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1960s
Cream's, "Strange Brew"
Misheard Lyrics:
Strange brew
Ever since I laid you
Original Lyrics:
Strange brew
Kill what inside of you
Steppenwolf's, "Magic Carpet Ride"
Misheard Lyrics:
An electric carpet slide
Original Lyrics:
On a magic carpet ride
The Searchers', "Sweets for My Sweet"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'll never never let you go
Original Lyrics:
I'll never ever let you go
 
1970s
Cheech And Chong's, "Earache My Eye (title)"
Misheard Lyrics:
Earache In My Eye
Original Lyrics:
Earache My Eye
Christopher Cross', "Ride Like The Wind"
Misheard Lyrics:
I was born the son of the loneliest man ... Lived my life Gungadin ... My sleepless mind told me, "Hey!" ... Never was the time to do as I was told
Original Lyrics:
I was born the son of a lawless man ... Lived nine lives Gunned down ten ... Accused and tried and told to hang ... Never was the kind to do as I was told
Commercial's, "Milk"
Misheard Lyrics:
Milk is unnatural
Original Lyrics:
Milk is a natural
Electric Light Orchestra's, "Telephone Line"
Misheard Lyrics:
Four-wheeled had a dream
Original Lyrics:
We did were all for real, not a dream
Eric Clapton's, "Promises"
Misheard Lyrics:
I got a woman callin' love fate
Original Lyrics:
I got a woman callin' love hate
George Harrison's, "My Sweet Lord"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'm a christian
Original Lyrics:
Hare Krishna
George Harrison's, "My Sweet Lord"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'm a llama
Original Lyrics:
Hare Rama
Harry Nilsson's, "Coconut"
Misheard Lyrics:
Put the lime in the Cocoa Puffs
Original Lyrics:
Put the lime in the coconut
Janis Ian's, "At Seventeen"
Misheard Lyrics:
And jeans were all they gay for free
Original Lyrics:
When dreams were all they gave for free
Mocedades', "Eres Tú"
Misheard Lyrics:
Eddy's stool, Eddy's stool
I see, I see Eddy's stool
Original Lyrics:
Eres tú, eres tú
Así, así eres tú
Misheard Lyrics:
Hairy
Original Lyrics:
Amie
Sanford-Townsend Band's, "Smoke from a Distant Fire"
Misheard Lyrics:
Don't let this green whore hit you on your way out
Original Lyrics:
Don't let the screen door hit you on your way out.
Sister Sledge's, "He's The Greatest Dancer"
Misheard Lyrics:
I want black
Original Lyrics:
Oh what, wow
Wild Cherry's, "Play That Funky Music"
Misheard Lyrics:
Play That Funky Music Lifebuoy, play that funky Muzak right.
Original Lyrics:
Play That Funky Music white boy, play that funky music right.
 
1980s
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start The Fire"
Misheard Lyrics:
Bhopal, Malcolm X
Original Lyrics:
Pope Paul, Malcolm X
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start The Fire"
Misheard Lyrics:
British on the river Kwai
Original Lyrics:
Bridge on the River Kwai
Dan Hartman's, "I Can Dream About You"
Misheard Lyrics:
Moving cyclone
Original Lyrics:
Moving sidewalks
Def Leppard's, "Love Bites"
Misheard Lyrics:
Love bites, love breeds,
It's big opportunities.
Love breeds, love dies,
It's no surprise.
Love ends, love bleeds,
It's what I need.
Original Lyrics:
Love bites, love bleeds It's bringin' me to my knees Love lives, love dies It's no surprise Love begs, love pleads It's what I need
Eddie Money's, "Think I'm in Love"
Misheard Lyrics:
I think I will know
Original Lyrics:
I think I'm in love
Eurythmics', "Missionary Man"
Misheard Lyrics:
Backin' up from Dubai
Original Lyrics:
Backin' up from behind
Janet Jackson's, "The Pleasure Principle"
Misheard Lyrics:
Riding on Christmas Eve
Original Lyrics:
Riding in your limousine
Michael Jackson's, "Beat It"
Misheard Lyrics:
Show them hot monkey, how strong is your fight
Original Lyrics:
Showing how funky, strong is your fight
Oingo Boingo's, "Weird Science"
Misheard Lyrics:
These sirens
Original Lyrics:
Weird science
Sergio Mendes', "Never Gonna Let You Go"
Misheard Lyrics:
I've never gone electrical
Original Lyrics:
I'm never gonna let you go.
The Manhattan Transfer's, "Twilight Zone/Twilight Tone"
Misheard Lyrics:
I don't know where comes this sound
Original Lyrics:
Out of nowhere comes this sound
 
1990s
Bell Biv DeVoe's, "Poison"
Misheard Lyrics:
That dirty poison
Original Lyrics:
That girl is poison
Commercial's, "CBS: The Look of America"
Misheard Lyrics:
The word in America is CBS
Original Lyrics:
The look of America is CBS
Coolio's, "Gangsta's Paradise"
Misheard Lyrics:
I can't live a normal life
I was raised by the State.
Original Lyrics:
I can't live a normal life
I was raised by the street.
Duran Duran's, "Rio"
Misheard Lyrics:
Her name is Rita
or
Her name is Frida
or
Her name is real
Original Lyrics:
Her name is Rio
Elton John's, "Club at the End of the Street"
Misheard Lyrics:
Ramen noodles
Original Lyrics:
Rendezvous
Inner Circle's, "Sweat"
Misheard Lyrics:
A wa wa wa wa wa
Original Lyrics:
A la la la la long
Metallica's, "Enter Sandman"
Misheard Lyrics:
And a baked apple pie
Original Lyrics:
And the things that will bite
Monica's, "The First Night"
Misheard Lyrics:
I was sinkin'
Original Lyrics:
I was thinkin'
Peter Gabriel's, "Digging In The Dirt"
Misheard Lyrics:
This time you've come too far This time you've come too far This time you've gone too far Octong, Octong, Octong
Original Lyrics:
This time you've gone too far This time you've gone too far This time you've gone too far I told you, I told you, I told you, I told you
Sarah McLachlan's, "Building a Mystery"
Misheard Lyrics:
Hilda mysteries
Original Lyrics:
Building a mystery
Sarah McLachlan's, "I Will Remember You"
Misheard Lyrics:
Wake up for the memories
Original Lyrics:
Weep not for the memories
ZZ Top's, "Head's in Mississippi"
Misheard Lyrics:
Tonight, I saw a naked cow crawling across the ceiling.
Original Lyrics:
last night I saw a naked cowgirl
She was floating across the ceiling
 
2000s
Jay-Z's, "Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem)"
Misheard Lyrics:
Tigger
Original Lyrics:
Jigga
KoRn's, "Coming Undone"
Misheard Lyrics:
Deliberate from my heart Be straight It deliberate
Original Lyrics:
Deliverance of my heart Please strike Be deliberate
Opeth's, "The Baying of the Hounds"
Misheard Lyrics:
Best made jackals of the Earth
Original Lyrics:
Pest-ridden jackals of the Earth
Ricky Martin's, "Shake Your Bon-Bon"
Misheard Lyrics:
Chicken bon-bon
Original Lyrics:
Shake your bon-bon
Three Days Grace's, "Animal I Have Become"
Misheard Lyrics:
Cinnamon, cinnamon, cinnamon, cinnamon
Original Lyrics:
This animal, this animal, this animal, this animal
Young Money's, "Steady Mobbin"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'm at your face like man-c*m
Original Lyrics:
I'm at your face like Lancôme
 
2010s
Coldplay's, "Adventure of a Lifetime"
Misheard Lyrics:
2-dimensional
Original Lyrics:
Turn your magic on
 
christian
MercyMe's, "Flawless"
Misheard Lyrics:
No matter the hurt, or how deep the moon is
Original Lyrics:
No matter the hurt, or how deep the wound is
 
country
Neil Diamond's, "Sweet Caroline"
Misheard Lyrics:
Sweet Caroline, guitars never seemed so good.
Original Lyrics:
Sweet Caroline, good times never seemed so good.
 
misc
Jelly Roll's, "I Am Not Okay"
Misheard Lyrics:
I woke up today I almost ate in bed OR I almost ate his bed
Original Lyrics:
I woke up today I almost stayed in bed