Songs You Incorrectly Attributed to the Wrong Artist For Years

I'm not talking about a song you heard for the first time and thought it must be a certain artist only to be quickly corrected (e.g., people thinking "Sultans of Swing" was Dylan when Dire Straits first started getting radio play).

I'm talking about songs that, for years, you believed were sung by Artist B but they were really performed by Artist A.

I'll start. Until only a few years ago, I thought "Owner of a Lonely Heart" was performed by the Police. In my defense, I was never a even a casual fan of the Police or Yes (or any prog-ish bands in the late 70's-early 80's for that matter). I'm sure there are others like me. Let's hear 'em.

 

Not I, but a friend is convinced that the song "The Heat Is On" is by Huey Lewis and not the dead guy from the Eagles.

 

When Napster was a thing, I eagerly went looking for music by The B-52's, since their albums (aside from the first two and Cosmic Thing) were hard to find in my small town and I didn't really know what else they might have released. I stumbled on a song called Time Warp, which certainly sounded like something they might have come up with when I listened to it. It was several years before I finally saw the Rocky Horror Picture Show and realized that it wasn't in fact by The B-52's...

 

Make Me Smile (Come Up And See Me) was definitely Bob Dylan.

 

For years I thought the Hollies’ “Long Cool Woman In a Black Dress” was CCR.

 

When I was a kid my babysitter said "Werewolves of London" was by Jethro Tull.

 

"We're An American Band" &........oh never mind.

 

I also had a friend (a non-Springsteen fan) who was shocked to learn that "On the Dark Side" was John Cafferty.

 

"Imagine" by The Beatles ?!?!
Streaming can really suck...

 

For a long time I thought "Mr. Roboto" by Styx was by Queen.

 

Not me.. but thanks to Napster et al, Stuck In the Middle with You = Dylan

 

Thought this was Tina Turner when it came out.

 

I know this is absolutely dumb, but when I was a kid, I thought that Dire Straits and Ment at Work were the same thing…

 

I thought “Lonely Days” was the Beatles

 

Not a song and not by me, but again thanks to Napster, Marshall Tucker Band often getting confused with Allman Brothers.

 

The first time I heard Sandman by America I thought it was CSN&Y.

 

I got a lot of grief a long time ago on here for mentioning I used to think The Heat Is On was by Queen, when I was a child

 

I know of some who thought "Slow Ride" was by The Edgar Winter Group . . .

 

I still think Neil Young should cover "Horse with no Name" in one of his concerts sometime...

 

I don't think it was for years, but I originally mistook Genesis's Follow You Follow Me for Seals & Crofts.

 

But I thought the horse's name was Crazy

 

For years whenever I'd hear the Hondells hit. "Little Honda" on the oldies station I assumed it was the Beach Boys. Boy did I have egg on my face when I discovered how wrong I was.

 

BS&T

 

Thanks to Napster I thought Lemon Tree by Fool's Garden was a Blind Melon song. I thought this for many, many years until I tried to find out why it wasn't on any of their albums.

 

I thought Eloise was a Damned original