I was very surprised to discover recently that Sugababes' "Too Lost In You" is in fact a cover version It was originally released back in 1997 by French chanteuse Patricia Kaas.
Any other surprising covers out there (in your opinion)?

I was surprised to learn 'Girls Just Want to Have Fun' by Cyndi Lauper was a cover. Robert Hazard had the original: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5aLNwOxPsjg

NOT TOO LOST IN YOU
LIKED THAT SONG

Wow seriously?

Adele - Love Song

It doesnt really matter, it doesnt mean the song is bad.

Boyzone - Baby Can I Hold You, I hadn't heard the Tracy Chapman version until a few years ago.

Beverly Knight - Keep This Fire Burning (originally by Robyn)

Pussycat Dolls - Don't Cha (originally by Tori Alamaze)

Mariah Carey - Without you
Will young - Come on

Who sung Come On?

A group called Kish Mauve

Mary J. Blige - I'm Goin' Down (originally by Rose Royce)
Fugees - Killing Me Softly (originally by Roberta Flack)
UB40 - Red, Red Wine (originally by Neil Diamond)
Natalia Imbruglia - Torn (originally by Ednaswap)

That's reminded me of Kylie Minogue's 2 Hearts, which I only recently found was a Kish Mauve cover.

This thread reminds me of the time when a friend thought that Always on my Mind was a Pet Shop Boys original. For shame

I like both those songs! Shocked Don't Cha was a cover.

I didn't know until very recently that Madness' It Must Be Love was a cover of a Labi Siffre song, I was very surprised at that.

Which in turn reminds me of kylie's on a night like this i'm sure i read somewhere that it's a cover?

Anyhoo, i remember hearing the original of Girls Aloud's see the day thinking 'wait that's not girls aloud' lol

Several of Blondie's hits are covers:

Denis
Hanging On The Telephone
The Tide is High
I'm Gonna Love You Too

Though tbf they made those songs what they are.

Lori Lieberman performed the original recording of killing me softly

Cupid's Chokehold by Gym Class Heroes. Only heard the original this week.

Always thought that Robbie Williams version of She's the one was an original by him but it wasn't, it was actually World Party's song originally.

Recently surprised to find out the tide is high by Blondie (or not as the case is :P) is a cover.

I remember being very surprised when I found out that the Bay City Rollers Bye Bye Baby was a Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons cover....as was The Walker Brothers The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore

Alien Ant Farm did a cover of Smooth Criminal. I didn't realise it was a cover until MJ died.

That was a sample rather than a cover. I too remember being surprised at this as I had never heard Supertramp's "Breakfast in America" when the Gym Class Heroes song first came out.

Similarly, I was listening to the radio the other day and was dismayed to hear some 80s act singing the chorus of Jordin Sparks' "S.O.S. (Let The Music Play)". The best part of the song...and Jordin nicked it from someone else.


Really? Shame.