You’ve done it. I’ve done it. Listened to a song and got the lyrics completely wrong. Here are some of the best.
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1. And Why Shouldn’t Men Drink Carrot Juice?
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Heard - ‘Just a man, with a man’s carrot juice …’
Actual lyric – ‘Just a man, with a man’s courage’
(Queen, Flash)
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2. I’ve Had Better Presents …
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Heard – ‘If you gave me a bag of those ears …’
Actual lyric – ‘If you gave me back those years’
(The Bravery, Time won’t let me go)
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3. Makes Just as Much Sense …
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Heard – ‘Should I give up, or should I keep on chasing penguins’
Actual lyric – ‘Should I give up, or should I keep on chasing pavements’
(Adele, Chasing pavements)
Photo Credit: SmallThingsIced
4. We All Know What Guys Are like …
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Heard – Is it any wonder men compete
Actual lyric – Is it any wonder I am incomplete
(My Chemical Romance, Famous Last Words)
Photo Credit: Proudlove
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5. And We All Thought Cliff Was Such a Nice Guy …
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Heard – Dogs on the fire and kids on the tree
Actual lyric – Logs on the fire and gifts on the tree
(Cliff Richard, Mistletoe and Wine)
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6. Let’s Not …
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Heard – Let’s pee in the corner, let’s pee in the spotlight
Actual lyric – That’s me in the corner, that’s me in the spotlight.
(REM , Losing my religion)
Photo Credit: Bright Tal
7. Lost Sequel to Moby Dick?
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Heard – Shamu the mysterious whale
Actual lyric – she moves in mysterious ways
(U2, Mysterious Ways)
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8. Please Don’t, Grandma …
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Heard – Take your teeth out, tell me what’s wrong
Actual lyric – Chiquitita, tell me what’s wrong
(Abba, Chiquitita)
Photo Credit: Gaetan Lee
9. Too Much Information …
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Heard – I thought my mum sat on you
Actual lyric – I got my mind set on you
(George Harrison, I got my mind set on you)
Photo Credit: Spatial Mongrel
10. The Numbers Don’t Add up …
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Heard – Like a virgin, touched for the 31st time
Actual lyric – touched for the very first time
(Madonna, Like a Virgin)
Photo Credit: Sally Lo (shutterblogger2 )
Time to confess your own mistakes! How long did it take you to realise you’d got it horribly, horribly wrong?
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