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Edward216 · 04-02-2015, 03:06 AM

Have you ever heard a song, and for a long time thought it was by one solo singer or band when it was done by a completely different one?

For example, for a long time I thought The Breakup Song (They Don't Write 'Em Like That Anymore) was by Billy Idol and it's actually by The Greg Kihn Band. I still think he sounds kind of like Billy idol on it though.

Ed.

UMFaninMD · 04-02-2015, 05:48 PM

For years I thought Come and Get It was sung by The Beatles but it's done by Badfinger, and Our House sung by Simon and Garfunkel but it's by Stills, Crosby and Nash.

Edward216 · 04-08-2015, 09:25 PM

I thought for quite a while that David Bowie's Modern Love was sung by Elton John.

Ed.

Zoneboy · 04-08-2015, 10:09 PM

When I was in CVS last week "Runaway Train" by Soul Asylum was playing and the cashier kept insisting that it was Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers.

Bonniegirl · 04-10-2015, 02:32 PM

I get the Temptations and The Four tops songs mixed up a lot!

KurtfromPitts · 04-15-2015, 10:58 AM

I once thought "United We Stand" by Brotherhood Of Man was a Partridge Family tune-I don't recall hearing the song until some time after the PF series debuted.

04-02-2015, 03:06 AM	#1
Edward216 Member Forum 4000 Club Member Join Date: Aug 18, 2014 Location: Central Time Zone Posts: 4,630	Mistaken identity. Have you ever heard a song, and for a long time thought it was by one solo singer or band when it was done by a completely different one? For example, for a long time I thought The Breakup Song (They Don't Write 'Em Like That Anymore) was by Billy Idol and it's actually by The Greg Kihn Band. I still think he sounds kind of like Billy idol on it though. Ed.

04-08-2015, 10:09 PM	#4
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04-02-2015, 05:48 PM	#2
UMFaninMD I love a mystery Senior Member Join Date: Apr 19, 2011 Location: Maryland Posts: 1,287	For years I thought Come and Get It was sung by The Beatles but it's done by Badfinger, and Our House sung by Simon and Garfunkel but it's by Stills, Crosby and Nash.

04-08-2015, 09:25 PM	#3
Edward216 Member Forum 4000 Club Member Join Date: Aug 18, 2014 Location: Central Time Zone Posts: 4,630	I thought for quite a while that David Bowie's Modern Love was sung by Elton John. Ed.

04-10-2015, 02:32 PM	#5
Bonniegirl AKA Hazel Horvath Forum Addict Join Date: Jul 10, 2014 Posts: 65,581	I get the Temptations and The Four tops songs mixed up a lot!

04-15-2015, 10:58 AM	#6
KurtfromPitts Member Senior Member Join Date: Feb 10, 2006 Location: Carnegie PA Posts: 1,532	I once thought "United We Stand" by Brotherhood Of Man was a Partridge Family tune-I don't recall hearing the song until some time after the PF series debuted.