SONGS THAT YOU DIDN’T REALIZE WERE COVERS

HarveyCanal · October 2015

Only found this one out only a couple of months back:

Have known this one for a few years now, but I'm still amazed by it:

Oh yeah, this one too:

RAJ · October 2015

Jimster · October 2015

I remember learning "I Believe In Miracles" was a cover here.

The OG was Mark Capanni.

I'd post that too, but it was dog muck IIRC.

DOR · October 2015

Jimster said:

I remember learning "I Believe In Miracles" was a cover here.

The OG was Mark Capanni.

I'd post that too, but it was dog muck IIRC.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6k92aSzlwqo

"MO What Hi-Rise did was better than the original by the Jackson Sisters."

skel · October 2015

I was pissed off to find Toploader's Dancing In The Moonlight was a cover.

I thought this mob of ugly urchins had stumbled on a piece of private mind garden goodness, but sadly no.

DJBombjack · October 2015

Only found out about this a couple years back. I like both versions equally.

Rockadelic · October 2015

Sorta kinda

mrmatthew · October 2015

Also, i just came across that same PhD record the other day as well.

LaserWolf · October 2015

mrmatthew said:

Also, i just came across that same PhD record the other day as well.

Thanks.

I knew this was a cover because of the story of Otis not wanting to cover an old big band song, but when he heard what Al Jackson was going to do got into it.

I'm obsessed with checking writer credits, so if I like a song enough to own it I am likely to know where it came from.

Big_Stacks · October 2015

Hey,

Below are two sets where I thought (as a young, uninformed lad) that the remakes were the OGs (big ups to Leon and Shuggie once I became informed):

"This Masquerade"

"Strawberry Letter 23"

Peace,

Big Stacks from Kakalak

Yemsky · October 2015

I was totally stunned after approximately 30 years to realize that Catch The Beat was a version of Heartbeat.

Doh!

LaserWolf · October 2015

Leon Russel also wrote the great Song For You, that Donny Hathaway (and many others) covers.

Rockadelic · October 2015

Rockadelic · October 2015

Rockadelic · October 2015

Fred_Garvin · October 2015

HarveyCanal · October 2015

I knew that Nirvana's Love Buzz was a cover right off, but it took some time (pre-internet) before I heard the original and realized that it was by the same band who had previously been covered by Bananarama.