Before the Internet, children, we didn't even have a vaguely accurate source for song lyrics. If your favorite band didn't include them on the liner notes (ask Grandma what those are), or you didn't have a Top Hits of 1983 piano book, you were just guessing, really. How do you think "There's a bathroom [bad moon] on the right [rise]" became so accepted?
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Now, we have lyrics sites, but more often than not they're wrong. And that's OK, because sometimes the funny misheard lyrics are irrefutably better than the correct ones. Here are our favorite misheard lyrics of 2014.
'All About That Bass,' Meghan Trainor
Real lyric: "I'm all about that bass, 'bout that bass, no treble."
Misheard lyric: "I'm all about that bass, 'bout that bass, snow shovel." (Via Am I Right.com)
'Fancy,' by Iggy Azalea
Real lyric: "I'm so fancy, can't you taste this gold?"
Misheard lyric: "I'm so fancy, can't you taste that scone?" (Via Kiss This Guy.com)
'Shake It Off,' Taylor Swift
Real lyric: "Heart-breakers gonna break, break, break, break, break, and the fakers gonna fake, fake, fake, fake, fake."
Misheard lyric: "My fingers gonna break, break, break, break, break, and the bakers gonna bake, bake, bake, bake, bake." (Via Kiss This Guy.com)
'Let It Go,' Idina Menzel, from 'Frozen'
Real lyric: "Let it go, let it go, turn away and slam the door."
Misheard lyric: "Let it go, let it go, Turtle Wayan slammed the door." (Via Pleated-Jeans, watch his great video here, some adult language.)
'Blank Space,' Taylor Swift
Real lyric: "Got a long list of ex-lovers, they'll tell you I'm insane."
Misheard lyric: "All the lonely Starbucks lovers, they'll tell you I'm insane." (Via numerous folks on Twitter.)
'Problem,' Ariana Grande
Real lyric: "Every time you touch me and say you love me, I get a little bit breathless."
Misheard lyric: "Every time you touch me and say you love me, I get a little bit breath mints." (Via Kiss This Guy.com.)
'Boom Clap,' Charli XCX
Real lyric: "Boom clap, you make me feel good, come on to me, come on to me now."
Misheard lyric: "Boom clap, you make me feel good, come on, Timmy, come on, Timmy now." (Via Kiss This Guy.com.)
'Chandelier,' Sia
Real lyric: "I want to swing from the chandelier."
Misheard lyric: "I want to swim from the Champs Elysees." (Via Am I Right.com.)
Gael Fashingbauer Cooper is the co-author of "Whatever Happened to Pudding Pops?" and "The Totally Sweet '90s," Follow her on Google+.