BusterAg got me thinking - see his thread about thinking "Don't Worry. Be Happy" was a Bob Marley song.

What songs did you think were someone else for the longest time????

I made fun of him for that one but I do have a confession myself.

For the longest time - until maybe 7-8 years ago - I thought that "Stuck in the Middle With You" was song by George Harrison.

I had never even heard of the band Stealers Wheel but I was familiar with Gerry Rafferty (his big solo stuff like Baker Street of course which sounds significantly different). Anytime Stuck in the Middle With You came on my mind just processed it as George Harrison. It wasn't until the more recent days of car radios displaying the artists name that I caught it and was like "WTH???"

Anyway listen to "Got My Mind Set On You" by George Harrison and you might see why I confused it. Similar sound. Similar voice. Or even "All Those Years Ago".

Anyone else got some embarrassing examples?

Breakup song- Greg Kihn; i heard it on classic rock radio and assumed it was Tom Petty
Don't pull your love - thought it was Elvis

I'm young, relative to the song, but I thought "Lunatic Fringe" was Pink Floyd until about last year.

Tangentially related but I didn't realize Ed Sheeran is not actually Steve Zahn.

Used to think this was the Beatles......Actually it's a Paul McCartney song anyway and he plays in the recording of it. Many of Bad Finger's songs sound like the Beatles.

As of about 3 years ago, I thought "The Boys Are Back In Town" was by Grand Funk Railroad. My brother-in-law corrected me over Thanksgiving dinner. When he told me it was Thin Lizzy, I then argued that Thin Lizzy was not from Ireland, but from Boston. Lastly, I incorrectly stated that the lead singer was still alive.

Everclear - Pat Green
Anything by the Monkeys - The Beatles

deadhead aggie said:

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As of about 3 years ago, I thought "The Boys Are Back In Town" was by Grand Funk Railroad. My brother-in-law corrected me over Thanksgiving dinner. When he told me it was Thin Lizzy, I then argued that Thin Lizzy was not from Ireland, but from Boston. Lastly, I incorrectly stated that the lead singer was still alive.

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Hahaha! Dang. Hit the trifecta

I downloaded a bunch of music off Napster when I was in middle school and just getting into music, but something went wrong. Every song I downloaded, irregardless of who actually performed it, had the artist listed as, "Creedence Clearwater Revival."

It took me years to figure out CCR wasn't the most talented and versatile band of all time.

Always thought stairway to heaven was by Spirit

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I downloaded a bunch of music off Napster when I was in middle school and just getting into music, but something went wrong. Every song I downloaded, irregardless of who actually performed it, had the artist listed as, "Creedence Clearwater Revival."

It took me years to figure out CCR wasn't the most talented and versatile band of all time.

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Back in those days, there were tons of mislabeled songs.

TXAG 05 said:

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Aggie_Journalist said:

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I downloaded a bunch of music off Napster when I was in middle school and just getting into music, but something went wrong. Every song I downloaded, irregardless of who actually performed it, had the artist listed as, "Creedence Clearwater Revival."

It took me years to figure out CCR wasn't the most talented and versatile band of all time.

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Back in those days, there were tons of mislabeled songs.

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Stuck in the middle was commonly labeled as Bob Dylan.

Not so much a "wrong band" issue, but similar, every time I hear the beginning of Edge of Seventeen I think it's Eye of the Tiger. Then I get pissed when I realize it's not.

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TXAG 05 said:

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Aggie_Journalist said:

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I downloaded a bunch of music off Napster when I was in middle school and just getting into music, but something went wrong. Every song I downloaded, irregardless of who actually performed it, had the artist listed as, "Creedence Clearwater Revival."

It took me years to figure out CCR wasn't the most talented and versatile band of all time.

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Back in those days, there were tons of mislabeled songs.

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Stuck in the middle was commonly labeled as Bob Dylan.

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Yes. That and "Fightin Texas Aggie as REK instead of Dub Miller.

Long Cool Woman (In a Black Dress) - The Hollies

I thought for 20 years it was CCR. Nope. A British rock band.

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I thought 'Lonely is the Night' by Billy Squier was Robert Plant.

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I thought Dream was Led Zepplin

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you mean Dream On by Aerosmith? Yeah that makes sense. Lots of people think that especially the opening.

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Danger Zone - Richard Marx

I really thought UB40 sang this song.