern English's, "I Melt with You"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'll solve a problem
Original Lyrics:
I'll stop the world
Odyssey's, "Going Back to My Roots"
Misheard Lyrics:
Being exposed to helmets
Original Lyrics:
Being exposed to the elements
Misheard Lyrics:
She'll get a hole on you, believe it
Original Lyrics:
She'll get a hold on you, believe it
Rick Astley's, "Never Gonna Give You Up"
Misheard Lyrics:
You know the rumors, and so do I
Original Lyrics:
You know the rules, and so do I
Robert Palmer's, "Simply Irresistible"
Misheard Lyrics:
She's so late, there's no other way to go
Original Lyrics:
She's all mine, there's no other way to go
Rod Stewart's, "Some Guys Have All the Luck"
Misheard Lyrics:
Some hoodies
Original Lyrics:
Sad movies
Rod Stewart's, "Young Turks"
Misheard Lyrics:
When you're homicide
Original Lyrics:
When you're undecided
Rod Stewart's, "Young Turks"
Misheard Lyrics:
When you're homicide
Original Lyrics:
When you're undecided
Shriekback's, "Into Method"
Misheard Lyrics:
From Sorrentan blasted lovers
Original Lyrics:
Finds the rent and plays at lovers
Squeeze's, "Pulling Mussels From The Shell"
Misheard Lyrics:
Two bag ladies window shop
Something for the mantlepiece
April bingo all at night
The pannapa sweet little niece.
Original Lyrics:
Two fat ladies window shopping
Something for the mantlepiece
In for bingo on the nines
A panda for sweet little niece.
Toto's, "Rosanna"
Misheard Lyrics:
All I wanna do in the middle of the evening is hold the line
Original Lyrics:
All I wanna do in the middle of the evening is hold you tight
Toto's, "Rosanna"
Misheard Lyrics:
All I wanna do when I wake up in the morning is feel alright
Original Lyrics:
All I wanna do when I wake up in the morning is see your eyes
Toto's, "Rosanna"
Misheard Lyrics:
Mozilla, Mozilla
Original Lyrics:
Rosanna, Rosanna
 
1990s
Andrew Gold's, "Final Frontier (Mad About You theme)"
Misheard Lyrics:
Valentino, baby
Original Lyrics:
Mad about you, baby
Counting Crows', "Mr. Jones"
Misheard Lyrics:
Cut up in Rio, hands me a bottle, Mr. Jones
Original Lyrics:
Cut up, Maria, pass me a bottle, Mr. Jones
Hootie & the Blowfish's, "Hold My Hand"
Misheard Lyrics:
Cold as Ice
Original Lyrics:
Hold My Hand
Lenny Kravitz's, "Fly Away"
Misheard Lyrics:
I want a better way
Original Lyrics:
I want to get away
Marc Cohn's, "Walkin' in Memphis"
Misheard Lyrics:
I saw the ghost of Elvis
He was sittin' on the can
I followed him up to the Graceland bathroom
And I watched him take a poo.
Original Lyrics:
Saw the ghost of Elvis
On Union Avenue
Followed him up to the gates of Graceland
Then I watched him walk right through
Movie Scripts', "Twister"
Misheard Lyrics:
It's headed right toward us!
Original Lyrics:
It's headed right for us!
 
2000s
Coldplay's, "Fix You"
Misheard Lyrics:
When you use something you cannot replay
Original Lyrics:
When you lose something you cannot replace
Gwen Stefani's, "Hollaback Girl"
Misheard Lyrics:
'Cause I ain't no hall of batgirl.
Original Lyrics:
'Cause I ain't no hollaback girl.
Maroon 5's, "Harder to Breathe"
Misheard Lyrics:
The weather gets cold outside
Original Lyrics:
When it gets cold outside
 
2010s
Camila Cabello's, "Havana"
Misheard Lyrics:
He took me back to his banana
Original Lyrics:
He took me back to East Atlanta
Lizzo's, "Good as Hell"
Misheard Lyrics:
If you need a bike
Original Lyrics:
If you need advice
Shawn Mendes', "If I Can’t Have You"
Misheard Lyrics:
They can about you
Original Lyrics:
Thinking about you

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