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1960s
The Beatles', "Help!"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'm not so selfish, no (Later)
My independence seems to vanish in the hay, yes
OR
My independence seems to vanish in Tim Hayes
Original Lyrics:
I'm not so self assured (Later)
My independence seems to vanish in the haze
 
1970s
Aerosmith's, "Walk This Way"
Misheard Lyrics:
Marcus Wayne
Original Lyrics:
Walk this way
Elvis Presley's, "Amazing Grace"
Misheard Lyrics:
Amazing Grace, how sweet the sound,
Who saved a ranch like me.
Original Lyrics:
Amazing Grace, how sweet the sound,
That saved a wretch like me.
Elvis Presley's, "Amazing Grace"
Misheard Lyrics:
That saved our ranch like me
Original Lyrics:
That saved a wretch like me
Elvis Presley's, "Amazing Grace"
Misheard Lyrics:
Through many angry coiled up towns
Original Lyrics:
Through many dangers, toils, and snares
Pink Floyd's, "Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2)"
Misheard Lyrics:
If you don't heat your meat you can't have any pudding!
How can you have any pudding if you don't heat your meat?
Original Lyrics:
If you don't eat your meat, you can't have any pudding!
How can you have any pudding if you don't eat your meat?
Santana's, "Black Magic Woman"
Misheard Lyrics:
You put a spill on me, baby
Original Lyrics:
You put a spell on me, baby
The Carpenters', "Yesterday Once More"
Misheard Lyrics:
Shoo be do Agway
Original Lyrics:
Shoo be do lang lang
 
1980s
Air Supply's, "Making Love Out of Nothing at All"
Misheard Lyrics:
I can make your nose a cymbal
Original Lyrics:
I can make the runner stumble
Bon Jovi's, "You Give Love a Bad Name"
Misheard Lyrics:
Darling, you give love a headache
Original Lyrics:
Darling, you give love a bad name
Journey's, "Open Arms"
Misheard Lyrics:
How much I wonder can you hold?
Original Lyrics:
How much I wanted you home.
Joy Division's, "Ice Age"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'm living in the Ice Cream
Original Lyrics:
I'm living in the Ice Age.
Leonard Cohen's, "Hallelujah"
Misheard Lyrics:
But remember when I moved in you, and the holy duck was moving, too.
Original Lyrics:
But remember when I moved in you, and the holy dove was moving, too.
Leonard Cohen's, "Hallelujah"
Misheard Lyrics:
But remember when I moved in you, and the moldy door was moving too
Original Lyrics:
But remember when I moved in you, and the holy dove was moving too
Leonard Cohen's, "Hallelujah"
Misheard Lyrics:
Hey! I knew ya! Hey! I knew ya!
Original Lyrics:
Hallelujah! Hallelujah!
Leonard Cohen's, "Hallelujah"
Misheard Lyrics:
It goes like this, the fourth, the fifth
The mini balls, and Joan's facelift
Original Lyrics:
It goes like this, the fourth, the fifth,
The minor fall, the major lift
Scritti Politti's, "Wood Beez (Pray Like Aretha Franklin)"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'm a would be would be
Be the EEC
Original Lyrics:
I'm a would be would be
B. E. E. Z.
Soft Cell's, "What"
Misheard Lyrics:
Think of all the ears
Original Lyrics:
Think of all the years
Soft Cell's, "Where the Heart Is"
Misheard Lyrics:
When children have the awful hen
Original Lyrics:
When children have the upper hand
The Clash's, "Rock the Casbah"
Misheard Lyrics:
Drop the cat box
Original Lyrics:
Rock the Casbah
The Georgia Satellites', "Keep Your Hands to Yourself"
Misheard Lyrics:
Don't tell me no lies and keep your hands to yourself
Original Lyrics:
Don't hand me no lines and keep your hands to yourself
 
1990s
Andrea Bocelli's, "Canto Della Terra"
Misheard Lyrics:
Can't stop falling down the Solace!
Original Lyrics:
A darci un po' di sole
Backstreet Boys', "I Want It That Way"
Misheard Lyrics:
Ain't nothing but a big snake
Original Lyrics:
Ain't nothing but a mistake
Backstreet Boys', "I Want It That Way"
Misheard Lyrics:
Ain't nothing but a cheapskate Ain't nothing but a big fake I never wanna hear you say I wish I was a sting ray
Original Lyrics:
Ain't nothing but a heartache Ain't nothing but a mistake I never wanna hear you say I want it that way
Backstreet Boys', "I Want It That Way"
Misheard Lyrics:
Ain't nothing but a milkshake Tell me why I never want to hear you say I don't like strawberry.
Original Lyrics:
Ain't nothing but a mistake Tell me why I never want to hear you say I want it that way.
Backstreet Boys', "I Want It That Way"
Misheard Lyrics:
I want a fat, baby
Original Lyrics:
I want it that way
Backstreet Boys', "I Want It That Way"
Misheard Lyrics:
No matter what the piece stands, I want you to know, That deep another side of meat!
Original Lyrics:
No matter the distance, I want you to know That deep down inside of me
Backstreet Boys', "I Want It That Way"
Misheard Lyrics:
Tell me why Ain't nothing except real gay Tell me why Ain't nothing but a pee stain
Original Lyrics:
Tell me why Ain't nothing but a heartache Tell me why Ain't nothing but a mistake
Blur's, "Beetlebum"
Misheard Lyrics:
All my fathers are gone
(Later)
P*ssed off, p*ssed off, p*ssed off with me
Original Lyrics:
All my violence is gone
(Later)
He's on, he's on, he's on it.
Bonnie Tyler's, "Making Love Out of Nothing at All"
Misheard Lyrics:
And I'm never going to tell you
Everything I've got to tell you
But I know I got to give it a try.
And I know the roads to riches
And I know all the ways of fame.
I know all the roads but I know how to break them
And I am never going to win at this game.
Original Lyrics:
And I'm never gonna tell you
Everything I've got to tell you,
But I know I've got to give it a try.
And I know the roads to riches,
And I know the ways to fame;
I know all the rules and then I know how to break 'em
And I always know the name of the game.
Bonnie Tyler's, "Making Love Out of Nothing at All"
Misheard Lyrics:
And the every stars in the sky were taking immature rides like a spotlight
Original Lyrics:
And every stars in the sky is taking aim at your eyes like a spotlight
Bonnie Tyler's, "Making Love Out of Nothing at All"
Misheard Lyrics:
Making love and a muffin and a dog
Original Lyrics:
Making love out of nothing at all
Bonnie Tyler's, "Making Love Out of Nothing at All"
Misheard Lyrics:
Making love out on a piano
Original Lyrics:
Making love out of nothing at all
Bonnie Tyler's, "Making Love Out of Nothing at All"
Misheard Lyrics:
Making love, atta-nuffa-na-na
Original Lyrics:
Making love out of nothing at all
Bonnie Tyler's, "Making Love Out of Nothing at All"
Misheard Lyrics:
Making love, automatic na relo,
Automatic na relo
Original Lyrics:
Making love, out of nothing at all
Out of nothing at all
Bonnie Tyler's, "Making Love Out of Nothing at All"
Misheard Lyrics:
You can put a Tony on the tip of the knight,
And turn it into bacon for an endless surprise,
I gotta forward it, 'cause everything I know,
Now it's nothing to till
I hear it, do you?
Original Lyrics:
You can take the darkness from the pit of the night,
And turn it to a beacon burning endlessly bright.
I gotta follow it, 'cause everything I own,
Now it's nothing till I give it to you.
Michael Jackson's, "Earth Song"
Misheard Lyrics:
Can't Stop Falling Down....!
Original Lyrics:
The heavens are falling down
Michael Jackson's, "Earth Song"
Misheard Lyrics:
What about the dolphins?
Original Lyrics:
What about everything?
Michael Jackson's, "Is It Scary"
Misheard Lyrics:
But if you came to see the truth of puberty
Original Lyrics:
But if you came to see the truth, the purity
Rod Stewart's, "Rhythm of My Heart"
Misheard Lyrics:
I can still feel the touch of your tender lovely jeans
Original Lyrics:
I can still feel the touch of your thin blue jeans
Russell Hitchcock's, "Swear to Your Heart"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'm high water here, that you're always, always gonna love me
Original Lyrics:
I, I want to hear, that you're always always gonna love me
The Corrs', "Dreams"
Misheard Lyrics:
Women, they love Carmen Sandiego
Original Lyrics:
Women, they will come and they will go
Tool's, "Undertow"
Misheard Lyrics:
I’m pompous, and all the way
Original Lyrics:
I’m helpless, and I’m awake
 
2000s
Aaliyah's, "More Than a Woman"
Misheard Lyrics:
Constant pressure
Original Lyrics:
Constant pleasures
Christina Aguilera's, "Fighter"
Misheard Lyrics:
The gangsta making me a fighter.
Original Lyrics:
So thanks for making me a fighter.
Jordin Sparks', "Battlefield"
Misheard Lyrics:
Both hands tied behind my back with nothing, oh no
These times when we climb so far to fall again
Why we gotta fall for it now?
I never meant the Star Wars
Original Lyrics:
Both hands tied behind my back for nothing, oh no
These times when we climb so fast to fall again
Why we gotta fall for it now?
I never meant to start a war
Santana featuring Alex Band's, "Why Don’t You & I?"
Misheard Lyrics:
I get some time
Original Lyrics:
I get tongue-tied
 
2010s
Silk City, Dua Lipa's, "Electricity"
Misheard Lyrics:
Nah, would suck the world for you to know,
Original Lyrics:
And I would stop the world for you, you know,
The Weeknd's, "Starboy"
Misheard Lyrics:
I switch up my car, f***ing any pay.
Original Lyrics:
I switch up my cup, I kill any pain.
 
country
Shania Twain's, "Man I Feel Like a Woman"
Misheard Lyrics:
Come on-a here, you and a bear.
Original Lyrics:
Color my hair, do what I dare.

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