Confession time: songs you thought were by one band, but were actually by another

uzi

Somebody posted the song Mother by Danzig a few days ago, and that reminded me that the first few times I heard that song I thought it was by The Cult
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuK0f-Zur9A

And for years I thought this was Steely Dan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fo6aKnRnBxM

What are some songs that you, for a while anyway, thought were by one artist, then you learned it was by somebody else

El_K

I thought this was Pink Floyd when I first heard it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8nEfXEGISE

Kaepsknee

https://youtu.be/DohRa9lsx0Q

Thought this was George Harrison for the first 35 years of my life.

Baphomet

I use to think this was the Rolling Stones

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwWN9Q-A1CE

Kaepsknee

Baphomet said:

I use to think this was the Rolling Stones

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwWN9Q-A1CE

I always thought it was Aerosmith.... oh wait.

Fire_Marshall_Bill

I thought Plush by STP was by Pearl Jams. For years...I hated all grunge until 1999 or 2000 so I didn't pay much attention

Dennis_DeYoung

For a long time I thought Peabo Bryson had made a record with Parliament/Funkadelic but he hadn’t.

dnc

Thought for sure this was the Stones for a couple years

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U16Xg_rQZkA

YellowSnow

dnc said:

Thought for sure this was the Stones for a couple years

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U16Xg_rQZkA

Damn that's fucking funny. Probably more Stones sounding than many Bowie cuts because of the riff, but still Bowie's voice doesn't sound anything like Jagger.

YellowSnow

Used to think Free's "Allright Now" was by Bad Company.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=siMFORx8uO8

uzi

YellowSnow said:

Used to think Free's "Allright Now" was by Bad Company.

I can see that. In fact, it appears that Bad Company has covered it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHaSmff9u3s

PurpleJ

I thought Greta Van Fleet was Zeppelin... for like 30 seconds.

Kaepsknee

YellowSnow said:

dnc said:

Thought for sure this was the Stones for a couple years

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U16Xg_rQZkA

Damn that's fucking funny. Probably more Stones sounding than many Bowie cuts because of the riff, but still Bowie's voice doesn't sound anything like Jagger.

It’s hard

https://youtu.be/iEPTlhBmwRg