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1960s
Aretha Franklin's, "(You Make Me Feel Like) a Natural Woman"
Misheard Lyrics:
You make me feel like an electric robot
Original Lyrics:
You make me feel like a natural woman
Elvis Presley's, "Can't Help Falling in Love"
Misheard Lyrics:
Shall I stay? Would it be the same?
Original Lyrics:
Shall I stay? Would it be a sin?
 
1970s
Billy Joel's, "Piano Man"
Misheard Lyrics:
There's an old man sitting next to me
Making love to his tiny can, tin
Original Lyrics:
There's an old man sitting next to me
Making love to his tonic and gin
Bread's, "Make It with You"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'd like tomatoes with juice
Original Lyrics:
I'd like to make it with you
Jay Ferguson's, "Thunder Island"
Misheard Lyrics:
And the weeks grew wild
Original Lyrics:
And the winds grew wild
Queen's, "Don't Stop Me Now"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'm a raising cloud, passing by!
Original Lyrics:
I'm a racing car, passing by!
Queen's, "Don't Stop Me Now"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'm having a brawl
Original Lyrics:
I'm having a ball
Queen's, "Fat Bottomed Girls"
Misheard Lyrics:
With that bottom girls,
You make the rockin' world go round.
Original Lyrics:
Fat bottomed girls,
You make the rockin' world go round.
Queen's, "Love of My Life"
Misheard Lyrics:
You've small in my love, you now desert me
Original Lyrics:
You've stolen my love, you now desert me
Queen's, "Love of My Life"
Misheard Lyrics:
You've small in my love, you now desert me
Original Lyrics:
You've stolen my love, you now desert me
Queen's, "Love of My Life"
Misheard Lyrics:
You've stolen my love, you now desert me
Original Lyrics:
You've taken my love, you now desert me
Queen's, "Love of My Life"
Misheard Lyrics:
You've stone in my love, you now desert me
Original Lyrics:
You've stolen my love, you now desert me
Queen's, "Teo Torriatte (Let Us Cling Together)"
Misheard Lyrics:
The blossom knows there's no one else
Could warm my heart as much as you, peanut guy
Original Lyrics:
The blossom knows there's no one else
Could warm my heart as much as you, be not gone
Queen's, "We Are the Champions"
Misheard Lyrics:
No time for Hoosiers
Original Lyrics:
No time for losers
Queen's, "We Are the Champions"
Misheard Lyrics:
No time for cruisers
Original Lyrics:
No time for losers
Queen's, "We Are the Champions"
Misheard Lyrics:
No time for smoothies
Original Lyrics:
No time for losers
Queen's, "We Are the Champions"
Misheard Lyrics:
No time for users
Original Lyrics:
No time for losers
Queen's, "We Are the Champions"
Misheard Lyrics:
We are the Jeffersons, my friends
Original Lyrics:
We are the champions, my friends
Queen's, "We Are the Champions"
Misheard Lyrics:
We are the Jetsons
Original Lyrics:
We are the champions
Queen's, "We Will Rock You"
Misheard Lyrics:
Bleedin' with your eyes
Gonna make you some beef someday
Original Lyrics:
Pleadin' with your eyes
Gonna make you some peace someday
Queen's, "We Will Rock You"
Misheard Lyrics:
Bleedin' with your eyes
Gonna make you zombie someday.
Original Lyrics:
Pleadin' with your eyes
Gonna make you some peace someday.
Queen's, "We Will Rock You"
Misheard Lyrics:
Playin' with your eyes gonna make a zombie someday
Original Lyrics:
Pleadin' with your eyes gonna make you some peace someday
Queen's, "We Will Rock You"
Misheard Lyrics:
You got blood on your face, your big disk brakes
Original Lyrics:
You got mud on your face, you big disgrace
Queen's, "We Will Rock You"
Misheard Lyrics:
You got butter on your face, you big disgrace
Original Lyrics:
You got mud on your face, you big disgrace
The Michael Zager Band's, "Let's All Chant"
Misheard Lyrics:
Let's go dance!
Original Lyrics:
Let's all chant!
Three Dog Night's, "An Old Fashioned Love Song"
Misheard Lyrics:
Just an odd numbered lump sum
Original Lyrics:
Just an old fashioned love song
 
1980s
Queen's, "Breakthru"
Misheard Lyrics:
If I could only reach you
That would really be a grapefruit
Original Lyrics:
If I could only reach you
That would really be a breakthrough
Queen's, "Calling All Girls"
Misheard Lyrics:
Whoa! 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:
I ain't British
or
I am British
Original Lyrics:
I ain't ready
Queen's, "Crazy Little Thing Called Love"
Misheard Lyrics:
She gives me hot dog fever
Then she leaves me in a cold, cold sweat
Original Lyrics:
She gives me hot and cold fever
Then she leaves me in a cool, cool sweat
Queen's, "Dragon Attack"
Misheard Lyrics:
Take me to the room where the beets are ripe,
Got to eat that salad, yeah yeah yeah
Original Lyrics:
Take me to the room where the beats all round,
Gonna eat that sound, yeah yeah yeah
Queen's, "Hammer to Fall"
Misheard Lyrics:
Richard Gere is famous
Original Lyrics:
Rich or poor or famous
Queen's, "It's a Hard Life"
Misheard Lyrics:
To trust in one another right for the stars
Original Lyrics:
To trust in one another right from the start
Queen's, "It's a Hard Life"
Misheard Lyrics:
To trust in one another right from the stars
Original Lyrics:
To trust in one another right from the start
Queen's, "Princes of the Universe"
Misheard Lyrics:
Here we are, born to be kings
With the graces of the years inversed
Original Lyrics:
Here we are, born to be kings
We're the princes of the universe
Yes', "Owner of a Lonely Heart"
Misheard Lyrics:
You are not the only one
Original Lyrics:
Owner of a lonely heart
 
1990s
10,000 Maniacs', "Stockton Gala Days"
Misheard Lyrics:
We had wildfire beaver
or
We had wildfire fever
Original Lyrics:
We had wildflower fever
Beck's, "Loser"
Misheard Lyrics:
I’m a New York baby
or
I’m a Hoosier, baby
Original Lyrics:
I’m a loser, baby
Britney Spears', "...Baby One More Time"
Misheard Lyrics:
Lift me baby one more time
Original Lyrics:
Hit me baby one more time
Metallica's, "For Whom the Bell Tolls"
Misheard Lyrics:
The Hoover vacuum
Original Lyrics:
for whom the bell tolls
Queen's, "Headlong"
Misheard Lyrics:
And there's nothing you, nothing you,
Nothing you can do about and headlong
Original Lyrics:
And there's nothing you, nothing you,
Nothing you can do about it at all
Queen's, "Headlong"
Misheard Lyrics:
And there's nothing you, nothing you,
Nothing you can do about it and home
Original Lyrics:
And there's nothing you, nothing you,
Nothing you can do about it at all
Queen's, "Headlong"
Misheard Lyrics:
And there's nothing you, nothing you,
Nothing you can do about it at home
Original Lyrics:
And there's nothing you, nothing you,
Nothing you can do about it at all
Queen's, "Headlong"
Misheard Lyrics:
And there's nothing you, nothing you,
Nothing you can do about it, headlong
Original Lyrics:
And there's nothing you, nothing you,
Nothing you can do about it at all
Queen's, "Headlong"
Misheard Lyrics:
And you're a Russian head lawn
Original Lyrics:
And you're rushing headlong
 
2000s
Commercial's, "Empire Carpet/Empire Today"
Misheard Lyrics:
Eight hundred five eight eight, two three hundred, eight five
Original Lyrics:
Eight hundred five eight eight, two three hundred, Empire
 
2010s
Idina Menzel's, "Let It Go"
Misheard Lyrics:
Rain coat, rain coat
Original Lyrics:
Let it go, let it go
Justin Timberlake's, "Can't Stop the Feeling"
Misheard Lyrics:
I can't stop the freedom
Original Lyrics:
I can't stop the feeling
Katy Perry's, "Roar"
Misheard Lyrics:
And you're gonna hear me, whoa!
Original Lyrics:
And you're gonna hear me roar
Will.I.Am ft Britney Spears', "Scream & Shout"
Misheard Lyrics:
We’re saying orioles-rioles-rioles
Original Lyrics:
We sayin' oh we oh, we oh, we oh.

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