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1960s
Cast of 'The Sound of Music''s, "Sixteen Going on Seventeen"
Misheard Lyrics:
Vagiladandies. Drinkers of brandies.
What do I know of those?
Original Lyrics:
Bachelor dandies, drinkers of brandies.
What do I know of those?
Cast of 'The Sound of Music''s, "So Long, Farewell"
Misheard Lyrics:
Auf wiedersehen, we've got pie.
Original Lyrics:
Auf wiedersehen, goodbye.
Cast of 'The Sound of Music''s, "So Long, Farewell"
Misheard Lyrics:
So long, farewell, up yours you pain, good night.
Original Lyrics:
So long, farewell, auf Wiedersehen, good night.
Cast of 'The Sound of Music''s, "So Long, Farewell"
Misheard Lyrics:
So tall, pare tale, love isn't in sight,
I hate to see such a pretty sight,
I want you and you to leave with me too,
Abu Abu to you and you and you
Original Lyrics:
So long, farewell, auf Wiedersehen, goodnight
I hate to go and leave this pretty sight
So long, farewell, auf Wiedersehen, adieu
Adieu, adieu, to yieu and yieu and yieu
The Rolling Stones', "Time Is on My Side"
Misheard Lyrics:
I got the rhythm, the kind that you need
Original Lyrics:
I got the real love, the kind that you need
 
1970s
ABBA's, "S.O.S."
Misheard Lyrics:
Where are those appetites?
Original Lyrics:
Where are those happy times?
Cast of Evita's, "Buenos Aires"
Misheard Lyrics:
Just a little touch of stuck on me
Original Lyrics:
Just a little touch of star quality
Exile's, "Kiss You All Over"
Misheard Lyrics:
I wanna be bop a lula
Original Lyrics:
I wanna kiss you all over
Gunhill Road's, "Back When My Hair Was Short"
Misheard Lyrics:
Back when my hair was short, I was a wise man sport,
Original Lyrics:
Back when my hair was short, I was a white sock sport,
John Denver's, "Take Me Home, Country Roads"
Misheard Lyrics:
Missed the taste of moonshine
Original Lyrics:
Misty taste of moonshine
Johnny Rivers', "Rockin' Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu"
Misheard Lyrics:
Rock-and-roll boogies and the boogie woogie blues
Original Lyrics:
Rockin' pneumonia and the boogie woogie flu.
Neil Sedaka's, "Laughter in the Rain"
Misheard Lyrics:
I feel the warmth of her hand on my...
Original Lyrics:
I feel the warmth of her hand in mine
Nick Gilder's, "Hot Child in the City"
Misheard Lyrics:
Hot choc-o-late city
Original Lyrics:
Hot child in the city
Raspberries', "Go All the Way"
Misheard Lyrics:
Please blow it all away
Original Lyrics:
Please go all the way
Stevie Wonder's, "I Wish"
Misheard Lyrics:
(You Nestea boy)
Original Lyrics:
(You nasty boy)
The Sweet's, "Fox On the Run"
Misheard Lyrics:
Scotch on the rocks
Original Lyrics:
Fox on the run
 
1980s
Boston's, "Peace of Mind"
Misheard Lyrics:
B*tches coming much too slow
Original Lyrics:
Future's coming much too slow
Donald Fagen's, "I.G.Y."
Misheard Lyrics:
There'll be stain glass jackets one for everyone.
Original Lyrics:
There'll be spandex jackets one for everyone.
Misheard Lyrics:
Just a cubicle, human eye
Original Lyrics:
Just the two of us, you and I
INXS's, "What You Need"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'll get your laundry
or
I'll get your lingerie
Original Lyrics:
I'll give you what you need
King's, "Love & Pride"
Misheard Lyrics:
That's why my heart works for now
or
That's what my home was for now
or
That's where my home is for now
Original Lyrics:
That's what my heart yearns for now
Michael Jackson's, "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'"
Misheard Lyrics:
You start in the middle
or
You stop in the middle
Original Lyrics:
You're stuck in the middle
Phil Collins', "Don't Lose My Number"
Misheard Lyrics:
Gabby, don't you lose my number
Original Lyrics:
Billy, don't you lose my number
Queen's, "I Want It All"
Misheard Lyrics:
No time for guys
Original Lyrics:
No time to die
The Whispers', "Rock Steady"
Misheard Lyrics:
And you walk into my mind
or
And you walk into mine
Original Lyrics:
And you walk into my life
 
1990s
Better Than Ezra's, "Good"
Misheard Lyrics:
Books around the house
Original Lyrics:
Looking around the house
Fiona Apple's, "Sleep to Dream"
Misheard Lyrics:
Don't be so sexual
Original Lyrics:
Don't be so sensitive
Fiona Apple's, "Slow Like Honey"
Misheard Lyrics:
You move like Huggies
Original Lyrics:
You moved like honey
Fiona Apple's, "The First Taste"
Misheard Lyrics:
Not Mary
Original Lyrics:
Not nearly
Firehouse's, "When I Look Into Your Eyes"
Misheard Lyrics:
I see Paramus when I look in your eyes
Original Lyrics:
I see forever when I look in your eyes
Haddaway's, "What Is Love?"
Misheard Lyrics:
Baby no turkey
or
Baby cold turkey
or
Baby talks turkey
Original Lyrics:
Baby don't hurt me
Livin' Joy's, "Don't Stop Movin'"
Misheard Lyrics:
Forget about your friends tonight
Original Lyrics:
Yeah, you've got to get it right.
Smash Mouth's, "All Star"
Misheard Lyrics:
Hey now, you're an ulcer
Original Lyrics:
Hey now, you're an all-star
Take That's, "Back for Good"
Misheard Lyrics:
But in the quota of my mind I celebrated glory but that was not to be
or
But in the coda of my mind I celebrated glory but that was not to be
Original Lyrics:
But in the corner of my mind I celebrated glory but that was not to be
The Oak Ridge Boys', "Lucky Moon"
Misheard Lyrics:
Lucky moon, stay out tonight
Sunlight's scary
Original Lyrics:
Lucky moon, stay out tonight
Sunlight, stay away
They Might Be Giants', "Birdhouse in Your Soul"
Misheard Lyrics:
Like the London Symphony, it doesn't rest
Looking into the attic by the light switch
Who watches over you
Original Lyrics:
Like the Longines Symphonette, it doesn't rest
Blue canary in the outlet by the light switch
Who watches over you
 
2000s
Better Than Ezra's, "Juicy"
Misheard Lyrics:
Shoestring
Original Lyrics:
Juicy
Bob Rivers', "I Want to Be a Woman"
Misheard Lyrics:
Take my jumpsuit off, give me breasts
Ooh, all the boys will be impressed
Original Lyrics:
Take my junk and all, give me breasts
Ooh, all the boys will be impressed
Bob Rivers', "I Want to Be a Woman"
Misheard Lyrics:
Take my junction off, give me breasts
Ooh, all the boys will be impressed
Original Lyrics:
Take my junk and all, give me breasts
Ooh, all the boys will be impressed
Bowling for Soup's, "Almost"
Misheard Lyrics:
Almost lied to you
Original Lyrics:
Almost loved you
Commercial's, "Pepsi (The Joy of Pepsi)"
Misheard Lyrics:
Bye bye bye bye bye (2x)
It's Coke or Pepsi
Original Lyrics:
Ba ba ba ba ba (2x)
The Joy of Pepsi
Dido's, "Thank You"
Misheard Lyrics:
Drank too much last night
Got p*ssed today.
Original Lyrics:
Drank too much last night
Got bills to pay.
Drowning Pool's, "Bodies"
Misheard Lyrics:
Like a bomber jet before
Original Lyrics:
Let the bodies hit the floor
Finger Eleven's, "Paralyzer"
Misheard Lyrics:
Those princesses you're slaying
Original Lyrics:
The most pretentious thing
Kings of Leon's, "Molly's Chambers"
Misheard Lyrics:
She's got you, you're pissed off
Original Lyrics:
She's got your, your pistol
Mya's, "Case of the Ex"
Misheard Lyrics:
How you gonna hamper that?
Original Lyrics:
How you gonna handle that?
Rascal Flatts', "Life Is a Highway"
Misheard Lyrics:
For more sinning, for the slip and slide
Original Lyrics:
From Mozambique to those Memphis lights
Wee Sing's, "The Haunted House"
Misheard Lyrics:
The haunted house has wishes
Original Lyrics:
The haunted house has witches
 
country
Hal Ketchum's, "Long Way Down"
Misheard Lyrics:
Look outside, it's a long way down
Original Lyrics:
Look out, son, it's a long way down
 
misc
Meghan Trainor's, "Made You Look"
Misheard Lyrics:
But I’m hotter when my morning has a mess.
Original Lyrics:
But I'm hotter when my morning hair's a mess.

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