Have you ever heard a song, maybe just 3 lines of a song, and you instantly lock onto it thinking, “I know that voice! That must be a new song by her. I didn’t know she did that… wow that’s good too…”.
Cue 2 hours of useless searching only to find it… and its done by somebody else?
Everything fits though… but you were wrong? Well, here’s the place to share.
I’ll start.
I was flipping through the channels and the closing credits of “Pitch Perfect 2” was on. A song was playing and I instantly thought, 'That’s Katy Perry…! Wow, that’s going to be a hit."
I was wrong. The song was “Heartbreak Dream” by Betty Who.
(…and Katy Perry won’t ever sing that song, not even as a request … )
Every time I hear Black Horse and a Cherry Tree by KT Tunstall, I still think it’s Bonnie Raitt at first. I had heard it probably a half-dozen times before I learned that it wasn’t Bonnie.
The Ballad of Jenny Ledge by Toy Matinee sounded and still sounds like Steely Dan. So much so that I almost have to believe it’s intentional. I remember trying to look up the lyrics and not understanding why it was listed on any of their albums :smack: Still a pretty good song though.
The first time I heard the opening lines of “One Day in Your Life”, I was sure it was a Karen Carpenter song I’d never heard. Especially the “You’ll come back, and you’ll look around…”.
It was quite a shock when it turned into Michael Jackson half way through.
I have all the Steely Dan albums and am a big fan, and that song absolutely sounds like a lost Steely Dan song. Kevin Gilbert, who founded Toy Matinee was a musical genius who dies far too young (and under bizarre circumstances)
I remember the Quarterflash song as “Harden my Heart.” When it was new, the local AOR station made sure to always introduce the song, saying it was Quarterflash and not Pat Benatar.
For 20+ years I thought this song was by Taylor Dayne, who had a bunch of hits around the same time. Just recently found out it was Kathy Troccoli, a Christian singer going for a crossover career like Amy Grant.
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