History MisattributedSong / NToZ

* "I've Never Been to Me" was never performed by Music/{{Carpenters}}, it was performed by OneHitWonder Charlene.

* Music/{{Cher}} did not sing the mid-late '90s dance songs "One More Try" or "Stronger", those were by Kristine W.

* "Ordinary World" isn't by Music/{{Journey|Band}} or Music/{{Scorpions|Band}}, but by Music/DuranDuran. The 2000s trance cover is not by Ian van Dahl or Lasgo, but by Aurora featuring Naimee Coleman.

* "Our House" isn't by Music/TalkingHeads, it's by Madness.

* "Physical" was not by Music/{{Madonna}}, but by Olivia Newton-John, three years before Madonna became popular.

*** Adding to this confusion, the song ''was supposed to be for Madonna to record'' but she passed up on it.

* "Pick Up The Pieces" is not by Music/EarthWindAndFire, the Ohio Players, or Music/WildCherry. It's by the Average White Band.

* "Primadonna," commonly mis-titled "Primadonna Girls," is by Music/MarinaDiamandis, not Music/KatyPerry. You might be confusing it with "California Gurls," which ''is'' by Katy Perry.

* Neither Burl Ives nor Music/JohnnyCash performed "(The) Purple People Eater"; that was the only hit for novelty-singer and actor Music/ShebWooley.

* Music/TheVillagePeople didn't perform "Que sera mi vida (If You Should Go)", that was French OneHitWonder group Gibson Brothers(not to be confused with Music/TheBeeGees either).

* "Remember The Name" and "Where'd You Go" are often misattributed to Linkin Park. They're actually by Fort Minor, the hip-hop side project of Linkin's Mike Shinoda.

** Aretha also did not sing "It's Raining Men". That was the Weather Girls, neither of which was Franklin.

** Likewise the original was not by David Bowie, but rather by David ''Essex.''

* "Rock You Like A Hurricane" is not by Judas Priest, Foreigner, Def Leppard or Whitesnake, but by the Scorpions.

* Defunct filesharing program Audiogalaxy used to list band's most downloaded songs on their system: The number one most downloaded "Devo" song by far? "Safety Dance", which is in fact by Men Without Hats.
** It's also commonly mislabeled as being by Men At Work.
** Speaking of Men Without Hats, INXS didn't do "Pop Goes the World," either.
* Basshunter did not remix Darude's "Sandstorm", that was a fan-made megamix of it and Lock n' Load's "Blow Your Mind".

* "School's Out (for Summer)" is not by Kiss, Music/TwistedSister, Music/PinkFloyd, or Music/TheRamones. That was Music/AliceCooper.

* The popular version of "Send In The Clowns" from Creator/StephenSondheim's ''Theatre/ALittleNightMusic'' was performed not by Creator/JudyGarland, but by Music/JudyCollins. Garland had been dead for six years by the time Collins' version was released.

* "Sex and Candy" is not by Music/{{Nirvana}} or Matchbox 20. It's by Marcy Playground. In fact, Kurt Cobain was dead when the song came out!

** Likewise is the case with "Blurry." Which, by the way, is NOT called "Take It All Away."

* "She's So High" is not by Everclear or Fastball. It's the only hit song by Tal Bachman, the son of the Guess Who's Randy Bachman.

* "Shine A Light", of 2003 Kohl's commercial fame, was not recorded by Music/ElectricLightOrchestra or Music/{{Queen}}, but by Music/TheApplesInStereo in 1998, two decades after ELO's heyday and seven years after Freddie Mercury's death.

* "Shout" was not done by Music/DepecheMode. It's by Tears For Fears. Depeche Mode has, however, a song named ''Shout'', that's ''completely'' different of the Tears For Fears song. Also not to be confused with the Music/{{Devo}} song of the same name.

* "Show Me Love" (the 1993 HouseMusic hit) is not by [=CeCe=] Peniston, but by Robin S. (not to be confused with Music/{{Robyn}}, who had a hit also called "Show Me Love" in 1997)

* "Signs" is not by Music/TheDoors, and its title is not "Long Haired Freaky People". It's by the Five Man Electrical Band. (Tesla didn't do it first).

* Neither the Pointer Sisters nor Sister Sledge performed "Sisters and Brothers" from the children's album ''Free to Be... You and Me'', that was The Voices of East Harlem, credited as Sisters 'n Brothers.

* "Somebody to Love" is not by Janis Joplin. It's by Jefferson Airplane.

* "Somebody That I Used To Know" is not by [[Music/ThePolice Sting]], it's Music/{{Gotye}} (similarities to "Can't Stand Losing You" and "King of Pain" notwithstanding).

* "Space Oddity" (not [[RefrainFromAssuming "Ground Control to Major Tom"]], not to be confused with the '80s AnswerSong "Major Tom" by Peter Schilling) is not a [[Music/TheBeatles Beatles]] song with Music/JohnLennon on vocals. That was Music/DavidBowie on ''Music/SpaceOddity''.

** On the subject of John Lennon, he did not sing "Valotte," "Too Late for Goodbyes," or any other song off his son Julian's album ''Valotte'', which was released nearly four years after his death.
** On the subject of Julian Lennon, "Saltwater" (not related to the Chicane song) is not a long lost Beatles song, and the Music/GeorgeHarrison-style guitar solo was played by Steve Hunter.

* "Spill The Wine" is not a [[Music/TheRollingStonesBand Rolling Stones]] or [[Music/TheAnimals Animals]] song. It's by Eric Burdon (The Animals' frontman) and War.

** Music/TheDoors also never covered [[Music/LedZeppelin "Stairway To Heaven"]] -- it would have been impossible for them to do so with Jim Morrison on vocals anyway, since he died several months before the original song was even released ([[HesJustHiding Unless...]]). What you're actually hearing is a tribute band called The Australian Doors Show, who were one of many artists who performed the song InTheStyleOf another artist for the tv show ''The Money or the Gun''.
** Music/PinkFloyd didn't cover [[Music/LedZeppelin "Stairway To Heaven"]] in a collaboration with Music/LedZeppelin -- that was actually Far Corporation.

** Music/TheBeatles, however, never covered "Stand By Me." That would be solo Music/JohnLennon.

* The rap version of Music/TheBeeGees' "Stayin' Alive" is not by Snap!, but by N-Trance. Same goes for "Turn Up The Power", whose title may be confused with Snap!'s unrelated "The Power".
* "Stay In the Dark" is not by Music/KatyPerry, but by Music/TheBandPerry (no relation).
* The song "Steal Away" was never recorded by Michael [=McDonald=], Christopher Cross, Rupert Holmes, or any of the other well-known yacht rockers. That was one-hit wonder Robbie [=DuPree=]. The song's keyboard line is [[SuspiciouslySimilarSong suspiciously similar to]] "What A Fool Believes" by The Doobie Brothers (which did have Michael [=McDonald=] on lead vocals)

* "Still Of The Night" ([[RefrainFromAssuming not "In the Still Of The Night"]]) is not by Music/LedZeppelin, but by Music/{{Whitesnake}}, if anyone ignores the 1980s production of the song. The fact that David Coverdale channels Robert Plant so much in the song has led Plant to sarcastically refer to Coverdale as "David Cover Version". Also, Led Zeppelin had been dissolved by seven years the time "Still Of The Night" came out. Coverdale did later collaborate with Jimmy Page in the '90s.
* Music/SteelyDan did ''not'' do "Still The One". The very idea they would ever do something that optimistic is ''laughable''. The song is actually by Orleans (off [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waking_and_Dreaming this]] album. Yes, they are all wearing pants. Also, the lead singer was a future congressman).

* "Storm in our Hearts" is not by Music/{{Heart|Band}}, Louise Goffin, or Music/{{Roxette}}, but by Kim Wilde. Doesn't help that it's a PowerBallad [[BlackSheepHit that sounds nothing like Kim's traditional style]].

* "Tonight Is The Night" is not by La Bouche. It's by Le Click. La Bouche's female singer [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness singing the chorus]] and its inclusion on the US version of their debut album possibly caused the confusion.

* Music/{{Kesha}} did not provide the vocals on Flo Rida's song "Wild Ones", that would be Music/{{Sia}}.

* Music/Kesha did not provide the vocals on Flo Rida's song "Wild Ones", that would be Music/Sia.

* "Sweat" ([[RefrainFromAssuming not "A La La La La Long"]]) is not by Music/BobMarley. In fact, the song was released about decade after the singer passed. The song is actually by Inner Circle. However, the singer's vocals are ''eerily'' close to Marley's, possibly lending to the confusion.

* Music/{{Kesha}} did not sing [[RefrainFromAssuming "Palms to the Sky"]], that was "Radioactive" by Music/RitaOra (not to be confused with the Music/ImagineDragons song).

* "Now That I Found You" is not by Lil' Suzy, although the singer sounds just like her. It's by the obscure Canadian dance trio YBZ.

* Eminem did not rap a verse on Macklemore's ''White Walls''. That verse was done by Schoolboy Q. Q's use of the [[NWordPrivileges N-Word]] should have been a clue to those who were confused.

* Eminem did not rap a verse on Macklemore's ''White Walls''. The rap was done by Schoolboy Q. Q's use of the [[NWordPrivileges N-Word]] should have been a clue to those who were confused.

* Eminem did not rap a verse on Macklemore's ''White Walls''. The rap was done by Schoolboy Q. Q's use of the [[NWordPrivileges N-Word]] should have been a clue.

* Eminem did not rap a verse on Macklemore's ''White Walls''. The rap was done by Schoolboy Q. Q's use of the [[NWordPrivleges N-Word]] should have been a clue.