Message in a Bottle, the band's 1979 hit has the line: "A year has passed since I wrote my note", but fans regularly mishear it as "A year has passed since I broke my nose."
The lyrics from his 1980 song "When The World Is Running Down" came top of the list.
"You make the best of what's still around" is a line regularly misheard as "You make the best homemade stew around."
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The chart reads:
1) The Police – When The World Is Running Down
Misheard: "You make the best homemade stew around."
Actual: "You make the best of what's still around."
2) Bee Gees – Stayin' Alive
Misheard: "It's alright. It's okay. You make love the other way."
Actual: "It's alright. It's okay. You may look the other way."
3) The Beatles – Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds
Misheard: "The girl with colitis goes by."
Actual: "The girl with kaleidoscope eyes."
4) U2 – Mysterious Ways
Misheard: Shamu the mysterious whale
Real Lyric She moves in mysterious ways
5) The Beatles – Michelle
Misheard: "Michelle ma belle, some say monkeys play piano well, play piano well.
Actual: Michelle ma belle, sont des mots qui vont tres bien ensemble, tres bien ensemble.
6) Queen – Bohemian Rhapsody
Misheard "Scallaboosh, Scallaboosh, will you do the banned tango"
Actual: "Scaramouche, scaramouche, will you do the Fandango"
7) The Police – Message In A Bottle
Misheard: "A year has passed since I broke my nose."
Actual: "A year has passed since I wrote my note."
8) David Bowie – Changes
Misheard: "Strange vaccinations are killing me."
Actual: "Strange fascination fascinating me."
9) Oasis – Wonderwall
Misheard: "You're gonna be the one at Sainsbury's"
Original Lyrics: "You're gonna be the one that saves me"
10) Kate Bush – Wuthering Heights
Misheard: Healthcliff! "It's me; I'm a tree, I'm a wombat. Oh, so cold at the end of your winter"
Actual: "Heathcliff! It's me, Cathy and I've come home oh, so cold, let me in-a your window"
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