They're some of the biggest songs in history... but we don't know them as well as we think we do
Have you ever been singing along to the radio confidently and had a friend laugh in your face for getting the lyrics wrong?
We've all been there and, quite frankly, once you mishear a song lyric it's very hard to get it out of your head.
New research has revealed millions of Brits are mishearing some of the world's best-known song lyrics and replacing them with really weird alternatives.
Three quarters of those surveyed admitted getting lyrics badly wrong in songs by Abba, Adele, Bon Jovi, Taylor Swift and many more.
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The survey of 2,000 UK adults, commissioned by Starkey Hearing Technologies, looked at the most commonly misheard lyrics to mark the launch of its new Muse hearing aids,
Other misheard song lyrics in the top 40 included Elton John's "hold me closer, tiny dancer" being heard as "hold me closer, Tony Danza" and "Dancing Queen, feel the beat from the tangerine" instead of "tambourine" in Abba's hit.
A spokesman for Starkey said: "We've all misheard song lyrics from time to time so it's really interesting and quite funny to see what the most common ones are.
"The results brought up some real classics but it's great to see newer hits featuring in the top 40 too.
"People might even argue that some of the misheard lyrics in the results are actually better than the originals
A quarter of UK adults have argued over misheard lyrics while around two thirds have checked the internet to find out what the actual lyrics are.
Also featuring in the Top 40 is "Call me when you try to wake her" from REM's 1993 hit 'The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite' is commonly mixed up with the lyric, "Calling Jamaica".
Pop-loving Brits can't enough of singing - with 85 per cent of UK adults regularly crooning along to their favourite songs.
Seven in 10 people surveyed sing in the car while four in 10 like to belt out a number or two while tidying the house.
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(Source: Mirror)
