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* Gloria Gaynor's famous disco number "I am what I am" is so popular that most people forget that it was originally from the Broadway musical about gay pride called [[La Cage aux Folles]]. Leading to a lot of [[Fan Dumb]] from people complaining about "How the gays stole this song for their pride parades".

* Gloria Gaynor's famous disco number "I am what I am" is so popular that most people forget that it was originally from the Broadway musical about gay pride called ''[[La Cage aux Folles]]''. Leading to a lot of [[Fan Dumb]] from people complaining about "How the gays stole this song for their pride parades".

* Chris Cagle's biggest hit, "I Breathe In, I Breathe Out", is a cover of a song first recorded by David Kersh.

* Written by Diane Warren, Edwin McCain's version of "I Could Not Ask For More" released in 2000 to significant radio play, but it has been almost completely forgotten in the wake of the country cover, released the very next year, by Sara Evans.

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* Josh Turner defied this with his cover of Don Williams' "I Wouldn't Be a Man". Nearly every piece of media related to the album went out of its way to mention that it was a cover. (However, most people are unaware that Billy Dean also put out a cover in 1997.)

* Mark Chesnutt's #1 hit "I'll Think of Something" was a top ten hit for Hank Williams, Jr. in his earlier days (you know, before all the chest-beating "party" songs).

* [[Smash Mouth]]'s cover of "I'm A Believer," thanks to the [[Shrek]] movies, is now more well-known than the original, by The Monkees.

* [[Smash Mouth]]'s cover of "I'm A Believer," thanks to the ''[[Shrek]]'' movies, is now more well-known than the original, by The Monkees.

* "I'm Henry the Eighth, I Am"[sic] was not written by Herman's Hermits. It is significantly [[Older Than They Think]], having been penned in 1910 and first recorded by Harry Champion.

* The hit version of "(I'm Not Your) Stepping Stone" is by [[The Monkees]], but the song was first recorded by Paul Revere And The Raiders. To be fair, both of those versions came out in the same year, The Monkees' version was just the one that became a hit. Punk fans are more likely to associate the song with either [[The Sex Pistols]] or [[Minor Threat]]. In fact, Ian MacKaye admitted that when Minor Threat started doing their version of the song, ''they'' thought it originated with The Sex Pistols.

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* [[Van Halen]]'s "Ice Cream Man" was first performed by blues musician John Brim.

* "If You Leave Me Now" (not to be confused with the [[Chicago]] ballad), recorded in the late 90's by Stevie B. and Alexia Phillips (not to be confused with the Italian singer Alexia), was originally by a forgotten late 80's singer named Jaya. Ironically, Stevie B. also co-wrote and did the backup vocals in the original.

* "Ievan Polkka" is mix of Covered Up and [[Memetic Mutation]]. The song was written in the 1930's by Eino Kettunen, and performed many times since then, but most non-Finnish internet users were introduced to the song by Loituma's a cappella cover version—specifically, the 27-second portion of the song used in the [http://www.leekspin.com/ Leekspin] flash video. The kicker is that this clip was a [[Scat Singing]] intermezzo that Loituma added. Naturally, several cover versions since (including [[Vocaloid|Hatsune ~~Miko~~'s]] version, the Holly Dolly version, and one Russian cover) have copied Loituma's improvised nonsense verbatim, more-or-less ignoring the real lyrics of the original song.

* "Ievan Polkka" is mix of Covered Up and [[Memetic Mutation]]. The song was written in the 1930's by Eino Kettunen, and performed many times since then, but most non-Finnish internet users were introduced to the song by Loituma's a cappella cover version—specifically, the 27-second portion of the song used in the [http://www.leekspin.com/ Leekspin] flash video. The kicker is that this clip was a [[Scat Singing]] intermezzo that Loituma added. Naturally, several cover versions since (including [[Vocaloid|Hatsune Miku's]] version, the Holly Dolly version, and one Russian cover) have copied Loituma's improvised nonsense verbatim, more-or-less ignoring the real lyrics of the original song.

* Most people are familiar with "If You Asked Me To", written by veteran songwriter Diane Warren, as one of Celine Dion's first English-language hits. Few are aware that it was first recorded by Patti [[La Belle]], and even played over the end credits of the [[James Bond (film)|James Bond]] movie ''[[Licence to Kill]]''.

* It appears that "If You Knew Susie" was written for Al Jolson to sing in the Broadway musical ''Big Boy'', but the song didn't go over well for him and the show. It then became one of the songs most associated with Eddie Cantor, his [[Fandom Rivalry|popular rival]].

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* An odd example: The best remembered version of "Land of 1,000 Dances" is neither the first version (by Chris Kenner) nor the highest charting version (by Wilson Pickett), but a low-charting version by the otherwise obscure band Cannibal and the Headhunters—which was, significantly, the first version to use the "na-na-na-na" chorus.

* Show of hands: who knew that [[Disturbed]]'s "Land of Confusion" was by [[Genesis (band)|Genesis]]?

** All of us who are older than 25. Possibly doesn't belong here, as it was a minor hit for Disturbed, but an enormous hit for Genesis.

** All of us who are older than 35. Possibly doesn't belong here, as it was a minor hit for Disturbed, but an enormous hit for Genesis.

* "Landslide" has been covered at least twice. Written by Stevie Nicks and first performed by Fleetwood Mac, it has been covered by Smashing Pumpkins, and most recently, the Dixie Chicks, [[Miley Cyrus]] also performed it live.

* "Last Kiss" was first recorded in 1962 by its author, Wayne Cochran. The first hit version was released in 1964 by J. Frank Wilson and the Cavaliers. Then [[Pearl Jam]] covered it after Eddie Vedder found a copy of the 45 single at a flea market.