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1960s
The Righteous Brothers', "Unchained Melody"
Misheard Lyrics:
TLC, TLC
or
GMC, GMC
or
KFC, KFC
Original Lyrics:
To the sea, to the sea
The Turtles', "Happy Together"
Misheard Lyrics:
The skies will bring you for all my life
Original Lyrics:
The skies will be blue for all my life
Van Morrison's, "Brown Eyed Girl"
Misheard Lyrics:
You mad paranoid girl
Original Lyrics:
You're my brown-eyed girl
 
1970s
Albert Hammond's, "Down By The River"
Misheard Lyrics:
And where the otter raised his head There'll be a clean white scum instead
Original Lyrics:
And where the otter raised his head Will be a clean white skull instead
Buzzcocks', "Everybody's Happy Nowadays"
Misheard Lyrics:
Everybody's happy and now I'm gay
Original Lyrics:
Everybody's happy nowadays
Carly Simon's, "Nobody Does It Better"
Misheard Lyrics:
Baby, you're in bed
Original Lyrics:
Baby, you're the best
Hot Chocolate's, "Emma"
Misheard Lyrics:
Harry was a star
Original Lyrics:
Emma was a star
Joe Jackson's, "Is She Really Going Out with Him"
Misheard Lyrics:
Oh go there
Original Lyrics:
Look over there
Little River Band's, "Help Is On Its Way"
Misheard Lyrics:
Hey mom
Original Lyrics:
Hang on
Patti Smith's, "Redondo Beach"
Misheard Lyrics:
Everyone was sleeping
Original Lyrics:
Everyone was singing
Paul Simon's, "Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard"
Misheard Lyrics:
My mama got out and rolled out of bed And she went to the polling station
Original Lyrics:
The mama pajama rolled out of bed And she ran to the police station
Rose Royce's, "Love Don't Live Here Anymore"
Misheard Lyrics:
When getting a sofa of me
Original Lyrics:
When you lived inside of me
The Brothers Johnson's, "Strawberry Letter 23"
Misheard Lyrics:
In prison for you
Original Lyrics:
A present from you
 
1980s
Misheard Lyrics:
Before I get choosy
Original Lyrics:
Before I get too deep
Jack Wagner's, "All I Need"
Misheard Lyrics:
Ogilvie
Original Lyrics:
All I need
Janet Jackson's, "He Doesn't Know I'm Alive"
Misheard Lyrics:
He doesn't need to know that I'm alive
Original Lyrics:
He doesn't even know that I'm alive"
John Mellencamp's, "Jack And Diane"
Misheard Lyrics:
Bullet in a rock, let it roll
Let the bottle bank come and save my soul
Holding on to Christine as long as you can
Dangers come around real soon, make us women or men
Original Lyrics:
So let it rock, let it roll
Let the Bible Belt come and save my soul
Holding on to sixteen as long as you can
Changes come around real soon, make us women and men
John Parr's, "St. Elmo's Fire (Man in Motion)"
Misheard Lyrics:
Take me where the future's bright in St. Elmo's fire
Original Lyrics:
Take me where the future's lyin' St. Elmo's Fire
Kate Bush's, "Running Up That Hill"
Misheard Lyrics:
It's a human being
Original Lyrics:
It's you and me
Meat Loaf's, "Dead Ringer For Love"
Misheard Lyrics:
Rock 'n' roll and you or Rock 'n' roll and blue
Original Lyrics:
Rock 'n' roll and brew
Michael Sembello's, "Maniac"
Misheard Lyrics:
She's a baby back
Original Lyrics:
She's a maniac
Talk Talk's, "Such a Shame"
Misheard Lyrics:
Maybe I don't know if I should shave
Original Lyrics:
Maybe I don't know if I should change
 
1990s
Alannah Myles', "Black Velvet"
Misheard Lyrics:
Black velvet, tickle me
Original Lyrics:
Black velvet, if you please
Backstreet Boys', "I Want It That Way"
Misheard Lyrics:
Ain't nothing but a milk stain
Original Lyrics:
Ain't nothing but a mistake
Black Box's, "Everybody, Everybody"
Misheard Lyrics:
Salad Cream
Original Lyrics:
Sad and free
Blind Melon's, "No Rain"
Misheard Lyrics:
All I can see
Original Lyrics:
All I can say
Coolio's, "Gangsta's Paradise"
Misheard Lyrics:
As they cook, I see myself pi*sed from smoke
Original Lyrics:
As they croak, I see myself in the pistol smoke
Depeche Mode's, "Enjoy the Silence"
Misheard Lyrics:
So does bookies
Original Lyrics:
So does the pain
Haddaway's, "What is Love?"
Misheard Lyrics:
Baby no bird seed
Original Lyrics:
Baby don't hurt me
Jennifer Paige's, "Crush"
Misheard Lyrics:
There's raisins on my weird journal
Original Lyrics:
It's raising my adrenaline
Kris Kross', "Jump"
Misheard Lyrics:
How high? Real high cause my tits will flop.
Original Lyrics:
How high? Real high cause I'm just so fly.
Natalie Merchant's, "Carnival"
Misheard Lyrics:
In a cauliflower
or
In a carnival
Original Lyrics:
In a carnival
Natalie Merchant's, "Kind & Generous"
Misheard Lyrics:
I want Ben Franklin, Franklin
Original Lyrics:
I want to thank you, thank you
No Doubt's, "Just a Girl"
Misheard Lyrics:
Take this pink slipper off my eyes
Original Lyrics:
Take this pink ribbon off my eyes
Sarah McLachlan's, "Adia"
Misheard Lyrics:
'Cause we are young, innocent
Original Lyrics:
'Cause we are born innocent
Snap!'s, "The Power"
Misheard Lyrics:
Media, media, Willie Mays
or
Media, media, Billy Mays
Original Lyrics:
Maniac brainiac, winning the game
The Brian Setzer Orchestra's, "Jump, Jive an' Wail"
Misheard Lyrics:
You got a drunk driver in '88
Original Lyrics:
You gotta jump, jive and then you wail
The Cardigans', "Lovefool"
Misheard Lyrics:
Really, really
Original Lyrics:
Leave me, leave me
 
2000s
Carly Simon's, "With a Few Good Friends"
Misheard Lyrics:
Invite table for two
Original Lyrics:
Invite Tigger for tea
Coldplay's, "Fix You"
Misheard Lyrics:
D.C.
or
B.C.
Original Lyrics:
Tears stream
Gwen Stefani featuring Akon's, "The Sweet Escape"
Misheard Lyrics:
Swedish Fish, Swedish Fish
Original Lyrics:
The sweet escape, the sweet escape
Handy Manny's, "We Work Together"
Misheard Lyrics:
Twist and turn, make it tied
Original Lyrics:
Twist and turn, make it tight
Handy Manny's, "You Break It, We Fix It"
Misheard Lyrics:
Sinful as night and day
Original Lyrics:
Simple as night and day
Natasha Bedingfield's, "Unwritten"
Misheard Lyrics:
It's 2 am. It's 2 am.
Original Lyrics:
No one else, no one else
Nickelback's, "How You Remind Me"
Misheard Lyrics:
I bend up, I bend down
Original Lyrics:
I've been up, I've been down
The Killers', "Mr. Brightside"
Misheard Lyrics:
Tennessee
or
KFC
or
GMC
Original Lyrics:
Jealousy
 
2010s
Bruce Cockburn's, "Franklin and Friends"
Misheard Lyrics:
New adventures everywhere
Original Lyrics:
New adventures every day
DNCE's, "Cake by the Ocean"
Misheard Lyrics:
Cain't find the ocean
Original Lyrics:
Cake by the ocean
 
misc
Beyoncé's, "Texas Hold 'Em"
Misheard Lyrics:
It's a real life Wookiee and a real life hoedown
Original Lyrics:
It's a real life boogie and a real life hoedown
Dua Lipa's, "Houdini"
Misheard Lyrics:
Tell me all the ways you’d beat me
Original Lyrics:
Tell me all the ways you need me

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