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Cover Version - Ai No Corrida by Quincy Jones.
Original version by Chas Jankel (from The Blockheads) who also composed and wrote the song. |
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And the fact that Communards hideous version of Don't Leave Me This Way is better known by some that Teddys sublime original is horrific
There was a large number asking Richard if he would claim royalties
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To be fair as a group I don't think eighth wonder had much to do with the song, as far as I am aware it was written for Patsy Kensit, rather than eighth wonder...it probably would have been more accurate to be released as a single by the Pet Shop Boys feat. Patsy Kensit....as she was the only member from the band that actually performed on the single.
Most of my suggestions have already been taken but I don't remember seeing Randy Newman/Joe Cocker/Tom Jones' "You Can Leave Your Hat On" |
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Pearl's A Singer - Elkie Brooks ( 1977 ) . Original release Dino & Sembello ( 1974 )
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Always There by Incognito is better known than the Ronnie Laws original
Possibly As by George Micheal and Mary J Blige is better know the Stevie original Is the Pink/Christina version of Lady Marmalade better known now? Summer Breeze by The Isley Brothers is definitely better known than the original Georgy Porgy by Eric Benet better known than the Toto version And finally for now Got To Get You Into My Life by EW&F is better known than The Beatles original |
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Summer Breeze by The Isley Brothers is definitely better known than the original
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Strawberry Letter 23 is better known by the Brothers Johnson than by Shuggy Otis, who wrote it and sang the original.
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I'm tempted to nominate "I Drove All Night" which was a hit for Cyndi Lauper in 1989 and again for Roy Orbison, as a posthumous release, in 1992. However, which one would you class as the cover?
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mary j blige - i'm going down (originally by rose royce)
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Not a cover.
An original song that sampled a riff from an orchestral version of the Stones' song "The Last Time". What's more, the riff that was sampled was composed by the orchestral version's arranger and not by MIck Jagger and Keith Richards, although they are the ones who receive some of the royalties for "Bittersweet Symphony" as copyright law does not favour arrangers. |
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Dannii Minogue - This is it
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Tracey Ullman's They Don't Know is probably better known than Kirsty Maccoll's
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Tracey Ullman's They Don't Know is probably better known than Kirsty Maccoll's
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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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Not sure that anyone's saying it is superior, merely that it is better known. I'm sure many people looking at the list would have opinions about the superiority or not of particular versions.
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Haven't read the whole thread but has anyone mentioned I Will Always Love You by Whitney being better known than Dolly Parton's 1974 original which I prefer.
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What about Everything I Own? Written by David Gates of Bread who recorded the original but Ken Boothe in 1974 and Boy George in 1987 both took it to No.1. I always associate it with the reggae version by Ken Boothe.
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I love Nina Persson's version of Famous Blue Raincoat by Leonard Cohen. If you look it up on You Tube you will see a few derogatory comments from people comparing it unfavourably to versions by people such as Jennifer Warnes and Tori Amos, but they're completely missing the point. Nina's version is fragile and haunting, whereas the others are technically correct interpretations. I feel sure Cohen would have preferred Nina's version.
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I forgot Kim Carnes - Bette Davis Eyes.
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Tracey Ullman's They Don't Know is probably better known than Kirsty Maccoll's
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"At Last" by Etta James, and later by Beyonce
(Original version by the Glenn Miller Orchestra) "Go Now" by the Moody Blues (Original version by Bessie Banks) "A Groovy Kind Of Love" by the Mindbenders, and later by Phil Collins (Original version by Diane and Annita) "Silence Is Golden" by the Tremeloes (Original version by the Four Seasons) "Bend Me Shape Me" by Amen Corner (Original version by the Outsiders) "My Way" by Frank Sinatra (Original version entitled "Comme D'Habitude" sung in French by Claude Francois) "I Hear You Knocking" by Dave Edmunds (Original version by Smiley Lewis) "Seasons In The Sun" by Terry Jacks (Original version entitled "Le Moribond" sung in French by Jacques Brel) "Let's Stick Together" by Bryan Ferry (Original version by Wilbert Harrison) "Rivers Of Babylon" by Boney M (Original version by the Melodians) "Knock On Wood" by Amii Stewart (Original version by Eddie Floyd) "Chanson D'Amour" by Manhatten Transfer (Original version by Art and Dotty Todd) "Duke Of Earl" by Darts (Original version by Gene Chandler) "David Watts" by The Jam (Original version by the Kinks) "I Fought The Law" by the Clash (Original version by the Crickets) "Nellie The Elephant" by Toy Dolls (Original version by Mandy Miller) "The Ole House" by Shakin' Stevens (Original version by Rosemary Clooney) "Tears On My Pillow" by Kylie Minogue (Original version by Little Anthony and the Imperials) |
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Before Kylie' version, Sha Na Na's version of Tears... on the Grease soundtrack album was the most well known - used in the film when the procession was in progress before WZAZ Rydell OB went on air.
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Before Kylie' version, Sha Na Na's version of Tears... on the Grease soundtrack album was the most well known - used in the film when the procession was in progress before WZAZ Rydell OB went on air.
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Guns N' Roses - Live and Let Die (Cover of The Wings/Paul McCartney)
Has the balls and bravado that the original lacked. |
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The only one I know is the 1975 Johnny Nash one!
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