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[Lionel Mandrake]

I Will Always Love You is a Dolly Parton song. I'm pretty sure about this. I've been to Dollywood multiple times.

 

[Jobiensis]

Only one I can think of is "Send Me an Angel" by Real Life, it is often attributed to the Pet Shop Boys supposedly because of a mislabeled MP3.

 

[Tom Penny]

" Oh Shiela "

AKA that isn't Prince?

 

[Meteorain]

" Oh Shiela "

AKA that isn't Prince?

Post #182

Only managed to blow one guys mind.

 

[Zaraki_Kenpachi]

It seems most people are mentioning more popular covers than "wrong artist". Many of those covers were much better, same as mad world being written by gary jules when it was a cover.

 

[Aeana]

A lot of a cappella music was misattributed to Rockapella back on those types of services.

 

[tenton]

I knew every original singing group in this thread. I was starting to feel proud of myself until I hit this one. Wow--mind blown.

Even better; the original is by Lou Johnson.

 

[vas_a_morir]

I just realized I misunderstood the OP. I apologize.

 

[Omni]

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)

I thought it was by Matchbox 20. Hah

 

[tenton]

Somebody's Watching Me which most people think is a Michael Jackson song and actually does have him singing in the chorus.. but its a Rockwell song.

But nobody cares about Berry Gordy's son and his one hit wonder. He's only half singing, for the most part. People only remember the chorus anyways, which is distinctly Michael Jackson. I pretty much consider it as an MJ song; I did back then and I still do now.

 

[Rubbish King]

http://soundsjustlike.com/ the thread?

we're not talking about rip offs were talking about songs that are covered by another band and people dont realise they didnt create it i.e

Many people think that Jimi Hendrix wrote All along the watch tower but it was Bob Dylan

 

[sqwarlock]

Even better; the original is by Lou Johnson.

Actually, it seems like the true original is Dionne Warwick's. Although, to be fair, hers was just a demo version.

 

[antitrop]

we're not talking about rip offs were talking about songs that are covered by another band and people dont realise they didnt create it i.e

Many people think that Jimi Hendrix wrote All along the watch tower but it was Bob Dylan

The intention of the thread was not necessarily covers, although they are probably the most prominent examples in the thread because of the confusion inherent in someone directly performing someone else's song.

Doesn't have to be a cover, though, there are plenty of songs done by only one single artist that people commonly attribute to someone else.

 

[Rubbish King]

The intention of the thread was not necessarily covers, although they are probably the most prominent examples in the thread because of the confusion inherent in someone directly performing someone else's song.

Doesn't have to be a cover, though, there are plenty of songs done by only one single artist that people commonly attribute to someone else.

Oh, i must've not understood the OP correctly. My bad ^_^

 

[texasairhead101]

Radiohead - The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins

Every movie - Gay porn

I will hate you forever for having that bilbo song stuck in my head.

 

[Azar]

Two examples I can think of:

I discovered the band The Verve Pipe after hearing The Verve's Bittersweet Symphony and searching for more of their music. I got The Verve Pipe's The Freshman, loved that, and listened to music from both bands for weeks, if not months, before realizing they were actually different.

Similarly, I had an MP3 of Guster's Parachute mistagged as Coldplay's Parachute for about five years, and thought it was weird that it sounded so different from the rest of the Coldplay album. Took me forever to figure it out. I like Guster a lot more than Coldplay.

 

[Currygan]

I keep forgetting that The Eye of the Tiger isn't performed by Frank Stallone


also, Caravan of Love by the Housemartins is a cover. Never knew it

 

[komarkaze]

There was a cover of Sexual Healing that had the verses replaced by reggae style rapping. Thought it was done by Shaggy but it was actually done by Max-a-Million.