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1960s
Jackie DeShannon's, "What the World Needs Now Is Love"
Misheard Lyrics:
What the word is now
Original Lyrics:
What the world needs now
 
1970s
Bee Gees', "Love You Inside Out"
Misheard Lyrics:
Go all the way
Original Lyrics:
No other way
Carly Simon's, "You Belong to Me"
Misheard Lyrics:
I've got 11 eyes
Original Lyrics:
I've got loving eyes
Carpenters', "We've Only Just Begun"
Misheard Lyrics:
Sharing horizons that are mutual
Original Lyrics:
Sharing horizons that are new to us
Chaka Khan's, "I'm Every Woman"
Misheard Lyrics:
I ain't reggae
Original Lyrics:
I ain't bragging
Chaka Khan's, "I'm Every Woman"
Misheard Lyrics:
I can read your pulse right now
Original Lyrics:
I can read your thoughts right now
Chicago's, "Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?"
Misheard Lyrics:
I was walking down the street Monday
Original Lyrics:
I was walking down the street one day
Donna Summer's, "Bad Girls"
Misheard Lyrics:
Tu tu, hey, Fifi
Original Lyrics:
Toot toot, hey, beep beep
England Dan and John Ford Coley's, "Love is the Answer"
Misheard Lyrics:
Jesus Christ
Original Lyrics:
Name your price
England Dan and John Ford Coley's, "Nights are Forever Without You"
Misheard Lyrics:
I didn't know he would be so wrong
Original Lyrics:
I didn't know it would last so long
Looking Glass', "Brandy (You're a Fine Girl)"
Misheard Lyrics:
December says, "Brandy, you're in Fargo"
Original Lyrics:
The sailor said, "Brandy, you're a fine girl"
Mungo Jerry's, "In The Summertime"
Misheard Lyrics:
Bring your bottles, with tobaccos, it’ll soon be summertime
Original Lyrics:
Bring your bottle, wear your bright clothes, it will soon be summertime
Rick Derringer's, "Rock 'n' Roll Hoochie Koo"
Misheard Lyrics:
Rock and roll Hoochie Koo,
Lordy Mama, fight my pubes.
Original Lyrics:
Rock and roll Hoochie Koo,
Lordy, Mama light my fuse.
Sarah Brightman and Hot Gossip's, "I Lost My Heart to a Starship Trooper"
Misheard Lyrics:
Hand and hand with cock in space
Original Lyrics:
Hand in hand we'll conquer space
Slade's, "Cum On Feel the Noize"
Misheard Lyrics:
We'll get wild on rocks
Original Lyrics:
We'll get wild, wild, wild
The Main Ingredient's, "Everybody Plays the Fool"
Misheard Lyrics:
Well, before you anything flash
Original Lyrics:
Well, before you do anything rash
 
1980s
Bon Jovi's, "Bad Medicine"
Misheard Lyrics:
Your love is like big medicine
Original Lyrics:
Your love is like bad medicine
Bon Jovi's, "Born to Be My Baby"
Misheard Lyrics:
And baby I was made to be a lamb
Original Lyrics:
And baby I was made to be your man
Dead or Alive's, "You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)"
Misheard Lyrics:
You stand with lights on, baby lights out
Original Lyrics:
You spin me right round, baby right round
Hall & Oates', "I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'll do everything
Original Lyrics:
I'll do anything
Man Overboard's, "Do·Ré·Mi"
Misheard Lyrics:
What’s the pity about her
...
Screen door out in broad daylight
...
And reaching for a glass of water
Dry socks and ripped mat
...
Dandruff too, your cigarette ash
...
Your pubic hairs around my pillow
Your stubble in the sink
...
I’m proud of all the things I love
You wallow in a trough of trivia
...
Then stars to mirrors
...
Hatched underneath an armour crutch under stress
You’re better when it's calm
...
Look around - start a room up
Tell us why things raise a smile at parties
Lack inner humour
...
You’re wet - out of control
Original Lyrics:
More's the pity about her
...
Squinting at broad daylight
...
Hands reaching for a glass of water
Dry socks and razor rash
...
Dandruff, doona, cigarette ash
...
Your pubic hairs are on my pillow
Your stubble rings the sink
...
I paddle in the things I love
You wallow in a swamp of trivia
...
Next door's camellias
...
Hatched underneath an arm
A crutch under stress
Your rudder when it's calm
...
Look around - start a rumour
Jealous wife scenes raise a smile at parties
Like anal humour
...
Your wit out of control
Men at Work's, "Down Under"
Misheard Lyrics:
Do you come from a band down under?
Original Lyrics:
Do you come from a land down under?
Prince's, "Raspberry Beret"
Misheard Lyrics:
Macy's Thanksgiving Parade
Original Lyrics:
She wore a raspberry beret
T'pau's, "China in Your Hand"
Misheard Lyrics:
Told from a barren land
Original Lyrics:
Told from a foreign land
Tears for Fears', "Mad World"
Misheard Lyrics:
Black world
Original Lyrics:
Mad world
Tom Petty's, "Runnin’ Down a Dream"
Misheard Lyrics:
Me and dad were singin’
Original Lyrics:
Me and Del were singin’
U2's, "One Tree Hill"
Misheard Lyrics:
Over one street hill
Original Lyrics:
Over One Tree Hill
Weird Al Yankovic's, "Dare to Be Stupid"
Misheard Lyrics:
But you can't go up your pants
Like a gift horse in the mud
Original Lyrics:
Burn your candle at both ends
Look a gift horse in the mouth
Weird Al Yankovic's, "Dare to Be Stupid"
Misheard Lyrics:
Take someone in nickels
Look for Mr. Goofball
or
Take some more nickels
Look for Mr. Good Boy
Original Lyrics:
Take some wooden nickels
Look for Mr. Goodbar
 
1990s
'N Sync's, "Tearin’ Up My Heart"
Misheard Lyrics:
In the corner of my house
Original Lyrics:
In the corner of my mind
Celine Dion and Peabo Bryson's, "Beauty and the Beast"
Misheard Lyrics:
Barely even dressed
Then somebody bends.
Original Lyrics:
Barely even friends
Then somebody bends.
Chris Isaak's, "Wicked Game"
Misheard Lyrics:
Do I wanna fall in love?
Original Lyrics:
No, I don't wanna fall in love
Chris Isaak's, "Wicked Game"
Misheard Lyrics:
What do women think to do?
Original Lyrics:
What a wicked thing to do
Coolio's, "1, 2, 3, 4 (Sumpin’ New)"
Misheard Lyrics:
It’s like NBC
Original Lyrics:
It’s like ABC
Janet Jackson's, "Rhythm Nation"
Misheard Lyrics:
We are apart; we’re a little anxious
Original Lyrics:
We are a part of a rhythm nation
Janet Jackson's, "Together Again"
Misheard Lyrics:
Macaroni food
Original Lyrics:
Together again, ooh
Janet Jackson's, "Together Again"
Misheard Lyrics:
Macaroni goo
Original Lyrics:
Together again, ooh
Londonbeat's, "I've Been Thinking About You"
Misheard Lyrics:
I see you lookin' away
Original Lyrics:
I see you walkin' away
Smash Mouth's, "Can’t Get Enough of You, Baby"
Misheard Lyrics:
I can’t get enough of Greg Brady
Original Lyrics:
I can’t get enough of you, baby
The Cranberries', "Linger"
Misheard Lyrics:
But it’s just your latitude
Original Lyrics:
But it’s just your attitude
Weird Al Yankovic's, "Amish Paradise"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'm the pious guy the little omelettes want to be like.
Original Lyrics:
I'm the pious guy the little Amlettes want to be like.
 
2000s
Carly Simon's, "With a Few Good Friends"
Misheard Lyrics:
Unlike Tigger for tea
Original Lyrics:
Invite Tigger for tea
Kings of Leon's, "Sex on Fire"
Misheard Lyrics:
The Saxophone Fire.
Original Lyrics:
Your sex is on fire
Snow Patrol's, "Chasing Cars"
Misheard Lyrics:
A duck quite knows
Original Lyrics:
I don’t quite know
The Black Eyed Peas', "Don’t Phunk with My Heart"
Misheard Lyrics:
No no no no, don’t jump with my heart
Original Lyrics:
No no no no, don’t phunk with my heart
The Black Eyed Peas', "Hey Mama"
Misheard Lyrics:
Hey llama
Original Lyrics:
Hey Mama
The Black Eyed Peas', "Let’s Get Retarded"
Misheard Lyrics:
Let’s get restarted in here
Original Lyrics:
Let’s get retarded in here
The Black Eyed Peas', "Pump It"
Misheard Lyrics:
Bucket (ladder!)
Original Lyrics:
Pump it (louder!)
U2's, "Walk On"
Misheard Lyrics:
Float on
Original Lyrics:
Walk on
Weird Al Yankovic's, "Close, But No Cigar"
Misheard Lyrics:
The only caviar was one of her earlobes
Was just a little tiny bit too big
Original Lyrics:
The only caveat was one of her earlobes
Was just a little tiny bit too big

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