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1960s
The Four Tops', "Reach Out I'll Be There"
Misheard Lyrics:
Now if you feel like you can’t go on, because all of your hump is gone
Original Lyrics:
Now if you feel like you can’t go on, because all of your hope is gone
 
1970s
America's, "Tin Man"
Misheard Lyrics:
And catch the purple flies
Original Lyrics:
And catch the perfect prize
Andy Kim's, "Rock Me Gently"
Misheard Lyrics:
Love Ken Jennings
Original Lyrics:
Rock me gently
Bachman-Turner Overdrive's, "You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet"
Misheard Lyrics:
You may see something strange
Original Lyrics:
You ain't seen nothin' yet
Blue Swede's, "Never My Love"
Misheard Lyrics:
David the Gnome
Original Lyrics:
Never my love
Elton John's, "The Bitch Is Back"
Misheard Lyrics:
The teacher's back
Original Lyrics:
The bitch is back
Joe Simon's, "Power of Love"
Misheard Lyrics:
Saturdays later
Original Lyrics:
Seven days later
Johnny Bristol's, "Hang On In There Baby"
Misheard Lyrics:
Something's internet booze
Original Lyrics:
Something's eating at you
Joni Mitchell's, "Free Man in Paris"
Misheard Lyrics:
You just get with it
Original Lyrics:
You just can't win it
Stevie Wonder's, "You Haven't Done Nothin'"
Misheard Lyrics:
The world is trying to pass us by
Original Lyrics:
The world is trying to pacify
The Who's, "Join Together"
Misheard Lyrics:
Hear the drama drawing
Original Lyrics:
Hear the drummer drumming
Yes', "Roundabout"
Misheard Lyrics:
I will remember you
Your cigarette will change it too
Original Lyrics:
I will remember you
Your silhouette will charge the view
 
1980s
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start the Fire"
Misheard Lyrics:
'Lawrence of Arabia', British beats Romania
Olmecs, John Glenn
Original Lyrics:
'Lawrence of Arabia', British Beatlemania,
Ole Miss, John Glenn
George Michael's, "One More Try"
Misheard Lyrics:
And Chico
or
And Chica
Original Lyrics:
And teacher
Haysi Fantayzee's, "John Wayne Is Big Leggy"
Misheard Lyrics:
John Wayne and Lois Lane
Making whoopee with his squawk
Original Lyrics:
John Wayne in lovers lane
Making whoopee with his squaw
John Mellencamp's, "Hurts So Good"
Misheard Lyrics:
Who's that girl?
Original Lyrics:
Hurts so good
John Mellencamp's, "Paper in Fire"
Misheard Lyrics:
Pacifier
Original Lyrics:
Paper in fire
Madonna's, "La Isla Bonita"
Misheard Lyrics:
And when the summer played
The sun would set so high
Ring through my ears and sing in my eyes
Your Spanish lullaby
I barely loved you, San Pedro
Original Lyrics:
And when the samba played
The sun would set so high
Ring through my ears and sting my eyes
Your Spanish lullaby
I fell in love with San Pedro
Miami Sound Machine's, "Words Get in the Way"
Misheard Lyrics:
I tried to say "adieu"
Original Lyrics:
I tried to say "I love you"
Paul Young's, "Every Time You Go Away"
Misheard Lyrics:
Every time you're blown away
Original Lyrics:
Every time you go away
Scorpions', "Rock You Like a Hurricane"
Misheard Lyrics:
The night is calling, I have to mow!
The wolf is hungry, he runs the show!
He’s licking his lips, he’s ready to win!
On the hunt tonight for love in Brazil
Original Lyrics:
The night is calling, I have to go!
The wolf is hungry, he runs the show!
He’s licking his lips, he’s ready to win!
On the hunt tonight for love at first sting!
Smokey Robinson's, "One Heartbeat"
Misheard Lyrics:
Beatrix Potter
Original Lyrics:
Leaves are fallin'
The Cars', "You Are the Girl"
Misheard Lyrics:
What's in L.A.?
Original Lyrics:
What's in the way?
Misheard Lyrics:
Heaven is the hole of a heart
Original Lyrics:
Heaven is the whole of our hearts
 
1990s
Ann Hampton Callaway's, "The Nanny (Named Fran)"
Misheard Lyrics:
She's the lady in red, in everybody else's wedding band.
Original Lyrics:
She's the lady in red when everybody else is wearing tan.
Bachelor Girl's, "Permission to Shine"
Misheard Lyrics:
But I've been gettin' real good at goin' down on myself
Original Lyrics:
But I've been gettin' real good at gettin' down on myself
Bloodhound Gang's, "The Bad Touch"
Misheard Lyrics:
You and me, Lady A
Original Lyrics:
You and me, baby ain't
Bryan Adams', "Do I Have to Say the Words?"
Misheard Lyrics:
Do I have to sha-la-la?
Original Lyrics:
Do I have to shout it out?
Def Leppard's, "Have You Ever Needed Someone So Bad"
Misheard Lyrics:
And I'm unknown
Original Lyrics:
And I'm alone
Del Amitri's, "Cry to Be Found"
Misheard Lyrics:
If you think your mommy's ready
Original Lyrics:
If you think your mind is ready
Del Amitri's, "Driving with the Brakes On"
Misheard Lyrics:
Driving through the wrong light
Original Lyrics:
Driving through the long night
Del Amitri's, "Here and Now"
Misheard Lyrics:
And if we'd thought to whisper
Original Lyrics:
And if we'd thought to listen
Del Amitri's, "Not Where It's At"
Misheard Lyrics:
So go then, out in a mystery
Original Lyrics:
So go then, out into history
Del Amitri's, "Not Where It's At"
Misheard Lyrics:
Willy Wonka's what I want
Original Lyrics:
But the one girl that I want
Del Amitri's, "Tell Her This"
Misheard Lyrics:
Tell her Navajo
Original Lyrics:
Tell her not to go
Del Amitri's, "When You Were Young"
Misheard Lyrics:
Look at the food you have been
Original Lyrics:
Look at the fool you have been
Hanson's, "MmmBop"
Misheard Lyrics:
Mmmbop, bad tuba pop
Tail wag, chew the tail
Bad dude, oh yeah
Original Lyrics:
Mmmbop, ba duba dop
Ba du bop, ba duba dop
Ba du, oh yeah
Next's, "Too Close"
Misheard Lyrics:
Baby no more cryin’
Original Lyrics:
Baby, when we're grinding
Nirvana's, "Come As You Are"
Misheard Lyrics:
Casuarina
Original Lyrics:
Memoria
Slipknot's, "Liberate"
Misheard Lyrics:
Do you like my Nanas?
Original Lyrics:
Liberate my madness!
Sonique's, "It Feels So Good"
Misheard Lyrics:
Ooh, won't you understand
How I feel, yeah, deep inside
Original Lyrics:
Ooh, I want you to understand
How I feel, yeah, deep inside
 
2000s
Commercial's, "Pepperidge Farm Goldfish"
Misheard Lyrics:
Those baked and off-ride fishies
Original Lyrics:
Those baked and not fried fishies
Jay-Z's, "Change Clothes"
Misheard Lyrics:
You look like Elaine
Original Lyrics:
Do i to you look like a lame.
Nine Days', "Absolutely (Story of a Girl)"
Misheard Lyrics:
This is the story of a jerk
Original Lyrics:
This is the story of a girl
Sabaton's, "Shiroyama"
Misheard Lyrics:
Imperial force defiled
Original Lyrics:
Imperial force defied
Sabaton's, "Shiroyama"
Misheard Lyrics:
Till the dawn they hold on
Only 14 are left at the end
Original Lyrics:
Till the dawn they hold on
Only 40 are left at the end
Sabaton's, "Uprising"
Misheard Lyrics:
Four score
Original Lyrics:
Warsaw
Smash Mouth's, "I'm a Believer"
Misheard Lyrics:
Not a taste
Original Lyrics:
Not a trace
 
2010s
Jason Derulo's, "Want to Want Me"
Misheard Lyrics:
Dis' living I, I wouldn't do, I wouldn't do
Original Lyrics:
There's nothing I, no, I wouldn't do, I wouldn't do
 
country
Charlie Rich's, "I Love My Friend"
Misheard Lyrics:
And I was slowly
Original Lyrics:
And I was lonely

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