Songs you thought were by other artists

[zravkapt]

For the longest time I thought this was a Steve Miller song:



For the longest time I thought this was a Styx song:



Anyone else have any similar experiences?

[progeezer]

The first time I heard it I thought that Mott The Hoople's version of Sir Douglas's "At The Crossroads" was a new Dylan song. Hunter's voice subsequently changed dramatically from that 1st album.

[Digital_Man]

First time I heard "Hocus Pocus" I thought it was by Jethro Tull.

[Dave (in MA)]

First time I heard "Hocus Pocus" I thought it was by Jethro Tull.

I can't see that, but certainly can understand thinking that House of the King is Tull.

[davis]

An associate of Roger McGuinn's initially thought "American Girl" was a McGuinn/Byrds song, though Roger didn't remember writing/recording a song by that name.

[Digital_Man]

I can't see that, but certainly can understand thinking that House of the King is Tull.

Well I was about 14 or 15 at the time and didn't know much about either band but knew TULL had a lot of flute in their music.

[Burley Wright]

The Brothers Johnson - Strawberry Letter 23
For years I thought this was the Climax Blues Band, no idea where I got that from.

[Digital_Man]

Apparently a lot of people(including my ex stepmother) thought this song by BS&T but it wasn't. I wonder how many people on here were fooled as well.

[Dave (in MA)]

An associate of Roger McGuinn's initially thought "American Girl" was a McGuinn/Byrds song, though Roger didn't remember writing/recording a song by that name.

Neil Young's father heard Horse with No Name on the radio and thought it was NY's.

[firth5th]

I use to think this was ELO for the longest time:

[UnephenStephen]

Fool on a Hill i didn't know was a Beatles tune when Brazil 66 made it a hit.
Wild Horses i didn't know was a Stones tune before the Sundays covered it.
probably a few others i can't think of.

[mogrooves]

Eagles ~ "Best of My Love". Thought it was David Cassidy.

[Digital_Man]

I use to think this was ELO for the longest time:

Me too actually.


Speaking of this topic I knew one guy who absolutely insisted that the song "horse with no name" was by Neil Young.

[Trane]

I can't see that, but certainly can understand thinking that House of the King is Tull.

Or Sylvia, FTM

Neil Young's father heard Horse with No Name on the radio and thought it was NY's.

First thought upon seeing the thread title

Eagles ~ "Best of My Love". Thought it was David Cassidy.

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Apparently a lot of people(including my ex stepmother) thought this song by BS&T but it wasn't. I wonder how many people on here were fooled as well.

Yup, Some early Lighthouse stuff could also pass as BS&T or Chicago

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As for the OP, no doubt Prism intently made it sound Styxian... As for Diesel, yeah, it sounds like SMB, but only until the chorus kicks in: SMB would've had such a better one than that one.

[GuitarGeek]

An associate of Roger McGuinn's initially thought "American Girl" was a McGuinn/Byrds song, though Roger didn't remember writing/recording a song by that name.

Not true. The story McGuinn tells is that his manager played him an acetate of American Girl, before the first Tom Petty album even came out. He said his reaction was "Gee, I don't remember recording that". He then said he knew it wasn't The Byrds, but he could hear the influence. And he was impressed enough with the song that he summoned Petty to his solo band rehearsals for purposes of teaching them how to play it.

[Trane]

I use to think this was ELO for the longest time:

Yeah, quite a few ELO overtones, but no way I'd have considered it ELO as such...

But then again, if I didn't have a buddy who had the album, I'd have never guessed this was Sweet (or that whole album, FTM)

[GuitarGeek]

I remember hearing You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet on the radio, and thinking it was Tom Petty. The weird thing is, my oldest brother had The Best Of BTO (So Far) when I was little, so I should have known that it wasn't Petty, but somehow I had forgotten that song somehow.

For a long time, I thought Just A Job To Do was a Phil Collins solo track. I didn't realize until years later it was a Genesis song!

When I first heard Day After Day by Badfinger, I thought it was Clapton.

[PeterG]

Up to probably the late 80s I thought:

Hocus Pocus was by Jethro Tull
Lazy Sunday Afternoon was by The Kinks
Excerpt From a Teenage Opera was by Chris Farlowe
Pinball Wizard was by Elton John

[Rune Blackwings]

Roxanne's "But It's Over Now" I thought was by Sheena Easton
Half of the pop songs today I keep thinking are Maroon 5

[bob_32_116]

Up to probably the late 80s I thought:

Hocus Pocus was by Jethro Tull
Lazy Sunday Afternoon was by The Kinks
Excerpt From a Teenage Opera was by Chris Farlowe
Pinball Wizard was by Elton John

Some of these are understandable. "Lazing on a sunny afternoon" is a line in the Kinks' "Sunny Afternoon". The Small Faces did "Lazy Sunday". easy to confuse the two.

Also Elton John DID record Pinball Wizard, so if you never heard the original, you might assume it was his song.

[Trane]

On The Border from Al Stewart.... I thought it was The Eagles' tune for decades

now, I have even less respect for The Eagles

[PeterG]

Some of these are understandable. "Lazing on a sunny afternoon" is a line in the Kinks' "Sunny Afternoon". The Small Faces did "Lazy Sunday". easy to confuse the two.

That wasn't why though in my case. It was because The Small Faces song to me in sound and style was very like The Kinks.

[Digital_Man]

[Excerpt From a Teenage Opera was by Chris Farlowe]

I always thought this song which I thought was called "grocer Jack" was by the band Tomorrow because an old friend lent me the Tomorrow album on cassette(featuring a young Steve Howe on it)and this song was tacked on the end of it(maybe a reissue) even though it was Keith West solo.

[Mr Class & Quality?]

'Off He Goes' by Pearl Jam. I could have sworn this was Bruce Springsteen.

[klothos]

There are still people that think "Long Cool Woman In A Black Dress" is C.C.R.