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1960s
Jan and Dean's, "Surf City"
Misheard Lyrics:
Computers for every boy
Original Lyrics:
Two girls for every boy
Jan and Dean's, "The Little Old Lady from Pasadena"
Misheard Lyrics:
She's the terrible Hollywood Blvd
Original Lyrics:
She's the terror of Colorado Blvd
Sly And The Family Stone's, "Hot Fun In The Summertime"
Misheard Lyrics:
Honey bear in the country sun.
Original Lyrics:
Country fair in the country sun.
The Beach Boys', "Barbara Ann"
Misheard Lyrics:
Bob, Bob, Bob, Bob Barker and…
Original Lyrics:
Ba-Ba-Ba-Ba-Barbara Ann
Walker Brothers', "My Ship is Coming In"
Misheard Lyrics:
Dry your eyes with Cellophane
Original Lyrics:
Dry your eyes we'll celebrate
 
1970s
ABBA's, "Waterloo"
Misheard Lyrics:
The mystery book on the shelf
Original Lyrics:
The history book on the shelf
Aerosmith's, "Sweet Emotion"
Misheard Lyrics:
Feel the ocean
Original Lyrics:
Sweet emotion
Devo's, "Jocko Homo"
Misheard Lyrics:
The war on Gruber
Original Lyrics:
We're all here to prove it
Earth, Wind & Fire's, "Sing a Song"
Misheard Lyrics:
Timber saw
Original Lyrics:
Sing a song
Foreigner's, "Head Games"
Misheard Lyrics:
Heyday
or
Hey gay
or
Ben-Gay
Original Lyrics:
Head games
Lobo's, "Me and You and a Dog Named Boo"
Misheard Lyrics:
We'll pound the El Cargo, a woman's mind told me that it's so
Original Lyrics:
Willpower made the old car go, a woman's mind told me that it's so
Michael Martin Murphey's, "Wildfire"
Misheard Lyrics:
On a mold Alaskan night
Original Lyrics:
On a cold Nebraska night
Simon and Garfunkel's, "The Only Living Boy in New York"
Misheard Lyrics:
The dog the dog it shines on me
Original Lyrics:
Doh doh doh it shines on me
The Doobie Brothers', "Takin' It to the Streets"
Misheard Lyrics:
Idiots in the streets
or
Indians in the streets
Original Lyrics:
Takin' it to the streets
The Fall's, "No Xmas for John Quays"
Misheard Lyrics:
No X-mas for John Cleese
Original Lyrics:
No X-mas for John Quays
The Raspberries', "Go All The Way"
Misheard Lyrics:
Baby please bone all the way
Original Lyrics:
Baby please go all the way
 
1980s
Hall And Oates', "I Can't Go For That (No Can Do)"
Misheard Lyrics:
Thank God for that
Original Lyrics:
I can't go for that.
Lone Justice's, "Ways To Be Wicked"
Misheard Lyrics:
Dick, Dick
Wanna try it
Dick, Dick.
Original Lyrics:
Dip, Dip
Wanna try it
Tick Tick
Michael Sembello's, "Maniac"
Misheard Lyrics:
It can catch you like a gnat
Original Lyrics:
It can cut you like a knife
Shannon's, "Let the Music Play"
Misheard Lyrics:
Just screw mechanics and he won’t leave you anymore
Original Lyrics:
The groove he can’t ignore, he won’t leave you anymore
Siouxsie And The Banshees', "Cities In Dust"
Misheard Lyrics:
But oh, oh. All you see, she's allowed to know, my friend
Original Lyrics:
But oh, oh your city lies in dust, my friend.
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers', "Don't Come Around Here No More"
Misheard Lyrics:
From Colorado to New York
Original Lyrics:
Don't come around here no more
 
1990s
12 Gauge's, "Dunkie Butt"
Misheard Lyrics:
Ain't no shame in this game, I'm gonna break it down in bed like James
Original Lyrics:
Ain't no shame in this game, I'm gonna break it down and beg like James
Misheard Lyrics:
Three lions on the shore
Jules remains still scheming
Thirty years ago
Never stop the dreaming
Original Lyrics:
Three lions on a shirt
Jules Rimet still gleaming
Thirty years of hurt
Never stopped me dreaming
Commercial's, "Honey Nut Cheerios"
Misheard Lyrics:
Nobody can say hello
or
Nobody can say go
Original Lyrics:
Nobody can say no
Edwin McCain's, "I Could Not Ask for More"
Misheard Lyrics:
And these are the morals
Original Lyrics:
And these are the moments
Fugees', "No Woman, No Cry"
Misheard Lyrics:
Wear your hat
Original Lyrics:
Where you at?
Janet Jackson's, "Love Will Never Do (Without You)"
Misheard Lyrics:
Still we managed to stay in Paris
or
Sill we managed to stay in heaven
Original Lyrics:
Still we managed to stay together
Nelvana's, "Blazing Dragons Theme Song"
Misheard Lyrics:
We must confess we do our best to hide the Queen’s vagina
Original Lyrics:
We must confess we do our best to hide the Queen’s spare tire
Neneh Cherry's, "Buffalo Stance"
Misheard Lyrics:
No monkey man, can win my love,
It's Sweden that I'm thinking of
Original Lyrics:
No money man, can win my love,
It's sweetness that I'm thinking of
Technohead's, "I Wanna Be a Hippy"
Misheard Lyrics:
I wanna be a hippy and I wanna get f****d, Mara-Maradona!
Original Lyrics:
I wanna be a hippy and I wanna get stoned, Mara-Marijuana
The Muppets', "Kokomo"
Misheard Lyrics:
Under a tropical highland sky
Original Lyrics:
Under a tropical island sky
 
2000s
'N Sync's, "It's Gonna Be Me"
Misheard Lyrics:
Every little thing like you
Original Lyrics:
Every little thing I do
Blindside's, "Silence"
Misheard Lyrics:
We have to prove that I love Israel
Over and over again
Original Lyrics:
We have to prove that our love is real
Over and over again
Celine Dion's, "God Bless America"
Misheard Lyrics:
Until the coasters light the bulbs
Original Lyrics:
To the oceans white with foam
Kylie Minogue's, "Can't Get You Out Of My Head"
Misheard Lyrics:
Boy, your love in this song, I think about
Original Lyrics:
Boy, your loving is all I think about
N'Sync's, "Pop"
Misheard Lyrics:
We're gonna pray 'til the end
Original Lyrics:
We're gonna bring it 'til the end
Nickelback's, "How You Remind Me"
Misheard Lyrics:
Smells like you, say sorry
Original Lyrics:
It's not like you to say sorry
O-Zone's, "Dragostea Din Tei"
Misheard Lyrics:
no my no my
Original Lyrics:
numa numa
Sabaton's, "Ghost Division"
Misheard Lyrics:
Charging the lights with the force of a furious storm
Original Lyrics:
Charging the lines with the force of a furious storm
Sabaton's, "Ghost Division"
Misheard Lyrics:
Massive assault meant to serve the nazi plan
Original Lyrics:
Massive assault live to serve the nazi plan
Sabaton's, "Ghost Division"
Misheard Lyrics:
Thus earning their name, earning their fame
Original Lyrics:
Thus earning the name, earning the fame
 
2010s
2NE1's, "I Am The Best"
Misheard Lyrics:
Naega jeil jal naga, bitch!
Original Lyrics:
Naega jeil jal naga. Beat!
Katie Price's, "Free To Love Again"
Misheard Lyrics:
Yes, you're Frida Ludvigan, Frida Ludivgan, Frida Ludivgan, whoah-oh! or Yes, you're free to f** again, free to f** again, free to f*** again, whoah-oh!
Original Lyrics:
Yes, you're free to love again, free to love again, free to love again, whoah-oh!
Sabaton's, "Carolus Rex"
Misheard Lyrics:
Ruled in battle
Original Lyrics:
Proved in battle
Sabaton's, "Carolus Rex"
Misheard Lyrics:
What I say was set in heaven, and so it shall be done
Original Lyrics:
What I say was said in heaven, and so it shall be done
 
country
Dwight Yoakam's, "Crazy Little Thing Called Love"
Misheard Lyrics:
Easy little thing called love
or
Pretty little thing called love
Original Lyrics:
Crazy little thing called love
Dwight Yoakam's, "I Want You to Want Me"
Misheard Lyrics:
I want you, Rocky
Original Lyrics:
I want you to want me
Shania Twain's, "No One Needs to Know"
Misheard Lyrics:
A Little Debbie cake called Swiss Rolls
Original Lyrics:
A little Benji we call Leroy
 
misc
Charli XCX's, "360"
Misheard Lyrics:
We're quangos
Original Lyrics:
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