80 HUGE Songs People Didn't Know (INITIALLY) Were By British Artists!
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- 80 massive songs people didn't (at least initially) know were by British artists!
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Def Leppard routinely used to perform wearing Union Jack outfits, very obviously British!
I just meant when people first heard their sound they would have likely assumed they were American. Cheers
@@Media_Ranker Not people who live in Sheffield, UK, where they are from!
Or are 'people' just people in the USA?
@@ChrisInTheNorth Not just Americans but mostly i guess yeah. Cheers
@@ChrisInTheNorth top of the pops referenced how alot of people think theyre american, lets get rocked or make love like a man, either of those
Title should be 80 huge songs Americans didn't know were British artists.
I dont know if it would just be americans lol but i would guess quite a few of these americans would have just assumed were american artists, at least initially. Cheers
I didn’t know majority of these songs were British because they don’t sound British
Cap I’m British and didn’t know most was British
Maybe I’m just a geek, but I thought everyone knew these people were British. 😂
I was going with more when they initially came out, they definitely would have surprised some people lol. Cheers
I've never heard of some of them but, is it any wonder why people thought they were American? After all they are singing in an American accent, I've always found it odd, just sing with your accent like Paolo Nutini for example.
@@alimetodista3459 I think its cause it all comes from America and then the first big british artists (those early 60s bands etc) all basically copied them. Some of them even started just doing direct covers too so i think it just stuck. Some artists you can tell though as time went on. Cheers
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@@Media_Ranker aye makes sense, the 60s and 70s America for music was the peek of music and will never be beaten.
Great list 🎉 I knew most of these, especially the older artists. I always thought Carl Douglas was German (like Milli Vanilli and Bony M) so I learnt something today
Thanks! Yeah i was surprised by a couple myself making this list!
@@Media_Ranker This is what we call songs we listened to in America by British artists.
Billy Ocean was British? wow I didn't know that. That surprised me. In fact a few surprised me.
Born in Trinidad but moved to Britain as a young kid and definitely has dual citizenship. But i think a lot of people thought he was American anyway lol. Thanks for watching
@@Media_Ranker Yep I thought he was American.
Oh no he's British, seen him on TV has a very soft speaking voice
@@Media_Rankerdual citizenship
@@TheRatlord74dual citizenship
I think oasis and Blur should be here. Initially Americans assumed they were also American, and blurs first big break in America was a mock grunge song but Americans didn’t get the jokes and played it to death. They assumed a grunge song had to be American
How can u not know Amy Winehouse was British? XDDDDDD
This was about people not knowing initially, at least in most places when she first got really big, cause she had that old american Jazz soul voice basically. Cheers
@@Media_Ranker More or less understandable, but then you hear her thick North London accent....
I forgot William Michael Albert Broad was British as he has been in America so long 😂😂
He probably does have US citizenship too by now yeah lol. Cheers
White town young women sounds like the imperial march
It does a bit actually! lol ive never noticed that. Thanks for watching
More like The Imperial March sounds like Lew Stone's version of "My Woman", which "Your Woman" samples.
I was suprised by a couple like sade and Carl Douglas, but most I thought were common knowledge, maybe they aren’t
This was really just about when they would have been initially successful, with their first hit on the radio etc. Cheers
Leona lewis soon fizzled out,
Yeah she did really, she had that christmas song and a couple of good covers, but thats about it. Thanks for watching
@@Media_Ranker You cut me open and I keep bleeding love.
I think a lot of singers passively put on American accents when singing.
Oh yeah most do, thats always been my theory on why british actors can find american accents easier than the reverse...they start singing along to songs in an american accent as kids! That must subconsciously stick. Cheers
Apparently it is simply because British Accents do not suit singing so British singers tend to modify their pronunciation whilst singing and people perceive this as sounding american
Few dodgy classification of british in there, but how did people not know tom jones was welsh?
This was really just about initially, hes even talked about everyone assuming he was american with his singing style and type of music/voice. Cheers
So ok as much as the artists in this were British they didn’t all sing the songs first. Red red wine is from the 60 Neil diamond song. Blinded by the light (good version) but is by Bruce Springsteen. I’m sure the was one more
Oh yeah i know but i just meant for this version itself! Both of those are in my covers video. Cheers
The only surprise for me was Eddy Grant. I thought he was Jamaican.
He is Guyanese-British but has now been in England for almost all of his life. Cheers
Electric Avenue is a street in Brixton London, that's what he is singing about.
Duel citizenship
Most of these artists are already known to be British.
That being said, I always thought Tom Jones, Joe Cocker and Amy Winehouse were American.
Likely now yeah, but when they first came out with these songs i think people were shocked to find out they were british. Cheers
Who thinks that The Foundations, Duran Duran, The Police, Any Winehouse, The Moody Blues, etc etc. are not British?
This is about when they would have first had an international hit on the radio etc, people would have been surprised to initially find out they were British. In terms of the list you gave there, Duran Duran was maybe a bit of a stretch but the rest definitely would have shocked people. Cheers
@@Media_Ranker The only thing I thought, when I first heard them on the radio, was that the guys from The Police were black.
Change your video title to:
80 HUGE Songs People Didn't Know Were By British Artists!...Initially!
Thanks for "return of the mac"! Because I began to think that only I knew it. :))
Yeh, I can imagine people thinking that`s American.
I'm British and thought they were American.
This list was more fun to make as the songs spanned many decades but as you will see I prefer the older stuff. Here are my Top 20 from your list of 80
20 Sweet dreams
19 Stuck in the middle
18 Praise you
17 True
16 Baby come back
15 Stayin alive
14 Roxanne
13 She drives me crazy
12 Sunshine of your love
11 Gimme some lovin
10 You sexy thing
9 Kiss from a rose
8 Run to the hills
7 Back to life
6 Time of the season
5 Smooth operator
4 Holding back the years
3 Blinded by the light
2 Night in white satin
1 House of the rising sun
Yeah it was a good one to show off different eras and genres. Cant fault that top 20! Cheers
Probably british don´t know. Richie is a british artist who lived in Brazil for decades. He was a succesfull singer here in the 80s. He used to sing in portuguese.
Oh wow yeah i dont know if he is known here at all really, ill definitely look into his career. Cheers
Who didn’t know Wake me up before you go go was a British song
I was thinking more initially with Wham! and George Michael, when they first heard them on the radio, and that was their first international hit. Cheers
How about Dire Straits? It's only a few years since I discovered they are British. Quite shocked since I had been listening to them for decades!
Also Bush definitely need to be in here!
Both good shouts actually, definitely planning to do a part 2 for this or replace it with a longer version. Cheers
I'm 54 and i never knew they were from here hahaha
Return of the Mack surprised me since I thought the guy singing it was probably from Philly or Atlanta
Yeah Mark Morrison was one who i knew people assumed was American lol. Cheers
I hope there will be part 2 later, let's make british music great again 🇬🇧💂🏻♀️
I either never heard of em or knew they were British
Most still have that drift of when we’re imitating an American accent, I think it is pretty obvious even if one did not initially know where the artist is from. Not all, but most have the accent down well-can’t say the same for my friends and I 😂 we sound like idiots when we try our American accents. Nice video, added a few songs to my playlist, too.
It’s not just the American accent it’s also American music since Americans created rock and pop music so of course people would assume that
My mum was friends with Mark Morrison (return of the Mack singer )when they were young in Leicester England, surprisingly most people in Leicester don’t even know he’s from here and also assume he’s American lol
Yeah that doesnt surprise me lol i think he was the first one i thought of when i went to make this! Thanks for watching
If you didn’t know Duran Duran were from Britain then you are easily deceived
But initially with their first true international hit i think people would have assumed they were american. Cheers
You cannot be more British than The Eurythmics.
Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)
Aren't the Beddingfields from New Zealand?
Daniel has dual nationality, New Zealand - British, i think he was born in New Zealand but Natasha just has British. She was born here. Cheers
The fact that I just got rick rolled is outrageous ,wow I expected better
lol not for that reason though, many people even to this day are surprised THAT voice came out of him! Cheers
Well these are American music genres plus they are singing in an American accent of course people wouldn’t know. This is an awesome list by the way
I knew Iron Maiden was British
But most I didn’t
And yes I’m a U.S. citizen
Ye I think people know the artist from uk genres like britpop, garage and metal are British lol
I don't know who would be surprised to learn that "Laid" by James is by a British band when it's heavily hinted by the accent in which the singer sings.
Its more becuase it was made famous by the film American Pie lol. Cheers
@@Media_Ranker Except the song was a hit in the UK in 1993 and American Pie wasn't released until 1999.
If you define people as 'Americans who never look out of their own Window' then maybe your video title works.
Oh, and The Cranberries were Irish.. So even after your research you get things wrong
@@ChrisInTheNorth Just British people knowing an artist is British from the get go isnt even nearly the point is it lol. The Cranberries arent in the video so i dont know what you are on about lol
holup jay sean was a brit
Yeah, him and Taio Cruz definitely surprised some people in the late 2000s lol. Thanks for watching
poms have the best music an singers
If theres one thing we can do its music! lol. Especially from the previous century! Thanks for watching
Only an American wouldn’t realise these were British artists 🤦🏼♂️
Someone else said that lol i dont know if thats fair but it could be mostly americans who would have initially assumed a lot of these were american when they were first initially big on the radio etc, which is what i meant with this. Cause obviously most artists sing in an american accent and often an american style really. Cheers
Cap I’m British and didn’t know most was British
I'm polish living in Britain, and bout half of these I didn't know were British, especially dua lipa and Amy Winehouse
@@BenWilkes-c9nSame 😭
Nope, i’m british and didn’t know some of them, some of them i knew
Venus was originally by shocking blue who were not British
No i know, thats not what this is about lol i just mean the popularity of that version and people likely assuming they were american. Cheers
One thing I will accept: I thought the Kung Fu fighting guy was American
Taio Cruz is british?
Yeah! I definitely assumed he was American when he first came out! Thanks for watching
A lot of these are so British sounding and most were huge thar peeps knew they were British.
Im with everyone else and agree it is Americans who dont know
But the ones who dont sound british, which i would say is most (i am british too btw) of them, when they were initially one the radio with these songs i think a lot of people, probably mostly americans yeah, would have been surprised to then find out later that they were British. Cheers
I felt like my world was a lie after this video 😂
Lol what were the biggest shocks? Thanks for watching
Two thirds of these are pretty famously british
Yeah i tried to go with initially if you see what i mean, i think a lot of those people would have been surprised to learn they were British at the time, even if its been known for quite a while now. Cheers
@@Media_Ranker non Brits watching might be unaware
We got rickrolled in the end 😂
Not me a Brit learning for the first time that some of these people are British.
Which ones surprised you the most? Thanks for watching
Add Level 42, Steve Winwood, and Elle Mai in a part 2 video.
Good shout, had The Spencer Davis Group here but could definitely do Steve Winwood solo too. Cheers
Great vid but Player is an American band based in Los Angeles!
Thanks! I saw that they were dual nationality no? British-American? cheers
@Media_Ranker defo American.. Fleetwood Mac are British/American and so is Foreigner. 👍🏻
@@grahamjay7080 Turns out its only the lead, Peter Beckett, who is English so yeah you are right. Shouldnt have been in here really my bad. Cheers
Fleetwood Mac would be more British as they were originally an All British band @@grahamjay7080
Player is a bit of a stretch. Only one of the members was a Brit. Most Black UK artists until more recent times born in the Caribbean or Africa and were part of the mass emigration to Blighty in the 1950s and 60s. Joan Armatrading (St. Kitts & Nevis)... Eddy Grant (Guyana) ... Carl Douglas and Errol Brown (Jamaica)... to name a few.
It's hard to pinpoint what to call The Bee Gees. They were kids when they relocated from Isle of Man to Australia and were only there about ten years when they returned to the UK to begin their recording career. They said they "felt" Australian, but many of my Aussie friends insist they're Poms. Olivia Newton-John also relocated to her native Britain to begin her international career. Both were always included on those various "British Gold" compilation LPs of the 70s and they're rarely included on the many "Greatest Aussie Acts of the 70s" videos we see on UA-cam.
So, do Australians consider either to be dinky-di Aussies?
Also Whitesnake's lead singer David Coverdale is English, but the rest of the band aren't British technically, mostly American
Bananarama had an Irish member Siobhan Fahey who was also in Shakespeare's sister.
I know all these songs but I thought most rock bands were American for some reason😂 Shakin Stevens and ACDC are another two
Its crazy when you look into how many bands, not just rock, from each genre and era are british. Especially from the 20th century of course. Thanks for watching
Some of these definitely surprised me. Great list. Your probably my favourite music list UA-camr at this point.
Appreciate it mate thanks!
Great list! You could probably narrow it down a bit taking out such as The Police, Billy Idol, Eurythmics and Amy Winehouse and a few others
But very few made me go “Come on. Who doesn’t know that?”
Some were absolute shockers like Hot Chocolate, Ace, Average White Band.
Funny. 30 Rock did a live show where Jenna played Dusty Springfield and she played her with a Kentucky accent “Howdy Yall I’m Dusty Springfield!”
For the west coast version of the live show….someone must have told the actress that Dusty was British.
Thanks. In fairness its easy to assume she would be american, especially with that name too. Cheers
Mostly English with a few Scotch, welsh, Caribbeans.
Scotch 🙄
Yup. Bonnie Tyler, Shirley Bassey and Tom Jones are Welsh (as are Super Furry Animals). Average White Band, Nazareth, Annie Lennox, Middle of the Road, Pilot, Bay City Rollers, Big Country, Simple Minds, and many others from Scotland.
TIL a lot
Carl Douglas, Kung Fu Fighting was a surprise
Yeah i didnt know until quite recently too actually! Cheers
Can you do an American one as i thought Elvis, Whitney and Michael Jackson were all British and was shocked to find out they were American
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what about tears for fears? or spice girls?
Possibly, i think you can hear it a bit in Tears For Fears accent when singing, both Roland and Curt. And with the Spice Girls they blew up so quickly they were doing interviews around the world straight away lol even if you couldnt tell from the singing itself etc. Thanks for watching
I was thinking Coldplay the whole time lol
You forgot "Yesterday ", "Stairway to Heaven ".
In the 1960s and 1970s there was more songs with British artists/bands sounding American than actual American bands/artists
Sade is Nigerian. Eddy Grant is Guyanese. Carl Douglas is Jamaican. Billy Ocean Trinidad.
They all have british citizenship and consider themselves british too though, spending all (or the vast majority) of their lives in Britain. Tt cant just be about overall heritage either if you see what i mean. Thanks for watching
You can be both.
Sade was the name of the band. The singer's mother was white English and the rest of the band were all English.
Sade is British, through and through. Her father was Nigerian. She grew up in Essex. Eddy Grant is British and was brought up in the UK, as was Billy Ocean.
Billy Ocean lives in Neasden, a few miles away from me. Electric Avenue one of Eddy Grant's songs is about a street in Brixton.
We Brits come from everywhere by our relatives and ancestors.
You’re counting the UK 🇬🇧 Commonwealth countries as well?
Just any artist who has British as (or part of) their nationality basically. For example Billy Ocean was born in Trinidad but moved to England as a kid and is a British national. Cheers
I thought the Bedingfields were from New Zealand,that Katrina's from the US but not the Waves and that the Nightcrawlers were from continenal Europe. I remember thinking John Waite was American and being surprised to find out he was British. I knew all the rest of these were British or part-British with other nationalities,yes like the Bee Gees,Eddy Grant and Billy Ocean.
@@rjjcms1Yep, Kiwi here. The Bedingfields are NZers. But the UK can have them... few other "non-British Brits" on here too BUT I guess we have to be impressed that at least one American knows there are countries outside the US (that they haven't invaded yet)
@@charlietwotimes it's amazing how much great talent comes from NZ's tiny population. The Swingers, Split Enz, Dragon, Max Merritt & The Meteors, John Rowles...and later Bic Runga, stellar*, Nesian Mystik, Lorde, Shihad / Pacifier, Brooke Frasier, Zed, The Feelers, The Mutton Birds, OpShop, Steriogram, and of course The Fourmyula, who recorded the greatest Kiwi rock song ever, "Nature"..!
@@yossarian6799 Herbs, Dave Dobbyn, The Exponents, Ladyhawke, Otara Millionaires Club (greatest oxymoronic band name ever)... Weta, Salmonella Dub..
Not directly relevant but did you know.. Charlie Tumahai from Herbs was once in the same band as "Fast" Eddie Clark - guitarist for Motörhead? Crazy..
And that Bones Hillman from Swingers was also Bones Hillman from Midnight Oil?
Dusty was irish
Was she, you must mean her parents were then? She was born and raised in England no? Cheers
British born
Born and brought up in London. Her parents are Irish, which would mean she is Irish as well as British.
@michaelcarm yep there is alot of artists from UK with irish heritage..the Beatles being the best example
Boy George also..irish mother