We've all done it: Been cluelessly singing along to a song only to learn (maybe from a lyrics sheet, or maybe from a happily horrified friend) that we had the words all wrong. The most famous ones have passed into pop-culture lore. Round John Virgin.* There's a bathroom on the right.** Hold me closer, Tony Danza.***
With some help from the great misheard lyrics sites Kiss This Guy and Am I Right?, these are our favorite misheard lyrics from 2013.
"So we put our hands up, like we seen a damn ogre." — Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, "Can't Hold Us"Real lyric: "So we put our hands up, like the ceiling can't hold us."
“All I wanted was to break your arms,” — Miley Cyrus, “Wrecking Ball”Real lyric: “All I wanted was to break your walls.”
“I smell a Mexican monkey,” — Daft Punk, “Get Lucky”Real lyrics: “I’m up all night to get lucky."
“I’ll be on my Slip-n-Slide,” — Justin Timberlake, “Suit & Tie”Real lyrics: “I be on my suit and tie.”
"My friends in Iowa cracked the code," — Lorde, "Royals"Real lyrics: "My friends and I, we've cracked the code."
"It feels like a perfect night to dress up like hamsters." — Taylor Swift, "22"Real lyrics: "It feels like a perfect night to dress up like hipsters."
* "Round yon virgin," from "Silent Night"** "There's a bad moon on the rise," from Creedence Clearwater Revival's "Bad Moon Rising"*** "Hold me closer, tiny dancer," from Elton John's "Tiny Dancer"
