In fairness, 2002 was a LONG time ago, so it's no surprise our memory of the lyrics for old-school summer stomper, Hot in Herre, is a little rusty.

If, however, you're gonna hit up a Nelly gig it might be an idea to reacquaint yourself with the words to one of the rapper's biggest hits before dying on your arse in front of him, right?

Unfortunately, it looks like this Irish audience never got the memo, and failed majorly when attempting to rap the lyrics to the track during the rapper's Vicar Street performance last night.

After nailing the chorus and launching into the next part, it all went wrong as everyone started mumbling the words and hoping everyone else might pick up the slack.

Hats off to Nelly who gave our fellow countrymen another chance to finish the gig off in style.

YouTube Footage: Marie Foley

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