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1950s
Dean Martin's, "That's Amore"
Misheard Lyrics:
When the moon hits your eye like a big piece of pie
That's so boring.
Original Lyrics:
When the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie
That's amore.
Harry Simeone Chorale's, "Little Drummer Boy"
Misheard Lyrics:
I am a poor toy boo, Barranco Dapán
I have no **** to bring, Barranco Dapán
That's fit to give to the King, Barranco Dapán
Barranco Dapán
Barranco Dapán
Original Lyrics:
I am a poor boy too, pa rum pum pum pum
I have no gift to bring, pa rum pum pum pum
That's fit to give the King, pa rum pum pum pum, rum pum pum pum, rum pum pum pum,
 
1960s
Diana Ross & The Supremes', "I'm Living in Shame"
Misheard Lyrics:
I was born in Leeds with maids and servants at my feet
Original Lyrics:
I was born elite with maids and servants at my feet
Mama Cass Elliot's, "Dream a Little Dream of Me"
Misheard Lyrics:
Sweet dreams 'til slumbers find you
Sweet dreams that leave ol' Boris behind you.
Original Lyrics:
Sweet dreams 'til sunbeams find you
Sweet dreams that leave all worries behind you.
The Animals', "House of the Rising Sun"
Misheard Lyrics:
The wife got on the platform, the oaf got on the train.
Original Lyrics:
With one foot on the platform, the other foot on the train.
The Beatles', "Magical Mystery Tour"
Misheard Lyrics:
Rollo, Rollover the Mystery Tour.
Original Lyrics:
Roll up, roll up for the Mystery Tour.
The Move's, "Flowers in the Rain"
Misheard Lyrics:
The time was still approaching four
I couldn't stand it anymore
So many girls upon my eider down.
Original Lyrics:
The time was still approaching four
I couldn't stand it anymore
Saw marigolds upon my eider down.
 
1970s
Boney M's, "Brown Girl in the Ring"
Misheard Lyrics:
Brown girl entering
Original Lyrics:
Brown girl in the ring
Chicago's, "Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?"
Misheard Lyrics:
And so I can't imagine why
Original Lyrics:
If so I can't imagine why
Chicago's, "Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?"
Misheard Lyrics:
And that's it
Original Lyrics:
And I said
Eagles', "Hotel California"
Misheard Lyrics:
Mirrors on the ceiling,
Depict champagne on ice
Original Lyrics:
Mirrors on the ceiling,
The pink champagne on ice
KC & The Sunshine Band's, "Get Down Tonight"
Misheard Lyrics:
Do it little Dan, make it in the mud, get Calgonite
Original Lyrics:
Do a little dance, make a little love, get down tonight
Queen's, "Fat Bottomed Girls"
Misheard Lyrics:
I've been staying with ma fags
Original Lyrics:
I've been singing with my band
Queen's, "Somebody to Love"
Misheard Lyrics:
I work till I ache my balls
Original Lyrics:
I work till I ache my bones
Starland Vocal Band's, "Afternoon Delight"
Misheard Lyrics:
My Mother's always been 'When it's right, it's right.'
Original Lyrics:
My motto's always been 'When it's right, it's right.'
 
1980s
AC/DC's, "Back In Black"
Misheard Lyrics:
I got the hair skulls, I'll never die!
Original Lyrics:
Forget the hearse 'cause I'll never die.
Bruce Springsteen's, "Born in the U.S.A."
Misheard Lyrics:
I had a brother I called Sean
Original Lyrics:
I had a brother at Khe Sahn
Chris DeBurgh's, "The Lady In Red"
Misheard Lyrics:
The lady in red is dancing with me, chink to chink.
Original Lyrics:
The lady in red is dancing with me, cheek to cheek.
Dire Straits', "Walk of Life"
Misheard Lyrics:
Here comes Johnny singing cold meat storage
Original Lyrics:
Here comes Johnny singing oldies, goldies
John Mellencamp's, "Jack and Diane"
Misheard Lyrics:
Changes comin' round soon make us women and then...
Original Lyrics:
Changes come around real soon
Make us women and men.
Kim Wilde's, "View from a Bridge"
Misheard Lyrics:
Youth on a bridge
Can't take any more.
Original Lyrics:
View from a bridge
Can't take any more.
Living Colour's, "Cult of Personality"
Misheard Lyrics:
F***ed up personality
I am a f***ed up personality
I am a f***ed up personality!
Original Lyrics:
I am the cult of
I am the cult of
I am the cult of Personality!
Michael Jackson's, "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'"
Misheard Lyrics:
On the side of the sea that Jackie saw!
Original Lyrics:
Mama se, mama sa, mama coo sa
Queen's, "The Invisible Man"
Misheard Lyrics:
Incredible loungy chair see Ronnie through me
Original Lyrics:
Incredible how you can see right through me
Sade's, "Smooth Operator"
Misheard Lyrics:
Smooth vaporator
Original Lyrics:
Smooth operator
Sheila E.'s, "The Belle of St. Mark"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'm in love, I'm in love, I'm in love with an elephant trainer
Original Lyrics:
I'm in love, I'm in love, I'm in love with the belle of St. Mark
Siouxsie and the Banshees', "Hong Kong Garden"
Misheard Lyrics:
Hopeful elephants in the air
Simple scratchings everywhere
Reap the fields of rice and weeds
While the population feeds
Original Lyrics:
Harmful elements in the air
Cymbals crashing everywhere
Reap the fields of rice and reeds
While the population feeds
The Beach Boys', "Kokomo"
Misheard Lyrics:
Drop the cocaine, nothing in your hand.
Original Lyrics:
Tropical drink melting in your hand.
The Smiths', "Unhappy Birthday"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'm gonna shot myself
Original Lyrics:
And then I shot myself
XTC's, "Senses Working Overtime"
Misheard Lyrics:
One, two, three, four, five
Sisters working overtime
Original Lyrics:
One, two, three, four, five
Senses working overtime
 
1990s
Elton John's, "Sacrifice"
Misheard Lyrics:
With the scent of her danglers
And temptation's strong.
Original Lyrics:
When the scent of her lingers
And temptation's strong.
Erykah Badu's, "On and On"
Misheard Lyrics:
You can't f*** a pizza just leave it alone
Original Lyrics:
You can't f*** with me so just leave it alone
Metallica's, "Don't Tread on Me"
Misheard Lyrics:
Soviet
Threaten no more
To secure peace is to prepare for war
Soviet
Settle the score
Original Lyrics:
So be it
Threaten no more
To secure peace is to prepare for war
So be it
Settle the score
 
2010s
Fall Out Boy's, "Rat a Tat"
Misheard Lyrics:
I kept wishing she had blond hair bitchin' and she let it glow to my hair
Original Lyrics:
I kept wishing she had blonde ambition and she let it go to my head.
Flyleaf's, "Thread"
Misheard Lyrics:
My parachute's in sheds
Original Lyrics:
My parachute's in shreds
Misheard Lyrics:
Bupkis, fire gone
Original Lyrics:
Blow a kiss, fire a gun
Rammstein's, "Dalai Lama"
Misheard Lyrics:
Come here light beer
Heals his wounds with beer
Come here light beer
Heels and wounded deer
Original Lyrics:
Komm her, bleib hier
Wir sind gut zu dir
Komm her, bleib hier
Wir sind Brüder dir
 
country
James Baskett's, "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah"
Misheard Lyrics:
Zebedee Doodah, Zebedee A
Original Lyrics:
Zippity do da, Zippity-ay
 
misc
Beartooth's, "In Between"
Misheard Lyrics:
I can't have silenced lemonade
Original Lyrics:
I can't have silence claiming me
Traditional's, "Twelve Days of Christmas"
Misheard Lyrics:
And a par tree a Jen a pear tree
Original Lyrics:
And a partridge in a pear tree.
 
xmas
Nat King Cole Trio's, "The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting)"
Misheard Lyrics:
And so I'm offering this simple phrase
To kids from 1 to 9 to 2
Original Lyrics:
And so I'm offering this simple phrase
To kids from 1 to 92
Nat King Cole Trio's, "The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting...)"
Misheard Lyrics:
They know that Santa's on his way
He's loaded lots of poisoned goodies on his sleigh
Original Lyrics:
They know that Santa's on his way
He's loaded lots of toys and goodies on his sleigh
Traditional's, "Angels We Have Heard On High"
Misheard Lyrics:
"Flor" 'tcha, In extension deo.
Original Lyrics:
Gloria in excelsis deo
Traditional's, "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen"
Misheard Lyrics:
God rest ye married gentlemen
Original Lyrics:
God rest ye merry gentlemen
Traditional's, "Good King Wenceslas"
Misheard Lyrics:
Good King Wenceslas looked out,
On the Feast of Steve, Oh!
When the snow lay round about
Deep as Christmas Eve, Oh!
Original Lyrics:
Good King Wenceslas looked out,
On the Feast of Stephen
When the snow lay round about
Deep and crisp and even
Traditional's, "Good King Wenceslas"
Misheard Lyrics:
When a foreman came in sight
Gathering winter fuel
Original Lyrics:
When a poor man came in sight
Gathering winter fuel
Traditional's, "Hark The Herald Angels Sing"
Misheard Lyrics:
Hail the Hamburg Prince of Peace.
Original Lyrics:
Hail the Heaven-born Prince of Peace.
Traditional's, "The Holly and the Ivy"
Misheard Lyrics:
Of oddities that are in the wood
The holly bears the crown.
Original Lyrics:
Of all the trees that are in the wood
The holly bears the crown.
Traditional's, "We Wish You a Merry Christmas"
Misheard Lyrics:
Good tidings we bring, to Ewan, your king.
Original Lyrics:
Good tidings we bring, to you and your kin.
Traditional's, "Winter Wonderland"
Misheard Lyrics:
In the meadow we can build a snowman
And pretend that he is Strangely Brown
Original Lyrics:
In the meadow we can build a snowman
And pretend that he is Parson Brown.

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