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{{quote|''"I think he died when he heard my version of 'Heartbreak Hotel'."''|John Cale on [[Elvis Presley]]}}
If a song is recorded by a singer-songwriter, and then by somebody else, the second person's recording is a '''Cover Version'''. If the song is from [[Tin Pan Alley]] and not released by the original songwriter, the Cover Version is either any version after the first recording, or any version after the first hit recording. Hit songs tend to attract Cover Versions. Sometimes, Cover Versions are more popular than the first version; the original is then [[Covered Up]]. If a cover is done in another language then it is a [[Translated Cover Version]]
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* Finnish [[Neoclassical Punk Zydeco Rockabilly|Neo-Classical Black/MeloDeath/Thrash Metal]] band [[
* 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 [[
*** With the exception of [[A Hard
* Living For The City by [[Stevie Wonder]] was covered by quite a lot of artists.[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddsgUFT4hm0 This may be one of the best attempts:]
* "Take It Easy" was originally by [[
** And it's also been covered by Billy Mize, Johnny Rivers, and Travis Tritt, among others.
* Linda Ronstadt made a career out of cover versions. "It's So Easy" was originally by [[
* "I Heard It Through The Grapevine" was actually recorded by both [[
* Pig Destroyer's cover of Exhumed To Consume by [[
* Alien Ant Farm has the dubious honor of being a [[One
** The Ataris share this "distinction", their only mainstream hit being their cover of Don Henley's "Boys of Summer".
** Except that AAF weren't one hit wonders. They've charted with "Movies" and "These Days"
* The Jeff Beck Group, a short-lived supergroup featuring the eponymous ex-Yardbird on guitar, Rod Stewart on vocals, Ron Wood on bass and future [[
** However they were not a supergroup back then, only Beck being famous. Ron Wood and Rod Stewart didn't become stars after this (when they joined The Faces).
* A number of [[Bob Dylan|Bob Dylan's]] early songs became widely known through their covers. Examples include Peter, Paul and Mary's rendition of "Blowin' in the Wind", the Byrds' covers of "Mr. Tambourine Man" and "My Back Pages", the Turtles' version of "It Ain't Me, Babe", and [[Jimi Hendrix]]'s cover of "All Along the Watchtower". That last one became so pervasive, Dylan himself incorporated elements of it into his live show.
** Also, "Knockin' On Heaven's Door" has had [
* [[Joni Mitchell|Joni Mitchell's]] songbook is a favorite for other artists to tap into. Hit covers of her work include Judy Collins' "Both Sides Now" and Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young's version of "Woodstock".
* While J.J. Cale is a relatively unknown musician in his own right, three of his songs have attained major notoriety in their covers; "After Midnight" and "Cocaine" as performed by [[Eric Clapton]], and [[
* Try to count how many bands or solo artists have covered [[
* And if you think that's bad, look up [[The Rolling Stones]]' "Paint It Black".
* Grindcore band 7000 Dying Rats covered [[Journey (
* Basshunter covered two of ''his own songs'' among others for his most recent album, Now You're Gone.
* "Last Christmas" is extremely popular amongst Japanese artists to cover.
* I challenge you to name 4 Extreme Metal bands who have covered Aces High by Iron Maiden. Give up? {{spoiler|Arch Enemy, Hypocrisy, Vital Remains, Children Of Bodom}}
* On the topic of [[
** Savage Garden and [[
* The Tornados's "Telstar" has somewhere in the region of 130 covers. Tim "TelstarMan" Lehnerer has achieved minor Internet fame for owning a copy of ''every one of them''. That is, every one we know about - rest assured, if another is discovered, he will acquire it.
** I bet he doesn't own the versions by OVNI, Venus Gang, & T.H.X.
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* Quiet Riot's first major hit was a cover of Slade's "Cum On Feel The Noize". Kevin Dubrow hated the song and had to be talked into it by the rest of the band; the version released on ''Metal Health'' is the first (and only) take.
** Dubrow saw the light after the song became a major hit. The first single from their next album was another Slade cover, "Mama Weer All Crazee Now".
* [[
** Cohen originally wrote the song with ''15'' verses, with each artist choosing 4-5 verses for their cover version.
* This troper once heard that the most covered song in the world is "White Christmas", written by Irving Berlin and originally performed by Bing Crosby. [[The Other Wiki]] lists [
* [[Sunn O)))]]))) covered For Whom The Bell Tolls by Metallica in their usual droney style, so it's nearly impossible to tell that a track named FWTBT (I Dream of Lars Ulrich Being Thrown Through the Bus Window Instead of My Master Mystikall Kliff Burton). On that note they also covered Cursed Realms (Of The Winterdemons) by [[Immortal (
* For rights reasons, almost every song on ''[[Guitar Hero]]'' is actually a cover. When the title and artist come up at the beginning of the song, look at what it says: "As made famous by" is a cover, and "As performed by" is the original. This is why "Spanish Castle Magic" by [[Jimi Hendrix]] is an instrumental in the original ''Guitar Hero''; it's illegal to impersonate his voice.
** By the third game in the series, the franchise was already notable enough to start putting more and more master recordings into the games, with ''Guitar Hero World Tour'' supposedly having every single song in the game a master track. This can arguably be considered a case of missing the point completely, seeing as the player assumes the role of a guitarist in a cover band in the game...
*** Given the quality of some of those covers, it's more like an [[Acceptable Break From Reality]].
*** Amusingly, there are two [[Jimi Hendrix]] songs in ''Guitar Hero: World Tour'' - but due to an agreement with his family, your guitarist in those songs is ''always'' [[Jimi Hendrix]], and you can't use Hendrix outside of those songs. Apparently they don't want even the ''illusion'' of covers... (But in retrospect, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UuAoEW5MbI the Kurt Cobain incident] in ''Guitar Hero 5'' sheds some reasoning behind the Hendrix family's restrictions. [[Crosses the Line Twice|Or not]].)(The link is dead, can someone edit to clarify this.)
* ''[[Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan]]'' and ''[[Elite Beat Agents]]'' also [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZB1_IuM9qc&feature=PlayList&p=192D4D9402B39B80&index=0 use covers] (link leads to all of them except YMCA) instead of original songs, mainly because they have to alter the length of the songs to fit the stages. "Canned Heat" by [[
* [[
* [[JAM Project]]'s Masaki Endoh did a cover of [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ix8Vy3mEHk Go Go Power Rangers] for when ''[[Mighty Morphin Power Rangers]]'' was (re) re-dubbed and aired in Japan.
** Endoh has released a pair of albums titled ENSON which are entirely covers of songs he (presumably) likes. "Go Go Power Rangers" is in the first one.
* [[Marilyn Manson]]'s first real mainstream hit was a cover of the [[
** See also: [[Marilyn Manson]]'s covers of "Personal Jesus" and "Tainted Love".
* Ever try looking up how many covers of [[
** There's even a [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKltlk8A6Lk ukulele version] by [[Amanda Palmer]].
* "Pop pop Pop pop pop pop pop, pop pop Pop pop pop pop pop...". Curse you, Gershon Kingsley.
* Progressive Thrash/Power Metal band [[
* Almost every song on Depeche Mode's album ''Violator'' has been covered. "Enjoy The Silence" in particular, has almost 20 covers.
** HIM's hideous version made this Depeche Mode fan ask her nephew how he could stand listening to it.
*** They were probably hoping to make something as awesome as the [[
* Yet another Depeche Mode cover: [[
* Just when you think the album has to come to an end, Austrian Death Machine's album ''Double Brutal'' salvos you with an array of covers from Metallica to [[
* [[Kate Bush]]'s song "Running Up That Hill" has been covered by everyone from Armin Van Buuren to [[
** That would be only Dutch bands then?
*** Maybe it's in alphabetical order!!
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* The ''entire point'' of [[Richard Cheese]] and Lounge Against the Machine is producing light, breezy easy-listening covers of songs from metal, hip-hop, and rap artists.
** You have not lived until you've heard their cover of [[Nine Inch Nails]]' "Closer". It's absolutely hysterical.
** Not to mention the cover of [[
* [[
* Being, as they were, major influences on just about every metal/punk/emo band that's emerged in the past twenty years, pretty much every single song in The Misfits discography has been covered a hundred times over. "Last Caress" and "Halloween" are particular favorites, it seems.
** [[
* A special category in this trope is where the original artists assist in the cover version. For instance, the Beatles helped out the Silkie with their hit cover version of "You've Got To Hide Your Love Away" (mainly because the Silkie were being managed by Brian Epstein). [[Elton John]] did this trick with not one, but three, major hits: he got [[The Who|Pete Townsend]] to assist on his version of "Pinball Wizard", had [[
** [[Ozzy Osbourne]] joined with [[Primus]] to cover [[Black Sabbath]]'s NIB.
* [[Killswitch Engage]] covered [[
* On the topic of all things holy, a Power/Thras Metal band named Holy Grail covered Fast As A Shark by [[
* [[Tom Lehrer]] recorded his song "The Irish Ballad" in his usual fashion, playing a piano as accompaniment. The group Darby O'Gill later covered the song, turning it into a real Irish ballad. (Well, they perform in America, but they play Irish-type music and instruments.)
* [[Jimi Hendrix]] took Chuck Berry's "Johnny B. Goode" and cranked it [[Up to Eleven]], adding two guitar solos.
** He did the same thing to Bob Dylan's "All Along the Watchtower," with the result that [[Covered Up|his cover gets more airplay than the original.]]
* [[
** She is also one of the few to have had the nerve to cover the last one on stage.
* [[Madonna]] did a cover version of ''American Pie''.
* [[Aretha Franklin]] wasn't the first to sing "Respect". That would be the song's writer, [[Otis Redding]].
* "Lips Of An Angel". The radio success of Hinder's version spawned several covers. They weren't as good.
* Probably the most well-received cover in history was [[
** He does a fair turn at Depeche Mode's "Personal Jesus", but this troper will agree. Cash took the already beautiful "Hurt" and turned it into something even better.
* [[
* [[Nine Inch Nails]] covered [[Soft Cell]]'s club-hit ''Memorabilia'' and stuck it on the Closer single as a b-side.
** Interestingly, their song "Wish" has been covered by a few artists. The most well-received cover is without a doubt [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrr110sr4o0 the one done by] [[Linkin Park]], to the point that fans who [[Did Not Do the Research]] honestly believe that ''the cover'' is the original version, ''even though [[Word of God|the singer]] [[Failed a Spot Check|clearly stated that it was a cover]] during the video''.
* A lot of artists like to do a cover during unplugged sessions (notably MTV's unplugged).
** [[
** [[
* [
** In addition, [[
* This is the entire point of the "Punk Goes..." series (with the exception of Punk Goes Acoustic)
* Atreyu has covered both ''You Give Love A Bad Name'' by [[Bon Jovi]], and ''Epic'' by [[Faith No More]].
* '60s British pop group the Searchers made a business of great covers.
* ''[[Manfred Mann]]'' took Dylan's "The Mighty Quinn" and [[
* A good amount of [[
* [[
** ''Strange Little Girls'' (which features "97 Bonnie & Clyde") is an entire album of cover songs, supposedly with the theme of "songs written by men about women".
* [[
* [[The Isley Brothers]] cover of ''summer breeze'' probably counts. Ernie Isley adding a [[Epic Riff]] and ending on a bad ass 3 minute guitar solo. It went from a folk type tune by Seals and Crofts and turned into psychedelic funk/rock/soul track.
* [[David Bowie]] is frequently covered, specially "Heroes" and "Rebel Rebel".
* [[My Chemical Romance]] did a cover of [[Bob Dylan]]'s "Desolation Row" for the "Watchmen" soundtrack, but cranked it [[Up to Eleven]].
* There is an album called Pun-Colle that consists of anime [[Seiyuu]] covering classic punk songs. In J-Pop style. Hearing a high-pitched, Japanese voice actress singing "White Riot" certainly is... something.
* [[Primus]] did an EP of unexpected cover versions, including [[XTC]]'s "Making Plans for Nigel" and [[Peter Gabriel]]'s "The Intruder".
** They also did an ''insanely'' kickass cover of Metallica's "Master Of Puppets". Where the guitar and bass lines are swapped. Sadly, it's only the intro of the song, but it kicks absolute ass. It can be found on [[YouTube]] if you want to hear it.
* [[
** [[Frou Frou]] did a cover of ''Holding Out For a Hero'', which was played over the end credits of Shrek 2.
* [[
* [[Doctor Steel]] does a cover version of the ''[[Inspector Gadget]]'' theme song, and a ''very'' quirky version of the ''[[Sesame Street]]'' theme song.
* [[Mary and The Black Lamb]] Have covered various songs live such as Nine Inch Nails' "Closer" and Marilyn Manson's "The Beautiful People."
* Lampshaded by [[Frank Sinatra]] in his cover of "[[The Threepenny Opera
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They did this song nice, Lady Ella too
They all sang it, with so much feeling
That [[Frank Sinatra|Old Blue Eyes]], [[Self-Deprecation|he ain't gonna add nothing new]] }}
* PULP's video for "[[Anti
* Tubeway Army's "Down in the Park" has been covered by both [[Marilyn Manson]] and [[
* [[
* [[
* The Ultravox song "Hymn" has been covered by [[
* [[Savatage]] covered two songs on their album ''Fight for the Rock''; Badfinger's "Day After Day" and [[
* [[Def Leppard]] Covered [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKBSFKcav7w The Sweet's] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPOeAIUEVbs Action], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Db-bIWaXEFE Mick Ronson's] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOO6wztjxV0 Only After Dark] on their album Retroactive, As well as a whole slew of other glam rock songs on [[Cover Album|YEAH!]]
* [[Blue Cheer]] covered [[Eddie Cochran]]'s "Summertime Blues". [
** Other notable bands who have covered Summertime Blues include: [[The Who]], [
* The [[Katy Perry]] song "Hot N' Cold" has been covered by.. well.. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TcoekyMCWzg these guys].
** [[McFly]], a British ''boy'' band, covered her song, "I Kissed a Girl".
* 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 [[
* [[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 (
* 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.
* Two of the English language songs on Bentley Jones' [[TRANSLATION 2]] album are covers - one is [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8nv4uYp79U "Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)"], and the other is [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZr-y8AuiF0 "Word Up"]. Both songs have been covered by everyone and their grandmother, but his attempts are probably among the best out there. He's also done a cover of the [[Devil May Cry 4]] theme, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=cOpe2zborw0 "Shall Never Surrender"], turning it into a soft piano ballad.
* The recent movie [[The Muppets]] has two covers: one of "We Built This City" by Starship and another of "Forget You" by Cee Lo Green
** And let's not forget a [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|barbershop quartet]] version of Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit".
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