I thought the song Controversy by Prince was not saying "controversy" but instead "count your blessings". I like my version better
A childhood belief about misheard lyrics

others believed things like this
- In Prince's song "I Would Die for You" I used to think he was singing "Apple Dapple do!" — Sara
- I thought that Count Dracula was the count from Sesame StreetAnon
- I thought to count to one thousand you did 1-100, then 100-199, then came 1,000.— Anon!
- When I was little i thought that seconds were so fast that you couldn't count them.— Baby
- I used to think that Prince's "Raspberry Beret" was actually "Mad-Miracle Man"— Missy
- I used to believe that Prince was the lead singer of Queen— Garrett