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1960s
Bee Gees', "I've Gotta Get a Message to You"
Misheard Lyrics:
Oh lah
Original Lyrics:
Hold on
 
1970s
ABBA's, "I Have a Dream"
Misheard Lyrics:
I have a tree of summer fling
Original Lyrics:
I have a dream of song to sing
Fleetwood Mac's, "Don’t Stop"
Misheard Lyrics:
Don’t stop thinking about Columbo
Original Lyrics:
Don’t stop thinking about tomorrow
Paul McCartney & Wings', "Junior's Farm"
Misheard Lyrics:
Just in the nick of time I licked at his hand
Original Lyrics:
Just in the nick of time I look at his hand
Paul Simon's, "Mother and Child Reunion"
Misheard Lyrics:
No, I would not give you false hope
On the Strait or Morecambe Bay
But a mother and child reunion is only a motion away
Original Lyrics:
No, I would not give you false hope
On this strange and mournful day
But a mother and child reunion is only a motion away
Queen's, "Somebody to Love"
Misheard Lyrics:
Everybody wants a crocodile
Original Lyrics:
Everybody wants to put me down
Queen's, "Somebody to Love"
Misheard Lyrics:
Fight, I need somebody to love fight
Original Lyrics:
Find me somebody to love, find
Queen's, "Somebody to Love"
Misheard Lyrics:
I just gotta get out of this two day sale
Original Lyrics:
I just gotta get out of this prison cell
Queen's, "Son and Daughter"
Misheard Lyrics:
The world expects a man
To put the town in a shovel of shirt
Original Lyrics:
The woman expects a man
To buckle down and to shovel s***
 
1980s
Billy Ocean's, "Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car"
Misheard Lyrics:
Get outta Madrid
Original Lyrics:
Get outta my dreams
Depeche Mode's, "People are People"
Misheard Lyrics:
Drinkable people, oh, why should they drink?
Original Lyrics:
People are people, oh, why should it be?
Huey Lewis and the News', "Stuck with You"
Misheard Lyrics:
I’m so happy to be f***ed with you
Original Lyrics:
I’m so happy to be stuck with you
Queen and David Bowie's, "Under Pressure"
Misheard Lyrics:
No satellite large and the pressure went cracking.
Original Lyrics:
Insanity laughs under pressure we're breaking.
Queen and David Bowie's, "Under Pressure"
Misheard Lyrics:
On Saturday love songs the pressure we're breaking.
Original Lyrics:
Insanity laughs under pressure we're breaking.
Queen and David Bowie's, "Under Pressure"
Misheard Lyrics:
On Saturday night under pressure we're breaking.
Original Lyrics:
Insanity laughs under pressure we're breaking.
Queen and David Bowie's, "Under Pressure"
Misheard Lyrics:
Pressure, pushing down on me,
Pushing down on you, you and us all.
Original Lyrics:
Pressure, pushing down on me,
Pushing down on you, no man ask for.
Queen and David Bowie's, "Under Pressure"
Misheard Lyrics:
Sat on her face, like a dumb f***
Original Lyrics:
Sat on a fence, but it don't work
Queen and David Bowie's, "Under Pressure"
Misheard Lyrics:
Turned away from it all like a blind man,
Sat on the fence but it don't hurt
Original Lyrics:
Turned away from it all like a blind man,
Sat on a fence, but it don't work
Queen's, "Another One Bites the Dust"
Misheard Lyrics:
Another one bites my butt.
Original Lyrics:
Another one bites the dust.
Queen's, "Another One Bites the Dust"
Misheard Lyrics:
Another one calls the doctor
Original Lyrics:
Another one bites the dust (uh!)
Queen's, "Another One Bites the Dust"
Misheard Lyrics:
Another one fights the duster!
Original Lyrics:
Another one bites the dust... uh!
Queen's, "Another One Bites the Dust"
Misheard Lyrics:
Another one rides the bus
Original Lyrics:
Another one bites the dust
Queen's, "Another One Bites the Dust"
Misheard Lyrics:
Another one rides the buzz-saw
Original Lyrics:
Another one bites the dust, ah
Queen's, "Another One Bites the Dust"
Misheard Lyrics:
I never wanna bust the dust.
Original Lyrics:
Another one bites the dust.
Queen's, "Another One Bites the Dust"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'm adopted!
Original Lyrics:
And the dust (uh!)
Queen's, "Another One Bites the Dust"
Misheard Lyrics:
Is there any way you can hire a man
And bring him to the ground?
Wiggle him, jiggle him, till he's dead
And leave him while he's down.
Original Lyrics:
There are plenty of ways you can hurt a man
And bring him to the ground
You can beat him, you can cheat him,
You can treat him bad
And then leave him when he's down
Queen's, "Calling All Girls"
Misheard Lyrics:
No! Take a message of love, far and beauty.
Original Lyrics:
Love! Take a message of love, far and near.
Queen's, "Crazy Little Thing Called Love"
Misheard Lyrics:
A crazy little thing down the hall
Original Lyrics:
A crazy little thing called love
Queen's, "Crazy Little Thing Called Love"
Misheard Lyrics:
And get all my trash in the back seat, hitchhike
Original Lyrics:
And get on my tracks, take a back-seat hitchhike
Queen's, "Crazy Little Thing Called Love"
Misheard Lyrics:
I gotta have cool, x-lax, and give in, and get off my sack.
Original Lyrics:
I gotta be cool, relax, get hip, get on my tracks.
Queen's, "Crazy Little Thing Called Love"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'm eleven
Original Lyrics:
I ain't ready
Queen's, "Sail Away Sweet Sister"
Misheard Lyrics:
Fail away sweet sister, fail across the sea
Original Lyrics:
Sail away sweet sister, sail across the sea
Queen's, "Sail Away Sweet Sister"
Misheard Lyrics:
Sail away sweet sister, back in my arms again
Original Lyrics:
Sail away sweet sister, back to my arms again
Queen's, "Save Me"
Misheard Lyrics:
It started off so well, but said I made a puppet pal.
Original Lyrics:
It started off so well,
They said we made a perfect pair.
Queen's, "Save Me"
Misheard Lyrics:
Sailing, sailing, sailing.
Original Lyrics:
Save me, save me, save me.
Queen's, "Save Me"
Misheard Lyrics:
They said the maid of puppet land.
Original Lyrics:
They said we made a perfect pair.
Queen's, "Save Me"
Misheard Lyrics:
To start again with somebody new
Was it always just all that much?
Original Lyrics:
To start again with somebody new
Was it all wasted, all that love?
Queen's, "Who Wants to Live Forever"
Misheard Lyrics:
But touch my tears with your ears
Touch my wild world with your freak out tears
Original Lyrics:
But touch my tears with your lips
Touch my world with your fingertips
 
1990s
Queen's, "Let Me Live"
Misheard Lyrics:
Why don't you take another little peace of the gospel?
Original Lyrics:
Why don't you take another little piece of my soul?
Queen's, "Too Much Love Will Kill You"
Misheard Lyrics:
You'd give your life, you'd sell your song
But here it comes a friend
Original Lyrics:
You'd give your life, you'd sell your soul
But here it comes again
Queen's, "Too Much Love Will Kill You"
Misheard Lyrics:
You're headed for disaster 'cause you never read insides
Original Lyrics:
You're headed for disaster
'Cause you never read the signs
Weird Al Yankovic's, "Smells Like Nirvana"
Misheard Lyrics:
Well, we don’t just like Madonna
Original Lyrics:
Well, we don’t sound like Madonna
 
2000s
In Flames', "Trigger"
Misheard Lyrics:
Are we dancing oh my Lord?
Original Lyrics:
Are we dancing all alone?
Nightwish's, "Bye Bye Beautiful"
Misheard Lyrics:
I need to guide you through the light
Original Lyrics:
I need to die to feel alive
Three Days Grace's, "It's All Over"
Misheard Lyrics:
When your ugly head is falling off
Original Lyrics:
When you're on the edge and falling off
 
2010s
Taylor Swift's, "Look What You Made Me Do"
Misheard Lyrics:
Oh baby, I just started your bad dreams
Original Lyrics:
I'll be the actress starring in your bad dreams
Misheard Lyrics:
I'm falling, so I'm taking the time of my life
Original Lyrics:
I'm falling, so I'm taking my time on my ride
 
country
John Anderson's, "Straight Tequila Night"
Misheard Lyrics:
Don't ask for all the strangers in the night.
Original Lyrics:
Don't ask her on a straight tequila night.
Lee Ann Womack's, "I Hope You Dance"
Misheard Lyrics:
And when you get the joy
Original Lyrics:
And when you get the choice
 
misc
Pink's, "Trustfall"
Misheard Lyrics:
It's a trust fund, baby
Original Lyrics:
It's a trustfall, baby

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