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[teruterubozu]

As an 80s child, I was blown away by this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byVP_M-UH_c

I always thought "Always Something There to Remind Me" was an original by Naked Eyes.

 

[StopMakingSense]

A good friend of mine thought "Burning Down the House" was a Cardigans song. Ughh.....

 

[Polari]

Story of a Girl

not by 3 Doors Down, but by Nine Inch Nails (if I'm not mistaken, I still have it under 3 doors down)

what

 

[antitrop]

Story of a Girl

not by 3 Doors Down, but by Nine Inch Nails (if I'm not mistaken, I still have it under 3 doors down)

Nine Days, rofl. Not NIN.

Talk about one hit wonders.

The full song title is "Absolutely (Story of a Girl)".

 

[-Kees-]

Every parody song ever being attributed to Weird Al.

 

[Polari]

Awww, that's one of my favorite 80's hair metal songs.

Except it's from the early 70s.

 

[frankie_baby]

A good friend of mine thought "Burning Down the House" was a Cardigans song. Ughh.....

They did a cover of it with tom Jones

 

[antitrop]

Except it's from the early 70s.

The Quiet Riot version. I don't like the Slade original AT ALL.

 

[StopMakingSense]

They did a cover of it with tom Jones

Oh, misunderstood the thread. Heh. But STILL!

Also, in the same vein as my earlier post, OP a LOT of people don't know Red Red Wine is a Neil Diamond song.

 

[Andrew.]

Nine Days, rofl. Not NIN.

Talk about one hit wonders.

The full song title is "Absolutely (Story of a Girl)".

I was gonna say something. Thanks for clearing this up. Hahaha.

 

[grumpy]

On Kazaa and other P2P networks, every parody song is by Weird Al and every New Age is by Enya

 

[Raiden]

David Bowie's the man who sold the world covered by Nirvana. Both are great but i prefer Nirvana's version.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fregObNcHC8

 

[Seanspeed]

The Gourds' cover of "Gin and Juice" was attributed to Phish for a long while back in the late 90s/early 00s

Another "Gin and Juice" cover messup was The Berlin Project's version getting identified as NOFX.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pYc0BiskHA

 

[Bleepey]

"I Will Always Love You" by Whitney Houston. Originally by Dolly Parton.

This is more a case of the cover being more popular than the original

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CoveredUp

 

[Alx]

Stuck in the Middle with You is not a song from Bob Dylan. It's actually a parody of Dylan's style, but most people thought it was the real thing and bought it in droves, to the surprise of its authors.

 

[HammerOfThor]

Am I evil? on Metallica's Garage.inc. Never heard the original.

Came to post this.

Just about everyone thinks its a Metallica song. I thought the same thing until I realized Garage Inc. was a cover album. The Diamond Head version(original) is pretty good.

 

[antitrop]

Another "Gin and Juice" cover messup was The Berlin Project's version getting identified as NOFX.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pYc0BiskHA

Every punk song on file sharing networks was by Operation Ivy, MXPX, NOFX, and Rancid.

 

[Andrew.]

Pearl Jam's "Last Kiss" was originally done by Wayne Cochran in 1961

 

[teruterubozu]

Came to post this.

Just about everyone thinks its a Metallica song. I thought the same thing until I realized Garage Inc. was a cover album. The Diamond Head version(original) is pretty good.

Blitzkrieg is another one that gets mistaken as a Metallica original.

 

[Seanspeed]

Every punk song on file sharing networks was by Operation Ivy, MXPX, NOFX, and Rancid.

Haha. True.

 

[antitrop]

Oh, misunderstood the thread. Heh. But STILL!

Also, in the same vein as my earlier post, OP a LOT of people don't know Red Red Wine is a Neil Diamond song.

I don't like Neil Diamond's original. The UB40 reggae cover is infinitely superior to me.

I do like Neil Diamond performing UB40's version of his song, though.

 

[Andrew.]

Every punk song on file sharing networks was by Operation Ivy, MXPX, NOFX, and Rancid.

Those pirates had some good taste.

 

[Creamium]

Most people think Valerie is a Amy Winehouse original, but it's a Zutons cover

 

[madkiller]

New York, New York by Liza Minelli
I will always love you by Dolly Parton

 

[joeyjoejoeshabadoo]

Smoke Two Joints is not a Bob Marley song.

 

[JLG-]

"Shadowplay" by Joy Division, not the killers! fuck the killers

 

[methane47]

"I Swear"
Boys 2 Men sing a song that Everyone thinks is theres but isn't

To this day people STILL attribute this song to them.. So much so that they sang the song in the video above

 

[Parallacs]

Owl City's "Fireflies" is always mistaken as a Postal Service / DCfC song. People used to not believe me when I told them that wasn't Ben Gibbard singing.


That "Two Towers Epic Song" (Requiem For A Tower) is actually a re-orchestration of "Lux Aeterna" from Requiem for a Dream.

 

[Danielsan]

A lot of people, young women in particular, think that Bon Iver's song "Skinny Love" is originally is by Birdy. Sad times we live in.

Another recent one is James Blake's Limit To Your Love, which is originally a Feist song. Though granted, in that case Blake's rendition is better.

 

[cartoon_soldier]

Apparently. Who the fuck is Alice has nothing to do with Dr. Hook

 

[StopMakingSense]

"Shadowplay" by Joy Division, not the killers! fuck the killers

No, silly, that's Interpol. Duh.

 

[woolley]

If I ever fall in love - Shai

People always think its Boys 2 Men.

 

[jmdajr]

"Cum On Feel the Noize" is a rock song originally released by Slade

but most people think it's written by Quiet Riot.

 

[joeyjoejoeshabadoo]

"I Swear"
Boys 2 Men sing a song that Everyone thinks is theres but isn't

To this day people STILL attribute this song to them.. So much so that they sang the song in the video above

All 4 One, right?

 

[kase23]

This one's kinda obscure and would only really seem relevant to Aussies or Brits but it blew my mind when I found out that Spectre Generals Nothings gonna stand in our way was actually a John Farnham cover.

 

[Ignatz Mouse]

Which Backstreet Boy is gay was not done by Weird Al. This might as well be a Weird Al thread.

Just about every novelty song ever has been tagged as Weird Al.

 

[Beermeister]

Roy Orbison - San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair).

Spoiler

Scott McKenzie - San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair).

 

[Desperate_Gamer]

Hurt by Johnny Cash (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o22eIJDtKho)

Is actually a cover of a Nine Inch Nails song:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0bZtf5MCzY

Cash's version is still much much better.

 

[methane47]

All 4 One, right?

Yup

 

[sqwarlock]

The one that sticks out from the days of Kazaa/Morpheus is "(I Just) Died In Your Arms" being attributed to Foreigner.

 

[sqwarlock]

Hurt by Johnny Cash (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o22eIJDtKho)

Is actually a cover of a Nine Inch Nails song:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0bZtf5MCzY

Cash's version is still much much better.

1) No it's not and 2) not what this thread is about.

 

[SuomiDude]

I think Whiskey in the Jar fits this thread. When people talk Metallica's version which is by far the most famous and plays everywhere, people tend to remind how Metallica actually covered Thin Lizzy's original version. But of course Thin Lizzy's version is not the original one at all.

 

[sqwarlock]

All 4 One, right?

Also John Michael Montgomery. Was always weird hearing the All 4 One version while listening to top 40 radio with my mom, and then the JMM version when with my dad since all he listened to was country music.

 

[MetatronM]

'All The Young Dudes' is not performed by David Bowie. He did write it though.

Bowie recorded it for Aladdin Sane, though it wasn't included on the album. It is included on most of his "best of" compilations, though.

 

[Duane Cunningham]

So this is about mislabeled mp3s from the Napster/Limewire era? Okay, here's one:

Thirteen years ago when Napster was new, I was amazed to discover that Bjork had covered 99 Red Balloons at some point! I couldn't wait to hear it. 25 minutes later when the song finished downloading, I was disappointed to find that it was just the original.

 

[Desperate_Gamer]

1) No it's not and 2) not what this thread is about.

1. Yes it is. 2. Yes it is.

 

[Anoregon]

Bowie recorded it for Aladdin Sane, though it wasn't included on the album. It is included on most of his "best of" compilations, though.

He's also clearly audible in the chorus for Mott the Hoople.

 

[Anoregon]

1. Yes it is. 2. Yes it is.

The cash version is better, but he is correct in that covers aren't really what this thread is about.

 

[Vesmir]

"I Swear"
Boys 2 Men sing a song that Everyone thinks is theres but isn't

To this day people STILL attribute this song to them.. So much so that they sang the song in the video above

holy shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit

 

[frankie_baby]

2. Yes it is.

Don't think it was supposed to be but everyone seems to be having a covers thread anyway