WE’VE all been there – singing along to a song before someone points out you have got the lyrics horribly wrong.
But don’t worry, you are in good company. This week Noel Gallagher admitted he regularly forgets the lyrics to his own Oasis songs when he performs them live – and often makes them up.
Ben Griffiths brings you some of the funniest examples of misheard lyrics from our favourite pop tunes.
CHIQUITITA, ABBA
“Take your teeth out, tell me what’s wrong”
Should be: “Chiquitita, tell me what’s wrong”
BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY, QUEEN
“Saving his life from this warm sausage tea”
Should be: “Spare him his life from this monstrosity”
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I’M A BELIEVER, THE MONKEES
“Then I saw her face, now I’m gonna leave her”
Should be: “Then I saw her face, now I’m a believer”
I WANNA BE ADORED, THE STONE ROSES
“I wanna, I wanna, I gotta be a dog”
Should be: “I wanna, I wanna, I gotta be adored”
ISRAELITES, DESMOND DEKKER AND THE ACES
“Oh, Ohhhh, my ears are alight”
Should be: “Oh, Ohhhh, the Israelites”
I’M EVERY WOMAN, CHAKA KHAN
“I’m Terry Wogan”
Should be: “I’m every woman”
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TAKE A CHANCE ON ME, ABBA
“If you change your mind, Jackie Chan, I’m the first in line, Jackie Chan”
Should be: “If you change your mind, take a chance, I’m the first in line, take a chance”
I CAN SEE CLEARLY NOW, JOHNNY NASH
“I can see clearly now, Lorraine is gone”
Should be: “I can see clearly now, the rain is gone”
BLOWIN’ IN THE WIND, BOB DYLAN
“The ants are my friends, they’re blowing in the wind”
Should be: “The answer my friends, is blowing in the wind”
SEX ON FIRE, KINGS OF LEON
“Dyslexics on fire”
Should be: “Your sex is on fire”
SMELLS LIKE TEEN SPIRIT, NIRVANA
“Here we are now, in containers”
Should be: “Here we are now, entertain us”
WE WILL ROCK YOU, QUEEN
“Kicking your cat all over the place”
Should be: “Kicking your can all over the place”
EVERY TIME YOU GO AWAY, PAUL YOUNG
“Every time you go away, you take a piece of meat with you”
Should be: “Every time you go away you take a piece of me with you”
DANCING QUEEN, ABBA
“See that girl, watch her scream, kicking the dancing queen”
Should be: “See that girl, watch that scene, dig in the dancing queen”
YOU’RE THE ONE THAT I WANT, JOHN TRAVOLTA & OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN
“You’re the wobbly one”
Should be: “You’re the one that I want”
GIMME GIMME GIMME, ABBA
“Gimme Gimme Gimme a man after midnight, take me to the doctors at the break of the day”
Should be: “Take me through the darkness to the break of the day”
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