# Songs you've misattributed. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 23, 2014, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-youve-misattributed/699381 "2014-09-23T22:42:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Push\_You\_Down](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/push_you_down/32/9095_2.png) [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2014, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-youve-misattributed/699381/81 "2014-09-24T17:52:05Z")
I felt really old when someone told me that “Radioactive” wasn’t the new Coldplay song like I thought it was, but by some band named Imagine Dragons. I felt old because I was really proud that I knew some songs by a cool, newish band…but then learned that Coldplay is now considered “mom music.” ---
**Author:** ![BubbaDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bubbadog/32/333_2.png) [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2014, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-youve-misattributed/699381/82 "2014-09-24T17:58:31Z")
In the gender bender department - Years ago I played the “Hell Freezes Over” laser disc for a friend who was baffled by the fact that a man (Timothy B Schmit) was singing “Love Will Keep Us Alive”. She asked me, “I always thought that the Eagles had a female member”. I replied, “Well, I heard Henley can be a prissy bitch, but I don’t think that qualifies”. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2014, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-youve-misattributed/699381/83 "2014-09-24T18:32:54Z")
> [@DChord568](#): > > RTFirefly, my great respect for WordMan has brought me up short, and I want to retract and apologize for the last statement I made to you, which was both harsh and unnecessary. > > I’m passionate about the music I love, and that passion sometimes causes me to get carried away. Wow - how cool is that? Thanks! And I figured it was passion fanning the flames - which I found interesting, because I have always enjoyed the Hollies, but never invested enough to have a sense of \*passion \*about them. Maybe I should go back. But your apparent…frustration?..with Nash’s dismissing the Hollies comes through and makes sense. And you know how I feel about CSN 😉 **BubbaDog** - great crack about Henley. He is a prickly guy, isn’t he? I am enjoying this thread - even though I haven’t contributed any misattributions myself, when I read examples like Caddyshack and see the mention of Fleetwood Mac, I kinda go “wow - you know; it kinda does!” so that has been interesting. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2014, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-youve-misattributed/699381/84 "2014-09-24T18:53:53Z")
> [@Nobody](#): > > I thought “Modern Love” was Billy Joel instead of David Bowie. Easy mistake to make, I suppose. Billy Joel had a hit song called “Modern Woman” in the mid 80s. > [@johnspartan](#): > > The thread’s gone this far without anyone mentioning “On the Dark Side” from Eddie and the Cruisers? Not Bruce Springsteen, but John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band. That was a deliberate choice by the filmmakers. Since the movie was about a New Jersey bar band, they wanted the music to incorporate elements of BS&ESB. > [@control-z](#): > > That reminds me, I thought Dire Strait’s “Walk of Life” was Bruce Springsteen. I don’t hear the resemblance. As **campp** said, Mark Knopfler’s voice is more reminiscent of Bob Dylan. ---
**Author:** ![SirRay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@SirRay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SirRay)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2014, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-youve-misattributed/699381/85 "2014-09-24T19:17:30Z")
> [@Push\_You\_Down](#): > > I felt really old when someone told me that “Radioactive” wasn’t the new Coldplay song like I thought it was, but by some band named Imagine Dragons. > I felt old because I was really proud that I knew some songs by a cool, newish band…but then learned that Coldplay is now considered “mom music.” It might be worse for you than you think. When you mentioned Radioactive, my mind immediate went back to the 1980s band “The Firm” (a “supergroup” of various even-then old-school rockers like Paul Rodgers and Jimmy Page), whose only two hits that I can immediately recall are “Radioactive” and “Satisfaction Guarenteed”). I saw them in concert, so this makes me a Middle Aged Fart. I also like Coldplay, and also saw them in concert (decades later, of course), so that still makes me a Middle-Age fart (although I’m male, so I don’t get the Mom part). So if you like Coldplay… 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2014, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-youve-misattributed/699381/86 "2014-09-24T19:45:23Z")
Without pointing out any particular post, I already did that once and got hell for it, I can’t believe what bands and singers most people are mixing up. It’s like you’ve got audio [prosopagnosia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prosopagnosia). ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2014, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-youve-misattributed/699381/87 "2014-09-24T20:26:01Z")
I heard _"Junk Food Junkie_" by Larry Groce. I assumed it was by _“Jim”_ Croce of _“Bad, Bad Leroy Brown”_ fame. I wonder if they are related? ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2014, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-youve-misattributed/699381/88 "2014-09-24T22:05:37Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > I heard _"Junk Food Junkie_" by Larry Groce. I assumed it was by _“Jim”_ Croce of _“Bad, Bad Leroy Brown”_ fame. > > I wonder if they are related? I would say not. “Croce” and “Groce” are two different names, despite having the last four letters in common. Besides, Jim Croce was born in Philadelphia and is of Italian descent and Larry Groce is from Dallas. Also, Croce’s name is pronounced “Crō-chee” and Groce’s name sounds like “Gross.” ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2014, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-youve-misattributed/699381/89 "2014-09-24T22:17:08Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > I would say not. “Croce” and “Groce” are two different names, despite having the last four letters in common. Besides, Jim Croce was born in Philadelphia and is of Italian descent and Larry Groce is from Dallas. Also, Croce’s name is pronounced “Crō-chee” and Groce’s name sounds like “Gross.” In Canada we say “Crō-chay.” No kidding. ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2014, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-youve-misattributed/699381/90 "2014-09-24T22:24:49Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > Until very recently I had always assumed [Venus by The Shocking Blue](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhMXyZ-hci8) was sung by a dude. > > I have no idea why. I didn’t know that until just now. :smack: For the longest time, I thought Nick Gilder (“Hot Child in the City”) was a soulful black woman instead of a skinnny white guy. Even after [seeing the video,](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=El6iQ2_dvlc) I still thought he was a chick. Even now, I confuse some Stone Temple Pilots songs with Alice in Chains, especially “Plush.” ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2014, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-youve-misattributed/699381/91 "2014-09-24T22:42:09Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > In Canada we say “Crō-chay.” No kidding. Exkweeze me! 😉 I do know that Jim called himself “Crow-chee”. Reminds me that I once worked with a Canadian geographer who called the Lambert Projection (it’s a map thing) “lahm-BERRH.” ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2014, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-youve-misattributed/699381/92 "2014-09-24T22:45:49Z")
> [@JKellyMap](#): > > Exkweeze me! 😉 I do know that Jim called himself “Crow-chee”. > > Reminds me that I once worked with a Canadian geographer who called the Lambert Projection (it’s a map thing) “lahm-BERRH.” Sure. Like the Colberrh Reporrrr, I imagine. ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2014, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-youve-misattributed/699381/93 "2014-09-24T23:08:15Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > I somehow knew “Horse With No Name” was going to be one of the first listed. That one comes up a lot in these sorts of discussions. Of course, I hope to God Neil Young would never write a lyrics as bad as “cause there ain’t no one for to give you no pain” (or whatever it is exactly.) My mother and stepfather got into a debate over ‘A Horse with no Name’ at a restaurant once when as it played as background music. She claimed it was by the Eagles and he said she didn’t know anything about music because it was by some band I had never heard of. I waited a while to point out it is by America and they just looked at me like I said something dumb and went right back to arguing with each other. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2014, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-youve-misattributed/699381/94 "2014-09-24T23:12:29Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > When KT Tunstall’s song “Black Horse and the Cherry Tree” was first getting airplay, I thought it was a new song by Joan Osborne. First several times I heard Adele, I thought it _was_ K.T. Tunstall. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2014, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-youve-misattributed/699381/95 "2014-09-24T23:13:32Z")
> [@DChord568](#): > > Not true at all. There were several Lennon-McCartney compositions given to other artists in the UK and released prior to “World Without Love.” In particular, those given to Billy J. Kramer (“From a Window,” “Bad to Me,” “I’ll Keep You Satisfied,” “Do You Want to Know a Secret”) were quite successful. There were others that also made the Top 20, including The Rolling Stones’ version of “I Wanna Be Your Man.” > > I was going to say your statement is true for the U.S., but that’s not true either, as Del Shannon’s version of “From Me to You” was released here in 1963. It failed to crack the Top 40, but did make it to #77 on the _Billboard_ Hot 100. > > “World Without Love” was the first recording of a Lennon-McCartney song by someone other than The Beatles to be _successful_ on the U.S. charts…but not the first to be released. Ah. Thanks for the education, then. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2014, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-youve-misattributed/699381/96 "2014-09-24T23:23:07Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > I would say not. “Croce” and “Groce” are two different names, despite having the last four letters in common. Besides, Jim Croce was born in Philadelphia and is of Italian descent and Larry Groce is from Dallas. Also, Croce’s name is pronounced “Crō-chee” and Groce’s name sounds like “Gross.” There was an ensign aboard my last submarine with the last name Croce. He acknowledged being a shirttail relation of Jim Croce, but he said his branch of the family pronounced it to rhyme with “Gross.” ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2014, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-youve-misattributed/699381/97 "2014-09-24T23:37:35Z")
> [@JKellyMap](#): > > Exkweeze me! 😉 I do know that Jim called himself “Crow-chee”. > > Reminds me that I once worked with a Canadian geographer who called the Lambert Projection (it’s a map thing) “lahm-BERRH.” Although one is being pedantic and the other is either clueless or pedantically obtuse. Lambert might’ve pronounced his name that way. If he were French. That his name is “Johann Heinrich” and Wikipedia has a contradicting pronunciation guide as well says otherwise. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2014, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-youve-misattributed/699381/98 "2014-09-24T23:41:21Z")
> [@Shagnasty](#): > > My mother and stepfather got into a debate over ‘A Horse with no Name’ at a restaurant once when as it played as background music. She claimed it was by the Eagles and he said she didn’t know anything about music because it was by some band I had never heard of. I waited a while to point out it is by America and they just looked at me like I said something dumb and went right back to arguing with each other. I nearly came to blows with a guy in Warsaw who insisted that Country Joe McDonald’s “Feel Like I’m Fixin’ To Die” was an Arlo Guthrie song. First he bet me $50, then escalated to $500, nearly frothing at the mouth. Since nobody had a copy of the Woodstock album, it was a pointless bet. There was a lot of Jack Daniels involved. ---
**Author:** ![Flywheel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Flywheel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flywheel)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2014, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-youve-misattributed/699381/99 "2014-09-24T23:42:09Z")
I thought Peter Bjorn and John’s [Young Folks](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIRE6iw-ws4) was by Pete Yorn. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2014, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-youve-misattributed/699381/100 "2014-09-24T23:43:48Z")
> [@TheChileanBlob](#): > > Andy Kim has a song “Rock Me Gently” which I thought was by Neil Diamond until I bought a compilation tape featuring it. You mean it’s not? It’s even got the cheesy backing vocals! :eek: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-youve-misattributed/699381.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-youve-misattributed/699381.md?page=6)