And Elvis' Suspicious Minds is a cover too!

Original is by Mark James: http://youtu.be/XlKmvy6LX5Q

And Clout's Substitute: http://youtu.be/_zEV9iFVY7Y is originally by The Righteous Brothers: http://vimeo.com/30185854

Cat Stevens wrote it but PP Arnold was the first to record and release it on a record.

Aretha's version was also a cover. "Respect" was written and first recorded by Otis Redding.

Listening now... the beat is completely different from the Sugababes version. What song was sampled for the 'Babes version?

Its a mash-up by Richard X, with the lyrics from the Adina Howard song and the music from Gary Numan's Are Friends Electric. I think its genius, one of my favourite songs ever.

Deftones - The Chauffeur. I didn't realise it was a cover until I heard it on a Duran Duran CD my parents got with the paper, and I was like 'hold on, I know this!'

The Sugababes version? That's cool

Richard X also did Liberty X's Being Nobody, a mash up of The Human League's 'Being Boiled' and Chaka Khan's 'Ain't Nobody.'

I forgot to mention that Cher's Heart of Stone is originally by Bucks Fizz.

And that Lemar's 'If There's Any Justice' was recorded by Hear'Say before they split.

I know this has been mentioned before but:
What's Love Got to Do With It - original by Bucks Fizz, later recorded by Tina Turner

Also, to a lesser extent:
Golden Days - original by Cliff Richard, covered by Bucks Fizz
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yiToBPOWKEc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSvitp-23YY

And:
Magical - original by John Parr, later recorded by Bucks Fizz
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWKVuKmP3v8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fD937a2cx0

Is it wrong to be excited by the fact that What's Love Got To Do With It was originally done Bucks Fizz?

I dunno...but I was when I got the recent Bucks Fizz greatest hits 2cd set and that song was on it!

didnt realise Was Not Was did Where Did Your Heart Go? 5 years before Wham http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJmJzdbemUQ

Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down) - Nancy Sinatra

Original by Cher

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQ-G8VMs6pA

Barry Manilow/Westlife version of Mandy is actually called Brandy and was a no.12 hit for American singer Scott English: http://youtu.be/N-zhg1BeUkQ

Two of the songs from Monrose's Temptation album are actually covers:

* Ooh La La was originally by British duo Boo2
* Push Up On Me is a cover of an unreleased Thara and Rupee song

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temptat...nrose_album%29

Eternal's Stay was originally by an American chap called Glenn Jones:

http://youtu.be/xVtpxRPUZKg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9crRLsMZ51c
Charly Lownoise took this sample from this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XjiKZWxiys
and this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLEyrXVGxyk

Adam Ant's "Prince Charming" was claimed to be a plagiarism of a Rolf Harris song.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Charming_(album)

cannot get this link to work - google "adam ant war canoe"



Army Wives Choir: Make you feel my love

I was amazed that this lovely song was a Bob Dylan song. Never heard it before this (even by Adele!)

My Way - written by Paul Anka) - who actually does it as well if not better than Sinatra (imo) - not sure who sang it publicly first.

the tune is a French tune though.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Way_(song)

tony tribe's reggae version of this was the first i heard.

The original song was "Comme D'Habitude", written by Claude Francois and Jacques Revaux in 1967. A then unknown David Bowie recorded the song with a set of English lyrics he'd written for it, but was dissatisfied with the result and never released it. A new set of English lyrics were provided by Paul Anka, the song was recorded by Frank Sinatra and the rest is history.

Here's Claude Francois' original French language version:-

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMoY5rNBjwk

The Best - original by Bonnie Tyler in 1988 recorded by Tina Turner a year later.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hU8gvKTzEDM

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

This is the original version of Black Is Black

Girl with one eye from Florence and the Machine's first album. I was really shocked to hear that it was written by another band, the name escapes me. Gutted to find out it wasn't actually about a lesbian experience...

Kris Allen - Live Like We're Dying originally by The Script, it was a b-side one of their early singles I think?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTALLCna6gY
Both version are identical. Brilliant song though.