Kicking The Dancing Queen! Top 10 misquoted song lyrics
Ozzy Osbourne is just one of the industry superstars who have topped the charts when it comes to tricky lines, according to a new poll.
The Black Sabbath frontman bagged the top spot in the blinkbox music survey which rated acts whose lyrics people find difficult to make out.
The Top Ten commonly misheard lyrics
1. ABBA – Dancing Queen (22%)
X See that girl, watch her scream, kicking the dancing queen
✓See that girl, watch that scene, diggin’ the dancing queen
2. Queen – We Will Rock You (18%)
X Kicking your cat all over the place
✓ Kicking your can all over the place
3. Bon Jovi – Living On A Prayer (12%)
X It doesn’t make a difference if we’re naked or not
✓It doesn’t make a difference if we make it or not
4. Madonna – Like a Virgin (12%)
X Like a virgin touched for the thirty-first time
✓ Like a virgin touched for the very first time
5. The Monkees – I’m A Believer (12%)
X Then I saw her face, now I’m gonna leave her
✓ Then I saw her face, now I’m a believer
6. Johnny Nash – I Can See Clearly Now (11%)
X I can see clearly now Lorraine has gone
✓ I can see clearly now, the rain is gone
7. Rihanna – We Found Love (11%)
X What it takes to form a line
✓ What it takes to come alive
8. Jimi Hendrix – Purple Haze (9%)
X Excuse me while I kiss this guy
✓ Excuse me whilst I kiss the sky
9. Spice Girls – Wannabe (9%)
X If you wanna be my lover, you gotta get rid of my friends
✓ If you wanna be my lover, you gotta get with my friends
10. Starship – We Built This City (8%)
X We built this city on logs and coal
✓ We built this city on rock and roll
Born This Way songstress Lady Gaga came second followed by Boombastic reggae musician Shaggy.
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The top five was completed by Jamaican musician Sean Paul and rapper Jay-Z.
Two thousand music fans were quizzed by researchers who then compiled the top ten list.
Online music streaming service blinkbox commissioned the survey which highlights the worst offenders for hard-to-interpret song lyrics.
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The list also features global sensation Rihanna, who topped the UK charts for 10 consecutive weeks with her Umbrella single, and pop princess Miley Cyrus.
Late guitarist and singer Jimi Hendrix, who created hits including Purple Haze and Foxy Lady came in eighth position.
Prince and Bob Dylan rounded off the list.
The top ten music acts whose lyrics are the hardest to understand:
1. Ozzy Osbourne (28%)
2. Lady Gaga (22%)
3. Shaggy (22%)
4. Sean Paul (14%)
5. Jay Z (14%)
6. Rihanna (14%)
7. Miley Cyrus (13%
8. Jimi Hendrix (10%)
9. Prince (9%)
10. Bob Dylan (8%)
