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1960s
Blood, Sweat, and Tears', "Spinning Wheel"
Misheard Lyrics:
And show you the colors on the wheel
Original Lyrics:
And show you the colors that are real
Johnny Horton's, "North to Alaska"
Misheard Lyrics:
When George trapped his partner and brother Billy, too
Original Lyrics:
With George Pratt, his partner, and brother Billy, too
The 5th Dimension's, "Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In"
Misheard Lyrics:
Baby sunshine
Original Lyrics:
Let the sunshine
 
1970s
Anne Murray's, "Danny's Song"
Misheard Lyrics:
And even though we hate our mommy
Original Lyrics:
And even though we ain't got money
Blood, Sweat, and Tears', "Lucretia MacEvil"
Misheard Lyrics:
Baby Delilah
Original Lyrics:
Back seat Delilah
Carly Simon's, "You're So Vain"
Misheard Lyrics:
You're so gay
Original Lyrics:
You're so vain
Cher's, "Gypsys, Tramps, and Thieves"
Misheard Lyrics:
Disney has a deal
Original Lyrics:
Gypsys, tramps, and thieves
Dire Straits', "Sultans of Swing"
Misheard Lyrics:
We are the Soul Train this spring
Original Lyrics:
We are the sultans of swing
Elaine Paige's, "Rainbow High"
Misheard Lyrics:
Just a little Dutch
Original Lyrics:
Just a little touch of—
Gary Glitter's, "Hello, Hello, I'm Back Again!"
Misheard Lyrics:
Hello, hello, tell all of your friends
I'm fat, I'm fat, as a matter of fact,
As a matter of fact, I'm fat.
Original Lyrics:
Hello, hello, tell all of your friends
I'm back, I'm back, as a matter of fact,
As a matter of fact, I'm back.
Hamilton, Joe Frank, and Reynolds', "Don't Pull Your Love"
Misheard Lyrics:
Don't fool around on me, baby
Original Lyrics:
Don't pull your love out on me, baby
Misheard Lyrics:
Sweet layin' midnight's hour
Original Lyrics:
As we lay at midnight's hour
John Denver's, "Annie's Song"
Misheard Lyrics:
You thrill all my children
Original Lyrics:
You fill up my senses
Loggins & Messina's, "Your Mama Don't Dance"
Misheard Lyrics:
And your Cadillac rocks and rolls
Original Lyrics:
And your daddy don't rock and roll
Michael Franks', "Popsicle Toes"
Misheard Lyrics:
I like to feel your warm brassiere
Original Lyrics:
I like to feel your warm Brazil
Rod Stewart's, "Maggie May"
Misheard Lyrics:
Mickey Mouse, I think I got something to say to you
Original Lyrics:
Wake up, Maggie, I think I got something to say to you
The Raiders', "Indian Reservation"
Misheard Lyrics:
They took the home on their vacation
Original Lyrics:
The took the whole Cherokee nation
Village People's, "Macho Man"
Misheard Lyrics:
Taco, taco man
or
Taco, Taco Bell
Original Lyrics:
Macho, macho man
 
1980s
Billy Ocean's, "Suddenly"
Misheard Lyrics:
Scurry
Original Lyrics:
Suddenly
Dire Straits', "Money for Nothing"
Misheard Lyrics:
Monkey to monkey
Original Lyrics:
Money for nothing
Dire Straits', "Walk of Life"
Misheard Lyrics:
To the knockout life
Original Lyrics:
Do the walk of life
Elaine Paige and Barbara Dickson's, "I Know Him So Well"
Misheard Lyrics:
I love a sombrero
Original Lyrics:
I know him so well
James Brown's, "Living in America"
Misheard Lyrics:
I win in America
or
I win in a marathon
Original Lyrics:
I live in America
Michael Jackson's, "Got to Be There"
Misheard Lyrics:
Come to BK
Original Lyrics:
Got to be there
R.E.M.'s, "Stand"
Misheard Lyrics:
Scam in the place where you work
Original Lyrics:
Stand in the place where you were
Survivor's, "I Can't Hold Back"
Misheard Lyrics:
I kicked the Coke can
Original Lyrics:
I can't hold back
 
1990s
Aerosmith's, "Cryin'"
Misheard Lyrics:
Now I'm tired to forget you
Original Lyrics:
Now I'm dyin' to forget you
Backstreet Boys', "As Long as You Love Me"
Misheard Lyrics:
The more you love me
Original Lyrics:
As long as you love me
Catatonia's, "Dead from the Waist Down"
Misheard Lyrics:
They came at once
or
They came, not one
Original Lyrics:
Make hay, not war
K-Ci & JoJo's, "Tell Me It's Real"
Misheard Lyrics:
Tell me to sleep
Original Lyrics:
Tell me it's real
Len's, "Steal My Sunshine"
Misheard Lyrics:
(In the bit of sunshine)
Original Lyrics:
(If you steal my sunshine)
Lighthouse Family's, "Lifted"
Misheard Lyrics:
We could be lizards
or
We could be wizards
Original Lyrics:
We could be lifted
Maxx's, "Get-a-Way"
Misheard Lyrics:
Chick-fil-A, Chick-fil-A
Original Lyrics:
Get-a-way, get-a-way
Nirvana's, "Heart Shaped Box"
Misheard Lyrics:
Hey! Yay!
Original Lyrics:
Hey! Wait!
Quad City DJ's', "C'mon N' Ride It (The Train)"
Misheard Lyrics:
Orion
Original Lyrics:
Hey ride it
Rednex's, "Cotton Eye Joe"
Misheard Lyrics:
Lady Gaga, where did you go?
Original Lyrics:
Where did you come from? Where did you go?
Shaggy's, "Oh Carolina"
Misheard Lyrics:
Well how me love old Chirac
Watch Jacques Chirac
Body it a swing like my grandfather clock
Gal, move your body make Amanda drop
Original Lyrics:
Well how me love how she shock
Watch how she rock
Body it a swing like my grandfather clock
Gal, move your body make man them drop
Spin Doctors', "Little Miss Can't Be Wrong"
Misheard Lyrics:
Pianist, pianist, pianist can't be wrong
Original Lyrics:
Little Miss, Little Miss, Little Miss can't be wrong
Tom Cochrane's, "Sinking Like a Sunset"
Misheard Lyrics:
She's thinking about the princess and gorilla.
Original Lyrics:
She's thinking about the prince and Cinderella.
Vanilla Ice's, "Ice Ice Baby"
Misheard Lyrics:
Check out the hook while my DJ resolves it
(Later)
They passed me up, confronted all the dope beans
Original Lyrics:
Check out the hook while my DJ revolves it
(Later)
They passed me up, confronted all the dope fiends
Weird Al Yankovic's, "Smells Like Nirvana"
Misheard Lyrics:
Buy our elbow
Original Lyrics:
Buy our album
 
2000s
Backstreet Boys', "Shape of My Heart"
Misheard Lyrics:
Hold me now, Chewbacca
(later)
Touch me now, Chewbacca
Original Lyrics:
Hold me now, don't bother
(later)
Touch me now, don't bother
Busted's, "Year 3000"
Misheard Lyrics:
And your great-great-great-granddaughter is Ralph Fiennes
Original Lyrics:
And your great-great-great-granddaughter is pretty fine
Janet Jackson's, "All for You"
Misheard Lyrics:
All the girls have a dolly
Original Lyrics:
All my girls at the party
Natalie Imbruglia's, "Shiver"
Misheard Lyrics:
I get better
Original Lyrics:
I get bent up
Nickelback's, "Photograph"
Misheard Lyrics:
Look at this bar graph
Original Lyrics:
Look at this photograph
Phil Collins', "Can't Stop Loving You"
Misheard Lyrics:
Dr. Seuss is...
Original Lyrics:
Got your suitcase
 
2010s
Misheard Lyrics:
Raindrops happen on a stage
Original Lyrics:
Ride drop top and chase thrills
 
christian
DC Talk's, "Jesus Freak"
Misheard Lyrics:
What would people sing…
Original Lyrics:
What would people think…
 
misc
Kendrick Lamar's, "Not Like Us"
Misheard Lyrics:
Mustard on the beef, ho
Original Lyrics:
Mustard on the beat, ho

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