Songs you belatedly discovered were covers of a very different artist

not exactly a cover but anyway, first heard this one yesterday

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRnFmHm_ANg

LCD Soundsystem's "Jump Into the Fire", which I assumed was just a really great B-side ("of COURSE this fucking hipster would save the best track for the back of some single") - when I heard Nilsson's version I kept bouncing between "this is 30 years ahead of its time" and "LCD really based their entire career on this, huh?"

"LCD really based their entire career on this, huh?"

lol I felt kinda the same when I first heard this old Chuck Prophet track:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMvRu3_d50U

glee cover of rebecca black’s friday

That "Turning Black" track, wow. Had never heard that. Pretty strong stuff!

Frank Mills on Hair got me too

This Mortal Coil's three albums, didn't realize they were largely covers until after _Blood_ and discovering The Apartments.

My wife didn't realize that Through the Looking Glass by Siouxsie and the Banshees was all covers, I got to surprise her a lot.

It was only a couple of years ago that I found out Not So Manic Now by Dubstar was a cover. The original is by a band called Brick Supply who I'd never heard of.

many years ago i worked with one of the BS blokes.
he was very angry and bitter re the whole thing re that track (and everything else in life to be fair).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIeY7J9kjg0

I know we download and stream everything nowadays so this is now probably the norm.

Back in the day I always read liner notes and credits on LPs and CDs, maybe no one else did idk.

“This flight tonight” a genius choice for Nazareth to cover Joni Mitchell

Reading liner notes wouldn’t always tell you if it was a cover. Eg: Led Zepellin