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1960s
Beach Boys', "Little Saint Nick"
Misheard Lyrics:
Merry Christmas, ladies
Original Lyrics:
Merry Christmas, St. Nick
Creedence Clearwater Revival's, "Lookin' Out My Back Door"
Misheard Lyrics:
Damn, Eurasian elephants are playing in the band
Original Lyrics:
Tambourines and elephants are playin' in the band.
Curtis Lee's, "Under the Moon of Love"
Misheard Lyrics:
Under the moon of fluff
Original Lyrics:
Under the moon of love
Neil Diamond's, "Solitary Man"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'll be what I am, Silent Temembeh
Original Lyrics:
I'll be what I am, a solitary man
Roy Head & the Traits', "Treat Her Right"
Misheard Lyrics:
Squeeze her real junk.
Original Lyrics:
Squeeze her real gently.
The Beatles', "I Am the Walrus"
Misheard Lyrics:
Sitting on a cornflake, waiting for Yvonne to come.
Original Lyrics:
Sitting on a cornflake, waiting for the van to come.
The Beatles', "Paperback Writer"
Misheard Lyrics:
Desiree Maddock, would you read my book?
Original Lyrics:
Dear Sir or Madam, would you read my book?
 
1970s
Elton John and Kiki Dee's, "Don't Go Breaking My Heart"
Misheard Lyrics:
Someone's breakin' my heart.
Original Lyrics:
Don't go breakin' my heart.
Freda Payne's, "Band of Gold"
Misheard Lyrics:
Since you've been gone
All I have left is Abednego
Original Lyrics:
Since you've been gone
All I have left is a band of gold.
John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John's, "You're The One That I Want"
Misheard Lyrics:
A vanishing pup, 'cause you need a man.
Original Lyrics:
I better shape up, 'cause you need a man.
Mary Hopkin's, "Knock, Knock Who's There?"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'm on my own again good evening Zorro.
Original Lyrics:
I'm on my own again good evening sorrow
Paul McCartney And Wings', "Junior's Farm"
Misheard Lyrics:
Ah, you should have seen me with the poor command
Original Lyrics:
Ah, you should have seen me with the poker man,
Queen's, "Bohemian Rhapsody"
Misheard Lyrics:
The antelope has a dumbbell put aside for me
Original Lyrics:
Beezelbub has a devil put aside for me
Queen's, "Killer Queen"
Misheard Lyrics:
Little man vagina went down to get ya might of....
Original Lyrics:
Met a man from China when down to Geisha Minah
Roxy Music's, "Dance Away"
Misheard Lyrics:
Dance away the hard egg
Original Lyrics:
Dance away the heartache.
The Carpenters', "Only Yesterday"
Misheard Lyrics:
Since I threw my sandwich away
Original Lyrics:
Since I threw my sadness away
The Undertones', "Teenage Kicks"
Misheard Lyrics:
Get teenage kids right through the night
Original Lyrics:
Get teenage kicks right through the night
Van Halen's, "Ice Cream Man"
Misheard Lyrics:
I got one hot banana pop, Dixie cups, all flavors and push-ups too.
Original Lyrics:
I got puddin' pie banana, Dixie Cups All flavors, and push-ups, too.
 
1980s
Baltimora's, "Tarzan Boy"
Misheard Lyrics:
Nine tonight, gimme the moron, gimme the moron.
Original Lyrics:
Night tonight, gimme the other, gimme the other.
Billy Squier's, "The Stroke"
Misheard Lyrics:
Something's cooking
Original Lyrics:
Stroke me, stroke me
Christopher Cross', "Say You'll Be Mine"
Misheard Lyrics:
Sexy-fy
Original Lyrics:
Say you'll be mine
Dire Straits', "Solid Rock"
Misheard Lyrics:
Hitler realized that his chances were slim
Original Lyrics:
If I realized that the chances were slim
Duran Duran's, "Hungry Like the Wolf"
Misheard Lyrics:
I smell like a hound in touch with the ground.
Original Lyrics:
Smell like I sound I'm lost in a crowd.
Kirsty MacColl's, "A New England"
Misheard Lyrics:
Though I put you on a pair of socks, you put me on the pill
Original Lyrics:
Though I put you on a pedestal, you put me on the pill
Queen's, "Another One Bites the Dust"
Misheard Lyrics:
Hey, I'm not adopted!
or
Hey, I'm not a doctor!
Original Lyrics:
Hey! And the dust yeah!
Queen's, "Lazing On a Sunday Afternoon"
Misheard Lyrics:
Fridays, I go painting in the loo.
Original Lyrics:
Fridays, I go painting in the Louvre.
Rick Astley's, "Never Gonna Give You Up"
Misheard Lyrics:
Am I gonna give you up
Original Lyrics:
Never gonna give you up
Sting's, "Englishman in New York"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'm an Aryan, an illegal Aryan
I'm an Englishman in New York.
Original Lyrics:
I'm an alien, I'm a legal alien
I'm an Englishman in New York.
The Rolling Stones', "Little T&A"
Misheard Lyrics:
Shock, shockin' shoulders
Original Lyrics:
Shock, shock them, show them
Toto's, "Africa"
Misheard Lyrics:
Got some planes down in Africa
Original Lyrics:
Bless the rains down in Africa
Van Halen's, "Panama"
Misheard Lyrics:
Animal
Original Lyrics:
Panama
 
1990s
Manic Street Preachers', "Motorcycle Emptiness"
Misheard Lyrics:
Oh, dirty one loneliness
Motorcycle emptiness.
Original Lyrics:
Under neon loneliness
Motorcycle emptiness.
Nirvana's, "All Apologies"
Misheard Lyrics:
I concede from shame
Original Lyrics:
Aqua seafoam shame
Papa Roach's, "Last Resort"
Misheard Lyrics:
Suffocation, no breeding
I don't give a f*** if I cut my own pleading.
Original Lyrics:
Suffocation, no breathing
I don't give a f*** if I cut my arm bleeding.
Shaggy's, "Boombastic"
Misheard Lyrics:
They call Mr. Ruuude
Original Lyrics:
She say I'm Mr. Ro..
Tracy Chapman's, "Fast Car"
Misheard Lyrics:
You've got a fat ass car
Original Lyrics:
You've got a fast car
Weezer's, "My Name Is Jonas"
Misheard Lyrics:
And I'm carrying the Will
Thanks for all who've show up
This is how he will
Original Lyrics:
I am carrying the wheel
Thanks for all you've shown us
This is how we feel
 
2000s
Fall Out Boy's, "This Ain't a Scene, It's an Arms Race"
Misheard Lyrics:
I believe in them
Original Lyrics:
I'm a leading man.
 
2010s
Adele's, "When We Were Young"
Misheard Lyrics:
Chlamydia
Original Lyrics:
When we were young
Fall Out Boy's, "Uma Thurman"
Misheard Lyrics:
Butcher, butcher your vitamin C
Original Lyrics:
Put your, put your v-v-venom in me
Misheard Lyrics:
Because I don't wanna end up living in a diamond mine
Original Lyrics:
Because I don't wanna end up living in a dive on Vine
Ranger's, "Defcon 1"
Misheard Lyrics:
Women and holocaust is approaching near
Original Lyrics:
Imminent holocaust is approaching near
 
country
Joe Nichols', "Tequila Makes Her Clothes Fall Off"
Misheard Lyrics:
Ma, greet us at the Holiday Inn.
Original Lyrics:
Margaritas at the Holiday Inn.
 
xmas
Barenaked Ladies', "Green Christmas"
Misheard Lyrics:
Bundled up against the court
Original Lyrics:
Bundled up against the cold
Carpenters', "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"
Misheard Lyrics:
Christmas vision is far away
Christmas fast is fast
Original Lyrics:
Christmas future is far away
Christmas past is past
Carpenters', "Merry Christmas Darling"
Misheard Lyrics:
Green cards have all been sent
The Christmas rust is true
Original Lyrics:
Greeting cards have all been sent
The Christmas rush is through
Darlene Love's, "Marshmallow World"
Misheard Lyrics:
And the sun is red like a f***in' head
Original Lyrics:
And the sun is red like a pumpkin head
London Symphony Chorus, Backing Charlotte Church's, "Hark the Herald Angels Sing"
Misheard Lyrics:
Hail the hay barn Prince of Peace.
Original Lyrics:
Hail the Heaven-born Prince of Peace.
Traditional's, "O Come, All Ye Faithful"
Misheard Lyrics:
Oh camel, ye faithful,
Joyful and triumphant.
Original Lyrics:
Oh come, all ye faithful,
Joyful and triumphant.

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