Songs...Wrong Artist...Oops!

Mr.Mook · April 4, 2003, 6:05am

Nah that’s America.

You’re thinking of Crazy Horse with No Name.

I_can_t_believe_that_s_butter · April 4, 2003, 8:14am

On a roadtrip a year ago, the radio stations kept playing “Ain’t No Woman (Like The One I Got)” by the Temptations, which at first I thought was “These Eyes” by the Guess Who. The lack of a, uh, “accordian-reed-keyboard-thing-intro” should have thrown me.

King Harvest of “Dancin’ in the Moonlight” fame actually has a “Greatest Hits” out under the Razor & Tie label or Rhino; one of the two.

FYI, “Dancin’ (Dancing?) in the Moonlight” is also a title by Anne Murray, and one of my favorites by her at that.

I_can_t_believe_that_s_butter · April 4, 2003, 8:17am

I meant the Hohner Pianet. :smack:

whitetho · April 4, 2003, 8:51am

*Originally posted by Tiramisu *
**Erm … well, I thought Dancin’ in the Moonlight was a Van Morrison song, too. I’m sure I have a lot of other misperceptions about who sings what song but I can’t think of any others right now.

Anyway, yeah the file-sharing mislabels are annoying. But it’s also hard to find the correct info online. For example, I was trying to find the original performer of Everlasting Love, so I did a lyrics search and it was credited to both U2 and Gloria Estefan, who both covered the song but neither were the original performers and neither wrote the song. I found it interesting that all these lyric sites have a disclaimer about the songs being the property of the songwriter yada, yada, yada but none actually credit the writer. They usually list it as if the performer wrote it, which I am sure then leads to more people being confused. **

Dancing in the Moonlight was by King Harvest (#12, 1972). Van Morrison later had a minor hit with a song called Moondance (#92, 1977). The original hit version of Everlasting Love – written by Buzz Carson and Mac Gayden – was by Robert Knight (#13, 1967). The biggest hit version was by Carl Carlton. (#6, 1974) (All chart info is for the U.S. Billboard Hot 100)

Shoeless · April 4, 2003, 2:03pm

For the longest time, when I would hear the opening chords of George Harrison’s “What Is Life” on the radio, I would think it was BTO. Of course, as soon as he started singing I would go “oh yeah… duh!”

bordelond · April 4, 2003, 5:32pm

Is Andy Gibb’s “Everlasting Love” not a cover version of Knight’s song, also? My edition of Joel Whitburn’s Top 40 Hits implies that Gibb’s tune is not the same song … but I could have sworn it was.

bordelond · April 4, 2003, 5:38pm

Never mind, whiteho – a quick check of allmusic.com has revealed that Andy Gibb’s “Everlasting Love” has a different songwriter than the song Knight and Carlton performed.

I might be mixing Gibb’s song up with Rex Smith & Rachel Sweet’s cover of the Knight hit.

Rico · April 4, 2003, 5:42pm

That’s Shadows In The Moonlight.

Too many years as a radio disc jockey…

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I_can_t_believe_that_s_butter · April 4, 2003, 8:46pm

Yeah it is…Damn.
Thanks.

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pepperlandgirl · April 4, 2003, 9:03pm

If it makes you feel any better, Paul McCartney wrote it and produced it.

dogchow · April 5, 2003, 12:05am

Another mis-ID’ed song on P2P…

I downloaded this song called “She Had Two First Names” off Kazaa. It was tagged as a Weezer song. I like the song alot, but it sounds nothing like Weezer.

Misha77 · April 5, 2003, 12:44am

Okay…now I’m confused. I thought Dancing in the Moonlight was Thin Lizzy. Now y’all mention King Harvest. I never heard of him (or them). Are these two different songs, or is Thin Lizzy a cover?

Rico · April 5, 2003, 12:51am

Dancing In The Moonlight

Thin Lizzy.

King Harvest

Two different songs.

King Harvest had the big hit. Can’t remember the exact year, but it was ca. 1972.

Misha77 · April 5, 2003, 1:32am

Thanks, Rico! I’m now (slightly) less confused.