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1960s
The Royal Guardsmen's, "Baby Let's Wait"
Misheard Lyrics:
We got Tums
Original Lyrics:
We got time
The Royal Guardsmen's, "The Return of the Red Baron"
Misheard Lyrics:
You're really in a mission
Original Lyrics:
You're really in a mess
 
1970s
ABBA's, "Gimme, Gimme, Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)"
Misheard Lyrics:
Tu vis n'a
Original Lyrics:
Movie stars
Blue Oyster Cult's, "(Don't Fear) the Reaper"
Misheard Lyrics:
Don't feel the reader
Original Lyrics:
Don't fear the reaper
Commercial's, "Gee, Your Hair Smells Terrific"
Misheard Lyrics:
Gee, your hair smells horrific
Original Lyrics:
Gee, your hair smells terrific
Commercial's, "McDonald's Big Mac"
Misheard Lyrics:
Two all-beef fatties
Original Lyrics:
Two all-beef patties
Creedence Clearwater Revival's, "Up Around the Bend"
Misheard Lyrics:
Where the neon sign's of wood
Original Lyrics:
Where the neons turn to wood
George Harrison's, "Bangla-Desh"
Misheard Lyrics:
Before his country guys
Original Lyrics:
Before his country dies
George Harrison's, "You"
Misheard Lyrics:
Oh, Q, Q, yeah, Q
Original Lyrics:
Oh, you, you, yeah, you
John Lennon's, "Mind Games"
Misheard Lyrics:
Playing the mind gorilla
Original Lyrics:
Playing the mind guerrilla
John Lennon's, "Stand by Me"
Misheard Lyrics:
And the land is dull
Original Lyrics:
And the land is dark
Led Zeppelin's, "The Rover"
Misheard Lyrics:
And the flag we're flying is the new flag of the land.
Original Lyrics:
And the flat world's flying, and there's a new plague on the land
Led Zeppelin's, "The Rover"
Misheard Lyrics:
I hear the rusty river sprawl
or
I hear the rusty River Sproul
Original Lyrics:
I hear the rested rivers call.
Minnie Riperton's, "Inside My Love"
Misheard Lyrics:
Two spirits are greedy
OR
Two spirits are breathing
Original Lyrics:
Two spirits greeting
 
1980s
Bros', "I Owe You Nothing"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'll watch Columbo
Original Lyrics:
I'll watch you crumble
Eddy Grant's, "I Don't Wanna Dance"
Misheard Lyrics:
I love your purchase now of tea
Original Lyrics:
I love your personality
Jackie Wilson's, "Reet Petite (The Sweetest Girl in Town)"
Misheard Lyrics:
Read petite
Original Lyrics:
Reet petite
Joe Jackson's, "It's Different for Girls"
Misheard Lyrics:
Wanted to be sure you're feeling like...
Original Lyrics:
Wanted to be sure you're feeling right
Kelly Marie's, "Feels Like I'm in Love"
Misheard Lyrics:
My head is in a sin
or
My head is innocent
Original Lyrics:
My head is in a spin
Los Lobos', "La Bamba"
Misheard Lyrics:
Some copycat, some copycat
or
Some coffee pot, some coffee pot
Original Lyrics:
Soy capitan, soy capitan
Maldwyn 'Mal' Pope's, "Fireman Sam"
Misheard Lyrics:
Riding down the woozy street
Feeding people nasty meat
Original Lyrics:
Driving down the busy street
Greeting people that he meets
Ollie and Jerry's, "Breakin'...There's No Stopping Us"
Misheard Lyrics:
'Cause we're breaking down the doors
And, oh, with a pantomime
Original Lyrics:
'Cause we're breaking down the doors
And, oh, we're prepared to fight
Paul McCartney's, "Pipes of Peace"
Misheard Lyrics:
I light a candle to Milo
Original Lyrics:
I light a candle to our love
Splitting Image's, "The Chicken Song"
Misheard Lyrics:
Buy a Jumbo Jack
Original Lyrics:
Buy a jumbo jet
The Jam's, "Beat Surrender"
Misheard Lyrics:
So come to the beat surrender
Original Lyrics:
Succumb to the beat surrender
Whitney Houston's, "Love Will Save the Day"
Misheard Lyrics:
It's a condom situation
Original Lyrics:
It's a common situation
 
1990s
Another Level's, "Freak Me"
Misheard Lyrics:
Make you real hard
Original Lyrics:
Make you real hot
Jamiroquai's, "Virtual Insanity"
Misheard Lyrics:
Now every mother can't choose the cover of her job
Original Lyrics:
Now every mother can choose the color of her child
Jimmy Nail's, "Ain't No Doubt"
Misheard Lyrics:
She's a lion
Original Lyrics:
She's lying
La Bouche's, "Sweet Dreams"
Misheard Lyrics:
Keep dancing hot
Original Lyrics:
Keep dancing hard
MC Hammer's, "Pray"
Misheard Lyrics:
We got to play
Original Lyrics:
We got to pray
Mike + the Mechanics', "Now That You’ve Gone"
Misheard Lyrics:
Darkness slowly possesses
Original Lyrics:
Darkness slowly descends
Oasis', "Some Might Say"
Misheard Lyrics:
She's got dirty dishes down the drain
Original Lyrics:
She's got dirty dishes on the brain
Take That's, "Everything Changes"
Misheard Lyrics:
Forever mom
Original Lyrics:
Forever more
Take That's, "Pray"
Misheard Lyrics:
But the moment always comes too soon
Original Lyrics:
But the morning always comes too soon
Take That's, "Sure"
Misheard Lyrics:
Sure social
Original Lyrics:
Sure, so sure
Whitney Houston's, "All the Man That I Need"
Misheard Lyrics:
He want Lego
Original Lyrics:
He won't let go
 
2000s
Lenny Kravitz's, "Lady"
Misheard Lyrics:
Domesticated lady
Original Lyrics:
Sophisticated lady
The Wiggles', "Wiggly Party"
Misheard Lyrics:
Legal and tardy
Original Lyrics:
Wiggly Party
The Wiggles', "Wiggly Party"
Misheard Lyrics:
Pin the tail on the honky
Original Lyrics:
Pin the tail on the donkey
Whitney Houston's, "I Learned from the Best"
Misheard Lyrics:
In my Lysol
Original Lyrics:
In my life, oh
 
2010s
Dragonforce's, "Heart Demolition"
Misheard Lyrics:
Boner through my heart
Original Lyrics:
No knife through my heart
Flo Rida's, "Whistle"
Misheard Lyrics:
Listen, baby
Original Lyrics:
Whistle, baby
Lewis Capaldi's, "Before You Go"
Misheard Lyrics:
I failed by the wayside, like everyone else
Original Lyrics:
I fell by the wayside, like everyone else
Lewis Capaldi's, "Someone You Loved"
Misheard Lyrics:
I need somebody to hear, somebody to know
Somebody to have, somebody to hurt
It's easy to say but it's never the same
I guess I kinda liked the way you numbed all the pain
Another day bleeds into nightfall
And you're not here to get me through it all
I let my god down
Original Lyrics:
I need somebody to heal, somebody to know
Somebody to have, somebody to hold
It's easy to say but it's never the same
I guess I kinda liked the way you numbed all the pain
Now the day bleeds into nightfall
And you're not here to get me through it all
I let my guard down
Misheard Lyrics:
Mammy, Esther has dandruff, yes, dandruff
Original Lyrics:
Mami, esto es dando y dándolo
Pink's, "Just Give Me a Reason"
Misheard Lyrics:
We are concrete
Original Lyrics:
We'll come clean
 
country
Alabama's, "Love in the First Degree"
Misheard Lyrics:
And throw away the tea
Original Lyrics:
And throw away the key
Kenny Rogers', "Coward of the County"
Misheard Lyrics:
Promise me, sung...
Original Lyrics:
Promise me, son...
Kenny Rogers', "Coward of the County"
Misheard Lyrics:
the cattle and boys came callin'
Original Lyrics:
the Gatlin boys came callin'

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