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1960s
The Four Seasons', "Big Girls Don't Cry"
Misheard Lyrics:
(They don't fly)
Original Lyrics:
(They don't cry)
The Four Seasons', "Walk Like a Man"
Misheard Lyrics:
Get sly again
Original Lyrics:
Fast as I can
The Isley Brothers', "Twist and Shout"
Misheard Lyrics:
Shave it up baby
Original Lyrics:
Shake it up baby
 
1970s
Boney M's, "Rasputin"
Misheard Lyrics:
Lover of the jelly bean
Original Lyrics:
Lover of the Russian Queen
Cher's, "Half-Breed"
Misheard Lyrics:
Hatchery
Original Lyrics:
Half-Breed
Joe Jackson's, "Is She Really Going Out with Him"
Misheard Lyrics:
I can’t believe around this scene
Original Lyrics:
I get so mean around this scene
Lobo's, "Stoney"
Misheard Lyrics:
Stoney, life is so benign
Original Lyrics:
Stoney, life is summertime
Queen's, "Don't Stop Me Now"
Misheard Lyrics:
'Cause I'm hacking in due time
Original Lyrics:
'Cause I'm having a good time
Queen's, "Don't Stop Me Now"
Misheard Lyrics:
Don't stop me now, I'm having such a good time I'm having a boy!
Original Lyrics:
Don't stop me now, I'm having such a good time I'm having a ball
Queen's, "Don't Stop Me Now"
Misheard Lyrics:
Explanation mark. To survive! Like lending a diver!
I've got a coke, coke, coke, there's no shop in me!
Original Lyrics:
I'm a racing car passing by like Lady Godiva
I'm gonna go go go, there's no stopping me
Queen's, "Don't Stop Me Now"
Misheard Lyrics:
Giuseppe, Giuseppe
Original Lyrics:
Don’t stop me, don’t stop me
Queen's, "Don't Stop Me Now"
Misheard Lyrics:
I am a sex machine ready to reload, like an Animal!
About to whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, explode!
Original Lyrics:
I am a sex machine ready to reload like an atom bomb
About to oh oh oh oh oh explode.
Queen's, "Don't Stop Me Now"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'm a racing car that's fighting to survive,
Like Lady MacGyver
Original Lyrics:
I'm a racing car passing by like Lady Godiva
Queen's, "Don't Stop Me Now"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'm an Autobot, you've gotta Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh explode
Original Lyrics:
Like an atom bomb, about to Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, explode
Queen's, "Don't Stop Me Now"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'm gonna make a Supersonic hedgehog of you.
Original Lyrics:
I wanna make a supersonic man out of you.
Queen's, "Don't Stop Me Now"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'm gonna make a Supersonic hedgehog of you.
Original Lyrics:
I'm gonna make a supersonic man out of you.
Queen's, "Don't Stop Me Now"
Misheard Lyrics:
Like dating a diver
Original Lyrics:
Like Lady Godiva
Queen's, "Don't Stop Me Now"
Misheard Lyrics:
Now get out of town.
Original Lyrics:
Like an atom bomb.
Queen's, "Don't Stop Me Now"
Misheard Lyrics:
That's why they call me Mr. Baron Hyde.
Original Lyrics:
That's why they call me Mr. Fahrenheit.
Queen's, "Don't Stop Me Now"
Misheard Lyrics:
That's why they call me Mr. Farook tight.
Original Lyrics:
That's why they call me Mr. Fahrenheit.
Queen's, "Don't Stop Me Now"
Misheard Lyrics:
That's why they call me Mr. Foreign High.
Original Lyrics:
That's why they call me Mr. Fahrenheit.
Queen's, "Don't Stop Me Now"
Misheard Lyrics:
That's why they call me Mr. Foreign Tide
Original Lyrics:
That's why they call me Mr. Fahrenheit
Queen's, "Don't Stop Me Now"
Misheard Lyrics:
The stockings, the stockings
or The stuffing, the stuffing
Original Lyrics:
Don't stop me, don't stop me
Queen's, "Dont Stop Me Now"
Misheard Lyrics:
That's why they call me Mr. Valentine.
Original Lyrics:
That's why they call me Mr. Fahrenheit.
Queen's, "Don’t Stop Me Now"
Misheard Lyrics:
Giuseppe, Giuseppe
Original Lyrics:
Don't stop me, don't stop me
Queen's, "Killer Queen"
Misheard Lyrics:
She's a killer, Queen, got by on gelatine,
Dynamite and a laser beam,
Guaranteed to waste your time, anytime
Original Lyrics:
She's a killer Queen, gunpowder, gelatine
Dynamite with a laser beam,
Guaranteed to blow your mind, anytime
The Police's, "So Lonely"
Misheard Lyrics:
Sue Lawley
Original Lyrics:
So lonely
 
1980s
Billy Joel's, "Uptown Girl"
Misheard Lyrics:
Hoe-down girl
Original Lyrics:
Uptown girl
Culture Club's, "Karma Chameleon"
Misheard Lyrics:
Corny, corny, corny, corny, corny chameleon
Original Lyrics:
Karma, karma, karma, karma, karma chameleon
Huey Lewis and the News', "The Heart of Rock and Roll"
Misheard Lyrics:
Here in Hollywood at the Sunset Strip
Original Lyrics:
L.A., Hollywood and the Sunset Strip
Michael McDonald's, "Sweet Freedom"
Misheard Lyrics:
Shout “sweet freedom”
Original Lyrics:
Shine, sweet freedom
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band's, "Fishing in the Dark"
Misheard Lyrics:
You and me go pissin' in the dark.
Lyin' on mah back, tryin' to let out a fart.
Original Lyrics:
You and me goin' fishin' in the dark.
Lyin' on our backs, countin' the stars.
Misheard Lyrics:
Bully love is hard to find
Original Lyrics:
Good love is hard to find
Weird Al Yankovic's, "Eat It"
Misheard Lyrics:
Don’t you make me defeat it
Original Lyrics:
Don’t you make me repeat it
Weird Al Yankovic's, "I Lost on Jeopardy"
Misheard Lyrics:
I was blessed
Original Lyrics:
I was tense
 
1990s
Aerosmith's, "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing "
Misheard Lyrics:
I don't wanna miss a band
Original Lyrics:
I don't wanna miss a thing
Blue's Clues', "Planets"
Misheard Lyrics:
Hercules is far, too
Original Lyrics:
Mercury's hot, too
Bon Jovi's, "Always"
Misheard Lyrics:
I was driving in the flood
Original Lyrics:
I was drowning in the flood
Cher's, "Paradise Is Here"
Misheard Lyrics:
Say you needed side pups
To make you come alive
Original Lyrics:
You say you need excitement
To make you come alive
Fatboy Slim's, "The Rockafeller Skank"
Misheard Lyrics:
Rat rat rat rat rat rat rat rat
Rat consumers, rat consumers
Original Lyrics:
Ra ra ra ra ra ra ra ra
Trouble shooter, trouble shooter
Fatboy Slim's, "The Rockafeller Skank"
Misheard Lyrics:
Red consumers
OR
Bread consumers
OR
Rebel shroomers!
Original Lyrics:
Ra ra ra ra ra ra ra ra
Trouble shooter, trouble shooter
Heart's, "All I Wanna Do Is Make Love to You"
Misheard Lyrics:
So we drove for a mile
Original Lyrics:
So we drove for awhile
The Verve's, "Bittersweet Symphony"
Misheard Lyrics:
Jack in chains
Original Lyrics:
I can change
Weird Al Yankovic's, "Jurassic Park"
Misheard Lyrics:
All the cobblestones are running wild
Original Lyrics:
All the dinosaurs are running wild
 
2000s
Gnarls Barkley's, "Crazy"
Misheard Lyrics:
I made you crazy
Original Lyrics:
I may be crazy
LazyTown's, "You Are a Pirate"
Misheard Lyrics:
Flying Inca!
Original Lyrics:
Weigh anchor
 
2010s
Ariana Grande's, "One Last Time"
Misheard Lyrics:
Can you forgive me?
At least just temporary
Original Lyrics:
Can't you forgive me?
At least just temporarily
KeSha's, "Cannibal"
Misheard Lyrics:
I am cannonball
Original Lyrics:
I am cannibal.
Queensryche's, "Chapters"
Misheard Lyrics:
And all the pain of Todd's howling and shrieking.
Original Lyrics:
And all the pain beyond the pale.
Taio Cruz's, "Dynamite"
Misheard Lyrics:
Like it's dino-mite
Original Lyrics:
Like it's dynamite

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