Mistaken Identity (Dude Sounds Like A Lady / She's A Self-Made Man)

[sadchild]

A thread to collect songs where someone mistook the singer for the wrong gender.

Thread title is based on song titles by Kim Carnes, Aerosmith and Larkin Poe.

Here are some songs I thought were sung by the opposite sex:

MALE
Johnny Nash "I Can See Clearly Now"
Nick Gilder "Hot Child In The City"
Simply Red "Holding Back The Years"

FEMALE
Arch Enemy "War Eternal"

 

[HecticArt]

Thanks to Ferris Bueller, I always thought Danke Schoen was sung by a woman.
Sorry Wayne Newton.

 

[Channel98]

As I mentioned elsewhere, my sister initially though Laughter In The Rain was sung by a woman. It was Neil Sedaka. And then there was this poster boy for androgyny:

 

[Aaron]

It's crazy that Ruth Pointer sang all the low notes. Was always surprised no men sang in this one.

 

[sadchild]

I imagine many people were surprised to learn this one was sung by a man back in the day

 

[Jon]

I'll just leave this here.

 

[semipenguin]

I'll just leave this here.

They found some old footage of Boy George from the early 80s.

 

[semipenguin]

Smokey used a lot of falsetto. It could go either way.

 

[sadchild]

I can't watch that Boy George video without thinking that any 'girl' in the video might actually be a dude.

 

[sadchild]

Conversation while listening to the VJ right now with my wife:

"They said Gibb, is this one of the BeeGees?"
"No this is Terri Gibbs, she's a country singer."
"She....?"

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

The picture on the album doesn't really definitively answer the gender question either.

 

[sadchild]

 

[Aaron]

Conversation while listening to the VJ right now with my wife:

"They said Gibb, is this one of the BeeGees?"
"No this is Terri Gibbs, she's a country singer."
"She....?"

I thought the same thing.. Teri Gibbs deserves mention in this thread for sure.

 

[sadchild]

 

[HecticArt]

I love Alf! She’s got an amazingly powerful voice.
I’ve been trying to get the band to play Situation for years. I should find other people to play with that want to do cool tunes.

 

[sadchild]

Jermaine Stewart
#5 "We Don't Have to Take Our Clothes Off"

From the two-hit wonder thread.

First time I heard this song, I assumed this was a female. Not only the voice, but the words.

Not a word from your lips
You just took for granted that I want to skinny dip
A quick hit, that's your game
But I'm not a piece of meat, stimulate my brain
...
So come on, baby, won't you show some class?
Why you want to move so fast?

Not interested in having sex right away? Typical guy...

 

[HecticArt]

I thought pretty much the same thing back in the day.

He wasn't interested because he was either trying to trick her, sleep with her sister, or she was fugly.

 

[sadchild]

The ol' reverse psychology thing eh? "No, no, put your clothes back on. Let's play cribbage."

 

[semipenguin]

Where does Samantha stop singing, and Barry start? You have to decide. You have to decide. You have to decide.

 

[sadchild]

Wow haven't heard that song in decades. Forgot it existed.