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1950s
Perry Como's, "Papa Loves Mambo"
Misheard Lyrics:
Papa loves nada
Original Lyrics:
Papa loves mambo
 
1960s
Friend & Lover's, "Reach Out of the Darkness"
Misheard Lyrics:
Reach out in the pocket
Original Lyrics:
Reach out in the darkness
Merrilee Rush's, "Angel of the Morning"
Misheard Lyrics:
There'll be nothing, combine your hands
Original Lyrics:
There'll be no strings to bind your hands
 
1970s
Billy Joel's, "My Life"
Misheard Lyrics:
Now she dances a stand-up routine in ballet
Original Lyrics:
Now he gives them a stand-up routine in L.A.
Hall & Oates', "Rich Girl"
Misheard Lyrics:
You're a nigger
Original Lyrics:
You're a rich girl
Lou Rawls', "You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine"
Misheard Lyrics:
You're gonna miss my mother
or
You're gonna kiss my mother
Original Lyrics:
You're gonna miss my love
Misheard Lyrics:
When a chick of a guy gave me a chicken wing
Original Lyrics:
When a snake of a guy gave me an evil wink
Thelma Houston's, "Don't Leave Me This Way"
Misheard Lyrics:
Oh baby freeze, freeze, don't leave me this way
Original Lyrics:
Oh baby please, please don't leave me this way
 
1980s
Bananarama's, "Love in the First Degree"
Misheard Lyrics:
Guilty as a Dunkin' deal
Original Lyrics:
Guilty as a girl can be
Dire Straits', "Walk of Life"
Misheard Lyrics:
Do the hard knock life
Original Lyrics:
Do the walk of life
Hall & Oates', "You Make My Dreams"
Misheard Lyrics:
You make my deeds come true
Original Lyrics:
You make my dreams come true
Kylie Minogue's, "I Should Be So Lucky"
Misheard Lyrics:
I should be some ducky
Original Lyrics:
I should be so lucky
Kylie Minogue's, "The Loco-Motion"
Misheard Lyrics:
You gotta bring your kids down
Original Lyrics:
You gotta swing your hips now
Linda Ronstadt and James Ingram's, "Somewhere Out There"
Misheard Lyrics:
So late out there
Beneath the ray of light
Original Lyrics:
Somewhere out there
Beneath the pale moonlight
Madonna's, "Borderline"
Misheard Lyrics:
If you want me, let me go
Original Lyrics:
If you want me, let me know
Pretenders', "My City Was Gone"
Misheard Lyrics:
I went back to Ohio
But my singing was gone
Original Lyrics:
I went back to Ohio
But my city was gone
REO Speedwagon's, "Keep on Loving You"
Misheard Lyrics:
'cause it's the only thing I run into
Original Lyrics:
'cause it's the only thing I wanna do
Rick Astley's, "Never Gonna Give You Up"
Misheard Lyrics:
You're too shy to sing
Original Lyrics:
You're too shy to say it
Rick Astley's, "Together Forever"
Misheard Lyrics:
Together forever and never too far
Together forever with you
Original Lyrics:
Together forever and never to part
Together forever we two
Stevie Wonder's, "I Just Called to Say I Love You"
Misheard Lyrics:
No foolish game to celebrate
Original Lyrics:
No New Year's Day to celebrate
The Police's, "Wrapped Around Your Finger"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'll/You'll see fragile 'round your/my finger
Original Lyrics:
I'll/You'll be wrapped around your/my finger
 
1990s
98 Degrees', "Because of You"
Misheard Lyrics:
Pissed off
Original Lyrics:
It's all
Amy Grant's, "Every Heartbeat"
Misheard Lyrics:
My river runs through you
Original Lyrics:
My red blood runs true blue
Annie Lennox's, "A Whiter Shade of Pale"
Misheard Lyrics:
I was feeling kinda seasoned
Original Lyrics:
I was feeling kinda seasick
Betty Boo's, "Where Are You Baby"
Misheard Lyrics:
I don't even know the reason you were playing a newer season
Original Lyrics:
I don't even know the reason you were playing and you were teasing
Betty Boo's, "Where Are You Baby"
Misheard Lyrics:
Your feelings are sincere
(Later)
I hope, thank you for weirdness
Original Lyrics:
Can you feel the weight of these tears
(Later)
I hope today you hear this
Bizarre Inc.'s, "I'm Gonna Get You"
Misheard Lyrics:
Yo, BJ, f*** this, Barney
Original Lyrics:
Yo, DJ, pump this party
Deep Blue Something's, "Breakfast at Tiffany's"
Misheard Lyrics:
And I said, "Breakfast, the one thing we got"
Original Lyrics:
And I said, "Well, that's the one thing we got"
Dr. John's, "My Opinionation (Blossom Theme)"
Misheard Lyrics:
The summer's gonna surely shine
Original Lyrics:
The sun is gonna surely shine
Fugees', "Rumble in the Jungle"
Misheard Lyrics:
I remember when Cass and Kay tripped the switch
Taking trips to Zimbabwe
Africa started calling the guards and I'll say, "Ooh, bye, yay! So what!"
If the guards be sticking to their nutrition, lightning stricken
Original Lyrics:
I remember when Cassius Clay flipped the script
Taking trips to Zimbabwe
Africans started calling the God Ali Bumbaye, so bwoy
It be the God stricken, God nutrition, lightly stricken
Gin Blossoms', "Till I Hear It from You"
Misheard Lyrics:
Or pull out my train apart
Original Lyrics:
Or break up my train of thought
Green Day's, "When I Come Around"
Misheard Lyrics:
Win a comma red hound
Original Lyrics:
When I come around
Marc Cohn's, "Walking in Memphis"
Misheard Lyrics:
Touchdown in the land of the Jetson blues
Original Lyrics:
Touched down in the land of the Delta Blues
Nicki French's, "Total Eclipse of the Heart"
Misheard Lyrics:
Turn around, fried rice
Original Lyrics:
Turn around, bright eyes
OMC's, "How Bizarre"
Misheard Lyrics:
Arkansas, Arkansas
Original Lyrics:
How bizarre, how bizarre
PM Dawn's, "Set Adrift on Memory Bliss"
Misheard Lyrics:
I wanted her to be a big Peanuts dog, yeah
Original Lyrics:
I wanted her to be a big PM Dawn fan
Sophie B. Hawkins', "As I Lay Me Down"
Misheard Lyrics:
And you'll be homemade then
Original Lyrics:
That you will hold me dear
Sugar Ray's, "Every Morning"
Misheard Lyrics:
Every morning there's a hater
Original Lyrics:
Every morning there's a halo
Sugar Ray's, "Fly"
Misheard Lyrics:
All around the world
Stashes crumble for me
Original Lyrics:
All around the world
Statues crumble for me
Toad the Wet Sprocket's, "All I Want"
Misheard Lyrics:
Whatever happened to me?
Original Lyrics:
Whatever happens will be
Toad the Wet Sprocket's, "Walk on the Ocean"
Misheard Lyrics:
We started the ocean
Original Lyrics:
We spotted the ocean
Weird Al Yankovic's, "Amish Paradise"
Misheard Lyrics:
I turn butter once or twice
Original Lyrics:
I churned butter once or twice
 
2000s
DHT's, "Listen to Your Heart"
Misheard Lyrics:
I don't know what you're showing
Original Lyrics:
I don't know where you're going
Daft Punk's, "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger"
Misheard Lyrics:
Harbor Freigher, back up stronger
Original Lyrics:
Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger
Five for Fighting's, "100 Years"
Misheard Lyrics:
15, I'd still die for you
Original Lyrics:
15, there's still time for you
Lisa Marie Presley's, "Lights Out"
Misheard Lyrics:
Someone turned the lights down there in Memphis
Original Lyrics:
Someone turned the lights out there in Memphis
Misheard Lyrics:
Send them a ham sandwich
Original Lyrics:
Send them a text message
Seal's, "Waiting for You"
Misheard Lyrics:
Feels like a loss at stake
or
Feels like a loss today
or
Feels like I'm lost today
Original Lyrics:
Feels like the world's at stake
Sophie B. Hawkins', "Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover"
Misheard Lyrics:
Tonight I'll be no other
Original Lyrics:
Tonight I'll be your mother
 
2010s
Ellie Goulding's, "Close To Me"
Misheard Lyrics:
Even though we're kicked out of the party 'cause we both hit everybody
Original Lyrics:
Even though we're kicked out of the party 'cause we both hate everybody

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