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1950s
Dean Martin's, "Memories Are Made of This"
Misheard Lyrics:
Then add the wedding bells,
One house where love is swell
Three little kids on the table
Original Lyrics:
Then add the wedding bells,
One house where lovers dwell
Three little kids for the flavor
 
1960s
Engelbert Humperdinck's, "Les Bicyclettes De Belsize"
Misheard Lyrics:
And hand in hand we will ride,
Up your backside
Original Lyrics:
And hand in hand we will ride,
Over Belsize.
Engelbert Humperdinck's, "Les Bicyclettes De Belsize"
Misheard Lyrics:
Lady St. Quest, oversize
Original Lyrics:
Les Bicyclettes du Belsize
Janis Joplin's, "Mercedes Benz"
Misheard Lyrics:
My friends all dry four shirts
Original Lyrics:
My friends all drive Porsches.
Nina Simone's, "Four Women"
Misheard Lyrics:
My name is Egypt!
Original Lyrics:
My name is Peaches!
The Kinks', "Sunny Afternoon"
Misheard Lyrics:
Save me, save me, save me from this squeeze
I got a big bad farmer trying to rape me
Original Lyrics:
Save me, save me, save me from this squeeze
I got a big fat mama trying to break me
 
1970s
10cc's, "I'm Not in Love"
Misheard Lyrics:
Be quiet, requesting Clive
Original Lyrics:
Be quiet, big boys don't cry
Alice Cooper's, "School's Out"
Misheard Lyrics:
Schools belong to meatheads
Original Lyrics:
School's been blown to pieces
Electric Light Orchestra's, "Sweet Talkin' Woman"
Misheard Lyrics:
Hold on, street walkin' woman
or
Hold on, street talkin' woman.
Original Lyrics:
Hold on, sweet talkin' woman.
Elton John's, "Your Song"
Misheard Lyrics:
I wonder politely
Why you're in the world
Original Lyrics:
How wonderful life is
While you're in the world.
Gloria Gaynor's, "I Will Survive"
Misheard Lyrics:
Did you think I'm Columbo
Did you think I'd lay down and die
Original Lyrics:
Did you think I'd crumble
Did you think I'd lay down and die
Lynyrd Skynyrd's, "Sweet Home Alabama"
Misheard Lyrics:
Yeah old Neil put her down
Original Lyrics:
I heard old Neil put it down
Queen's, "Bohemian Rhapsody"
Misheard Lyrics:
Drink Miller! No we will not let you go
Original Lyrics:
Bismillah! No we will not let you go
Queen's, "Bohemian Rhapsody"
Misheard Lyrics:
Mama, boooobs
Original Lyrics:
Mama, ooooh
Queen's, "Crazy Little Thing Called Love"
Misheard Lyrics:
It'll criminalize its swings
Original Lyrics:
In a cradle all night it swings
Queen's, "Crazy Little Thing Called Love"
Misheard Lyrics:
She gives me hot girl fever
Original Lyrics:
She gives me hot cold fever
Queen's, "Fat Bottomed Girls"
Misheard Lyrics:
He-pig woman, you made a fat boy outta me or He-pig woman, you made a fag boy outta me
Original Lyrics:
Heap big woman, you made a bad boy outta me
Queen's, "Killer Queen"
Misheard Lyrics:
Little man vagina, went down to getcha mighta and again incidentally and that way you cry
Original Lyrics:
Met a man from China, went down to Geisha Minah and then again incidentally if you're that way inclined
Queen's, "Killer Queen"
Misheard Lyrics:
She's a Killer Queen, bop bop with the leprosy
Original Lyrics:
She's a Killer Queen
Gunpowder, gelatine
Queen's, "Somebody to Love"
Misheard Lyrics:
Each morning I get out my dialect
Can't barely stand on my feet
Take a look in the mirror and cry
You're a vegetarian
Original Lyrics:
Each morning I get up I die a little
Can barely stand on my feet
Take a look in the mirror and cry
Lord what you've done to me
Queen's, "We Are The Champions"
Misheard Lyrics:
And fat mistakes, I've been abused, I've had my shelfs and kids in my face but I've come through
Original Lyrics:
And bad mistakes, I've made a few, I've have my share of sand kicked in my face but I've come through
Queen's, "We Will Rock You"
Misheard Lyrics:
Gonna be a big Manson day
Original Lyrics:
Gonna be a big man some day
Queen's, "You're My Best Friends"
Misheard Lyrics:
To you you're real icy
Original Lyrics:
It's you you're all I see
Sister Sledge's, "He's the Greatest Dancer"
Misheard Lyrics:
He had the kind of body that would shame our Doris
Original Lyrics:
He had the kind of body that would shame Adonis...
T. Rex's, "Jeepster"
Misheard Lyrics:
Girl, I'm just a cheesecake for your love.
Original Lyrics:
Girl, I'm just a Jeepster for your love.
The Cars', "Let's Go"
Misheard Lyrics:
and when I asked her will YA fuck? she says she's holding it out
Original Lyrics:
and when I asked her before. she says she's holding out
 
1980s
A-Ha's, "Take On Me"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'll be a girl, in a day or two
Original Lyrics:
I'll be gone in a day or two
A-ha's, "Take On Me"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'll be coming for your lover, Kate
Original Lyrics:
I'll be coming for your love, okay.
Chicago's, "You're the Inspiration"
Misheard Lyrics:
You're past expiration
Original Lyrics:
You're the inspiration
The Police's, "Don't Stand So Close To Me"
Misheard Lyrics:
Gonna smash, gonna smash her, gonna smash her close to me
Original Lyrics:
Don't stand, don't stand so, don't stand so close to me
The Pretenders', "Brass in Pocket"
Misheard Lyrics:
Got rhythm, can't miss a beat
Got muskank, sa-weet (sweet)
Got somethin' who we can retell
Original Lyrics:
Got rhythm, can't miss a beat
Got new skank, it's so reet
Got somethin', I'm winkin' at you.
 
1990s
Black Crowes', "Hard to Handle"
Misheard Lyrics:
Hey little thing, let me light your candle
'Cause mama I'm sure hard to handle, now, yessir'am
Original Lyrics:
Pretty little thing, let me light your candle
'Cause mama I'm sure hard to handle, now, yessir'am
Green Day's, "Christy Road"
Misheard Lyrics:
Take me to the trash-encrusted road.
Original Lyrics:
Take me to the tracks at Christy Road
Queen's, "Headlong"
Misheard Lyrics:
He used to be a man with a stick in his head
Whop did it did it whop did it do
She used to beat a woman with a hot dog stare
Whop did it did it whop did it do
Original Lyrics:
He used to be a man with a stick in his hand
Hoop diddy diddy hoop diddy do
She used to be a woman with a hot dog stand
Hoop diddy diddy hoop diddy do
Sheryl Crow's, "All I Wanna Do"
Misheard Lyrics:
Until the scum comes up I'll hit a couple of bars.
Original Lyrics:
Until the sun comes up over Santa Monica Boulevard.
 
2000s
Fall Out Boy's, "Hum Hallelujah"
Misheard Lyrics:
It's all a game of this suit, that now comic sans
Better up against, the words to wear
Original Lyrics:
It's all a game of this or that, now versus then
Better off against worse for wear
Kaiser Chiefs', "I Predict a Riot"
Misheard Lyrics:
Hyper with tourettes
Original Lyrics:
I predict a riot.
 
2010s
A Day to Remember's, "All I Want"
Misheard Lyrics:
Keep your hopes up high, and a red cell phone
or
Keep your hopes up high, and a red salvo
Original Lyrics:
Keep your hopes up high and your head down low.
Derek Breakfield's, "Set Me Free"
Misheard Lyrics:
I feed the nightingales at night.
For any hour, day or night,
I'm 73, oh Lord, 73!
Original Lyrics:
I see the sights and scale the heights
Any hour, day or night
I set me free
Oh, Lord, set me free
FKA twigs', "Glass & Patron"
Misheard Lyrics:
Now hold that purse for me.
Original Lyrics:
Now hold that pose for me.
Hozier's, "Take Me to Church"
Misheard Lyrics:
Take me to church I worship like a dog every Saturday night
Original Lyrics:
Take me to church and I'll worship like a dog at the shrine of your lies
 
christian
George Frederic Handel's, "Hallelujah"
Misheard Lyrics:
Far the lord of the mean potent reigneth
Original Lyrics:
For the lord god omnipotent reigneth
 
country
C.W. McCall's, "Convoy"
Misheard Lyrics:
Looks like we got us a Con Boy.
Original Lyrics:
Looks like we got us a convoy.
 
xmas
Alvin and the Chipmunks', "The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don't Be Late)"
Misheard Lyrics:
Me, I want a full of hoot
later
I still want a full of hoot
Original Lyrics:
Me, I want a hula hoop
later
I still want a hula hoop
Beach Boys', "Little Saint Nick"
Misheard Lyrics:
Merry Christmas, reindeer
Original Lyrics:
Merry Christmas, St. Nick
Elton John's, "Step Into Christmas"
Misheard Lyrics:
We could wash the snow forever and ever
Original Lyrics:
We could watch the snow fall forever and ever
Nat King Cole's, "The Christmas Song"
Misheard Lyrics:
And folks dressed up like pesky moles
Original Lyrics:
And folks dressed up like eskimos
Traditional's, "Away in a Manger"
Misheard Lyrics:
Away in a manger, no quid for a bed
Original Lyrics:
Away in a manger, no crib for a bed
Traditional's, "Deck the Halls"
Misheard Lyrics:
Follow me in Mary measure
or
Follow me in married measure
Original Lyrics:
Follow me in merry measure
Traditional's, "Here We Come A-caroling"
Misheard Lyrics:
Here we come a-caroling
I love the leaves are green
Original Lyrics:
Here we come a-caroling
Among the leaves so green

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