Songs you would have sworn were by someone else

[mac56]

This has probably been discussed before - but are there songs that, when you first heard them, you believed were recorded by a different well-known artist than actually performed them? Not necessarily because the actual artist was trying to cop the other one's style - but because they just had a certain feeling to them?

For example: for the longest time I thought Crowded House's "Something So Strong" was by Squeeze. When I first heard "Darlin'" by the Beach Boys, I thought it was Chicago. "Crazy On You" by Heart - I thought it was Jefferson Airplane. "Stuck In The Middle With You" by Stealers Wheel - I was certain it was Dylan.

Anybody else have any true confessions along these lines? Discuss.

[DBoon]

1. Aerosmith - "Dream On"

At first I thought it was a song by the Guess Who I hadn't heard before.

And the first time I saw Marilyn Manson on TV I thought, "Isn't Alice Cooper getting a little old to be doing this".

[Deja Q]

2. When "What's Love Got to do With It?" came out in 1984, I thought...

Michael Jackson had sung it. (it was Tina Turner...)

[montana_hazeleyes]

3. "Brown Eyed Girl"

I thoght it was Mick Jagger.

[girl gone mad]

4. Coldplay's "Clocks"

I've heard that song dozens of times on the radioo station my soon listens to in the car, and I was certain it was Sting until very recently.

[carpetbagger]

5. Once pegged "Goodbye Stranger" on Winwood.

Also, Steely Dan's "Do It Again" on the Doobie Brothers.

Why? Who knows. I guess THC crosses the synapses a bit.

[Scott Lee]

6. I was sure that the Polonaise in A-flat Major was by Borodin.

I mean, can you imagine?

[mac56]

9. made that mistake many times myself

:evilgrin:

[shockingelk]

7. "Rock Me Gently"

"Rock Me Gently" sounds like Neil Diamond. But is Andy Kim of The Archies.

Most Donnovan songs sound like Dylan. But aren't.

[Jim Sagle]

8. Exactly what I thought. Neil Diamond - only better.

[NightTrain]

10. Two oldies I originally thought were by Elvis

Conway Twitty's "It's Only make Believe" (1958)
Charlie Rich's "Lonely Weekends" (1960)

[mac56]

11. Two more:

How about "Suspicion" by Terry Stafford, and "You Don't Know What You've Got" by Ral Donner?

[pfitz59]

14. "Don't Pour Your Love Out on Me Baby"

by Hamilton, Joe, Frank and Reynolds. Swore it was Elvis.

[NightTrain]

12. More....

LIES, The Knickerbockers (The Beatles)

JACK AND JILL, Raydio (Thought it was Sly and the Family Stone)

BLUE, LeAnn Rimes (Patsy Cline, of course)

[0rganism]

13. A Horse With No Name

Sounds like CSNY, but it's America. Whaddaya know.

[regnaD kciN]

15. Not me, but...

...when Blondie's "Dreaming" came out, my (now ex-)wife asked if all ABBA songs sounded alike!

;-)