Was 2013 different from other years? Not by much, as plenty of hit songs got misheard by millions of listeners and viewers around the world.
Luckily, there are people who pay attention to mistakes of others, and set them back on the right path so they can get back to singing along with Rihanna, Imagine Dragons and Lady Gaga.
Anna Kendrick, Cups
Correct lyrics: You’re gonna miss me by my walk, you’re gonna miss me by my talk—oh, you’re gonna miss me when I’m gone.
Ariana Grande, Tatooed Heart
Correct lyrics: Wrap me up in your jacket.
Daft Punk, Get Lucky
Correct lyrics: We’re up all night to get… We’re up all night to get…
Imagine Dragons, Radioactive
Correct lyrics: This is it, the apocalypse.
Jason Derulo, The Other Side
Correct lyrics: If we walk down this road, we’ll be lovers for sure
Lady Gaga, Applause
Correct lyrics: One second I’m a Koons, then suddenly the Koons is me.
Lorde, Royals
Correct lyrics: We crave a different kind of buzz.
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Can’t Hold Us
Correct lyrics: So we put our hands up like the ceiling can’t hold us.
Miley Cyrus, Wrecking Ball
Correct lyrics: I came in like a wrecking ball.
Rihanna, Stay
Correct lyrics: Something in the way you move.
And Also…
Correct lyrics: Threw my hands in the air, said, ‘show me something.
Zedd, Clarity
Correct lyrics: You are the piece of me I wish I didn’t need.
Via: Adam Ellis
For more misheard lyrics, check out the 1990’s version.