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1960s
Sam Cooke's, "Cupid"
Misheard Lyrics:
Cupid, please hear the crime
Original Lyrics:
Cupid, please hear my cry
The Beatles', "When I'm Sixty-Four"
Misheard Lyrics:
Will you believe me?
Original Lyrics:
Will you still need me?
 
1970s
ABBA's, "Waterloo"
Misheard Lyrics:
Guantanamo, couldn't escape if I wanted to.
Original Lyrics:
Waterloo, couldn't escape if I wanted to.
ABBA's, "Waterloo"
Misheard Lyrics:
Honeydew
Original Lyrics:
Waterloo
ABBA's, "Waterloo"
Misheard Lyrics:
How would you feel if you won the war?
Original Lyrics:
I was defeated, you won the war
ABBA's, "Waterloo"
Misheard Lyrics:
I was defeating you on the wall
Original Lyrics:
I was defeated, you won the war
ABBA's, "Waterloo"
Misheard Lyrics:
Mud pack! At Waterloo my polo did surrender
Oh yeah, and I have met my distant knee
In quite a similar way
Original Lyrics:
My my, at Waterloo Napoleon did surrender
Oh yeah, and I have met my destiny
In quite a similar way
ABBA's, "Waterloo"
Misheard Lyrics:
My eyes, had fallen loose
Original Lyrics:
My, my, at Waterloo
ABBA's, "Waterloo"
Misheard Lyrics:
My eyes, had fallen loose
Original Lyrics:
My, my, at Waterloo
ABBA's, "Waterloo"
Misheard Lyrics:
My my, at Waterloo, that bonehead did surrender...
Whoa yeah!
Original Lyrics:
My my, at Waterloo, Napoleon did surrender...
Whoa yeah!
ABBA's, "Waterloo"
Misheard Lyrics:
My, my, at Waterloo Napoleon did surrender
Oh yeah, and I have met my destiny
In quite a similar way
The mystery book on the shelf, is always repeating itself
Original Lyrics:
My, my, at Waterloo Napoleon did surrender
Oh yeah, and I have met my destiny
In quite a similar way
The history book on the shelf, is always repeating itself
ABBA's, "Waterloo"
Misheard Lyrics:
Portaloo! Always a queue when you need a poo!
Original Lyrics:
Waterloo, couldn't escape it if I wanted to
ABBA's, "Waterloo"
Misheard Lyrics:
So how could I ever refuse, I feel like a wing without you
Original Lyrics:
So how could I ever refuse, I feel like I win when I lose
ABBA's, "Waterloo"
Misheard Lyrics:
Water Lube
Original Lyrics:
Waterloo
ABBA's, "Waterloo"
Misheard Lyrics:
Waterloo! Howard and Peter have won the war
Original Lyrics:
Waterloo! I was defeated, you won the war
ABBA's, "Waterloo"
Misheard Lyrics:
Waterloo, I was defeating you on the whole
Original Lyrics:
Waterloo, I was defeated, you won the war
ABBA's, "Waterloo"
Misheard Lyrics:
Waterloo, always defeated your underwear
Original Lyrics:
Waterloo, I was defeated, you won the war
ABBA's, "Waterloo"
Misheard Lyrics:
What her too? Couldn't tape to the floor if I wanted to
Original Lyrics:
Waterloo, couldn't escape if I wanted to
ABBA's, "Waterloo"
Misheard Lyrics:
What her too? Couldn't tape to the floor wanted to
Original Lyrics:
Waterloo, couldn't escape if I wanted to
Dan Fogelberg's, "Part of the Plan"
Misheard Lyrics:
Cry in the bathroom
Original Lyrics:
Cry when you have to
Firefall's, "Just Remember I Love You"
Misheard Lyrics:
Just remember Delilah
Original Lyrics:
Just remember I love you
Grand Funk Railroad's, "Some Kind of Wonderful"
Misheard Lyrics:
Can I get a Whitney?
Original Lyrics:
Can I get a witness?
L.T.D.'s, "(Every Time I Turn Around) Back in Love Again"
Misheard Lyrics:
Vac-u-um again
Original Lyrics:
Back in love again
Lynyrd Skynyrd's, "Free Bird"
Misheard Lyrics:
And this virgin cannot change
Original Lyrics:
And this bird you cannot change
 
1980s
Air Supply's, "Here I Am"
Misheard Lyrics:
My heart it's not melting
Original Lyrics:
My heart it's not mending
Air Supply's, "Here I Am"
Misheard Lyrics:
Oh baby, those mammaries grow passion fruit
Original Lyrics:
Oh baby, those memories come crashing through
Air Supply's, "Here I Am"
Misheard Lyrics:
So there's no sense defending
My whore it's not mending
Original Lyrics:
So there's no sense pretending
My heart it's not mending
Asia's, "Only Time Will Tell"
Misheard Lyrics:
You think that I wouldn't know you know
Original Lyrics:
You think that I would have known by now
Christopher Cross', "Think of Laura"
Misheard Lyrics:
When you think of woman
or
When you think of robots
Original Lyrics:
When you think of Laura
Commodores', "Lady (You Bring Me Up)"
Misheard Lyrics:
Rainy
or
Raining
Original Lyrics:
Lady
Dan Fogelberg's, "Same Old Lang Syne"
Misheard Lyrics:
And I touched her odyssey
Original Lyrics:
And I touched her on her sleeve
INXS's, "Need You Tonight"
Misheard Lyrics:
That makes me slip
Original Lyrics:
That makes me sweat
Jeffrey Osborne's, "On The Wings Of Love"
Misheard Lyrics:
Insufferable it seems
Original Lyrics:
Inseparable it seems
Jeffrey Osborne's, "On The Wings Of Love"
Misheard Lyrics:
Insufferable it seems
Original Lyrics:
Inseparable it seems
Klymaxx's, "I Miss You"
Misheard Lyrics:
Arrest you
Original Lyrics:
I miss you
Mr. Mister's, "Kyrie"
Misheard Lyrics:
Calling the nation
Original Lyrics:
Kyrie Eleison
Thomas Dolby's, "Europa and The Pirate Twins"
Misheard Lyrics:
Tyrone Power
Original Lyrics:
Ta republique
 
1990s
Ace of Base's, "Cruel Summer"
Misheard Lyrics:
Strange boys are saying
or
Strangers are saying
Original Lyrics:
Strange voices are saying
Alisha's Attic's, "I Am, I Feel"
Misheard Lyrics:
You ain't gonna have my baby now
or
You ain't gonna have a baby now
Original Lyrics:
You were born to have my baby now
Baz Luhrmann's, "Everybody's Free (To Wear Sunscreen)"
Misheard Lyrics:
Maybe you'll have changed them
Original Lyrics:
Maybe you'll have children
Beats International's, "Dub Be Good to Me"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'll be a friend
or
I'll be your friend
Original Lyrics:
I'll be around
Bluetones', "Slight Return"
Misheard Lyrics:
When the nurse came out for you
or
When the nights came out for you
Original Lyrics:
When the knives came out for you
Deacon Blue's, "Twist And Shout"
Misheard Lyrics:
So you walk a little in a long mattress so your eyes can see the right sights
Original Lyrics:
So you walk a little in a long mile to be sure your eyes can see the right sights
Dubstar's, "Not So Manic Now"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'm not some monarch now
Original Lyrics:
I'm not so manic now
K-Ci & JoJo's, "Tell Me It's Real"
Misheard Lyrics:
PM Magazine
or
Evening Magazine
Original Lyrics:
The feeling that we feel
OMC's, "How Bizarre"
Misheard Lyrics:
Pampers Swaddlers
Original Lyrics:
How bizarre
 
2000s
K-Ci & JoJo's, "Crazy"
Misheard Lyrics:
Presi-President
Original Lyrics:
Crazy, crazy, crazy
R. Kelly's, "I Wish"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'm rich, I'm rich, I'm rich
Original Lyrics:
I wish, I wish, I wish
 
country
Jackson Dean's, "Fearless"
Misheard Lyrics:
I got fish sticks
Original Lyrics:
I got thick skin
 
misc
Dua Lipa's, "Break My Heart"
Misheard Lyrics:
I wanna stay at work
Original Lyrics:
I wanna stay at home

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