Mondegreen Madness: The Songs You Misheard Quiz

Answer: Blowing In The Wind - Bob Dylan

The correct lyrics are: "The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind".
"Blowing In the Wind" appeared on Dylan's 1963 album "Freewheeling". It has been covered by numerous artists, including Peter, Paul, and Mary, who took it to Number Two in the Billboard pop charts in 1963.

Answer: Suspicious Minds - Elvis Presley

The correct lyrics are: "We're caught in a trap".
A great song, many believe, yet the original recording by Mark James just did not sell, while Presley picked it up and took it to the top of the Billboard charts in 1969. It was his 18th and final US Number One (as a living artist, that is.)

Answer: We Didn't Start The Fire - Billy Joel

The correct lyrics are: "It was always burning since the world's been turning".
From the album "Storm Front", the song references 40 years of historical occurrences and was a Billboard Number One in 1989. For a songwriter with such a well-regarded catalogue, surprisingly Joel only had two other Number Ones in the US: "Tell Her About It" in 1983 and "It's Still Rock And Roll To Me" in 1990. (Quite a shocking fact for this admirer of the piano man.)

Answer: All By Myself - Eric Carmen

The correct lyrics are: "All by myself."
Released in 1972, "All By Myself" reached Number Two in the Billboard Hot 100. Musically it was based on a Rachmaninov piano concerto.

Answer: How Will I Know? - Whitney Houston

The correct lyrics are: "I'm asking you what you know about these things".
Taken from Houston's eponymous debut album, "How Will I Know" in 1985, the single topped the Billboard Hot 100.

Answer: Constant Craving - k. d. lang

The correct lyrics are: "A constant craving."
Although it did not trouble the top of the charts, the song, from the album "Ingénue", won lang a Grammy for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance in 1993.

Answer: Tiny Dancer - Elton John

The correct lyrics are: "Hold me closer, tiny dancer."
With words by Bernie Taupin and music by Elton John, the song was on the 1971 album "Madman Across The Water." It was a platinum-selling single in the US, but was not released as a single in the UK.

Answer: Mercy - Duffy

The correct lyrics are: "You got me begging you for mercy."
Taken from Duffy's first studio album "Rockferry" in 2008, "Mercy" was a chart topper in 11 countries around the world, including her native Great Britain, but only reached Number 27 in the US Billboard charts.

Answer: Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen

The correct lyrics are: "Spare him his life from this monstrosity."
Who would have predicted that a six-minute long song could be a chart topper? Yet "Bohemian Rhapsody" did just that - reaching number one in six countries, including the UK, in 1976. In the US it reached only Number Nine in the Billboard charts that year, but hit Number Two on re-release in 1992. With a changing tempo and comprising several "episodes", the song was accompanied by an outstanding music video.

Answer: Get Back - The Beatles

The correct lyrics are: "Jojo was a man who thought he was a loner."
(Personal confession time: This was one I was convinced of.)
Written by Paul McCartney, the song entered the UK pop charts at Number one in 1969 and stayed there for six weeks. It was to become the Fab Four's 17th US Billboard chart topper