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1950s
Louis Armstrong's, "When You're Smiling"
Misheard Lyrics:
When you're smelly
Original Lyrics:
When you're smiling
 
1960s
Jan And Dean's, "The Little Old Lady From Pasadena"
Misheard Lyrics:
She's the terror of Colorado polo bars.
Original Lyrics:
She's the terror of Colorado Boulevard.
Marvin Gaye's, "Can I Get a Witness"
Misheard Lyrics:
I want the weekend
Original Lyrics:
I want a witness
Procol Harum's, "A Whiter Shade of Pale"
Misheard Lyrics:
Turned Delilah a shade of pale
Original Lyrics:
Turned a whiter shade of pale
Sergio Mendes and Brasil '66's, "Mas Que Nada"
Misheard Lyrics:
Nobody I know -- bah, bah, bah!
Original Lyrics:
O aria raio, oba oba oba
The Beatles', "All Together Now"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'm in heaven now
Original Lyrics:
All together now
The Beatles', "All You Need Is Love"
Misheard Lyrics:
All you need is one
Original Lyrics:
All you need is love
 
1970s
ABBA's, "Ring, Ring"
Misheard Lyrics:
It's a dark and dreamy night
Original Lyrics:
It's a dark and dreary night
Beegees', "Night Fever"
Misheard Lyrics:
I get fired in the night
I get hired in Milwaukee
And I’m going in the dark
Till the morning
Original Lyrics:
I got fire in my hair
I get higher in my walking
And I’m glowing in the dark
Give you warning
Johnnie Taylor's, "Disco Lady"
Misheard Lyrics:
Dissipated
Original Lyrics:
Disco lady
Meat Loaf's, "Bat Out of Hell"
Misheard Lyrics:
Before the final quack of ducks
Original Lyrics:
Before the final crack of dawn
Meat Loaf's, "Bat Out of Hell"
Misheard Lyrics:
Way down in the volume tonight
or
Way down in the ballet tonight
or
Way down in L.A. tonight
Original Lyrics:
Way down in the valley tonight
Neil Diamond's, "Longfellow Serenade"
Misheard Lyrics:
Longhorn Serenade
Original Lyrics:
Longfellow Serenade
 
1980s
Bonnie Tyler's, "Total Eclipse of the Heart"
Misheard Lyrics:
Banana's gonna come tonight
Original Lyrics:
Forever's gonna start tonight
Lindsey Buckingham's, "Holiday Road"
Misheard Lyrics:
I found out on the road
Original Lyrics:
I found out long ago
Scorpions', "Rock You Like a Hurricane"
Misheard Lyrics:
The fish is hungry, she needs some krill
So give her inchworms and feed her well
Original Lyrics:
The bitch is hungry, she needs to tell
So give her inches and feed her well
The Clash's, "Rock The Casbah"
Misheard Lyrics:
She really don’t like it
Rock the asphalt
Rock the asphalt
Original Lyrics:
Sharif don't like it
Rockin' the Casbah
Rock the Casbah
The Pogues', "Fairytale of New York"
Misheard Lyrics:
And the boys of the empire state building were singing 'Go away'
Original Lyrics:
And the boys of the NYPD choir were singing 'Galway Bay'.
The Police's, "King of Pain"
Misheard Lyrics:
There's a skeleton choking on a crushed skull plate
Original Lyrics:
There's a skeleton choking on a crust of bread
The Police's, "King of Pain"
Misheard Lyrics:
There’s a skeleton choking on a crushed skull plate
Original Lyrics:
There’s a skeleton choking on a crust of bread
Toto's, "Africa"
Misheard Lyrics:
I missed the reins down in Africa.
Original Lyrics:
I bless the rains down in Africa.
Toto's, "Africa"
Misheard Lyrics:
I missed the trains down in Africa
Original Lyrics:
I bless the rains down in Africa
Toto's, "Africa"
Misheard Lyrics:
There's nothing but a hundred men on Market Avenue
Original Lyrics:
There's nothing that a hundred men
Or more could ever do
 
1990s
Bette Midler's, "From a Distance"
Misheard Lyrics:
Carmen's watching us
Original Lyrics:
God is watching us
Bette Midler's, "From a Distance"
Misheard Lyrics:
Playing songs of the Pope
Original Lyrics:
Playing songs of hope
Commercial's, "Ricola"
Misheard Lyrics:
Ebola
or
E. Coli
Original Lyrics:
Ricola
Metallica's, "Enter Sandman"
Misheard Lyrics:
Grade of sin
Original Lyrics:
Grain of sand
Spacehog's, "In the Meantime"
Misheard Lyrics:
We love the au- the audioooh
Original Lyrics:
We love the all the all of you
 
2000s
Persephone's Bees', "City of Love"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'll take you to the stereo love
Original Lyrics:
I'll take you to the city of love
The Click Five's, "Just the Girl"
Misheard Lyrics:
'Cause she's been a freak
Original Lyrics:
'Cause she's bittersweet
 
2010s
Katy Perry's, "California Gurls"
Misheard Lyrics:
We gotta unlock
Original Lyrics:
We got it on lock
Veil of Maya's, "Mikasa"
Misheard Lyrics:
And we thrive in the most ratchet of times
Original Lyrics:
And we thrive in the most wretched of times
 
country
Keith Urban's, "Days Go By"
Misheard Lyrics:
The dogs go by
or
The dogs go bite
Original Lyrics:
The cars go by
Taylor Swift's, "Anti-Hero"
Misheard Lyrics:
Taylor's all this time
Original Lyrics:
Tale as old as time
 
misc
Cast of the Wizard of Oz's, "Follow the Yellow Brick Road"
Misheard Lyrics:
Follow the Second World War
Original Lyrics:
Follow the Yellow Brick Road
Elton John and Britney Spears', "Hold Me Closer"
Misheard Lyrics:
Traffic lights and dark hotels
Original Lyrics:
Drunken nights in dark hotels
Elton John and Dua Lipa's, "Cold Heart (PNAU Remix)"
Misheard Lyrics:
Don't phone home
Original Lyrics:
Cold, cold heart
Traditional (Hebrew)'s, "Shalom Chaverim"
Misheard Lyrics:
Shalom, have a rim
Original Lyrics:
Shalom Chaverim
Traditional's, "Me and My Teddy"
Misheard Lyrics:
Getting 'em ready
Original Lyrics:
Getting all ready
 
xmas
Band Aid's, "Do They Know It's Christmas?"
Misheard Lyrics:
The greatest gift they'll get this year is fly
Original Lyrics:
The greatest gift they'll get this year is life
Billy Mack's, "Christmas Is All Around"
Misheard Lyrics:
There's no ability
or
There's no agility
Original Lyrics:
There's no beginning
Bing Crosby's, "Santa Claus Is Coming To Town"
Misheard Lyrics:
Elephant folks and kiddie kites too
Original Lyrics:
Elephants, boats and kiddie cars, too.
Dean Martin's, "Baby, It's Cold Outside"
Misheard Lyrics:
I really can't sleep
Original Lyrics:
I really can't stay
Frankie Goes to Hollywood's, "The Power of Love"
Misheard Lyrics:
Make puffs your goal
Original Lyrics:
Make love your goal
Josh Groban's, "Believe"
Misheard Lyrics:
Drinks are coming like bears in the distance
(Later)
Sheep go sailing, from across the sea
Original Lyrics:
Dreams are calling like bells in the distance
(Later)
Ships go sailing, far across the sea
Kidsongs', "Santa, Please Don't Forget Me"
Misheard Lyrics:
While I had a Ricola
Original Lyrics:
While I did my homework
Nat King Cole's, "The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting...)"
Misheard Lyrics:
To kids from one to 19
Original Lyrics:
To kids from one to ninety-two
Sia's, "Candy Cane Lane"
Misheard Lyrics:
Tinker Bell down Candy Cane Lane
Original Lyrics:
Take a trip down Candy Cane Lane
Traditional's, "Jingle Bells"
Misheard Lyrics:
All the hills we go
or
Oh, the fields we go
or
O'er the hills we go
Original Lyrics:
O'er the fields we go
Wizzard's, "I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday"
Misheard Lyrics:
Now the testicles appear
Original Lyrics:
Now the frosticles appear

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