Well, It's Not Like The Original!
30 years ago some purists were not happy with a new version of Twist & Shout at Number 1. What are the covers that are not just updated copies of the originals?
30 years ago some purists would be sticking their fingers in their ears as Chaka Demus and Pliers hit the number one spot with their version of Twist and Shout. Tonight, we want to hear the covers that are not just updated copies of the originals. From Soft Cell’s version of Tainted Love to the White Stripes attempt at Dolly’s Jolene.
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Pet Shop Boys
Always On My Mind
- Pet Shop Boys - Discography.
- Parlophone.
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Kim Carnes
Bette Davis Eyes
- Let's Hear It For The Girls.
- Virgin.
- 17.
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Arctic Monkeys
Love Machine (Radio 1 Live Lounge, 19 Jan 2006)
- Live Lounge.
- Sony BMG.
- 2 / 1.
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Manfred Mann’s Earth Band
Blinded By The Light
- Drivetime 3 (Various Artists).
- Dino.
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Frank Sinatra
It Was A Very Good Year
- Frank Sinatra - The Reprise Years.
- Reprise.
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The Lemonheads
Mrs Robinson
- Mrs Robinson.
- Warner.
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Happy Mondays
Step On
- Now 17, Part 1 (Various Artists).
- Now.
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The Civil Wars
Billie Jean
- Dermot O'leary Presents The Saturday Sessions 2011.
- Sony.
- 10 / 2.
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Aztec Camera
Jump
- The Best Of.
- Warner.
- 11.
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Bryan Ferry
A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall
- The Best Of Bryan Ferry.
- Virgin.
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Muse
Feeling Good
- Feeling Good.
- Mushroom Records.
- 1.
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Fine Young Cannibals
Suspicious Minds
- Drive Time 2 (Various Artists).
- Dino.
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The Futureheads
Hounds Of Love
- NME Presents The Essential Bands.
- Universal Music TV.
- 8 / 2.
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Glen Campbell
Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)
- Meet Glen Campbell.
- EMI.
- 1.
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The Slits
(I Heard It Through The) Grapevine
- In The Beginning.
- Universal-Island Records Limited.
- 12.
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Kate Rusby
Manic Monday
- Hand Me Down.
- Pure Records.
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Rascal Flatts
Life Is A Highway
- Cars.
- EMI Catalogue.
- 3.
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David Gray
Say Hello Wave Goodbye
- (CD Single).
- East West Records.
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Johnny Cash
Personal Jesus
- Ring Of Fire.
- Universal.
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Skipinnish
About You Now
- Western Ocean.
- Skipinnish Records.
- 8.
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Shawn Colvin
Every Little Thing (He) Does Is Magic
- Shawn Colvin - Cover Girl.
- Columbia.
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Cowboy Junkies
Sweet Jane
- The Best Of The Cowboy Junkies.
- RCA.
- 2.
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