Cover versions of a song mistaken for being the original version?
I've been listening to Maxwell's cover of This Woman's Work on Youtube and the number of people who think it's his song, as in that he wrote it, is shocking to me. Poor Kate Bush!
That said, I had no idea Nothing Compares 2 U was originally a Prince song until only recently, so I don't really have room to talk.
What's the most annoying case of this you have seen, and did you yourself ever get it wrong when it came to who you thought created a certain song?
That said, I had no idea Nothing Compares 2 U was originally a Prince song until only recently, so I don't really have room to talk.
What's the most annoying case of this you have seen, and did you yourself ever get it wrong when it came to who you thought created a certain song?
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This Woman's Work always frustrates me, because Kates version is so much better.
Also I was watching the movie Drive on TV a few months back and there was a piece of music on the soundtrack that seemed familiar, but then I realised it was the same song as the track Nightcall on London Grammer's album. At first I just thought that perhaps both versions were covers of some obscure track (Leonard Cohen possibly!), but then I found out that the Kavinsky version in Drive was the original and LG had just covered it!
My biggest annoyance of that kind though is people believing Birdy wrote 'Skinny Love' rather than Bon Iver.
Go Now by The Moody Blues. Bessie Banks original.
Out Of Time by Chirs Farlowe. Rolling Stones original.
(Most Led Zeppelin songs ;-):D)
My Prerogative - Britney Spears (Bobby Brown cover)
Out From Under - Britney Spears (Joanna Pacitti sung it)
Too Lost In You - Sugababes (Patricia Kass cover)
Sound of the Underground - Girls Aloud (was recorded by a girl group called Orchid but unreleased)
I also don't believe that there's anyone that thinks Smooth Criminal is an Alien Ant Farm original.
so 'our mistake' is often down to our ignorance (which is understandable). who would have thought the clash 'i fought the law' was a cover of a 1966 original by the bobby fuller four?
a great many big hits were covers, there are many surprises in store.
yep, me too on that.
I found that out a few years ago as well. Due to Cyndi's version sounding very 'girly' I was very surprised that it was originally sung by a man, especially as some of the lyrics are seemingly mostly from a girl's viewpoint.
So did I but that is not an example of a song you didn't know was a cover version as mistaking a song as being by another artist is not the same thing, though it might be a good theme for another thread.
The 1966 version of "I Fought The Law" by the Bobby Fuller Four was also a cover. The original version was recorded in 1960 by the Crickets.
Pussycat Dolls Don'tcha (or however it's badly spelled) is a cover of a song originally released by US Singer Tori Alamaze, but I'll bet many Americans don't/ didn't know that, let alone from anywhere else. The song bombed in the US charts and was quietly killed, the singer dropped very soon after and the song given to the PCD.