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1950s
Bobby Darin's, "Mack the Knife"
Misheard Lyrics:
And a keepsake
Original Lyrics:
And he keeps it
Vaughn Monroe's, "Sound Off (Duckworth Chant)"
Misheard Lyrics:
Sound off, sound off tater tots 1-2-3-4, 1-2-3-4
Original Lyrics:
Sound off, sound off, cadence count (1-2-3-4 1-2, 3-4)
 
1970s
Aerosmith's, "Back in the Saddle"
Misheard Lyrics:
A co•• in the center of hell
Original Lyrics:
I'm back in the saddle again
Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band's, "Old Time Rock and Roll"
Misheard Lyrics:
Just take those old Milk Duds off the shelf
Original Lyrics:
Just take those old records off the shelf
Harry Belafonte's, "Mary's Boy Child"
Misheard Lyrics:
Mary's fourth child, Jesus Christ
Was gone on Christmas day
Original Lyrics:
Mary's boy child, Jesus Christ
Was born on Christmas day
Led Zeppelin's, "Rock and Roll"
Misheard Lyrics:
Miracle Whip
Original Lyrics:
Here we go now
Manfred Mann's Earth Band's, "Blinded by the Light"
Misheard Lyrics:
And little Burly Whirly kissed my a**s curly whirly
Original Lyrics:
And little Early-Pearly came by in his curly-whirly
Pink Floyd's, "Learning to Fly"
Misheard Lyrics:
Nature lock, set
Original Lyrics:
Friction lock, set
 
1980s
B.J. Thomas and Jennifer Warnes', "As Long as We Got Each Other (Growing Pains theme)"
Misheard Lyrics:
Show me that smell again
Original Lyrics:
Show me that smile again
Kate Bush's, "Night of the Swallow"
Misheard Lyrics:
With the higher plain and no names then it showed
Tonight's the night of the flame
Before you know I'll be over the borderline
The swallow
Original Lyrics:
With a hired plane,
And no names mentioned.
Tonight's the night of the flight.
Before you know, I'll be over the water
Like a swallow
Michael Jackson's, "Thriller"
Misheard Lyrics:
'Cause he's a diddler, diddler now.
Original Lyrics:
'Cause this is Thriller, Thriller Night.
Michael Jackson's, "Thriller"
Misheard Lyrics:
'Cause his a killer, on killer's night!
Original Lyrics:
'Cause this is thriller, thriller night!
Michael Jackson's, "Thriller"
Misheard Lyrics:
'Cause it is Miller, Miller light.
Original Lyrics:
'Cause this is thriller, thriller night.
Michael Jackson's, "Thriller"
Misheard Lyrics:
'Cause stee sta steela! Steela not!
Original Lyrics:
'Cause this is Thriller, Thriller Night.
Michael Jackson's, "Thriller"
Misheard Lyrics:
'Cause that's what you feeling, feeling
Original Lyrics:
'Cause this is thriller, thriller night
Michael Jackson's, "Thriller"
Misheard Lyrics:
'Cause this is Dillards!, Dillards Nite.
Original Lyrics:
'Cause this is Thriller, Thriller Night.
Michael Jackson's, "Thriller"
Misheard Lyrics:
'Cause this is Thriller, Thriller Night
And I can thrill you more
Than any ghoul could ever dance right.
Original Lyrics:
That it's a Thriller, Thriller Night
'Cause I can thrill you more
Than any ghoul would ever dare try.
Michael Jackson's, "Thriller"
Misheard Lyrics:
'Cause this is Thriller, Thriller Night
And I can thrill you more
Than any girl could ever dance right.
Original Lyrics:
That it's a Thriller, Thriller Night
'Cause I can thrill you more
Than any ghoul would ever dare try.
Michael Jackson's, "Thriller"
Misheard Lyrics:
'Cause this is filler
Original Lyrics:
'Cause this is thriller
Michael Jackson's, "Thriller"
Misheard Lyrics:
'Cause this is freedom
Original Lyrics:
'Cause this is thriller
Michael Jackson's, "Thriller"
Misheard Lyrics:
'Cause this is pillar
Original Lyrics:
'Cause this is thriller
Michael Jackson's, "Thriller"
Misheard Lyrics:
'Cause this is pillar
Original Lyrics:
'Cause this is thriller
Michael Jackson's, "Thriller"
Misheard Lyrics:
'Cause this is thriller, thriller night
And no one's gonna save you
From a beast or garbage strike
Original Lyrics:
'Cause this is thriller, thriller night
And no one's gonna save you
From the beast about to strike
Michael Jackson's, "Thriller"
Misheard Lyrics:
'Cause this is thriller, thriller night
There ain't no second chance
Against the thing with the 45
Original Lyrics:
'Cause this is thriller, thriller night
There ain't no second chance
Against the thing with forty eyes
Michael Jackson's, "Thriller"
Misheard Lyrics:
And grizzly ghouls from every tomb
Are closing in to see how you're doing
Original Lyrics:
And grizzly ghouls from every tomb
Are closing in to seal your doom
Michael Jackson's, "Thriller"
Misheard Lyrics:
And no one's gonna save you
From the pins up in your eyes.
Original Lyrics:
And no one's gonna save you
From the beast about to strike.
Michael Jackson's, "Thriller"
Misheard Lyrics:
Dit-dit-dit-diller
Original Lyrics:
'Cause this is thriller
Michael Jackson's, "Thriller"
Misheard Lyrics:
It's Phyllis Diller, Diller now
Original Lyrics:
'Cause this is Thriller, Thriller Night
Michael Jackson's, "Thriller"
Misheard Lyrics:
It's colostomy night
Original Lyrics:
It's close to midnight
Michael Jackson's, "Thriller"
Misheard Lyrics:
Lotta creatures crawl
And the dead start to walk in their mass grave.
Original Lyrics:
Night creatures call
And the dead start to walk in their masquerade.
Michael Jackson's, "Thriller"
Misheard Lyrics:
Night creatures crawl
On the dance floor tonight in their masquerade
Original Lyrics:
Night creatures call
And the dead start to walk in their masquerade
Michael Jackson's, "Thriller"
Misheard Lyrics:
Now is the time for you and I to cut or blow together
Original Lyrics:
Now is the time for you and I to cuddle close together
Michael Jackson's, "Thriller"
Misheard Lyrics:
Now is the time
Or you and I won't cut the clothes together
Original Lyrics:
Now is the time for you and I to cuddle close together
Michael Jackson's, "Thriller"
Misheard Lyrics:
So just get up, get up, get up
Original Lyrics:
Inside a killer, thriller tonight
Michael Jackson's, "Thriller"
Misheard Lyrics:
The flying dentures in the air
Original Lyrics:
The foulest stenches in the air
Michael Jackson's, "Thriller"
Misheard Lyrics:
The foulest dentures in the air
Original Lyrics:
The foulest stenches in the air
Michael Jackson's, "Thriller"
Misheard Lyrics:
You try to scream,
But Tarantino zombie finds you naked.
Original Lyrics:
You try to scream,
But terror takes the sound before you make it.
Michael Jackson's, "Thriller"
Misheard Lyrics:
You try to scream
But pterodactyls fly over you naked
You start to freeze
As someone pokes you right between the eyes
Original Lyrics:
You try to scream
But terror takes the sound before you make it
You start to freeze
As horror looks you right between the eyes
Michael Jackson's, "Thriller"
Misheard Lyrics:
You're fighting for your life
Inside a can of, can of, woo... Miller
Original Lyrics:
You're fighting for your life
Inside a killer, killer, woo... thriller
The Rolling Stones', "Rock and a Hard Place"
Misheard Lyrics:
The East of Eden
Original Lyrics:
The fields of Eden
 
1990s
Alanis Morissette's, "Thank U"
Misheard Lyrics:
thank you lovely nurse
Original Lyrics:
thank you nothingness
Alanis Morissette's, "You Oughta Know"
Misheard Lyrics:
they open wide
Original Lyrics:
be open wide
Christina Aguilera's, "Genie in a Bottle"
Misheard Lyrics:
You gotta run before I break
Original Lyrics:
You gotta rub me the right way
Depeche Mode's, "I Feel You"
Misheard Lyrics:
It's just the dawning of Avalon
Original Lyrics:
It's just the dawning of our love
 
2000s
Outkast's, "Hey Ya!"
Misheard Lyrics:
Shake it like a Courdory Gangster
Original Lyrics:
Shake it like a Polaroid picture.
Shayne Ward's, "If That's Ok With You?"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'm gonna sing Tamara just for giving you birth
Original Lyrics:
I'm gonna saint your mother just for giving you birth
 
2010s
AWOLNATION's, "Sail"
Misheard Lyrics:
Blame it on my A.T.V., baby
Original Lyrics:
Blame it on my A.D.D., baby
One Direction's, "What Makes You Beautiful"
Misheard Lyrics:
You're ACQ
Original Lyrics:
You're insecure
 
country
The Oak Ridge Boys', "Lucky Moon"
Misheard Lyrics:
Lucky you
Original Lyrics:
Lucky moon
 
xmas
The Pogues', "Fairytale of New York"
Misheard Lyrics:
I packed them with my own
Original Lyrics:
I put them with my own

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