What are some songs that you listened to and found out a long time later that they're actually covers?

[CateM]

For me it's Behind Blue Eyes by Limp Bizkit, 2 1/2 years after I first listened to it, I found out the original was by The Who. 10 years after I heard Life Is A Highway by Rascal Flatts for the first time, I found out Tom Cochrane did the original

[abc3643]

"Get Together" by "The Youngbloods". They did a version in 1967 but then did a later version in 1969. This is the most famous version of the song.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yXov4MdDhs

This is the original by The Kingston Trio from 1964.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_6TcTZeRSY

[Noodle_fan]

i had many , one of example:

incognito - night over egypt , i listened to this since i am 23

https://www.youtube.com/embed/FsUvNqMq9-Y

found the original version last year : the jones girls

https://www.youtube.com/embed/ci63QpctwQ8

[Razp_Sorbet]

The boys of summer by the Ataris original by Don Henley.
I love rock n roll by Joan Jett original by The arrows.
I will always love you by Whitney Houston original by Dolly Parton.

Many others. A lot of popular songs are actually covers

[Anonymous]

OMG I had no idea that behind blue eyes by limp bizkit was a cover. 23 years of my life and I find out on GAG haha.

[Kreneman]

Foxy Brown "Gotta get you Home" came out in the mid 90s but I found out it was cover song that came from the original artist Eugene Wilde in the early 80s, which was amazing.

[Anpu23]

Emma by Sisters of Mercy

https://youtu.be/t0IN_5qZtxE

[abc3643]

Who did the original of "Emma"?

[Anpu23]

@abc3643 Emma was originally released in 1974 by Hot Chocolate. https://sisterswiki.org/Emma_(song)

[abc3643]

I like the Sisters wiki. I updated it for the lyrics of Colours years ago although, at the time, I had not heard The Sisterhood version.

[metalheadphysicist]

Whiskey in the jar

[IknowthatIdontKnow09]

Heartbreaker from Pat benatar by example

[Jamie05rhs]

Wait- what? That's not a Rascal Flatts original?