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1950s
Movie Scripts', "Lady and the Tramp"
Misheard Lyrics:
Bella noche
Original Lyrics:
Bella notte
 
1960s
Desmond Dekker and The Aces', "007 (Shanty Town)"
Misheard Lyrics:
Oh Oh We're Savin' Oh Oh We're Savin' An Ocean We Live In
Original Lyrics:
0-0-7, 0-0-7 At ocean eleven
Joey Dee and the Starliters', "Peppermint Twist"
Misheard Lyrics:
Well, they got a new dance
And it goes like this;
The aforementioned dance is the peppermint twist.
Original Lyrics:
Well, they got a new dance
And it goes like this.
The name of the dance is the peppermint twist
The Beach Boys', "California Girls"
Misheard Lyrics:
And the girls all get those tails
Original Lyrics:
And the girls all get so tanned
The Eligibles', "The Ballad of Gilligan's Isle"
Misheard Lyrics:
A free island tour
Original Lyrics:
A three hour tour
Young Rascals', "Good Lovin'"
Misheard Lyrics:
Turtle Dove
Original Lyrics:
Good lovin'
 
1970s
Albert Hammond's, "The Free Electric Band"
Misheard Lyrics:
I gave her Apple Music
Original Lyrics:
I give her up for music
Commodores', "Three Times a Lady"
Misheard Lyrics:
They're nothing to keep us to fart
Original Lyrics:
There's nothing to keep us apart
Dire Straits', "Sultans of Swing"
Misheard Lyrics:
We're the Soul Train
Original Lyrics:
We're the sultans
Dr. John's, "Right Place, Wrong Time"
Misheard Lyrics:
I been running traffic
Original Lyrics:
I been running trying
Hot Chocolate's, "You Sexy Thing"
Misheard Lyrics:
Oh, sextasy
Original Lyrics:
Oh, it's ecstasy
Jim Croce's, "You Don't Mess Around with Jim"
Misheard Lyrics:
Turbine Superman's cape
Original Lyrics:
Tug on Superman's cape
Jimmy Buffett's, "Come Monday"
Misheard Lyrics:
Call Monday
Original Lyrics:
Come Monday
Misheard Lyrics:
And Jet
I thought the major was a little lady suffragette
Original Lyrics:
And Jet
I thought the major was a little lady suffragette.
Sonny Curtis', "Love is All Around (season 1 MTM theme)"
Misheard Lyrics:
This world has got to be big
Original Lyrics:
This world is awfully big
Steely Dan's, "Only A Fool Would Say That"
Misheard Lyrics:
There's no one too far upon.
Original Lyrics:
There's no one to fire upon.
Supertramp's, "Dreamer"
Misheard Lyrics:
Work it out Sunday
Original Lyrics:
Work it out someday
Todd Rundgren's, "I Saw The Light"
Misheard Lyrics:
And a feeling to feel so strong about you
Original Lyrics:
And a feelin' hit me oh strong about you
Todd Rundgren's, "I Saw the Light"
Misheard Lyrics:
But my feelings for you
which is something I never knew
Original Lyrics:
But my feelings for you
were just something I never knew
 
1980s
Christopher Cross', "No Time for Talk"
Misheard Lyrics:
No place for shears
Original Lyrics:
No place for tears
DeBarge's, "All This Love"
Misheard Lyrics:
I had a promise
Original Lyrics:
I had some problems
INXS's, "Need You Tonight"
Misheard Lyrics:
Go away
Original Lyrics:
Come over here
Klymaxx's, "I Miss You"
Misheard Lyrics:
I just can't tonight
Original Lyrics:
I just can't deny it
Movie Scripts', "The Little Mermaid"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'm not a puppy
Original Lyrics:
I'm not a guppy
New Edition's, "Cool it Now"
Misheard Lyrics:
Ricky, tell 'em please
Original Lyrics:
My friends keep telling me
The Human League's, "Don't You Want Me"
Misheard Lyrics:
I was working as a maiden in a party bar
Original Lyrics:
I was working as a waitress in a cocktail bar
The Proclaimers', "Sunshine on Leith"
Misheard Lyrics:
While the Chief, puts sunshine on Leith
I'll thank him for his work
And your birth and Lambeth
Original Lyrics:
While the Chief, puts sunshine on Leith
I'll thank him for his work
And your birth and my birth
Tracy Chapman's, "Fast Car"
Misheard Lyrics:
Had a feeling I could pee in someone, pee in someone
Original Lyrics:
I had a feelin' I could be someone, be someone.
Tracy Chapman's, "Fast Car"
Misheard Lyrics:
You got a fat ass car
Original Lyrics:
You've got a fast car
 
1990s
Louise's, "In Walked Love"
Misheard Lyrics:
I walked loneliness
Original Lyrics:
Out walked loneliness
Pulp's, "Disco 2000"
Misheard Lyrics:
When we're all fully cloned
Original Lyrics:
When we're all fully clothed
Pulp's, "Disco 2000"
Misheard Lyrics:
With bulls*** on the wall
Original Lyrics:
With woodchip on the wall
R.E.M.'s, "The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonight"
Misheard Lyrics:
Holy Jamaican
Original Lyrics:
Call me to wake her up
Richard Marx's, "Now and Forever"
Misheard Lyrics:
Whenever I'm really
Original Lyrics:
Whenever I'm weary
Simply Red's, "Never Never Love"
Misheard Lyrics:
When you're not the lovely anymore
Original Lyrics:
When you're not the lonely anymore
Weird Al Yankovic's, "Amish Paradise"
Misheard Lyrics:
As I walk through the valley where I harvest my brain
Original Lyrics:
As I walk through the valley where I harvest my grain
 
2000s
Frankie J featuring Baby Bash's, "Obsession (No Es Amor)"
Misheard Lyrics:
I love the way you freak it like that
Original Lyrics:
I love the way you freaky like that
Junior Senior's, "Move Your Feet"
Misheard Lyrics:
Everybody do the naughty
Original Lyrics:
Everybody move your feet and feel united
Nelly's, "Hot in Herre"
Misheard Lyrics:
In the restaurant
Original Lyrics:
In the restroom
Sean Kingston's, "Fire Burning"
Misheard Lyrics:
I took my red, black horse and my jewelry.
Original Lyrics:
Now take my red, black car and my jewelry
Sugar Ray's, "When It’s Over"
Misheard Lyrics:
All songs that she used to say
Original Lyrics:
All songs that she used to sing
The Fray's, "How To Save A Life"
Misheard Lyrics:
And if I'd stayed up with you all night
Then I'd know how to save a life
Original Lyrics:
And I would have stayed up with you all night
Had I known how to save a life
The Fray's, "How To Save A Life"
Misheard Lyrics:
She begins to raise his voice
Original Lyrics:
As he begins to raise his voice
 
2010s
Commercial's, "Tide Purclean"
Misheard Lyrics:
Because it's made with pants
Original Lyrics:
Because it's made with plants
Flume's, "Never Be Like You"
Misheard Lyrics:
Zachary
Ooh, never be like you
Original Lyrics:
Cause I got it Ooh, never be like you
Juice Wrld's, "Long Gone"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'll be long gun, long gun, long gun.
Original Lyrics:
I'll be long gone, long gone, long gone.
Major Lazer's, "Lean On"
Misheard Lyrics:
Bubkis, Fire-Gom
Original Lyrics:
Blow a kiss, fire a gun
Of Monsters and Men's, "Little Talks"
Misheard Lyrics:
‘Cause thought the truth may parry this, sh*t will carry on,
(Bali’s/ballies) safe to show.
Original Lyrics:
Though the truth may vary
This ship will carry our
Bodies safe to shore
Panic! At the Disco's, "Into the Unknown"
Misheard Lyrics:
And ignore your whiskers
Original Lyrics:
And ignore your whispers
xxxtentacion's, "R.I.P. Roach"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'mma be my self.
Original Lyrics:
R.I.P. my soul

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