Songs you thought were by other artists?

I thought for years that Foreigner's "Dirty White Boy" was by some southern rock band like 38 Special. Sounds like southern rock to me anyway.

Most of the songs by Stormwarrior sounds like Gamma Ray.

Not songs, but I can never get straight Fifth Angel and Seventh Angel. I'm always calling the one by the other. Thinking about it right now I still can't get it straight.

I've also always had a hard time separating Firehouse from Trixter even though I own several Firehouse discs and no Trixter. I also always want to call the band Firehose - Firehouse. But I think that maybe because I hate Firehose as a band name.

Initially I thought "Keep On Rockin' In The Free World" was by R.E.M.

jstate wrote:

One of the many things that used to tick me off about radio back then was the refusal to name the song and artist at every turn.

Hit the nail on the head for me. Even though I have heard Toadies song Possum Kingdom way too many times on the radio, not once have I heard them mention the name of the artist or the song title to this day. Again, I had no clue as to what the song was called, I just assumed it was some Bad religion tune from the vibe of the song until my buddy showed me otherwise.

For a long time I thought Kansas' Play The Game Tonight was a Toto song.

I thought the Ultimate Warrior entrance theme was by Twisted Sister:

I thought Brother Louie by the band Stories was Rod Stewart for decades.

I just found out differently a few years ago.