Hit songs often credited to the wrong artist

So I discovered! I felt doubly ignorant.

 

Peter Schilling's Major Tom (Coming Home) was not written by Bowie.

 

G.C. Cameron-Act Like A Shotgun. It's G.C. Cameron on the label but Willie Hutch singing.

 

No way! I totally thought that was Aretha.

 

Then there's all the dodgy internet humor that's credited to either John Cleese or George Carlin.

 

You're probably a big Pizza Hut guy!

 

I quite often see Popcorn misattributed to Kraftwerk - looks like there several mislabelled videos on YouTube.

 

I had a friend (note the use of past tense here) who insisted that Todd Rundgren's "I Saw the Light" was sung by Ms. King.

 

I entered this thread to post that song. The most mislabeled song ever.

I just Googled it and saw Dave Matthews and Tim McGraw listed as the artist.

 

I've seen "What I Like About You" credited to the Kinks.

 

I totally get this.

 

Walker Brothers and the Righteous Brothers....and vice versa.

 

I don't know how many people over the years have claimed Cat Stevens sung Cat's In The Cradle...

Just googled it and seems it's some sort of epidemic!!

 

And the Hollies' "Long Cool Woman" era.

 

You've saved me writing out the above here.
All thanks to a mislabeled mp3 from many years ago.
Only a few weeks ago, I had our local karaoke guy searching for this and he couldn't find it under his Cat Steven's section.

 

I've seen anything that is reggae being contributed solely to Bob Marley.
Also some other mistakes:
Dust in the Wind by The Eagles
The Search Is Over by Journey
I Want to Know What Love Is by Journey

 

Frank Sinatra thought 'Something' is a Lennon/McCartney composition.
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even worse when it turns out to be Sublime.

 

I was in a cover band that did this song and we'd buy a beer for whoever could correctly identify that artist, and you're right that most people said Van Morrison and we didn't buy too many beers.

 

In the early '00's download days, I'd search for lost Crowded House songs (many of which were just officially released late last year) and saw them credited for the likes of "(I Just) Died in Your Arms" and pretty much the entire Squeeze catalog. I'm sure the first one was galling for Neil Finn, as that Cutting Crew tune was the song that kept "Don't Dream It's Over" from reaching #1.

 

I already saw Sixpence None The Richer song Kiss Me being credited to Texas.

 

A local DJ once credited Chris Isaak's Wicked Game to Roy Orbison.

 

many people think this is James Brown



How You Like Me Now by The Heavy

 

There's something wrong here that it's not right

 

Harvey Danger's "Flagpole Sitta" credited as "Paranoia" by Green Day