Statistics for Famous Songs with commonly misunderstood, ignored or changed lyrics

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	Hint	Answer	% Correct
2012	Parody about an in-crowd district in Seoul	Psy – Gangnam Style	57%
1983	Song about a stalker	The Police – Every Breath you take	45%
1974	Misunderstood because of the different meaning the word “No” can have in Jamaican English	Bob Marley & The Wailers – No Woman, No Cry	43%
2010	Song about a planned rampage in school	Foster the People – Pumped up Kicks	34%
1984	Criticises the negative impact of the Vietnam war on the US-society	Bruce Springsteen – Born in the USA	32%
1968	Initially a tribute to Mrs Eleanor Roosevelt	Simon & Garfunkel – Mrs Robinson	21%
1958	Initially a song about the musical talent of a “colored boy”, then changed to “country boy”	Chuck Berry – Johnny B. Goode	18%
1986	Initially meant as parody about party culture, especially for the behaviour of male adolescents	Beastie Boys – (You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (To Party!)	16%
2008	One interpretation: Song about thinking of other girls while having sex with a male ex-lover.	Lady Gaga – Poker Face	8%
1965	Song about a downfall of a rich young lady, commented very viciously by the singer	Bob Dylan – Like a Rolling Stone	6%