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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]]

* Finnish [[Neoclassical Punk Zydeco Rockabilly|Neo-Classical Black/MeloDeath/Thrash Metal]] band [[Children of Bodom (Music)|Children of Bodom]] has covered Britney Spears' Oops I Did It Again and Creedence Clearwater Revival's Lookin' Out My Backdoor. Yes, there's a whole album of them, but those two stand out the most.

* 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.

They did this song nice, Lady Ella too<br />

They all sang it, with so much feeling<br />

* PULP's video for "[[Anti Love Song|Bad Cover Version]]" (see what he did there?) has a whole host of celebrity impersonators getting together to record the eponymous song.

* Tubeway Army's "Down in the Park" has been covered by both [[Marilyn Manson]] and [[Foo Fighters (Music)|Foo Fighters]].

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