'Dancing queen, feel the beat from the tangerine'. 'Hearing well is vital to our health and wellbeing and today's technology is so sophisticated and discreet that there's really no need to mishear your favourite songs.'Ĩ. 'Those who think they might not be hearing as well as they should are encouraged to have it checked. More than half of respondents admit that they are awful singers - just four per cent described themselves as great singers.Īnd seven in ten of those surveyed have been caught belting out a number when they mistakenly thought no one was looking.Ī spokesman for Starkey added: 'Although mishearing things can be quite funny, it can also be a common sign of hearing loss.
Other places people polled like to sing include when shopping, when exercising, when gardening - and when on the loo.ĭespite this half of us find it annoying when people sing along to songs in front of them. Unless the singer has a fondness for the birds, this makes no sense at allĪ quarter of respondents like to work on their vocals in the shower or bath and 40 per cent said they enjoy a sing-along when cooking. While Adele's 2008 hit 'Chasing Pavements' is wrongly sung as 'Chasing Penguins'. 'People might even argue that some of the misheard lyrics in the results are actually better than the originals.'Ī quarter of UK adults have argued over misheard lyrics while around two thirds have checked the internet to find out what the actual lyrics are.Īlso featuring in the Top 40 is 'Call me when you try to wake her' from REM's 1993 hit 'The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite' is commonly mixed up with the lyric, 'Calling Jamaica'.įrom Johnny Nash's 'I can see clearly now' is 'I can see clearly now Lorraine is gone' which when sang correctly is 'I can see clearly now the rain has gone'. 'The results brought up some real classics but it's great to see newer hits featuring in the top 40 too. The chorus from Kings of Leon's 'Sex on fire' has been wrongly heard as 'dyslexics on fire' - which is definitely not something you want to happenĪ spokesman for Starkey said: 'We've all misheard song lyrics from time to time so it's really interesting and quite funny to see what the most common ones are.
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