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1960s
Cast of 'The Flintstones''s, "Car Hop Song (Burger On A Bun)"
Misheard Lyrics:
Here we come on the run
With a burger on a bun
And a gallon of cole slaw on the side
Original Lyrics:
Here we come on the run
With a burger on a bun
And a dab of cole slaw on the side.
Cast of the Sound of Music's, "Sixteen Going on Seventeen"
Misheard Lyrics:
You were sober drinking Budweiser
Original Lyrics:
You need someone older and wiser
Donovan's, "Sunshine Superman"
Misheard Lyrics:
It'll tick-tock
Original Lyrics:
It'll take time
 
1970s
Bill Conti's, "Gonna Fly Now"
Misheard Lyrics:
Dinnertime now
Original Lyrics:
Gonna fly now
Eric Clapton's, "I Shot the Sheriff"
Misheard Lyrics:
No s***, Sherlock.
Original Lyrics:
I shot the sheriff.
Lobo's, "I'd Love You to Want Me"
Misheard Lyrics:
Baby, I'd walk to the Rockies
or
Baby, I'd walk to Milwaukee
Original Lyrics:
Baby, I'd love you to want me
Mac Davis', "Baby Don't Get Hooked on Me"
Misheard Lyrics:
Baby, baby, don't get hooked, honey
Original Lyrics:
Baby, baby, don't get hooked on me
Mungo Jerry's, "In the Summertime"
Misheard Lyrics:
If her daddy's Reege
Original Lyrics:
If her daddy's rich
Nicolette Larson's, "Lotta Love"
Misheard Lyrics:
It's gonna take a while now
Original Lyrics:
It's gonna take a lotta love
Queen's, "Bicycle Race"
Misheard Lyrics:
Bob Seger, Bob Seger, Bob Seger
Original Lyrics:
Bicycle, bicycle, bicycle
Queen's, "Don't Stop Me Now"
Misheard Lyrics:
Don't suck me, don't suck me
Original Lyrics:
Don't stop me, don't stop me
Rickie Lee Jones', "Chuck E's in Love"
Misheard Lyrics:
Faggots in love
Original Lyrics:
Chuck E's in love
Simon & Garfunkel's, "Bridge Over Troubled Water"
Misheard Lyrics:
Like a bridge over Double Trouble
Original Lyrics:
Like a bridge over troubled water
Sweet's, "Ballroom Blitz"
Misheard Lyrics:
Horror blitz
Original Lyrics:
Ballroom blitz
Sweet's, "Fox on the Run"
Misheard Lyrics:
Thoughts on the road
Original Lyrics:
Fox on the run
 
1980s
Eddie Money's, "Take Me Home Tonight"
Misheard Lyrics:
Tippy toes tonight
Original Lyrics:
Take me home tonight
John Mellencamp's, "Jack & Diane"
Misheard Lyrics:
Little Debbie, Jack and Diane
Original Lyrics:
A little ditty about Jack and Diane
Kim Mitchell's, "Patio Lanterns"
Misheard Lyrics:
Patty O’Landers
Original Lyrics:
Patio lanterns
Martika's, "Toy Soldiers"
Misheard Lyrics:
We all go down
Original Lyrics:
We all fall down
Paula Abdul's, "Forever Your Girl"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'm together your girl
Original Lyrics:
I'm forever your girl
Queen's, "Flash"
Misheard Lyrics:
Crash!
Original Lyrics:
Flash!
Queen's, "I Want to Break Free"
Misheard Lyrics:
I want you, Mickey
Original Lyrics:
I want to break free
Simply Red's, "Holding Back the Years"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'll keep pouring on
Original Lyrics:
I'll keep holding on
Simply Red's, "Money's Too Tight (To Mention)"
Misheard Lyrics:
Get the egg new foyen laser.
Original Lyrics:
Did the earth move for ya, Nancy?
 
1990s
Aerosmith's, "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing"
Misheard Lyrics:
The Swedish Fish will never do
Original Lyrics:
The sweetest dream will never do
Andrea Bocelli's, "Time to Say Goodbye"
Misheard Lyrics:
I could trample that sorrow
(Later)
Share a love song
No, no, a sister of you
Original Lyrics:
Hai incontrato per strada
(Later)
Che io lo so
No, no, non esistono più
Fugees', "Ready or Not"
Misheard Lyrics:
Whether or not, ELO
Original Lyrics:
Ready or not, here I come
JX's, "There's Nothing I Won't Do"
Misheard Lyrics:
Can't keep my ass off you
Original Lyrics:
Can't keep my hands off you
Jewel's, "Who Will Save Your Soul"
Misheard Lyrics:
Pooh will save us all
Original Lyrics:
Who will save your soul?
Joan Osborne's, "One of Us"
Misheard Lyrics:
Nobody calling on the phone
Therefore the Pope may be in Rome.
Original Lyrics:
Nobody calling on the phone
'Cept for the Pope maybe in Rome.
Jon Secada's, "If You Go"
Misheard Lyrics:
Baby girl
or
Baby boy
Original Lyrics:
If you don't...
Jon Secada's, "Just Another Day"
Misheard Lyrics:
Just give me the raisins
Original Lyrics:
Just give me the reason
Massive Attack's, "Risingson"
Misheard Lyrics:
It's how you go down to the bathroom sink
Sad we talk how Batman think
I seethe myself in here upon my lover
I don't know her from another mist
(Later)
Like a landslide inside you my dear
Original Lyrics:
It's how you go down to men's room sink
Sad we talk how madmen think
I sink myself in hair upon my lover
I don't know her from another miss
(Later)
Like a man slide inside you my dear
Michael Bolton's, "Love Is a Wonderful Thing"
Misheard Lyrics:
Life is wobbly
Original Lyrics:
Love is a wonderful thing
Michael Bolton's, "When a Man Loves a Woman"
Misheard Lyrics:
When a man went to London
Original Lyrics:
When a man loves a woman
Nelson's, "(Can't Live Without Your) Love and Affection"
Misheard Lyrics:
Just like a waiter
or
Just like a waitress
Original Lyrics:
Just like an angel
Polaris', "Hey Sandy"
Misheard Lyrics:
Embassy
or
Ecstasy
or
NBC
or
ABC
Original Lyrics:
End of speech
Sade's, "No Ordinary Love"
Misheard Lyrics:
In a hotel room
Original Lyrics:
Didn't I tell you?
Toni Braxton's, "I Don't Want To"
Misheard Lyrics:
And I haven't had the decency at all
Original Lyrics:
And I haven't had the peace to sleep at all
 
2000s
Coldplay's, "Speed of Sound"
Misheard Lyrics:
The birds come flying at the see-saw
Original Lyrics:
The birds come flying at the speed of sound
Gorillaz's, "Clint Eastwood"
Misheard Lyrics:
I got sunshine in a drag
Original Lyrics:
I got sunshine in a bag
Lauryn Hill's, "Doo Wop (That Thing)"
Misheard Lyrics:
Happy, happy, happy
Original Lyrics:
That thing, that thing, that thing
Snow Patrol's, "How to Be Dead"
Misheard Lyrics:
People go crazy
or
Beatles go crazy
Original Lyrics:
Please don't go crazy
Snow Patrol's, "Just Say Yes"
Misheard Lyrics:
Please take my ham
Original Lyrics:
Please take my hand
Snow Patrol's, "Spitting Games"
Misheard Lyrics:
I snuggle, cuddle up
Original Lyrics:
I struggle for the words
Snow Patrol's, "Take Back the City"
Misheard Lyrics:
All these ears later and it's kidding me
Original Lyrics:
All these years later and it's killing me
Toploader's, "Dancing in the Moonlight"
Misheard Lyrics:
Everybody here is outside
Original Lyrics:
Everybody here is outta sight
U2's, "Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own"
Misheard Lyrics:
And it's you when I go licking the mirror
Original Lyrics:
And it's you when I look in the mirror
 
2010s
Rihanna's, "Only Girl (In the World)"
Misheard Lyrics:
Like I'm the only one that's dick I'm in.
Original Lyrics:
Like I'm the only one that's in command.
Snow Patrol's, "This Isn't Everything You Are"
Misheard Lyrics:
You can't find the fun
Original Lyrics:
You can't find the phone

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