The 10 Most- Misheard Song Lyrics

Starring Abba, Queen, Bon Jovi
By Matt Cantor,  Newser Staff
Posted Apr 19, 2014 3:59 PM CDT
The 10 Most- Misheard Song Lyrics
FILE - In this Sunday, June 12, 2011, file photo, US musician Jon Bon Jovi performs at the Olympic Stadium in Munich, southern Germany, during his European "Open Air Tour'." Bon Jovi won top honors at the Billboard Touring Awards and Georgie Strait has been named the 2013 Legend of Live award, announced...   (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader, File)

"See that girl, watch her scream": British music website Blinkbox has polled 2,000 adults on the most-misheard pop lyrics ever, and the results are amusing. While Ozzy Osbourne, Lady Gaga, and Shaggy topped the list of least-understandable singers, it was Abba, Queen, and Bon Jovi whose individual songs left listeners confused. The survey results, via the Telegraph:

  1. ABBA, "Dancing Queen": "See that girl/ Watch her scream/ Kicking the dancing queen." (Real lyrics: "See that girl/ Watch that scene/ Digging the dancing queen.")
  2. Queen, "We Will Rock You": "Kicking your cat all over the place." (Real lyrics: "Kicking your can all over the place.")

  1. Bon Jovi, "Living on a Prayer": "It doesn't make a difference if we're naked or not." (Real lyrics: "It doesn't make a difference if we make it or not.")
  2. Madonna, "Like a Virgin": "Like a virgin/ Touched for the thirty-first time." (Real lyrics: "Like a virgin/ Touched for the very first time.")
  3. The Monkees, "I'm a Believer": "Then I saw her face/ Now I'm gonna leave her." (Real lyrics: "Then I saw her face/ Now I'm a believer.")
Click for the full list. (More lists stories.)

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