Pretty sure we've all done it. Come across songs that we thought were original to years later hear the original.
Today's was embarrassing. The Struts have a cover of Kiss's 'Do you love me' on their new album . Now in my defense I've never been a kiss fan but I have gone for 30 years thinking Girl did the original!
I did the same with Tesla and Signs. I was driving along the I95 outside Wilmington and the the Five Man Electric Band version came on the radio. Confused I was as it sounded a lot older than the one I thought was the original. Only 25 years of getting that wrong.
Some come on , what other songs have others thought were original to come across the real original years later. I love rock and roll seems to get many in the music quiz I attend.