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1960s
The Tokens', "The Lion Sleeps Tonight"
Misheard Lyrics:
On Weebly, on Weebly
Original Lyrics:
A-wimoweh, a-wimoweh
 
1970s
Bay City Rollers', "Remember"
Misheard Lyrics:
Shimmy shammy shong, your ex was like King Kong, remember
Original Lyrics:
Shimmy shammy shong, we used to make up songs, remember
Edison Lighthouse's, "Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'm a mucky fella
And I've just got to tell her
That I drug her endlessly
Original Lyrics:
I'm a lucky fella
And I've just got to tell her
That I love her endlessly
Electric Light Orchestra's, "Evil Woman"
Misheard Lyrics:
Lethal woman
Original Lyrics:
Evil woman
Randy Newman's, "Guilty"
Misheard Lyrics:
Got some whiskey from Obama
Original Lyrics:
Got some whiskey from the barman
Steely Dan's, "Aja"
Misheard Lyrics:
Let's do it at night
Original Lyrics:
Let's do it right
White Plains', "My Baby Loves Lovin'"
Misheard Lyrics:
No more lonely days, my baby's taking care of my foreskin
Original Lyrics:
No more lonely days, my baby's taken care of everything
 
1980s
Aerosmith's, "Dude (Looks Like a Lady)"
Misheard Lyrics:
Baaack! Baaack! Dude looks like a lady!
Original Lyrics:
(saxophone bleat, saxophone bleat) Dude looks like a lady!
Berlin's, "Take My Breath Away"
Misheard Lyrics:
On the Pacific Ocean
Original Lyrics:
On this endless ocean
Dream Theater's, "The Ones Who Help to Set the Sun"
Misheard Lyrics:
No bigger than a Ben 10
Original Lyrics:
No bigger than a man's hand
Imagination 's, "Just an Illusion"
Misheard Lyrics:
Gonna be a dad
Original Lyrics:
Could it be that it's just an illusion?
Murray Head's, "One Night in Bangkok"
Misheard Lyrics:
Tea, girls, warm and sweet
Some are set up in the Somerset-Maugham suite.
Original Lyrics:
T-girls, warm and sweet
Some are set up in the Somerset-Maugham suite.
Prince's, "Batdance"
Misheard Lyrics:
Bat Ma’am
Original Lyrics:
Batman
Prince's, "Batdance"
Misheard Lyrics:
Go, go, go with a sim isle
Original Lyrics:
Go, go, go with a smile
Prince's, "Batdance"
Misheard Lyrics:
Go, go, go with a tsunami
Original Lyrics:
Go, go, go with a smile
Prince's, "Batdance"
Misheard Lyrics:
I wanna bust that butt, ay
Original Lyrics:
I wanna bust that body
Prince's, "Batdance"
Misheard Lyrics:
Just wondering
Original Lyrics:
Bruce Wayne
Prince's, "Batdance"
Misheard Lyrics:
Soap
Original Lyrics:
So
Prince's, "Scandalous"
Misheard Lyrics:
Butt, ay
Original Lyrics:
Body
Prince's, "The Arms Of Orion"
Misheard Lyrics:
Clothes and ties
Original Lyrics:
Close my eyes
The J. Geils Band's, "Love Stinks"
Misheard Lyrics:
Noxzem(a)
Original Lyrics:
Love stinks
 
1990s
Blur's, "Country House"
Misheard Lyrics:
Caught up in a century of dieting
Original Lyrics:
Caught up in the century's anxiety
Daft Punk's, "Alive"
Misheard Lyrics:
I see, I do, I see, I do
Original Lyrics:
[Instrumental]
Daft Punk's, "Revolution 909"
Misheard Lyrics:
I repeat stop the tootsie and go
Original Lyrics:
I repeat stop the music and go
Depeche Mode's, "Personal Jesus"
Misheard Lyrics:
pass along Jesus
Original Lyrics:
personal Jesus
Madonna's, "Vogue"
Misheard Lyrics:
Breda Haywire gave good face
Original Lyrics:
Rita Hayworth gave good face
Madonna's, "Vogue"
Misheard Lyrics:
Ellen F, we're in the mood
Original Lyrics:
Fellows that were in the mood
Madonna's, "Vogue"
Misheard Lyrics:
Freddie, Garbo and Monroe
Original Lyrics:
Greta Garbo and Monroe
 
2000s
Daft Punk's, "Digital Love"
Misheard Lyrics:
Why won’t you play, ya' gay?
Original Lyrics:
Why don’t you play the game?
Daft Punk's, "Ian Pooley "Chord Memory" - Daft Punk Remix"
Misheard Lyrics:
Block the vsco tech, huh
Block the vsco tech, huh
Block the vsco tech, huh
Block the vsco
Original Lyrics:
Rock the discotheque, huh
Rock the discotheque, huh
Rock the discotheque, huh
Rock the disco
Daft Punk's, "Robot Rock / Oh Yeah"
Misheard Lyrics:
Rock, you caught rock
Original Lyrics:
Rock, robot rock
Madonna's, "Beautiful Stranger"
Misheard Lyrics:
And everybody's nose
Original Lyrics:
And everybody knows
Mary Mary's, "Shackles (Praise You)"
Misheard Lyrics:
I just want some creatures
Original Lyrics:
I just wanna praise you
Misheard Lyrics:
Find this election
Original Lyrics:
Finest selection
 
2010s
Misheard Lyrics:
All is quiet on the western stars today
You have son all my life
All the distantly what you’ve done for me
Original Lyrics:
All is quiet on the western front today
You have sunk all my battleships
Oh the mystery, not your ivory
Misheard Lyrics:
Dancing kid on a salmon today
I look good in my winter cope, buffed up
I could punch a rock
Original Lyrics:
Dancing kid on a snare drum today
I look good in my winter coat, puffed up
Like a puffin on the rock
Misheard Lyrics:
I saw the dancers today
Fly, crack, micro seen change
Magic currency
Original Lyrics:
I saw the desert today
Flash crack backward aging
Nitric acid
British Sea Power's, "Cleaning Out The Rooms"
Misheard Lyrics:
Dad, drifting ahead for you
Original Lyrics:
Dark cloud, drifting out of view
British Sea Power's, "Cleaning Out the Rooms"
Misheard Lyrics:
Swept away, upon our hats, in cold coal
Sarah called me ugly, an Orangutan, hanged it up
Original Lyrics:
Slept away, upon our hearts, in cold coal ceremonial
On a rainy day, hang it up
British Sea Power's, "Once More Now"
Misheard Lyrics:
In your jeans
Don’t come true
Original Lyrics:
When your dreams
Don’t come true
British Sea Power's, "Once More Now"
Misheard Lyrics:
One small ma'am
Original Lyrics:
Once more now
British Sea Power's, "Once More Now"
Misheard Lyrics:
One small night
Original Lyrics:
Once more now
Imagine Dragons', "Monster"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'm only a man with a candle who got me,
Original Lyrics:
I'm only a man with a candle to guide me,
 
country
Alan Jackson's, "www.memory"
Misheard Lyrics:
Just chicken feed
Original Lyrics:
Just click on me
Brooks and Dunn's, "Hard Workin' Man"
Misheard Lyrics:
I can't go to hell
Original Lyrics:
I can't get ahead
Lady Antebellum's, "Need You Now"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'll just leave you now
Original Lyrics:
I just need you now
Lonestar's, "Smile"
Misheard Lyrics:
Kiss me twice 'til we die
Original Lyrics:
Kiss me twice for goodbye
 
misc
Pendulum's, "Nothing for Free (2020s)"
Misheard Lyrics:
Calling the gallery through your phone
Original Lyrics:
Calling the cavalry through your phone
 
xmas
Frank Sinatra's, "I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day"
Misheard Lyrics:
And not the song
Original Lyrics:
And marks the song
Peggy Lee's, "I Like a Sleigh Ride"
Misheard Lyrics:
I like a sail at night
Original Lyrics:
I like a sleigh ride

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