I tend to assume that any song by a band considered "classic" by my generation (Ramones, The Clash, etc.) is the original version of the song. I mean, it was the 70s. Music was still fresh and new, everything hadn't been done yet, so there was no reason to be covering anyone else's songs, right?

Observing my dad digging around on YouTube the other day, I made the startling discovery that "Indian Giver" was not originally by the Ramones. I'm not sure who was more unsettled by this - me, because it meant that one of my favorite Ramones tunes was a cover, or my dad, because he remembered the original and that made him realize just how many years it's been since it came out.