Had a revelation this morning while listening to a HonkyTonk playlist on Spotify that Jerry Reed originally made Amos Moses. For YEARS I just thought it was a Primus song as it has that vibe Les Claypool puts out.

Another for me was Astronomy Domine by Pink Floyd. I originally heard it on Headbangers Ball by Voivod and had no idea it was a cover. A few years later I discovered that it was a cover and to this day Pink Floyd and Voivod are two of my favorite bands.

So, What songs did you surprisingly find out were covers some time after hearing the song by the cover artist?

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[–] groucho@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 2 years ago

Tricky's Something In the Way is a Nirvana cover. I was more of a Tricky fan than a Nirvana fan so it took me forever to figure that out.

[–] MorrisonMotel6@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

JUST TODAY I found out "Long Time Gone" by The Chicks is a cover!

[–] AnalogyAddict@beehaw.org 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

A woman singing about marrying a woman in a country song wasn't a clue for you?

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[–] Mint_Raccoon@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

Louie Louie was originally by Richard Berry. Unlike the Kingsmen’s more famous cover, this is completely intelligible.

[–] ciphershort@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

Police On My Back by The Clash was originally done by a group called The Equals.

[–] whelmer@beehaw.org 1 points 2 years ago

The entire genre of Drum N Bass is a cover of the Amen break.

[–] silentdanni@beehaw.org 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

You're so vain by Faster Pussycat turned out to be a cover

Cross-Eyed Mary

I also thought Man on the Silver Mountain was by Mago de OZ

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[–] HarvesterOfEyes@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Apparently these are actually pretty well-known covers but I only found out a few years after:

Tina Turner's Proud Mary is originally by Creedence Clearwater Revival
Judas Priest's The Green Manalishi (With the Two-Pronged Crown) is a cover of a Fleetwood Mac song
Whiskey in the Jar is apparently an Irish traditional song, so both Thin Lizzy's and Metallica's (and also the Dubliners') can be said to be covers

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