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 4th January 2016, 12:34 AM
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Siouxsie And The Banshees covered a Bob Dylan song called This Wheel's On Fire for their covers album Through The Looking Glass (1987)
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20th January 2016, 08:17 PM
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I was just browsing the songs of childhood fave songwriters (bubblegum, The Archies, The Banana Splits) and came across a list of Mark Barkan's (still with us) as he co-wrote most of my then-fave Archies tunes - I was surprised to find he wrote this Connie Francis hit, and even more surprised to find out Gabriella Cilmi wasn't the original!
Just goes to show.... 
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20th January 2016, 10:34 PM
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12th January 2017, 09:30 PM
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Have read this thread all the way through. Two that haven't been mentioned so far:
Substitute - Clout A no.2 hit in 1978,I recently found out it was first recorded by the Righteous Brothers. I Want You - Sophie B Hawkins From her first album,I never checked the writing credits as she writes all her own songs so I was surprised when someone mentioned on a similar thread to this on another forum that it was written by Bob Dylan. It was a top 20 hit for him in 1966. |
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12th January 2017, 11:55 PM
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QUOTE(popchartfreak @ Jan 20 2016, 08:17 PM)  I was just browsing the songs of childhood fave songwriters (bubblegum, The Archies, The Banana Splits) and came across a list of Mark Barkan's (still with us) as he co-wrote most of my then-fave Archies tunes - I was surprised to find he wrote this Connie Francis hit, and even more surprised to find out Gabriella Cilmi wasn't the original! Just goes to show.... Yeh I heard that last Christmas and was a bit annoyed was I consider it a modern Xmas classic!! |
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13th January 2017, 12:28 AM
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In terms of remixes I can think of two. At the time I thought the DONS remix of Pump Up The Jam in 2005 was a completely new song, but it was a remix of the 80s one I had never heard before. I thought the same with 'Thunder In My Heart Again'.
In terms of covers I thought until recently that XTM, DJ Chucky and Annia's version of Fly On The Wings Of Love was the original as despite almost certainly watching 2000's Eurovision I did not remember the original. Also Ultrabeat's Pretty Green Eyes and Inaya Day's Nasty Girl. Didn't know until recently they were covers. This post has been edited by 🚡🚟🍥-♨🎪🚘🎉🍥: 13th January 2017, 12:40 AM |
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13th January 2017, 12:50 PM
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"Everything seems different the second time around."
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QUOTE(Broken Heart @ Jun 10 2015, 08:48 AM) Original of Jamelia "Superstar", # 1 in Denmark for 7 weeks period. MIND. BLOWN. I always assumed 'Superstar' was written specifically for Jamelia.  The original sounds pretty much identical except with the final pre-chorus removed and some lyrics are different! Either way, the Jamelia version is still one of my favourite tracks!
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17th April 2017, 10:10 PM
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This is probably quite a big one that most people already know, but I recently learned that the biggest selling single of 1986, and quite possibly the campest song ever released, "Don't Leave Me This Way" by The Communards was a cover. The first version was by Harold Melvin, which itself was a top 10 hit in 1977. Very different to the NRG which become the monster hit -
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17th April 2017, 10:17 PM
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QUOTE(Brett-Butler @ Apr 17 2017, 11:10 PM) This is probably quite a big one that most people already know, but I recently learned that the biggest selling single of 1986, and quite possibly the campest song ever released, "Don't Leave Me This Way" by The Communards was a cover. The first version was by Harold Melvin, which itself was a top 10 hit in 1977. Very different to the NRG which become the monster hit - Some of us are old enough to remember the original  There was another version of the song by Thelma Houston in the chart at the same time as the Harold Melvin version. The Communards version is easily the best one.
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17th April 2017, 10:34 PM
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Indeed. I think that it was the Thelma Houston version that The Communards took as the blueprint for their version rather than Harold Melvin's, from the sounds of it.
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17th April 2017, 11:05 PM
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FIVE YEARS OF THE TURRET 15-20
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Bananarama - Venus (Original: Shocking Blue) [It took me 3 and a half years to find out] Kula Shaker - Hush (Original: Deep Purple) Wonderland Avenue - White Horse (Original: Laid Back) [Like Venus, this also took me 3 and a half years to find out] UB40 - Can't Help Falling In Love With You (Original: Elvis Presley) Steps - Tragedy (Original: Bee Gees) ) |
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11th July 2017, 10:10 AM
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No Mercy's 1997 hit Where Do You Go was originally by La Bouche in 1995
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11th July 2017, 11:45 AM
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QUOTE(Suedehead2 @ Apr 17 2017, 11:17 PM) Some of us are old enough to remember the original There was another version of the song by Thelma Houston in the chart at the same time as the Harold Melvin version. The Communards version is easily the best one.late reply, but I loved the Harold Melvin original, Teddy Pendergrass' vocals are still the best interpretation. Communards were a fun pop cover, and nicely inverted the high female/low male vocal expectations, but also was a tad shrill...
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11th July 2017, 11:46 AM
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QUOTE(fiesta @ Jul 11 2017, 11:10 AM) No Mercy's 1997 hit Where Do You Go was originally by La Bouche in 1995 didn't know that. la Bouche had a good track Be My Lover about that time... |
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14th July 2017, 06:07 PM
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Classic Rocky Sharpe & the Replays' hit "Martian Hop" was written by the Ran-Dells and released in 1963. It has been described as a one-hit wonder novelty song and it reached #16 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
Maybe you didn't know it, but "The Best" originally recorded by Bonnie Tyler on her 1988 release "Hide Your Heart". The single reached number 10 in Norway and number 95 in United Kingdom. "Human On the Inside" is a song originally recorded by Australian rock duo Divinyls, released in 1996 as the fourth single from their fifth studio album "Underworld". A minor hit in Australia in 1996, the song became better known after it was covered by The Pretenders in 1999 under the title "Human". In this version, the song became a 1999 chart hit in UK and New Zealand. |
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14th July 2017, 06:09 PM
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Famous Tight Fit's hit "Fantasy Island" was recorded for Dutch National Eurovision 1982 pre-selection and performed by three different acts (The Millionaires, Bonnie St. Claire, Bill van Dijk)
The Millionaires - Fantasy Island Bonnie St. Claire - Fantasy Island My favourite single from 1975 year (Reparata - Shoes) also is a cover version. The song was first recorded by Felix Harp, a band from Trafford and Level Green, Pennsylvania, with music and lyrics by bandmember Eric Beam. It was released as a single in 1973, renamed "She Didn't Forget Her Shoes (Johnny and Louise)". In 1974 the German group Love Generation recorded the song, retitled "Johnny and Louise (She Didn't Forget Her Shoes)", and it was released as a single in 1974. They also recorded a German-language version called "Johnny und Louise". Also in 1974, the British folk group The (New) Settlers released a version with a different title again, "She Didn't Forget Her Shoes". This post has been edited by Good Old Days: 14th July 2017, 06:12 PM |
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24th August 2017, 10:50 PM
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Phoebe Snow Every Night in 1978
I loved that song for years and never knew it was a Wings song. |
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25th August 2017, 11:40 AM
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I knew aboutPhoebe, Tina & Rocky Sharpe, but that Tight Fit & Reparata news is a surprise to me! Just when you think you know all of the cover versions in the 70's and 80's....
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26th August 2017, 06:28 PM
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Ultimate hit for Will Young "Evergreen" originally recorded by Westlife.
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4th October 2017, 06:23 AM
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Original version of "Es Neesmu Dzeina Fonda" was a huge hit for Latvian band Eolika in 1987 year.
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