21 Song Lyrics That People Got ABSOLUTELY Wrong For Most Of Their Lives

We recently asked the BuzzFeed Community to share the song lyrics that they find out they've been singing entirely wrong their whole lives.

Here are some of the best responses:

2. "I know the lyrics to Lizzo's 'Truth Hurts' are 'You coulda had a bad bitch, non-committal,' but what I heard the first time and what I continue to hear to this day is, 'You coulda had a bad bitch, Malcolm Middle.' I didn't even question it at first, but after about a month, I went, 'hey, let me just double-check the lyrics real quick.'"

—Eurydice, 28 Pennsylvania

3. "When my sister was seven, she had a class assignment to write the name of her favorite song. So my sister went up to her teacher and asked her how to spell the word 'rawhide.' The teacher was obviously confused and asked her what song had the word 'rawhide' in the title. My sister answered that her favorite song was 'Ticket to Rawhide' by The Beatles. In her defense, when they sing 'Ticket to Ride,' they do drag out the 'ri-i-ide,' and we had dogs who loved chewing on rawhides!"

—41, Massachusetts 

4. "In Doja Cat’s 'Woman,' I’ve always sung 'Define feminine, I’m feminine' when in reality it’s 'Divine feminine, I’m feminine.' This one actually shocked me so much when I saw the official lyrics."

—Anonymous, Venezuela

5. "I confidently sang 'Come on, Come on, Come on, Come on, Come on, Amelia!' during 'Karma Chameleon' for years. My family sang it all the time when I was younger, and I was singing it around the house a few years ago when my mom stopped me. She made me sing the lyrics again and laughed at me the whole time. The song is ruined for me now because what does 'Karma Chameleon' even mean?"

—Anonymous, Dallas

6. "I was singing "Dancing queen, feel the beat from the tambourine. You can dance, you can DIE, having the time of your life' instead of 'you can JIVE.' To be fair, I just didn't know what jive meant at the time."

—Anonymous, 33, New York

7. "For Michael Jackson's 'Billie Jean,' I would sing 'She’s just a girl who claims I am the one but yo quiero una manzana.' Then about four years ago it dawned on me that he couldn’t possibly want an apple. The correct lyrics are '…but the kid is not my son.' One of my friends laughed so hard she legit peed herself."

—Anonymous, 32, New York

8. "When I was a kid, I thought 'Livin' on a prayer' was 'Livin' on a prairie' for years. I would literally go in my garage, put my roller skates on, and listen to the song on repeat while I rolled around for hours."

—Anonymous, 18, United States

9. "In Prince's song '1999,' the actual lyrics are 'There’s a lion in my pocket and, baby, he’s ready to roar.' What I sang was 'There’s a lime in my pocket and, baby, he’s ready to roll.'”

—Anonymous, 54, South Dakota

10. "When singing 'Apologize' by Timbaland, my daughter would belt out 'It’s too late to call the judge' instead of 'It's too late to apologize.'"

—Anonymous, Kim, United States

11. "My husband and daughter break into giggles every time we hear The Bee Gees' 'More Than a Woman.' Instead, they sing 'bald-headed woman, bald-headed woman to me.'"

—Anonymous, 64, New Hampshire

12. "In 'Flashdance,' I thought the line 'take your passion' was 'take your pants down!'"

—quizzymule508

13. “'They were fighting there for you and me, for LEAVES and TREES, Fernando.' The correct word is 'liberty.' Sorry about that, ABBA."

—scoutomalley1

14. "In 'Blue' by Eiffel65, they're singing 'I'm blue, da ba dee da ba di da ba dee da ba di,' but I thought it was 'I'm blue, I'm in need of a guy, I'm in need of a guy.'"

—disneyastronaut

15. "In 'Back in One Piece' by Aaliyah feat. DMX, there’s a lyric where DMX raps, 'I get RECKLESS, but I still know that home is home.' As a child, I thought DMX said, 'I get BREAKFAST, but I still know that home is home.' It wasn’t until quarantine when I was listening to that very song with my sister and she said, 'WTF did you just say?!' This was almost 20 years after the song was released, and my adult brain never corrected my childhood mistake. My sister still randomly says 'I get BREAKFAST' to me just to tease. I can’t take it!"

—marvelousstar25

16. "I thought Lil Jon & The East Side Boyz were saying, 'Can I play with your dandelion' in 'Get Low.' It's actually 'Can I play with your panty line' and I liked my version better."

—jennifern44d6a36a7

17. "In 'Escapade,' I thought that Janet Jackson was singing 'many accolades' instead of 'Minneapolis.'"

—jamilamt

18. "In 'Here I Go Again' by Whitesnake, I used to think the lyric 'Like a drifter, I was born to walk alone' was 'like a twister, I was born to walk alone.' I mean, it made sense in young me's head — twisters are pretty dangerous and would be alone."

—astridshelm

19. "In Stevie Nicks’ 'Edge of Seventeen,' I always sang 'Just like the one-winged dove' instead of 'white-winged dove.' I thought it was deep and meant that the dove only had one wing but was singing anyway. I like my version better, now that I think about it."

—delicioustree561

20. "In 'You' by Lloyd, I had been singing 'she’s 5’2 and I want you' instead of 'she’s FINE too, but I want you.'"

—superalligator51

21. "In 'I Miss You' by Blink-182, "The line is, 'And as I stare I counted / The webs from all the spiders.' For ages, I sang 'The West Ramona spiders.' To be honest, I still do sometimes."

—a_little_batty

22. "In 'It’s So Easy' by Linda Ronstadt, the correct lyric is 'It’s so easy to fall in love,' but I always heard, 'It’s so queasy to fall in love.' I mean, was I wrong?"

—jadefishes

What song lyrics have you gotten completely wrong before? Let us know in the comments!

Some submissions have been edited for length and/or clarity.