I used to believe the song 'Felice Navidad' was 'Release Navidad' and was a protest song about some Latin American political prisoner. Never could work out why it then went on to say 'We want to wish you a Merry Christmas'. And this was well into my twenties.
A childhood belief about misheard lyrics

others believed things like this
- I used to see "End Road Work" signs, and thought they were a sort of protest.— Sebastian
- i used to think that the language pig latin was called pig latin because it was used by pigs— kim
- I use to think the known Christmas song "in excelsis deo" was en chelsea's dayo— Mike Simmons
- I used to believe that Latin was spoken in Latin America.— C.C.
- When I first heard Bruce Springsteen's song, "Born in the USA," I thought that the song was "Porn in the USA"Anon
- i thaught the michael jackson song billy jean song said Janet's not my son Anon