Same song by different artists in the charts at the same time

degsyhufc · 12/12/13 - 00:45

Have just been reading this

The Righteous Brothers' "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" debuted at #35 on the UK Top 40 chart dated 16 January 1965: on the same chart a rival version by Cilla Black debuted at #28. Black had become a recording star by covering Dionne Warwick's newly released American hit "Anyone Who Had a Heart" for the UK market with a resultant #1 in February 1964; Black's producer George Martin had repeated the strategy that had given Black her first #1 hit by having the songtress cover the Righteous Brothers new American release "You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling". (Black's version had an abbreviated bridge which she explained saying: "I don't want people to get bored";[7] the abridgment also removed the necessity of Black's attempting to match the Righteous Brothers' climactic vocal trade-off.)The 24 January chart saw Black remain in ascendancy at #12 while the Righteous Brothers at #20 but while the 6 February chart saw Black jump to #2 the Righteous Brothers made a larger jump to #3 powered by a full-page ad Andrew Oldham had run in Melody Maker:

The UK Top 40 dated 20 February saw the Righteous Brothers' "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" at #1 - it would remain there 27 February - while Black's version began its descent dropping to #5.

Are there any other examples of this happening?

Gneiss · 12/12/13 - 00:52

In years gone by it used to be quite common although I'm now struggling to think of any examples off the top of my head....

hallc · 12/12/13 - 01:02

Isn't She Lovely?, Stevie Wonder song covered by David Parton ?, got in the top five with never heard of again..

EStaffs90 · 12/12/13 - 01:08

The Christmas chart in 1995 saw Wonderwall at Nos 2 and 8 (Mike Flowers Pops and Oasis respectively), and both were in the charts simultaneously for a few weeks.

There have also been several times in the last few years where "soundalike" versions of songs were in the charts at the same time as the original version (the last one I can think of off the top of my head was Payphone in June last year).

dammitbatman!! · 12/12/13 - 01:18

Trisha Yearwood and Leanne Rimes had versions of "how do I live?" in the charts at the same time

Hound of Love · 12/12/13 - 01:49

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Zack06 · 12/12/13 - 01:50

I think this happened with Alexandra Burke. Both her version and Jeff Buckley's version were in the top 10 at the same time.

Though Alexandra's version became the first ever single by a British female solo artist to sell over 1,000,000 copies.

DANCE OF DEATH · 12/12/13 - 01:59

A few years ago wasn't the song Hallelujah in the charts by different artists. I know that it was released by an X-factor artist in 2008 and it got to number 1 and somebody else released it as well.

kryskrys · 12/12/13 - 02:31

The 2010 Christmas chart had Matt Cardle at #1 and Biffy Clyro at #8 with When We Collide/Many Of Horror. There's probably quite a few X Factor-related ones. I think Shontelle went top 40 with Impossible when James Arthur released his version.

[Deleted User] · 12/12/13 - 02:32

Don't know if this counts, the only one I can think of is Iko Iko. It was covered in 1982 by The Belle Stars. A singer named Natasha had a cover out also, it only charted for one week, and the Belle Stars version entered the chart a week later.

mgvsmith · 12/12/13 - 02:56

This practice was very common in the 50s where a record company might release different versions of the same song by a number of artists they had on contract. E.g. Mack The Knife had 4 or 5 versions on release in 1956. You can look that stuff up.

I remember The Tremeloes and The Beatles having 'Twist and Shout' out at the same time in 1963 and The Byrds and Cher having 'All I Really Want to do', a Bob Dylan song at about the same time in 1965.

[Deleted User] · 12/12/13 - 03:59

Most recent example = Lily Allen and Keane's versions of Somewhere Only We Know were both in the same top 40 a week or so ago...

Hound of Love · 12/12/13 - 04:06

Stereofam wrote: »

Don't know if this counts, the only one I can think of is Iko Iko. It was covered in 1982 by The Belle Stars. A singer named Natasha had a cover out also, it only charted for one week, and the Belle Stars version entered the chart a week later.

bib: The Natasha version reached number 10.

The Belle Stars' version didn't reach the UK top 30. But it did become a bigger hit in the US a few years later, when it was featured in the film Dustin Hoffman film "Rain Man"

biscuitfactory · 12/12/13 - 04:11

The Jacksons and Mick Jackson ( no relation and the writer of the song) both had "Blame It On The Boogie" in the charts in Sept 1978.

Gneiss · 12/12/13 - 04:19

DANCE OF DEATH wrote: »

A few years ago wasn't the song Hallelujah in the charts by different artists. I know that it was released by an X-factor artist in 2008 and it got to number 1 and somebody else released it as well.

Yes there was one of those daft counter productive campaigns to keep the X-Factor single off the top spot...

MeicY · 12/12/13 - 06:21

Unchained Melody had 4 versions on chart at one point:

19 weeks in chart for Jimmy Young commmencing 6/5/55
17 weeks in chart for Al Hibbler commencing 13/5/55
9 weeks in chart for Les Baxter also commencing 13/5/55
1 week in chart for Liberace on 17/6/55

user1234567 · 12/12/13 - 10:28

I don't know if various versions were in the charts at the same time but "Don't Stop Believing" seemed to be everywhere due to X-Factor and Glee. I used to like Journey's version but it got to the point where I wanted to slice off my ears lol

Renegade Master · 12/12/13 - 13:30

In the early 00's, Eamon had a hit 'Dont Want You Back' and Frankie had a hit 'F U Right Back'

Terry Hesticles · 12/12/13 - 14:02

Cabin Crew's Star To Fall and Sunset Strippers' Falling Stars, both released almost simultaneously in 2005

Eric_Blob · 12/12/13 - 16:24

Avicii and Flo Rida were both in the top 10 at the same time with songs that both used the same Etta James sample.

Alicia Keys and Jay-Z both had their versions of Empire State of Mind in the top 20 at the same time.

You've Got the Love and You Got the Dirtee Love were both in the top 10 at the same time as well I think.

ChrisJamesSats · 12/12/13 - 16:52

Terry Hesticles wrote: »

Cabin Crew's Star To Fall and Sunset Strippers' Falling Stars, both released almost simultaneously in 2005

Similar to this, Eddie Thoneick & Kurd Maverick with Love Sensation in 2006, with the rival version by Hi_Tack/Loleatta Holloway within a week of each other I think.

Thoneick & Cabin Crew were the better versions imo.

Eric_Blob · 12/12/13 - 16:59

Also Payphone by Precision Tunes and Payphone by Maroon 5 were top 10 on adjacent weeks.

rfonzo · 13/12/13 - 06:07

Michael Jackson and Madonna were prolific at doing this during the 80's. I think there was a time when Madonna had 2 singles in the top 10. Michael Jackson having two singles in the charts was common place after he released Thriller.

Rae_Amury · 13/12/13 - 11:56

DANCE OF DEATH wrote: »

A few years ago wasn't the song Hallelujah in the charts by different artists. I know that it was released by an X-factor artist in 2008 and it got to number 1 and somebody else released it as well.

Yes, as mentioned by poster above you.

Alexandra Burke's awful X-factor version was #1
Jeff Buckley's version from 1994 was #2
Leonard Cohen's original from 1984 was #36

shackfan · 13/12/13 - 18:03

rfonzo wrote: »

Michael Jackson and Madonna were prolific at doing this during the 80's. I think there was a time when Madonna had 2 singles in the top 10. Michael Jackson having two singles in the charts was common place after he released Thriller.

Woooosh.... I think you totally misunderstood the thread.

degsyhufc · 14/12/13 - 21:55

Just a bit

Some good info here guys. Cheers.

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