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Pug Lover · 03-28-2006, 11:13 PM

How often have you heard a song and thought it was sung by a certain artist or group,and found out that it was really sung by a different artist?
To give you an example,I once thought that the song Fox On The Run was a Beatles song.Then I realised that it was really sung by The Sweet in 1975.
Here are some other songs that I've made the same mistakes about.
Sultans Of Swing/Dire Straits(thought it was Gordon Lightfoot)
Brand New Key/Melanie(TIW Joni Mitchell)
Somebody's Knockin'/Terri Gibbs(TIW Anne Murray)
Those Were The Days/Mary Hopkin(TIW Barbra Striesand)
A Whiter Shade Of Pale/Procol Harum(TIW Joe Cocker)
Oh Pretty Lady/Trooper(TIW Rod Stewart)
It's Over/Prism(TIW Trooper)
You And Me/Alice Cooper(TIW The Eagles)
I'm Not In Love/10cc(TIW Paul McCartney & Wings)
Livin'On A Prayer/Bon Jovi(TIW Rush)
Count On Me/Starship(TIW Supertramp)
Third Time Lucky(First Time I Was A Fool)/Foghat(TIW Foriegner)
Ride Like The Wind/Christopher Cross(TIW Kenny Loggins)
Listen To The Music/The Doobie Brothers(TIW Stevie Wonder)

Ant-Lox · 04-09-2006, 01:04 PM

I always thought Roger Waters or Dave Gilmour sung "Have a Cigar" but they were imitating another persons voice...but it wasn't them it was a tottaly other guy named Roy Parker......

Ireneparalegal · 04-09-2006, 01:30 PM

Serious, in high school when Diana Ross' song "I'm Coming Out" first started playing, alot of us thought is was Michael Jackson singing it!!!!!! Serious. Even now, if I listen to that first verse, the high pitch, it sounds just like Michael Jackson did. This was when Michael had just come out with Off The Wall.

LadyBee · 04-09-2006, 01:34 PM

"Rescue Me" Fontella Bass (originally thought it was Aretha Franklin)
"I Wanna Thank You" Alicia Meyers (thought Anita Baker sang it)

jpcanes · 04-20-2006, 10:27 AM

"Don't Do Me LIke That"-Tom Petty... sounded like J.Geils Band.

James · 04-23-2006, 09:25 PM

Here are two:

"Want Ads" by the Honey Cone (1971) - I thought the Jackson 5 sang it

"Third Rate Romance" by the Amazing Rhythm Aces (1975) - I thought the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band sang it

Mikado · 04-23-2006, 10:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Ireneparalegal

Serious, in high school when Diana Ross' song "I'm Coming Out" first started playing, alot of us thought is was Michael Jackson singing it!!!!!! Serious. Even now, if I listen to that first verse, the high pitch, it sounds just like Michael Jackson did. This was when Michael had just come out with Off The Wall.

Michael Jackson singing "I'm coming out"??? Theres a joke in there, somewhere

James · 04-26-2006, 03:26 AM

I used to think "Drinkin' and Dreamin'" by Waylon Jennings in 1985 was sung by the Bellamy Brothers.

Mikado · 04-26-2006, 05:57 AM

Girl Of My Best Friend by Ral Donner sounds SO much like Elvis, i thought it was when i was little

Pitooey · 04-26-2006, 09:01 AM

One bad apple - Sung by the Osmonds not Michael Jackson & The Jackson 5.

Janice Johnson · 04-26-2006, 12:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Mikado

Michael Jackson singing "I'm coming out"??? Theres a joke in there, somewhere

Hey!

EmoJoe · 04-26-2006, 05:48 PM

i thought "drops of jupiter" was sung by bryan adams at first (it's not)

Steve M. · 04-26-2006, 09:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Ant-Lox

I always thought Roger Waters or Dave Gilmour sung "Have a Cigar" but they were imitating another persons voice...but it wasn't them it was a tottaly other guy named Roy Parker......

Roy Harper. He's an English folk-rocker. Led Zeppelin paid tribute to him in the 1970 song "Hats Off to (Roy) Harper" off Led Zeppelin III.

Steve M. · 04-26-2006, 09:26 PM

I thought the Beatles sang "Lies," but it ws the Knickerbockers, a group from Bergen County, NJ that took their name from Knickerbocker Avenue in New Milford, NJ.

Mikado · 04-27-2006, 01:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Steve M.

I thought the Beatles sang "Lies," but it ws the Knickerbockers, a group from Bergen County, NJ that took their name from Knickerbocker Avenue in New Milford, NJ.

i thought it was the Beatles too

03-28-2006, 11:13 PM	#1
Pug Lover Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Nov 05, 2003 Location: Hamilton Ontario Canada Posts: 467	Songs you thought were sung by certain artists: How often have you heard a song and thought it was sung by a certain artist or group,and found out that it was really sung by a different artist? To give you an example,I once thought that the song Fox On The Run was a Beatles song.Then I realised that it was really sung by The Sweet in 1975. Here are some other songs that I've made the same mistakes about. Sultans Of Swing/Dire Straits(thought it was Gordon Lightfoot) Brand New Key/Melanie(TIW Joni Mitchell) Somebody's Knockin'/Terri Gibbs(TIW Anne Murray) Those Were The Days/Mary Hopkin(TIW Barbra Striesand) A Whiter Shade Of Pale/Procol Harum(TIW Joe Cocker) Oh Pretty Lady/Trooper(TIW Rod Stewart) It's Over/Prism(TIW Trooper) You And Me/Alice Cooper(TIW The Eagles) I'm Not In Love/10cc(TIW Paul McCartney & Wings) Livin'On A Prayer/Bon Jovi(TIW Rush) Count On Me/Starship(TIW Supertramp) Third Time Lucky(First Time I Was A Fool)/Foghat(TIW Foriegner) Ride Like The Wind/Christopher Cross(TIW Kenny Loggins) Listen To The Music/The Doobie Brothers(TIW Stevie Wonder)
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04-09-2006, 01:04 PM	#2
Ant-Lox Cloud Watcher Senior Member Join Date: Feb 18, 2004 Location: Philadelphia, PA Posts: 1,824	I always thought Roger Waters or Dave Gilmour sung "Have a Cigar" but they were imitating another persons voice...but it wasn't them it was a tottaly other guy named Roy Parker......
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04-09-2006, 01:30 PM	#3
Ireneparalegal LEGAL SPICE ;) Forum Legend Join Date: Jul 25, 2005 Location: OXNARD, CA - WHERE THE DALLAS COWBOYS TRAIN & PRACTICE Posts: 38,691	Serious, in high school when Diana Ross' song "I'm Coming Out" first started playing, alot of us thought is was Michael Jackson singing it!!!!!! Serious. Even now, if I listen to that first verse, the high pitch, it sounds just like Michael Jackson did. This was when Michael had just come out with Off The Wall.
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04-20-2006, 10:27 AM	#5
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04-26-2006, 09:01 AM	#10
Pitooey Member Forum Star Join Date: Feb 15, 2001 Location: Rocking in Transylvania. Posts: 15,042	One bad apple - Sung by the Osmonds not Michael Jackson & The Jackson 5.
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04-09-2006, 01:34 PM	#4
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04-23-2006, 09:25 PM	#6
James Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Jan 07, 2001 Location: Dayton, Ohio, USA Posts: 6,370	Here are two: "Want Ads" by the Honey Cone (1971) - I thought the Jackson 5 sang it "Third Rate Romance" by the Amazing Rhythm Aces (1975) - I thought the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band sang it

04-26-2006, 03:26 AM	#8
James Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Jan 07, 2001 Location: Dayton, Ohio, USA Posts: 6,370	I used to think "Drinkin' and Dreamin'" by Waylon Jennings in 1985 was sung by the Bellamy Brothers.

04-26-2006, 05:57 AM	#9
Mikado Main st bridge Forum Superstar Join Date: Jul 06, 2005 Posts: 25,892	Girl Of My Best Friend by Ral Donner sounds SO much like Elvis, i thought it was when i was little

04-26-2006, 05:48 PM	#12
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04-26-2006, 09:26 PM	#14
Steve M. Back on the road to reality Forum Superstar Join Date: Nov 07, 2003 Location: New Jersey Posts: 33,307	I thought the Beatles sang "Lies," but it ws the Knickerbockers, a group from Bergen County, NJ that took their name from Knickerbocker Avenue in New Milford, NJ.