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Cover versions better known than the originals
Apologies if this topic has already been done. I didn't realise several of these were cover versions until recently. I'm sure there are more I haven't listed here.
Soft Cell - Tainted Love Wet Wet Wet - Love is All Around The Jimi Hendrix Experience - All Along the Watchtower Whitney Houston - I Will Always Love You Pet Shop Boys - Go West Cyndi Lauper - Girls Just Wanna Have Fun Kirsty MacColl - A New England Calum Scott - Dancing on my Own Terry Jacks - Seasons in the Sun Natalie Imbruglia - Torn Banarama - Venus The Righteous Brothers - Unchained Melody Sinead O'Connor - Nothing Compares 2 U Simply Red - Money's too tight to mention The Housemartins - Caravan of Love Blondie - Hanging on the Telephone Annie Lennox - No More I love you's. Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah Elvis Presley - Blue Suede Shoes The Beatles - Twist and Shout The Byrds - Mr Tambourine Man Johnny Cash - Hurt Status Quo - Rockin' all over the world Jose Gonzalez - Heartbeats The Flying Pickets - Only You Madness - It Must be Love |
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Amy Winehouse - Valerie
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Girls just wanna have fun is not a cover version.
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Girls just wanna have fun is not a cover version.
Some guy recorded it in the 70's but it never went any further than a rough demo. |
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Girls just wanna have fun is not a cover version.
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Take That - Relight My Fire.
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Yazz - The Only Way Is Up.
Aretha Franklin - Respect. |
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Peggy Lee's "Fever"
She rewrote some lyrics but the original was recorded by Little Willie John. |
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A couple more . A hit for Dr. Hook - Sharing The Night together original by Arthur Alexander.
My Ding-A-Ling - covered by Chuck Berry original by Dave Bartholmew ( 1952) |
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Apologies if this topic has already been done. I didn't realise several of these were cover versions until recently. I'm sure there are more I haven't listed here.
Soft Cell - Tainted Love Wet Wet Wet - Love is All Around The Jimi Hendrix Experience - All Along the Watchtower Whitney Houston - I Will Always Love You Pet Shop Boys - Go West Cyndi Lauper - Girls Just Wanna Have Fun Kirsty MacColl - A New England Calum Scott - Dancing on my Own Terry Jacks - Seasons in the Sun Natalie Imbruglia - Torn Banarama - Venus The Righteous Brothers - Unchained Melody Sinead O'Connor - Nothing Compares 2 U Simply Red - Money's too tight to mention The Housemartins - Caravan of Love Blondie - Hanging on the Telephone Annie Lennox - No More I love you's. Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah Elvis Presley - Blue Suede Shoes The Beatles - Twist and Shout The Byrds - Mr Tambourine Man Johnny Cash - Hurt Status Quo - Rockin' all over the world Jose Gonzalez - Heartbeats The Flying Pickets - Only You Madness - It Must be Love |
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Blue - Too Close
Nilsson - Without You Diana Ross - Why do Fools Fall in Love |
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Take That " How deep is your love "
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Adele - To Make You Feel My Love
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Hush - Deep Purple
God Gave Rock and Roll to You - Kiss Denise - Blondie Hey Joe - Jimi Hendrix Dancing in the Moonlight - Toploader |
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Leona Lewis - run
I misread it i thought the title was cover versions better than the originals 😂 |
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Dolly's version is better than Whitney
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Blinded By the Light - Manfred Mann's Earth Band
Killing Me Softly - Roberta Flack Bette Davis Eyes - Kim Carnes |
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Hush - Deep Purple
God bless you and his family always!!! Holly P.S. Go here and here for his renditions of "I Knew You When" and "Yo Yo" which were both later on done by the Osmond family. "I Knew You When" was also done later on by Linda Ronstadt. Go here for his rendition of "Steal Away" which was later on done by Etta James. |
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Step By Step by New kids on the block
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^^^ Who else sings that song? I never knew that anyone else did.
God bless you always!!! ![]() Holly |
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The Jacksons - Blame it on the Boogie.
Originally recorded by its co-writer Mick Jackson. I like his version a lot even though the famous bassline is nowhere to be heard - we have the arrangement for The Jacksons' version to thank for that. The Carpenters - Superstar. Co-written by the late, great Leon Russell and originally recorded by its other co-writers Bonnie and Delaney Brammett (credited to Delaney and Bonnie & Friends feat Eric Clapton). I believe the next version released was on Joe Cocker's Mad Dogs and Englishmen album with lead vocal by Rita Coolidge. As it's close to Crimbo I'd also suggest that both The Eagles' and Jon Bon Jovi's covers of Please Come Home for Christmas are more famous than the original by Charles Brown , who also co-wrote it. |
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Denise - Blondie In addition to 'Denis' ('Denise' by Randy & the Rainbows), there is also: Hanging on the Telephone, which was originally recorded by The Nerves. Jack Lee*, who wrote Hanging on the Telephone, was a member of The Nerves. The Tide is High, originally by the Paragons. * Jack Lee also wrote Come Back and Stay, famously recorded by Paul Young. |
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The Air That I Breathe original by Albert Hammond , hit version by The Hollies
Albert's version which I prefer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HglphdXqMg |
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Agree with many of them, but no way is Bananarama's version of "Venus" superior to the original by Shocking Blue.
I forgot to add The Belle Stars - The Clapping Song. |
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Agree with many of them, but no way is Bananarama's version of "Venus" superior to the original by Shocking Blue.
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Step By Step by New kids on the block
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I said "better known", not necessarily superior to the original version, which of course is purely a matter of opinion.
I forgot to add The Belle Stars - The Clapping Song.
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