"Soft Cell's Tainted Love", originally by Gloria Love.
Righteous Brothers' "Unchained Melody", originaly recorded by Todd Duncan, of whom I'm reasonably sure you've never heard, and at least four other times before they did it.
Amy Winehouse's "Valerie", originally recorded by The Zutons.
Righteous Brothers' "Unchained Melody", originaly recorded by Todd Duncan, of whom I'm reasonably sure you've never heard, and at least four other times before they did it.
Amy Winehouse's "Valerie", originally recorded by The Zutons.
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Beatles' "Twist and Shout", was by a band called The Top Notes.
Cyndi Lauper's "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" was first recorded in 1979.
What are your favourite now-canonical covers?
https://youtu.be/QaPL8UsTR1Q?si=FX_1J24mUdh5EfXc
https://youtu.be/Xm0qjrceeYE?si=TqFbyxBQc4wHaGo0
The Wikipedia article says the rightsholders made more $ from licensing the song to Big Mouth Billy Bass than from anything else. Ha!
They’re all heaps better than the original.
Always On My Mind - I don't think that PSB have nicked that, although I prefers theirs.
Hazy Shade of Winter? The Bangles version got the film soundtrack and theirs is better than the original, too.
PSB were so fortunate with that distinctive voice. The right singer seems to claim any song they record because a charismatic voice owns a song in a listener's ears in a way that an ok voice doesn't.
(listens)
I much prefer the arrangement and production on the Waits recording. Chorus needed more welly because I prefer more contrast/vibe range, but the rest is great.
Stewart popped it up. Meh.
Many songs originally Leadbelly eg Goodnight Irene, Black Betty, In The Pines, Midnight Special, Backwater Blues...
Also, Torn by Natalie Imbruglia :-)
Teenage Dirtbag in particular
https://youtu.be/Fw8ZDwdyHJQ
...but many, many others!
I wonder how much of Imbruglia's success was just that trancey beat in the chorus?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PyKpNBAv1Bw
https://youtu.be/BOcN8DR9UAo?feature=shared
Ok, one. https://tmbw.net/wiki/Istanbul_(Not_Constantinople) is interesting reading.
How absolutely mental to be the heirs of the songwriter and composer, and suddenly money rains from the sky in 1990.
Hurt by Johnny Cash. The NIN version is very good too, but has such a different feel to it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBPnRh9U8ZE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k68Fob0QA_k
"Nature" by The Muttonbirds
"Without You" by Harry Nilsson
"Always on My Mind" by The Pet Shop Boys
"Respect" by Aretha Franklin
"Bette Davis Eyes" by Kim Carnes
"Sweet Jane" by The Cowboy Junkies 😉
"Hallelujah" by John Cale (+ I will fight you on this ...)
But otherwise, yup.