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1960s
Lesley Gore's, "It's My Party"
Misheard Lyrics:
It's not funny and I'll cry if I want to
Original Lyrics:
It's my party and I'll cry if I want to
The Beatles', "Help!"
Misheard Lyrics:
Won't you please, please touch me?
Original Lyrics:
Won't you please, please help me?
 
1970s
Billy Joel's, "Miami 2017 (Seen the Lights Go Out on Broadway)"
Misheard Lyrics:
I saw the Empire State Layla
Original Lyrics:
I saw the Empire State lay low
Brewer and Shipley's, "One Toke Over the Line"
Misheard Lyrics:
Would Shirley strike me down?
Original Lyrics:
Would surely strike me dead
Misheard Lyrics:
If you want a new pair of dice
Original Lyrics:
If you want to view paradise
Misheard Lyrics:
If you want a new paradise
Original Lyrics:
If you want to view paradise
Elton John's, "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road"
Misheard Lyrics:
I should have stayed on the phone
Original Lyrics:
I should have stayed on the farm
Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis, Jr.'s, "You Don't Have to Be a Star (To Be in My Show)"
Misheard Lyrics:
You don't have to be in town, baby
Original Lyrics:
You don't have to be a star, baby
Melanie's, "Lay Down (Candles in the Rain)"
Misheard Lyrics:
Let your diapers swallow
Original Lyrics:
Let your white bird smile up
Norman Greenbaum's, "Spirit in the Sky"
Misheard Lyrics:
Gonna go to the place down there
Original Lyrics:
Gonna go to the place that's the best
The Chi-Lites', "Oh Girl"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'd be in Dallas if I let you go
Original Lyrics:
I'd be in trouble if you left me now
The Delfonics', "Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time)"
Misheard Lyrics:
Gemini
Original Lyrics:
Didn't I?
Vanity Fare's, "Hitchin' a Ride"
Misheard Lyrics:
'round, 'round, 'round, fishin' around
Original Lyrics:
Ride, ride, ride, hitchin' a ride
 
1980s
A-Ha's, "Take On Me"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'm opposite ends
Original Lyrics:
I'm odds and ends
Bon Jovi's, "Bad Medicine"
Misheard Lyrics:
Now the boy's addicted
Put your kids in the trunk.
Original Lyrics:
I was born addicted
'Cos your kiss is the drug.
Elton John's, "I Don't Wanna Go On with You Like That"
Misheard Lyrics:
I ain't no pervert, please, that needs to s***
Original Lyrics:
I ain't no puzzle piece that needs to fit
Madonna's, "La Isla Bonita"
Misheard Lyrics:
Last night I dreamt of some basil.
Original Lyrics:
Last night I dreamt of San Pedro.
Peter Gabriel's, "Big Time"
Misheard Lyrics:
Their dicks so small
They use small words
Original Lyrics:
They think so small
They use small words
Prince's, "Batdance"
Misheard Lyrics:
Go, go, go with the slime
Original Lyrics:
Go, go, go with a smile
Wham!'s, "Last Christmas"
Misheard Lyrics:
My kind of punctual
Someone to rely on
Original Lyrics:
My god, I thought you were
Someone to rely on
Yarbrough & Peoples', "Don't Stop the Music"
Misheard Lyrics:
I just wanna love you all night long
Original Lyrics:
I just wanna rock you all night long
 
1990s
Cassius', "Cassius 1999"
Misheard Lyrics:
Come on, lend me a poo
Winnie the Pooh, Santa
OR
Winnie the Pooh, suntan
Original Lyrics:
Come on baby, come on sugar
Come on darling, sometimes
Crowded House's, "Everything is Good for You"
Misheard Lyrics:
We'll come snuggle to turn the Angry Birds
Original Lyrics:
We'll come struggle to turn the angry words
Crowded House's, "Weather with You"
Misheard Lyrics:
Things ain't crooked and I kissed her
Original Lyrics:
Things ain't cookin' in my kitchen
D:Ream's, "Things Can Only Get Better"
Misheard Lyrics:
You have shown me where Judas is angry
Original Lyrics:
You have shown me prejudice and greed
Jamiroquai's, "Cosmic Girl"
Misheard Lyrics:
She's just a Cosby girl
Original Lyrics:
She's just a cosmic girl
No Doubt's, "Just a Girl"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'm just a girl, oh buddy, I'm so cheap
Original Lyrics:
I'm just a girl, all pretty and petite.
No Doubt's, "Just a Girl"
Misheard Lyrics:
Oh, I'm just a girl, take a good look at me
Just don't think I'll apologize
Original Lyrics:
Oh, I'm just a girl, take a good look at me
Just your typical prototype
Primitive Radio Gods', "Standing Outside A Broken Phone Booth With Money I"
Misheard Lyrics:
I’ve been down Harlem baby!
Love fixes the hate!
Original Lyrics:
I've been downhearted baby
Ever since the day we met
Radiohead's, "Black Star"
Misheard Lyrics:
Play it on December 9th
Original Lyrics:
Blame it on the satellite
Tom Petty's, "Free Fallin'"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'm a tadpole
Original Lyrics:
I'm a bad boy
Vengaboys', "We Like to Party"
Misheard Lyrics:
The vagabond is coming
Original Lyrics:
The Venga Bus is coming
 
2000s
Misheard Lyrics:
Augustus Gloop will not be hard
Original Lyrics:
Augustus Gloop will not be harmed
Misheard Lyrics:
The most important thing
That we've ever heard
Original Lyrics:
The most important thing
That we've ever learned
Misheard Lyrics:
The little butte
Original Lyrics:
The little brute
Misheard Lyrics:
Jewish, Jewish all day long
Original Lyrics:
Chewing, chewing all day long
Misheard Lyrics:
The amazing offer dear
Original Lyrics:
The amazing chocolatier
Eminem's, "Smack That"
Misheard Lyrics:
Smack Dad
Original Lyrics:
Smack that.
Eve featuring Alicia Keys', "Gangsta Lovin'"
Misheard Lyrics:
That just got me ugly
Original Lyrics:
That just got me buggin'
Green Day's, "Boulevard of Broken Dreams"
Misheard Lyrics:
I want the only road
Original Lyrics:
I walk a lonely road
Liz Phair's, "Extraordinary"
Misheard Lyrics:
To meet your mommy
Original Lyrics:
To make you love me
Macy Gray's, "When I See You"
Misheard Lyrics:
Hey baby when I see you
I'm gonna hit you all over your face
Original Lyrics:
Hey baby when I see you
I'm gonna kiss you all over your face
Sean Paul's, "Temperature"
Misheard Lyrics:
And girl I, wanna be the Popeye
You can be the mom oh oh
Original Lyrics:
And girl I, wanna be the papa
You can be the mom oh oh
 
2010s
Fates Warning's, "Begin Again"
Misheard Lyrics:
And even though I know you've waited so long
Nothing lasts forever in the heart of the moon's shine
Original Lyrics:
And even though I know you've waited so long
You never thought that it would end like this
Like this
 
country
Gretchen Wilson's, "Here for the Party"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'm here for the hardy
Original Lyrics:
I'm here for the party
Taylor Dayne's, "Teardrops on My Guitar"
Misheard Lyrics:
Drew knows
Original Lyrics:
True love
 
misc
The Weeknd's, "Blinding Lights"
Misheard Lyrics:
Unwinding by the life
Original Lyrics:
I'm blinded by the light
 
xmas
Gayla Peevey's, "I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas"
Misheard Lyrics:
Don't want a dog
Original Lyrics:
Don't want a doll
Slade's, "Merry Xmas Everybody"
Misheard Lyrics:
Are you hanging up a coffin on your wall?
Original Lyrics:
Are you hanging up a stocking on your wall?
The Supremes', "My Christmas Tree"
Misheard Lyrics:
In a windowpane
Original Lyrics:
In a window frame

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