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* The song 'Another Girl, Another Planet'. Originally performed in 1979 by the cult band The Only Ones, it has been covered many times. The most recent cover (by Blink-182) is actually a cover squared, as it is based on an earlier cover with slightly different lyrics to The Only Ones' original.
* "Yesterday" was originally recorded by [[The Beatles (band)|The Beatles]]. It has been covered many times since (rumor has it 3000 times) by such luminaries as [[Ray Charles]], Matt Munro, Michael Bolton, [[Paul McCartney]] (as a solo artist), and even [[Elvis Presley]]. Guinness lists it as the most-covered song of all time.
** There have been ''lots'' of covers of Beatles songs. Among the artists that have done a successful cover include [[Jimi Hendrix]] with "Day Tripper," [[Elton John]] with "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds," Joe Cocker with "With A Little Help From My Friends" and [[Yes]] with "Every Little Thing". Roger Greenawalt with various singers has covered [https://web.archive.org/web/20111118161537/http://beatlescompleteonukulele.com/ about half the songs] on [[Rule of Cool|ukulele]].
** [[The Beatles (band)|The Beatles]] themselves have recorded their share of covers. For example, they covered a number of [[Chuck Berry]] songs early in their career, such as "Roll Over Beethoven" and "Too Much Monkey Business".
*** With the exception of [[A Hard Day's Night]] and [[Help!]] (which contained two cover songs), thier first five albums were almost half covers (6 out of 14 songs). They stopped this around 1965, but threw in a short cover of "Maggie Mae" on [[Let It Be]].
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* The [[Mariah Carey]] version of ''[[Without You]]'' (Can't Live...), generally taken to be the original, is a cover of Harry Nilsson's much earlier version, released a week after Nilsson's death. The song actually originated with Badfinger, but Carey's version (and most other covers of the song) followed Nilsson's arrangement much more closely.
* One pattern that seems to be fairly popular is to have a hardcore or death metal band cover a pop song. Take, for instance, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLzt87q9yZw "1000 Miles"], a cover of [[Vanessa Carlton]]'s "A Thousand Miles" by Australian hardcore band Never See Tomorrow.
* [[The Onion]]'s affiliate pop-culture magazine ''The AV Club'' has a feature called "Undercover" where bands cover popular songs, taken from a limited list. After being covered, a song is crossed off the list so that the earlier a band comes, the better its selection of songs. The first round of songs is available [https://web.archive.org/web/20131027124312/http://www.avclub.com/articles/the-walkmen-cover-rem,38887/ here], the second round (currently ongoing) [https://web.archive.org/web/20131012110523/http://www.avclub.com/articles/bob-mould-covers-sugar,53053/ here].
* [[The Birthday Massacre]] covered [[The Neverending Story (film)|The Neverending Story]] theme song.
* Many people are familiar with the [[Carlos Santana|Santana]] song ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UIojGDIBvI The Game of Love]'' as sung by Michelle Branch from his 2002 album ''Shaman''. This version, however, is '''not''' the original version: Tina Turner originally sang the song, but it was released only five years later on a compilation album.
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