I used to think “Life is a Highway” was by INXS and had never heard of Rascal Flatts.
Similarly, I thought “Lunatic Fringe” by Red Rider was an '80s Pink Floyd song. In my defense, the guitar on that song is very Gilmour-ish.
“All The Young Dudes” was definitely David Bowie and not Mott the Hoople. I found out much later that Bowie wrote it, which explains my mistake in that one.
For someone you may not have heard of, Russ is a pretty sucessful songwriter. He has quite an impressive catalog of songs performed by other artists.
I’m not sure if you’re saying that’s by Rascal Flatts, but it’s Tom Cochrane, IIRC.
ETA: Oh, I guess there was a cover for the Cars movie by Rascal Flatts. I had no idea. (Though I think the Tom Cochrane version is more likely the one that sounds like INXS, and it would be in the right era.)
I know. 
Well, now I’m not even sure whose version I thought was INXS. I’ll have to check when I get home from work.
If you’re suggesting it sounds like a classic Lennon/McCartney harmony, I couldn’t agree more. It’s spot on!
Rag Doll, I really like the song, and hated myself for it, 'cause for some reason I thought it was David Lee Roth. I hate DLR a whole lot. I was so happy when I found out it was Aerosmith 'cause I love Aerosmith. And self hate is a terrible thing.
Funny, I never had that misapprehension, but I definitely hear that same guitar sound now that I think of it.
Mind blown! That explains why I’ve never heard it on one of their albums. For 58 years…
Don’t You (Forget About Me) is by Simple Minds, not David Bowie, burpo. Sheesh!
I remember this song, and always “knew” who did it, but…I was wrong!
Me too.
“Love Is Like Oxygen” definitely didn’t sound like anything else Sweet did, that’s for sure.
Urge Overkill.
We were both wrong.
Upon further review, the Rascal Flatts version is the one I thought was INXS, and I’m not sure I’ve heard the Tom Cochrane version before, but you’re right - this one does sound more like INXS.
Even funnier, I wasn’t sure who Tom Cochrane was, and upon looking him up it turns out he was the singer in Red Rider, whose “Lunatic Fringe” I was also confused about the provenance of. This guy has a knack for sounding like other '80s acts, apparently.
I don’t know him beyond that song, but that song was everywhere here in Chicago back in the early 90s. I still hear it occasionally on the “classic hits” stations. I’ve somehow never heard the Rascall Flatts one, or never noticed if I did. Well, I did see Cars, so I must have heard it. The Cochrane version slightly outcharted the Rascall Flatts version, peaking at 6, versus 7 for the cover.
He has a podcast:
Pretty common, but I thought “I’m winning” was a Steve Winwood song. It’s a Santana song with lead vocals by Alex Ligertwood.
Wow, maybe I should start a thread called ‘misread thread posts’ because on first scan, I thought your post said ‘I thought “I’m winning” was a Stevie Wonder song’. And thought “whaa?? No way does it sound like Stevie Wonder!”
It does, however, sound very much like a Steve Winwood song.
Is it interesting?