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1960s
Four Tops', "I Can't Help Myself"
Misheard Lyrics:
Sugar fried honey buns
Original Lyrics:
Sugar pie, honey bunch
Lulu's, "To Sir with Love"
Misheard Lyrics:
But how do f*** someone?
Original Lyrics:
But how do you thank someone...
The Band's, "Chest Fever"
Misheard Lyrics:
If the long, long witch is gone
Original Lyrics:
It's long, long when she's gone
The Dovells', "You Can't Sit Down"
Misheard Lyrics:
Your pants are down
Original Lyrics:
You can't sit down
 
1970s
5000 Volts', "I’m on Fire"
Misheard Lyrics:
With a touch that I won’t kiss
Original Lyrics:
With a touch of just one kiss
AC/DC's, "Highway to Hell"
Misheard Lyrics:
It aint' easy It aint' free See the nigga on a one way line
Original Lyrics:
Living easy, living free Season ticket on a one-way ride
Badfinger's, "Day After Day"
Misheard Lyrics:
We get home and we're making soup
Original Lyrics:
Bring it home baby make it soon
Commercial's, "Coca-Cola"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'd like to buy the world a home
Original Lyrics:
I'd like to buy the world a Coke
Deep Purple's, "Emaretta"
Misheard Lyrics:
We have meatballs
Oh, Emmaretta
Original Lyrics:
Behind my thoughts
Oh, Emmaretta
Electric Light Orchestra's, "Livin’ Thing"
Misheard Lyrics:
So let her go don't start boiling the show
Original Lyrics:
So let her go don't start spoiling the show
Elton John's, "Mama Can't Buy You Love"
Misheard Lyrics:
Mama don't knock you
Original Lyrics:
Mama don't want you
Gary Wright's, "Dream Weaver"
Misheard Lyrics:
Three Amigos
Original Lyrics:
Dream Weaver
Gary Wright's, "Love Is Alive"
Misheard Lyrics:
My love is not higher
Original Lyrics:
My love is on fire
Gerry Rafferty's, "Baker Street"
Misheard Lyrics:
He's gonna give up the blues and the one-night stands
Original Lyrics:
He's gonna give up the booze and the one-night stands
KC and the Sunshine Band's, "That’s The Way (I Like It)"
Misheard Lyrics:
Annie. Oh Annie.
Original Lyrics:
Babe. Oh Babe.
Maria Muldaur's, "I’m a Woman"
Misheard Lyrics:
If you come to me stinky
Original Lyrics:
If you come to me sickly
Persuaders', "Thin Line Between Love and Hate"
Misheard Lyrics:
It’s a deadline
Original Lyrics:
It's a thin line
Queen's, "Seven Seas of Rhye"
Misheard Lyrics:
I’ll take you to the seven seas of pie
Original Lyrics:
I’ll take you to the seven seas of rye
The New Seekers', "I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing"
Misheard Lyrics:
All sending M&M's
Original Lyrics:
All standing hand in hand
 
1980s
Billy Joel's, "This Night"
Misheard Lyrics:
Tomorrow is a long time waiting
Original Lyrics:
Tomorrow is a long time away
Bryan Adams', "One Night Love Affair"
Misheard Lyrics:
You're the silent I
Original Lyrics:
You're the silent type
Dire Straits', "Twisting by the Pool"
Misheard Lyrics:
Twisted by the bull
Original Lyrics:
Twisting by the pool
Roxette's, "Listen to Your Heart"
Misheard Lyrics:
And I don’t wear white
Original Lyrics:
And I don’t know why
Rush's, "Tom Sawyer"
Misheard Lyrics:
He gets right on to the fridge another day
Original Lyrics:
He gets right on to the friction of the day.
The Hooters', "Day by Day"
Misheard Lyrics:
Time is all we have to take
Original Lyrics:
Time is all we have to play
 
1990s
'N Sync's, "I Want You Back"
Misheard Lyrics:
I told you not to wear it
Original Lyrics:
I told you not to worry
Bizarre Inc. featuring Angie Brown's, "I'm Gonna Get You"
Misheard Lyrics:
Yo, BJ, pump this body
Original Lyrics:
Yo, DJ, pump this party
Blondie's, "French Kissing In The USA"
Misheard Lyrics:
I want sex sex, phone sex
Original Lyrics:
Embrasser see'est Francais
Britney Spears', "(You Drive Me) Crazy"
Misheard Lyrics:
Baby, finger hugging keeps me up all night
Tell me you're soaking to me, that I'll be online when you will see
Tell me I'm not in the blue, that I'm not wasting my fillings on you
Original Lyrics:
Baby, thinking of you keeps me up all night
Oh, oh
Tell me you're so into me
That I'm the only one you will see
Tell me I'm not in the blue, oh
That I'm not wasting my feelings on you
Metallica's, "Enter Sandman"
Misheard Lyrics:
Ripping your pillow’s eyes
Original Lyrics:
Grippin’ your pillow tight
New Kids On the Block's, "Tonight"
Misheard Lyrics:
Candid girl
Original Lyrics:
Candy girl
The Lion King's, "The Circle of Life"
Misheard Lyrics:
An Iguana hangs with an Obama
Original Lyrics:
Ingonyama nengw' enamabala
 
2000s
Foo Fighters', "Monkey Wrench"
Misheard Lyrics:
Don’t wanna be your monkey bench
Original Lyrics:
Don't want to be your monkeywrench
Linkin Park's, "Bleed it Out"
Misheard Lyrics:
When they bring that Chloraseptic
Original Lyrics:
When they bring that chorus in
Luther Vandross', "I'd Rather"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'd rather be beside you in a school
Original Lyrics:
I'd rather be beside you in a storm
Mad Moley's, "Yummy Yummy"
Misheard Lyrics:
I like them double waddles
Original Lyrics:
'Cause I like them double whoppers
OneRepublic featuring Timbaland's, "Apologize"
Misheard Lyrics:
It's too late for Father Time
Original Lyrics:
It's too late to apologize
Pink's, "Please Don’t Leave Me"
Misheard Lyrics:
Please don’t eat me
Original Lyrics:
Please don’t leave me
Misheard Lyrics:
And the screens from everywhere (yeah)
Original Lyrics:
And the screams from everywhere (yeah)
Sean Paul's, "Temperature"
Misheard Lyrics:
naughty farty shawty
Original Lyrics:
Five million and forty naughty shorty
 
2010s
Ali's, "Lost in Paradise"
Misheard Lyrics:
Lost in paradise
Not a dead ferret now
Original Lyrics:
Lost in paradise
Night and day are fading out
Commercial's, "Hisamitsu"
Misheard Lyrics:
1972
Original Lyrics:
Hisamitsu
Commercial's, "Voya Financial"
Misheard Lyrics:
Goya
Original Lyrics:
Voya
Seven Lions ft. Lynn Gunn's, "Lose Myself"
Misheard Lyrics:
The shadow of the night high is the way that we go
Original Lyrics:
The shadow of the night hides the way that we glow
Taylor Swift's, "Blank Space"
Misheard Lyrics:
Gotta love these Starbucks-lovers
Original Lyrics:
Got a long list of ex lovers
Tool's, "Pneuma"
Misheard Lyrics:
Bulls*** remember
Original Lyrics:
Wake up remember.
 
country
Glen Campbell's, "Gentle on My Mind"
Misheard Lyrics:
But not to where I cannot see you walking on the bathrobes
By the rivers flowing gentle on my mind.
Original Lyrics:
But not to where I cannot see you walking on the backroads
By the rivers flowing gentle on my mind.
 
misc
AJR's, "Bang!"
Misheard Lyrics:
But the rock in my fridge
Still I'm not feeling hot
Original Lyrics:
Put quinoa in my fridge
Still I'm not feeling grown
Commercial's, "Lord & Taylor Going Out of Business Sale"
Misheard Lyrics:
Say goodbye to this iconic band
or
Say goodbye to this iconic friend
Original Lyrics:
Say goodbye to this iconic brand
Justin Bieber ft. Chance the Rapper's, "Holy"
Misheard Lyrics:
Oh God! Runnin' to the oven like a track star
Original Lyrics:
On God! Runnin' to the altar like a track star

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