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* ''The Ottawa Citizen'' described [[U2]] as "a Brit band". Apparently, the editor of that paper forgot that since 1922, Ireland is ''no longer part of the United Kingdom''.
** In a very famous outtake, ''American Top 40'' radio presenter [[Casey Kasem]] flipped out and ranted about U2; "These guys are from England, and who gives a shit?"
** A recurring problem with Irish musicians (and indeed other celebrities). MTV has referred to Westlife as British (you would think they at least should know better).
* "The Prince of Denmark's March" by Jeremiah Clarke is incessantly called "Purcell's Trumpet Voluntary". (The prince referred to is not Hamlet, but Queen Anne's husband.)
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* Metallic hardcore band Converge themselves [http://s3.amazonaws.com/data.tumblr.com/tumblr_llg7k2EZdk1qjl4w9o1_1280.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAJ6IHWSU3BX3X7X3Q&Expires=1309210670&Signature=IH8a7PMDzFzLbIn7%2FmxHxB1%2Bi8U%3D pointed out an example of this in ''Terrorizer'' magazine ]. The band (who are almost all straight edge) answered the questions with joke answers and were surprised that they were accepted at face value.
* [[David Bowie]]'s groundbreaking 'Berlin Trilogy' is often referred to as being produced by Brian Eno. While all parties involved have noted Brian Eno's huge influence on the records, the fact is that the actual production was down to Tony Visconti. Tony Visconti himself has complained about how critics can't seem to be bothered to read sleeve notes which quite clearly state 'Produced by Tony Visconti & David Bowie'
* Allmusic's biography for the country band [https://web.archive.org/web/20110819035934/http://www.allmusic.com/artist/blackhawk-p44752/biography Blackhawk] says that their debut single "Goodbye Says It All" went to number one; it actually went to number 11, and the band never had a number-one hit on Billboard. The biography also says that the fourth single was "Wherever You Go" at number 10. While the fourth single did go to number 10, it was titled "Down in Flames", and it's not like there's any [[Refrain From Assuming]] issue that could have anyone possibly think that the song was called "Wherever You Go" — apparently the writer somehow got it crossed with [[Clint Black]]'s "Wherever You Go", released around the same time. Strangely, the biography also fails to mention the (far more famous) number 7 hit "That's Just About Right", the last single from said album.
** Similarly, their biography for [https://web.archive.org/web/20101118125113/http://www.allmusic.com/artist/pirates-of-the-mississippi-p1768/biography Pirates of the Mississippi] says that their debut album tanked, and that their second album was more successful with the hits "Feed Jake" and "Speak of the Devil". These songs were actually the third and fourth singles, respectively, from their most successful ''first'' album. They do correctly identify "Fighting for You" as a dud single from the (unsuccessful) second album, but make no mention of the far more successful "Til I'm Holding You Again" (their second biggest chart hit). You'd think they would be able to avoid mistakes like this, particularly since Allmusic also includes track listings and chart positions for most albums in their reviews...
** They also have a habit of not doing simple checking through BMI and ASCAP databases for songwriters with similar names. [[wikipedia:Tim James (music producer)|This Tim James]] and [[wikipedia:Tim James (country music songwriter)|this Tim James]] are combined into one listing on Allmusic, but two seconds in the BMI database would show them to be two different people.
* Contrary to popular belief, [[Barry Manilow]] does not write the songs that make the whole world sing. That would be the spirit of Music, not Manilow himself. In fact, the very last line of the song is "I am Music, and I write the songs.". As Manilow is constantly at great pains to point out, ''he didn't even write that song''; [[wikipedia:Bruce Johnston|Bruce Johnston]] did.
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** It cites a [[The Bible|Scripture verse]] claiming that miniskirts are sinful, despite the fact that Swift has never been seen wearing one.
** It says that [[Miley Cyrus]] is primarily a [[Country Music]]ian (again, wrong).
** It says that "She's only successful because she's young, attractive and willing to strip virtually naked for the camera, period!" ''[[Cracked.com]]'' of all people [https://web.archive.org/web/20130512074056/http://www.cracked.com/funny-973-taylor-swift/ got this right.]
** Indeed, [[Jesus Is Savior|that website]] has become rather infamous on various message boards for how insane and inaccurate it is. Many of its other articles contain other glaring inaccuracies, over-analyzing minor things, extreme fundamentalism (of the "women's pants are evil!" variety) and Bible-thumping condemnations of almost everything under the sun. There have been some mutterings that the site is actually a [[Stealth Parody]] because [[Poe's Law|it's so unbelievable]]. Because there are so many examples of this trope on that site, we'll leave it at this blanket description instead of listing every little thing.
* CNN once had a [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OeEIteQmpHE brief report] on the video of "Bad Apple!!" - a song with a fairly [http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/bad-apple convoluted history]. To those who know the real story (or even a basic outline), it seems CNN gathered all of its facts from simply watching the video shown. As the comments show, it rather enraged Touhou fans.
* Some sources have claimed that Navin Harris sang backing vocals on Olivia Newton-John's songs "Let Me Be There" and "If You Love Me (Let Me Know)". This "fact" stemmed from a piece of vandalism on [[Wikipedia]] that went unnoticed for two years. Mike Sammes was the actual backing vocalist.
* In 2016, news outlets pointed out [https://www.theverge.com/tldr/2016/10/8/13201472/kelly-rowland-2002-excel-text a glaring flaw] in the music video for the [[Nelly]] song "Dilemma" where [[Kelly Rowland]] is shown "texting" Nelly on her [[Nokia|Nokia 9210]] using what said outlets mistook for Microsoft Excel; an ex-[[Symbian]] developer who once worked on the operating system [https://www.androidauthority.com/newsletters/da-november-4-2021/ pointed out] that Rowland actually used the built-in Sheet app to "text" Nelly, and it wouldn't be until 2012 when Microsoft Office finally received a port to Symbian.
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