I am from Germany and when I heard the Bee Gees song Staying Alive for the first time I thought they were singing about Ferries - I made out they were singing Stena Line
A childhood belief about misheard lyrics

others believed things like this
- I always thought that "Staying Alive" by the Bee Gees was sung by Aretha Franklin.Anon
- I used to think that the song"Stayin Alive" said "Staying In Line" like at school when I was little. — MacKenzie
- When I first heard the song "Constant Craving" by KD Lang, I thought she was singing "God save gravy."Anon
- When I first heard Matt Monro's song "Born Free," I thought he was singing "Porn Free."Anon
- That song that goes:
I'll never let you go...
I thought he was singing:
Another machine gun...
Haha.— Kelle - The buckinghams song "kind of a drag", i always thought they were singing, "Canada Dry"— bobbybobby