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1950s
Elvis', "All Shook Up"
Misheard Lyrics:
my mom shook up
Original Lyrics:
i'm all shook up
 
1960s
Sergio Mendes and Brasil 66's, "Mas Que Nada"
Misheard Lyrics:
Oh Asiago bah bah bah.
Original Lyrics:
Oraio raio oba oba oba.
The Doors', "Light My Fire"
Misheard Lyrics:
Come on baby, light my pyre, Come on light my puneral pyre, Jump on to my pureral PYRE!!!
Original Lyrics:
Come on baby light my fire, Come on light my loving (?) fire, Come into loving (?) FIRE!!!
The Flirtations', "Nothing But A Heartache"
Misheard Lyrics:
He's got me all while Can I get hear him? or He's got me all wide Can I get hear him?
Original Lyrics:
He's got me all won Can I get him?
The Murmaids', "Popsicles and Icicles"
Misheard Lyrics:
Bright stars and Gitarzan and drive-ins on Friday nights.
Original Lyrics:
Bright stars and guitars and drive-ins on Friday nights.
 
1970s
ABBA's, "Money, Money, Money"
Misheard Lyrics:
Monday, Monday, Monday, always Sunday
Original Lyrics:
Money, money, money, always sunny
ABBA's, "Take A Chance On Me"
Misheard Lyrics:
If you're all alone when the greedy birds have flown
Original Lyrics:
If you're all alone when the pretty birds have flown
Bill Withers', "Lovely Day"
Misheard Lyrics:
When I wake up in the morbid home
Original Lyrics:
When I wake up in the morning love
Billy Joel's, "Piano Man"
Misheard Lyrics:
Or the line that you smoke
Original Lyrics:
Or to light up your smoke
Carpenters', "(They Long To Be) Close to You "
Misheard Lyrics:
And just like mace, they long to be, close to you.
Original Lyrics:
And just like me, they long to be, close to you.
Gene Watson's, "Farewell Party "
Misheard Lyrics:
I know you'll have fun at my farewell potty.
Original Lyrics:
I know you'll have fun at my farewell party.
Maxine Nightingale's, "Right Back Where We Started From"
Misheard Lyrics:
And if you get herpes
Original Lyrics:
And if you get hurt
Robert Palmer's, "Every Kinda People"
Misheard Lyrics:
Holding down his dog
Original Lyrics:
Holding down his job
Village People's, "YMCA"
Misheard Lyrics:
Your name
Original Lyrics:
Young man
 
1980s
Billy Ocean's, "Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car"
Misheard Lyrics:
Get outta my seat
Original Lyrics:
Get outta my dreams
Bruce Springsteen's, "Glory Days"
Misheard Lyrics:
Yeah, just sitting back, trying to recapture Little lover, Gloria
Original Lyrics:
Yeah, just sitting back, trying to recapture A little of the glory of
Chris Rea's, "Let's Dance"
Misheard Lyrics:
There's a drink
Original Lyrics:
There's a dream
John Mellencamp's, "Small Town"
Misheard Lyrics:
Still hate the city enough to say
Look who's in the big town
But my baby's in a small town
Original Lyrics:
Still hayseed enough to say
Look who's in the big town
But my bed is in a small town
M/A/R/R/S's, "Pump Up the Volume"
Misheard Lyrics:
butter not Crisco
Original Lyrics:
brothers and sisters
Madonna's, "True Blue"
Misheard Lyrics:
Juno
or
Juneau
Original Lyrics:
True love
Paul Young's, "Love of the Common People"
Misheard Lyrics:
Living on three food tickets
Original Lyrics:
Living on free food tickets
Simple Minds', "Waterfront"
Misheard Lyrics:
Get it
Original Lyrics:
Get in
The Romantics', "What I Like About You"
Misheard Lyrics:
What I like about Zeus
Original Lyrics:
What I like about you
The Style Council's, "A Solid Bond in Your Heart"
Misheard Lyrics:
Please let me try to fill
Original Lyrics:
Please let me try to build
UB40's, "Please Don't Make Me Cry"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'll be good
Original Lyrics:
All been good
Yaz's, "Don't Go"
Misheard Lyrics:
Go-Go
Original Lyrics:
Don't go
Yaz's, "Situation"
Misheard Lyrics:
You kill
Original Lyrics:
Move out
 
1990s
Ali Campbell's, "That Look In Your Eye"
Misheard Lyrics:
One who understands when the tourists are gone
Original Lyrics:
One who understands when the tour is six months long
All Saints', "I Know Where It's At"
Misheard Lyrics:
One, two, three, four Saints in the hat
or
One, two, three, four Saints and a half
We know where its at
(Later)
You dance pretty hot, and I know you like my soul
So move it, like that, rat-a-tat-tat
Now comprehend that you know where its at
Original Lyrics:
One, two, three, four Saints in the house
You know where its at
(Later)
You dance pretty hot, and I know you like my song
So move it, like that, rat-a-tat-tat
Now we'll confirm that you know where its at
Collective Soul's, "December"
Misheard Lyrics:
Don't scream about it Don't think about it Turn your head now, Baby, don't piss me off
Original Lyrics:
Don't scream about Don't think aloud Turn your head, now, Baby, just spit me out
Limp Bizkit's, "Nookie"
Misheard Lyrics:
New kid
Original Lyrics:
Nookie
Mark Morrison's, "Trippin'"
Misheard Lyrics:
Everything I did was lost
Original Lyrics:
Everything I did was wrong
Michael Jackson's, "Smooth Criminal"
Misheard Lyrics:
So he came into the alley, it was Sunday, what a black day Gonna do my salutations, sounding heartbeats, and reputations.
Original Lyrics:
So they came into the outway
It was Sunday, what a black day
Mouth to mouth resuscitation
Sounding heartbeats, intimidations.
Space's, "The Ballad Of Tom Jones"
Misheard Lyrics:
I have never throw my knickers at you
(Later)
And I still wanna cut off your neck
(Later)
And I am Mr Pussycat
Original Lyrics:
I could never throw my knickers at you
(Later)
And I still wanna cut off your nuts
(Later)
And I am just your pussycat
The Beautiful South's, "Blackbird on the Wire"
Misheard Lyrics:
Ice Capades go dancing
Original Lyrics:
Eyes to take you dancing
Misheard Lyrics:
Don't, don't, don't
Original Lyrics:
Dumb, dumb, dumb
The Beautiful South's, "How Long's a Tear Take to Dry?"
Misheard Lyrics:
You're so slick
Original Lyrics:
You're so sweet
The Chemical Brothers', "Setting Sun"
Misheard Lyrics:
You're the damn in me
Original Lyrics:
You're the devil in me
Vengaboys', "We Like To Party!"
Misheard Lyrics:
Be like sonic Be, be iconic
Original Lyrics:
We like to party We like, we like to party
 
2000s
David Guetta ft. Akon 's, "Sexy Chick"
Misheard Lyrics:
Damn, you're a sexy fish
or
Damn, who's a sexy fish?
Original Lyrics:
Damn, you's a sexy chick
Fergie's, "Big Girls Don't Cry"
Misheard Lyrics:
And I'm gonna miss you like Charlie misses his blanket.
Original Lyrics:
And I'm gonna miss you like a child misses their blanket.
Fuel's, "Hemorrhage (In My Hands)"
Misheard Lyrics:
Here I am again
Original Lyrics:
In my hands again
Josh Groban's, "To Where You Are"
Misheard Lyrics:
'Cause you don't mind...
Original Lyrics:
'Cause you are my...
Michael Jackson's, "Smooth Criminal"
Misheard Lyrics:
Willy Willy Wonka, you’re not jealous, but you want cake
Original Lyrics:
Annie are you OK? Will you tell us that you're OK
Robbie Williams', "Supreme"
Misheard Lyrics:
And now she's screaming, so my blood is through the tack off
Original Lyrics:
And now she's screaming, so I've got to turn the track up
Saliva's, "Always"
Misheard Lyrics:
Oh wait
Original Lyrics:
Always
Misheard Lyrics:
"gimme the people who freed my soul. I wanna get lost in their rock and roll"
Original Lyrics:
Gimme the beat, boys and free my soul
 
2010s
Arizona Zervas', "Roxanne"
Misheard Lyrics:
Roxanne Roxanne all she wanna do is farting all night
Original Lyrics:
Roxanne Roxanne all she wanna do is party all night
Paramore's, "Part II"
Misheard Lyrics:
Loving to forgive
Even when it was an odd mistake
Original Lyrics:
Learning to forgive
Even when it wasn't a mistake
 
misc
Sir Peter Chanel Choir's, "The Five Days of Christmas"
Misheard Lyrics:
Four battery gals
Original Lyrics:
Four budgerigars

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