The most mis-attributed song on the internet?

[spinynorman]

The M&S ad came on, my wife said "That's a great song, who is it?", so I went on Google and found

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkKxGzm98AU

but also

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7I53o0OWpZ8"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7I53o0OWpZ8[/url]

which is the same track attributed to Iggy Pop (did he even record that song?)

And then this stunningly confident reply on wikianswers

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Did_iggy_pop_write_I_never_met_a_girl_like_you_before

and this

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/David_Bowie_lyrics_I_never_knew_a_girl_like_you_before

Is this the most mis-attributed song on the internet?

[Judo Chop]

I know quite a few people who think "Don't Worry Be Happy" is by Bob Marley

[Mr. Foxen]

Every song on Metallica's covers album/EPs.

[Blademan_98]

Knocking on Heavens Door.

Bob wrote and sung it first!

Hallelujah

Leonard Cohen not Jeff Buckley

[flyfisher]

[attachment=117762:SomethingWrongOnTheinternet.jpg]

[Blademan_98]

[quote name='flyfisher' timestamp='1347116545' post='1797144']
[attachment=117762:SomethingWrongOnTheinternet.jpg]
[/quote]

Too right.

I should be fixing my car right now, or practicing my bass line for Knocking on heavens door.....

[chaypup]

Many many many people think that "Be Thankful for What you Got" is a Curtis Mayfield song.

A few also think ut's Massive attack, but a t least Massive Attack covered it on their Blue Lines album.

It is, of course [s]Cecil B DeMille[/s] William DeVaughn

[MiltyG565]

dont worry be happy is always attributed to bob marley. so many people think that. it is in fact bobby mcferran. bob marley wrote 3 little birds, which has a similar lyric to don't worry.

[TomWIC]

A huge amount of people online think that Johnny Cash wrote 'Hurt', and that Nine Inch Nails covered it, but of course it's the other way round.

[MiltyG565]

[quote name='TomWIC' timestamp='1347120311' post='1797184']
A huge amount of people online think that Johnny Cash wrote 'Hurt', and that Nine Inch Nails covered it, but of course it's the other way round.
[/quote]

yeah, i have to correct people too many times. i recorded a cover of it a little while ago, we used the nine inch nails key, and the Johnny Cash tempo, which was a mistake, because we had no singer, and couldn't use the vocals from either song. DOH!

[flyfisher]

I'm reminded of Those JJ Cale songs that are better known by other artists.

Call me the breeze 'by' Lynyrd Skynrd
After midnight & Cocaine 'by' Eric Clapton

And others.

[Hobbayne]

The granddaddy of them all - Status Quo - Rocking All Over The World, is in fact, a John Forgerty/Creedence Clearwater Revival song.

[Cosmo Valdemar]

Without You by Pete Ham and Tom Evans of Badfinger. Most people credit the song to Harry Nilsson. A few wretched souls even think it's by Mariah Carey.

[spinynorman]

[quote name='flyfisher' timestamp='1347116545' post='1797144']
[attachment=117762:SomethingWrongOnTheinternet.jpg]
[/quote]


I did hope it was getting a bit better, but maybe not. I couldn't believe the "Girl Like You" Ray Davies association, same title but obviously completely different song.

[the_skezz]

Quite a few of G n R's covers seem to get confused as originals. According to the Stephen Davies biography, even Macca's kids came away from a Guns gig and refused to believe him when he said he wrote 'Live and Let Die'

[BottomE]

I've seen Play That Funky Music attributed to The Average White Band

[Truckstop]

Oasis - Wonderwall

[ben604]

Lonely this Christmas - Elvis not Mud!

[Roland Rock]

[quote name='Truckstop' timestamp='1347124641' post='1797242']
Oasis - Wonderwall
[/quote]

?

[Blademan_98]

[quote name='Cosmo Valdemar' timestamp='1347123644' post='1797224']
Without You by Pete Ham and Tom Evans of Badfinger. Most people credit the song to Harry Nilsson.
[/quote]

Sadly, I am one who thought that was Nilsson

[Judo Chop]

[quote name='Roland Rock' timestamp='1347127387' post='1797273']
?
[/quote]

Ryan Adams' cover maybe?

[KingBollock]

Son of a Preacher Man was Dusty Springfield, not Janis Joplin.

[visog]

Never met a girl like you before has always been attributed to Edwin Collins.

Don't let one mis-informed YT poster make you think the whole world is wrong.

A more frequent problem is the likes of Hendrix who does brilliant reworkings which become definitive.

All along the watchtower anyone?

[Paul S]

One of my bands does a cover of the Green Day version of 'I Fought The Law', which was made famous by The Clash and nearly everyone believes it to be an original by them - but it was originally a minor hit for an obscure band in the 60s, who I cannot for the life of me remember.

Edit - I googled it just now and found I had also miscredited it - originally written in 1957 by one of Buddy Holly's Crickets! Then later covered by The Bobby Fuller Four.

[Maude]

A lot of people think that Led Zeppelin wrote a lot of Led Zeppelin songs .