Is there a song you thought was by a Beatle or The Beatles when you first heard it, but it wasn't?

[robertpaulsen]

A few weeks ago when FrankfurtCat started a thread on Great Songs with "Alone" in the title, LeftinTX replied with "Alone Again, Naturally" by Gilbert O'Sullivan. In reply, FrankfurtCat thought that song was by The Beatles.

It reminded me of the first time I heard "Go All the Way" by The Raspberries on the radio. The DJ didn't announce who did it and I could have sworn it was Paul McCartney.

Anyone else hear a song you thought was by a Beatle or The Beatles, but it turned out to be someone else?

[Dream Girl]

1. Ferry Cross the Mersey?

Not sure of the name, maybe by Heman's Hemits.

[Soxfan58]

3. Gerry and the Pacemakers

[shenmue]

8. Yeah

[Orrex]

23. The quality of Mersey is not strained.

[Soxfan58]

2. No matter what

Badfinger

[unblock]

6. i thought "come and get it" was a beatles song when i first heard it

then i found out it was performed by badfinger.

then it turns out it actually was a beatles song after all, written by paul, and paul produced the badfinger version, instructing them to play it exactly as the beatles....

[robertpaulsen]

13. I had a similar experience with that one.

It wasn't until they brought out the Anthology series that I heard Paul McCartney doing it. But when I first heard it I thought, "That's gotta be The Beatles."

[malthaussen]

15. Virually every song done by Badfinger sounded like the Beatles.

They were an Apple band.

-- Mal

[unblock]

4. lies - the knickerbockers

[Iggo]

5. Yep, that one.

[DFW]

12. First song I thought of too!

Although the lead guitar work made me suspicious, as it didn't sound like George Harrison on lead at all.

[LeftInTX]

14. OMG!!!

I'm so bad, I could have sworn it was on one of my old Beatles albums.

Albums are long gone.

I guess I had mixed up with Day Tripper and Run for Your Life

[bagelsforbreakfast]

27. Absolutely! LIES by The Knickerbockers n/m

[Bucky]

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[Cirque du So-What]

7. Badfinger - Day After Day

I coulda sworn that George Harrison was playing lead guitar, especially toward the end of the song.

[Dave Starsky]

10. That's because it was George Harrison.

Badfinger got a lot assistance from the Beatles, because they were one of the original Apple Records bands. Paul McCartney wrote and produced Badfinger's first hit, "Come and Get It". Badfinger was actually named after a demo that the Beatles did called "Badfinger Boogie".

I seem to recall that George also co-produced the album that "Day After Day" appears on, Straight Up.

[Paladin]

18. Everything Badfinger did was suspect as Beatles work, as I remember.

Which is kind of a shame, because Badfinger turned out to be a pretty good band with some decent tunes.

[GeorgeGist]

9. ...

[rug]

11. Glad All Over

[malthaussen]

16. Many thought Canadian band Klaatu was the Beatles...

They got a lot of sales from the rumor, although they swear they didn't plan it that way.

-- Mal

[Boomerproud]

20. Klaatu was a Canadian studio band and yes there was a wide spread rumor

that it was the Beatles. No dice.

[malthaussen]

17. There's always "Quinn the Eskimo..."

... but that was Dylan's, not the Beatles.

-- Mal

[wyldwolf]

19. To young to know first hand but here's what I know.

Someone already mentioned Badfinger. 'Day after Day' just sounds like a George Harrison composition with slightly disguised McCartney vocals.

Klaatu - anyone remember them?

My oldest brother even theorized once the Chipmunks were actually the Beatles - just sped up!

During my time: Bourgeois Tagg - I Don't Mind At All.

[OrwellwasRight]

21. Tainted Love

I can't explain why, but I thought the Beatles had recorded it and it had remained in a vault for years until released in the 1980s.

[PennyK]

22. Squeeze

I thought a bunch of their stuff sounded very Beatlesque...or maybe, Beatles for a new decade.

[ms liberty]

29. Squeeze has always been a favorite of mine

They were compared to the Beatles a good bit, due mainly to the songwriting skills of Chris Difford and Glenn Tilbrook, who collaborated to write the tight little pop songs Squeeze is known for. They're really good.

[rogerballard]

24. Ma Belle Amie

I was 11 when this song came out, I swore that I heard Paul McCartney in backup vocals. Listen for it.

[luvMIdog]

26. I was just coming to post the same thing! :)

[Leith]

25. ELO Mr. Blue Sky

Sounded like the Beatles to me.

Don't Bring Me Down, too.

[robertpaulsen]

34. ELO was definitely the most Beatlesque 70s group.

I seem to recall either George or Paul saying in an interview that if The Beatles hadn't broken up, they probably would have sounded something like ELO.

[MissMillie]

35. and Crowded House later on

George Harrison ended up in the Traveling Willburys w/ Jeff Lynne of ELO

[DinahMoeHum]

28. The Zombies "She's Not There"

[kwassa]

30. Girls Talk - Dave Edmunds

he was very Beatle-esque.

[Danmel]

31. Badfinger-No Matter What

The song is great, their story is really tragic.



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[Bucky]

32. Just about everything by the Rutles