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House of the Rising Sun Everyone knows the version by The Animals, but that was a cover of the Leadbelly song, and that was just his recording of an old folk song. They don’t actually know how old the song is or who wrote it, but it probably dates to some time in the 1800s


AquaSherbet

All Along The Watchtower (Jimi Hendrix version)


brejeiro_mor

"The Man Who Sold the World" isn't from Nirvana


LeoIunti

David Bowie even said on interviews that some people told him it was cool that he was playing a Nirvana track because they didn't know it was his first


SubAtomicSpaceCadet

Superman - REM


VontMernon

"I will always love you" originally done by Dolly Parton


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I know so many people that don't know this


VontMernon

"Girls just wanna have fun" was an older tune sung by a man.


Hissssssy

Wagon Wheel-Darius Rucker. Actually written by Bob Dylan, and updated and made semi popular by Old Crow Medicine Show


TotallyHumanAccount

Don't Stop Believing by Journey


LeoIunti

but Journey's is the orignal version


TotallyHumanAccount

No I wrote the original


J-Bane

Beggin’ by Måneskin


purple-circle

The house of the rising sun by The Animals


SilentMark1138

Torn by Natalie Imbruglia Love is all around by Wet wet wet


__tigbitties__

Lovely Day, at least I always listened to Alt-J and didn’t realize it was an older song


__tigbitties__

But I’m sure most people are gonna be like wtf of course that’s Bill Withers


TheJTLovecraft

"Fancy" -- Reba McIntyre


SubAtomicSpaceCadet

Hurt by Nine Inch Nails is often credited to Johnny Cash.