It looks like the orginal by Journey and the cover by the Glee cast of Don't Stop Believin' are going to be in the top ten this week has this ever happened before?

Personally I'd like to see the orginal beat the cover but it'll be interesting so see what happens

It happened at the end of '87 with 'When I Fall In Love' - both Rick Astley and Nat King Cole were Top 10 at the same time.

After Alexandra won X Factor and got #1 with Hallelujah, the Jeff Buckley verson got to #2.

But yeah, I think Glee will overtake Journey. Journey have spent three weeks in the top ten anyway.

well i want glee to do well and im a fan!

also welwynrose see we both live in the same area! small world!

Back in the Sixties, the song Trains and Boats and Planes was simultaneously a hit for at least three (if not four) artists. I don't think they all got in the top ten though.

Alexandra Burke and Jeff Buckley at #1 and #2 in 2008 with Hallelujah is the most recent example I can think of

I'd forgotten about Alexandra Burke don't really take any notice of Xfactor

Here's the orginal live

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=barLaHrtvoM

and with their new lead singer who sounds amazingly like Steve Perry

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUkksIV8dC8

I think it happened with Cilla Black and Dionne Warwick's respective versions of (I think) "Anyone Who Had A Heart", but don't quote me on it.

Back in the sixties it wasn't unusual to get sometimes up to three versions of the one song in the chart.

The Mike Flowers Pops did a version of the Oasis song Wonderwall, but they weren't both in the top ten at the same time. Looks like they both peaked at No 2 but the Oasis version was way down the chart before The Mike Flowers Pops peaked.
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'All I Really Wanna Do' by both Cher and The Byrds were big hits at the same time in '65.

I know Cilla Black did a horrendous cover of 'You've Lost That Loving Feeling' that same year but mercifully the Righteous Brothers triumphed.

Dionne's version never charted in the UK. Cilla's version of Lovin' Feelin made number 2 around the same time the Righeous Bros were number one.

I remember in 1987 DJ Steve Walsh making the top 10 with his version of I found lovin' as the original by the Fatback Band finally made the top 10 some years after its original release.

Way back in 57 Guy Mitchell's version of Singing The Blues was replaced at the top by the Tommy Steele version. In the early years of the chart it was common place for numerous acts to release versions of the same song at around the same time.

Not sure whether it was top ten but I recall in the late 1980's two versions of "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother" charting. First was, I think, The Housemartins which was followed into the charts by a re-issue of The Hollies' version.

"Black's single of "Anyone Who Had a Heart" debuted at #28 on the UK Top 50 dated 8 February 1964. The Dionne Warwick original, issued by Scepter's UK licensee Pye Records debuted on the chart for the following week at #42; by then Black's version had reached #10 ascending in the subsequent two weeks to #2 and then #1 while Warwick's version concurrently ended its chart run with two weeks at #47. On the chart dated 29 February 1964, besides Black's "Anyone Who Had a Heart" at #1 for the first of three weeks and Warwick's version in its final chart week at #47 the UK Top 50 featured a third version of "Anyone Who Had a Heart" as the version by Mary May1 made its one week appearance at #49" [wikipedia]

In the 1950's Singing The Blues (recenlty a chart entry for Cliff And The Shadows) was a number one for American singer Guy Mitchell.

It was replaced the following week by the version by Tommy Steele and then went back to number 1 the week after. Same song at number 1 for three weeks but by two different artists.

Don't think thats ever been repeated (but maybe wrong).

According to a report in "The Sun", there's a very real danger that Mr Elderberry will be putting out a third version after performing it at the NTAs.

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That will be great!

Sorry Hullboy - Missed that bit in your post first time round.

I was intrigued by this as I was not aware of The Housemartins ever charting with this.

It was Bill Medley who recorded the version that was beaten by The Hollies (it was from the film Rambo III).

Of course Bill was a member of The Righteous Brothers who had previously beaten Cilla's version of You've Lost That Loving Feeling.

The Housemartins split the year before the Hollies No1 with it in autumn 1988 - I certainly don't recall a version by them, let alone it charting.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/He_Ain&...Cover_versions

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Up On The Roof by The Drifters also by Kenny Lynch plus at least one other version
Baby Love by The Supremes also by Peter Jay And The Jaywalkers
Tower Of Strength by Gene McDaniels also by Frankie Vaughn

They covered the song but never released it as a single. It can be found on the compilation album Now That's What I Call Quite Good.

Well worth checking out.

Weird, Joe McElderry(sp?) Is releasing that song as a new single next week at the NTA's

I said that earlier, but we obviously have to call the no-mark Mr Elderberry.

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