The most mis-attributed song on the internet?

[daz]

[url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Girl_Like_You_(Edwyn_Collins_song)"]Edwyn Collins, great dude, great song[/url]. I remember thinking that it sounded like King Iggy when I first heard it. I cant believe the number of people who confidently [i]tell you [/i]he sang it.

Edited September 8, 2012 by daz

[Cosmo Valdemar]

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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.
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As I'm on a real computer now I can add the actual song.

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PyBS_1vGwpU"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PyBS_1vGwpU[/url]

Such sorrow.

[kevin_lindsay]

Every Time You Go Away - Paul Young - cover if a Hall & Oates song

Tear Your Playhouse Down - Paul Young - cover of a song by Ann Peebles

[ezbass]

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Tear Your Playhouse Down - Paul Young - cover of a song by Ann Peebles
[/quote]You learn something new everyday, I always thought that was originally by Graham Parker

[BottomE]

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Tear Your Playhouse Down - Paul Young - cover of a song by Ann Peebles
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Wow Ann Peebles. Thanks for the reminder. Gonna play "I Can't Stand the Rain". What a sound.

[el borracho]

It has to be Uptown Girl by Weezer. If you Google it you will find loads of references to it. It's even on YouTube and it tells you which album it appears on.

The fact is they never recorded it- every version you hear (that is attributed to Weezer) is the one by Me First and the Gimme Gimmes.

[JimBobTTD]

I Will Always Love You by Whitney Houston.

A couple of people think it was Dolly Parton simply because she sang it earlier and better and with more conviction. Oh, and wrote it.

[chardbass]

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I Will Always Love You by Whitney Houston.

A couple of people think it was Dolly Parton simply because she sang it earlier and better and with more conviction. Oh, and wrote it.
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[spinynorman]

I suppose the classic is Hey Joe, claimed by Tim Rose and half a dozen other people, none of whom seem to be able to prove their case beyond reasonable doubt.

[EssentialTension]

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I suppose the classic is Hey Joe, claimed by Tim Rose and half a dozen other people, none of whom seem to be able to prove their case beyond reasonable doubt.
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The copyright to [i]Hey Joe[/i] was registered in the US in 1962 with composer [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Roberts"]Billy Roberts[/url]: [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hey_Joe"]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hey_Joe[/url]

Edited September 9, 2012 by EssentialTension

[spinynorman]

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The copyright to [i]Hey Joe[/i] was registered in the US in 1962 with composer Billy Roberts: [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hey_Joe"]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hey_Joe[/url]
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That hasn't stopped Tim Rose claiming he got it from an Appalachian goat herd.

[dave_bass5]

I was surprised to find the Bay City Rollers Bye Bye Baby was a cover, also Toploaders Dancing in the Moonlight.

[SteveK]

Don't know about the internet, but probably one of the most misattributed tunes ever is The James Bond theme. Most think it's John Barry... in fact, even John Barry thinks it's John Barry

[MiltyG565]

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Don't know about the internet, but probably one of the most misattributed tunes ever is The James Bond theme. Most think it's John Barry... in fact, even John Barry thinks it's John Barry
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it was in fact me....

[Shambo]

Black Magic Woman... not Santana, no.

[WHUFC BASS]

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Tear Your Playhouse Down - Paul Young - cover of a song by Ann Peebles
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Didn't they used to do the dancing on Top of the Pops in the 70s ?