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1950s
Elvis Presley's, "(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear"
Misheard Lyrics:
A&P
Original Lyrics:
Let me be
Johnny Horton's, "North to Alaska"
Misheard Lyrics:
Go to Alaska
We're gonna melt the Russia zone
Original Lyrics:
North to Alaska
We're goin' north, the rush is on
 
1960s
Steppenwolf's, "Born to Be Wild"
Misheard Lyrics:
Fire all of your guns and watch them
Explode into space.
Original Lyrics:
Fire all your guns at once and
Explode into space.
The Beatles', "Penny Lane"
Misheard Lyrics:
Peggy Lane
Original Lyrics:
Penny Lane
The Grass Roots', "Midnight Confessions"
Misheard Lyrics:
Hey monkey nine confections
Original Lyrics:
In my midnight confessions
 
1970s
ABBA's, "Dancing Queen"
Misheard Lyrics:
Dancing Queen, feel the meat on my tangerine
Original Lyrics:
Dancing Queen, young and sweet only seventeen
ABBA's, "Dancing Queen"
Misheard Lyrics:
Dancing Queen, kiss the feet of the Nazarene
Original Lyrics:
Dancing Queen, feel the beat of the tambourine
ABBA's, "Dancing Queen"
Misheard Lyrics:
Dancing queen, young and sweet only seventy
Original Lyrics:
Dancing queen, young and sweet only seventeen
ABBA's, "Dancing Queen"
Misheard Lyrics:
Lord! Your cheesecake is terrible!
Leave it burning and then you're... gone!
Original Lyrics:
You're a teaser, you turn them on
Leave them burning and then you're... gone
ABBA's, "Dancing Queen"
Misheard Lyrics:
Union Jack, Union Jack
Original Lyrics:
You can dance, you can jive
ABBA's, "Dancing Queen"
Misheard Lyrics:
You can dance, you can dive
(Later)
Feel the beat from the jamboree
Original Lyrics:
You can dance, you can jive
(Later)
Feel the beat from the tambourine
ABBA's, "Dancing Queen"
Misheard Lyrics:
You can hide
Original Lyrics:
You can jive
ABBA's, "Dancing Queen"
Misheard Lyrics:
You take a chance, you are high,
Having the time of your life
Original Lyrics:
You can dance, you can jive,
Having the time of your life
ABBA's, "Dancing Queen"
Misheard Lyrics:
You're adhesive, terminal
Original Lyrics:
You're a teaser, you turn 'em on
ABBA's, "Dancing Queen"
Misheard Lyrics:
You're adhesive, you terminal
Original Lyrics:
You're a teaser, you turn 'em on
ABBA's, "Dancing Queen"
Misheard Lyrics:
You've come to look for a kiss
Original Lyrics:
You've come to look for a king
Barry White's, "Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe"
Misheard Lyrics:
Sacre bleu
Original Lyrics:
Something moved
George Benson's, "This Masquerade"
Misheard Lyrics:
We're lost in menagerie
Original Lyrics:
We're lost in a masquerade
John Denver's, "Thank God I'm A Country Boy"
Misheard Lyrics:
Might be nothin' but a funny, funny riddle
Original Lyrics:
Life ain't nothin' but a funny, funny riddle.
Neil Sedaka's, "Laughter in the Rain"
Misheard Lyrics:
Ooh, I hear Reptar in the rain
Original Lyrics:
Ooh, I hear laughter in the rain
Pink Floyd's, "Pigs (Three Different Ones)"
Misheard Lyrics:
Ha, ha, she'll ride your wall.
Original Lyrics:
Ha, ha, charade you are.
 
1980s
Air Supply's, "Here I Am"
Misheard Lyrics:
My heart is not melting
Original Lyrics:
My heart is not mending
Christopher Cross', "Never Be the Same"
Misheard Lyrics:
No I will never be the same without your ears
Original Lyrics:
No I will never be the same without you here
Expose's, "Seasons Change"
Misheard Lyrics:
Seagull change, eagle change
Original Lyrics:
Seasons change, people change
John Parr's, "St. Elmo's Fire"
Misheard Lyrics:
I can feel it burning beneath
Original Lyrics:
I can feel it burning in me
Kool Moe Dee's, "Wild Wild West"
Misheard Lyrics:
Wow wow Wes.
Original Lyrics:
Wild wild west
Musical Youth's, "Pass the Dutchie"
Misheard Lyrics:
How does it feel when you shop for food?
Original Lyrics:
How does it feel when you got no food?
Prince's, "Raspberry Beret"
Misheard Lyrics:
She loves raspberry urine
Original Lyrics:
She wore a raspberry beret
Prince's, "When Doves Cry"
Misheard Lyrics:
Dig if you win the Bee Gees
Original Lyrics:
Dig if you will the picture
Rod Stewart's, "Infatuation"
Misheard Lyrics:
It's like a little ol' river running right through my heart
Original Lyrics:
It's like a railroad running right through my heart
Tears for Fears', "Everybody Wants to Rule the World"
Misheard Lyrics:
Turbo blast on Mother Nature
Original Lyrics:
Turn your back on Mother Nature
The Jets', "Make It Real"
Misheard Lyrics:
Tonight it's been a libro
Original Lyrics:
Tonight it's been a year
Van Halen's, "Jump"
Misheard Lyrics:
You've got to roll with the punches and get to work steel
Original Lyrics:
You've got to roll with the punches and get to what's real
Yaz's, "Situation"
Misheard Lyrics:
You bet
Original Lyrics:
Move out
 
1990s
Amy Grant's, "Baby Baby"
Misheard Lyrics:
Stuck for a minute
Original Lyrics:
Stop for a minute
Misheard Lyrics:
Let's do an overload
Original Lyrics:
Let's do it all for love
Culture Beat's, "Mr. Vain"
Misheard Lyrics:
Call him Mr. Reagan
Original Lyrics:
Call him Mr. Raider
Eric Clapton's, "My Father's Eyes"
Misheard Lyrics:
That father's mine
Original Lyrics:
my father's eyes
Fatboy Slim's, "The Rockafeller Skank"
Misheard Lyrics:
Get it out now,
The spunk soul brother
Original Lyrics:
Check it out now,
The funk soul brother
Jesus Jones', "Right Here, Right Now"
Misheard Lyrics:
This is the only place I'd rather be
Original Lyrics:
There is no other place I'd rather be
Metallica's, "Enter Sandman"
Misheard Lyrics:
Create a sin
Original Lyrics:
Grain of sand
Tevin Campbell's, "Can We Talk"
Misheard Lyrics:
Can we go?
Original Lyrics:
Can we talk?
Will Smith's, "Wild Wild West"
Misheard Lyrics:
Wow wow Wes
Original Lyrics:
Wild wild west
 
2000s
Ricky Martin's, "She Bangs"
Misheard Lyrics:
Come to me
Original Lyrics:
Talk to me
 
2010s
Adele's, "Rolling in the Deep"
Misheard Lyrics:
We're gonna miss you, rolling in the deep.
Original Lyrics:
You're gonna wish you never had met me.
Papa Roach's, "Sunrise Trailer Park"
Misheard Lyrics:
The best j**z of, the best j**z of my life
Original Lyrics:
The best years of, the best years of my life
Sia's, "Cheap Thrills"
Misheard Lyrics:
(I love Chicago!)
Original Lyrics:
(I love cheap thrills!)
 
country
Johnny Horton's, "Johnny Freedom"
Misheard Lyrics:
It was we who had a party, Boston tea in Boston Bay
Original Lyrics:
It was he who had a party tossing tea in Boston Bay
Johnny Horton's, "The Battle of New Orleans"
Misheard Lyrics:
They stepped so high
That they made the bugles ring
We slipped behind our cotton bales
And didn't see a thing
Original Lyrics:
They stepped so high
And they made their bugles ring
We stood beside our cotton bales
And didn't say a thing
 
misc
Diplo feat. Jessie Murph & Polo G's, "Heartbroken"
Misheard Lyrics:
Like I never saw a door or a cousin
Original Lyrics:
Like I never saw a door closin’

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