Very nice video! As a Natalie fan myself, her version of "Torn" is my favorite by far. Also recommend that everyone check her discography as she is a brilliant songwriter herself. My favorite album of hers is White Lilies Island. Her most recent Firebird (2021) is great!
Hands down the best version, it's not even close! The Ednaswap version is barely listenable and the Trine Rein has a kind of Eurovision vibe to it... Natalie's version gave the song a new life. It's nothing short of perfect when it comes to pop songs of that nature.
@@Traxploitation you should do how Britney Spears My prerogative or Whitney Houston I will always love you or Phil Collins groovy kind of love. These are all covers to other songs
@Traxploitation Ednaswap recorded another version of the song on their 1997 album, that in my opinion is far better than any other version by a long shot. Really captures and fits the emotions of the lyrics.
I think the success of her version had much to do with the amazing music video production. After just listening to Lis Sørensen's version; if I hadn't heard Natalie's version first, I would have been a big fan of Lis' version. In any case the song itself is incredible regardless of who sang it!
This video could have been about Ednaswap and what they missed. Hopefully they have held onto the royalties over the years. I saw Ednaswap open for a band once. I picked up their CD and was surprised to find they originally did "Torn" (this was a bit after Imbrulgia's version came out). I certainly don't remember them playing "Torn" that night. They probably wanted to stay away from a song that in many ways was not theirs anymore.
I'm going to watch this because you make good content. This song though...( this version ) I think I liked it the first two times thatI I heard it then it was just eeeevvvverrrywhere. 😮
I think Natalie's version is the strongest. Maybe a bit more poppy but who cares. She made it popular to a bigger audience. And wow, didn't she look beautiful in the video!!! Her eyes are gorgeous
Brotha.... Keep up the good work.... I promise you're channel will bubble..... I learned so much and said WHAAAT..! at least 20 times on the last vid I watched. Keep it up 👍🏼
As much as I didn't like any of that Aussie soap actor / Stock, Aitken and Waterman manufactured rubbish at the time (from about 87-90), I think Natalie Imbruglias Torn is probably the best song to have come from Neighbours & Home and Away 😆
Remember Chris Evans who dated her saying she told him she wrote the song. And him finding out years later it was a cover and then saying on the radio just how good an actor she was as he totally believed her.
The other versions didn't have a management company pushing their versions in the way Kylie did. People were buying her, not the song. Aussie soaps were the original XFactor!
@@Justanotherandy63 All of the previous hit versions were released by artists with "management companies pushing their versions" The original version of Locomotion was the 7th highest-selling song of 1962 in the USA, and the artist Little Eva was managed by Don Kirschner, who formed and managed The Monkees. The Grandfunk Railroad version went to number 1 in 1974, they were one of the first "stadium rock" acts, they sold out Shea Stadium 5 times faster than the Beatles. A disco version in 1979 topped the charts multiple times in NZ and was top 20 in Australia. You have to give Kylie a little credit, not every actor from an Australian soap was able to have a successful music career let alone reach the level that Kylie did.
@@Justanotherandy63 So, you're saying Kylie Minogue had more marketing behind her than the Don Kirschner-managed Little Eva and a band that sold concert tickets faster than the Beatles?? And that's what's wrong with the music industry? I'm so confused as to what your point is?
Well that would depend on her recording contract. Owning and earning from a recording can be just as lucrative as Owning the publishing. In some cases more goes to the owners of the recording than the writers. Like with streaming, only about 15% of the streaming money goes to the writers the rest goes to the owners of the master rights. For movie, TV and ad syncs its usually around 50/50 and for radio play in countries with neighbouring rights its also 50/50 for the broadcast licenses. But then most major label deals only give the artist around 20% of the money they get, bigger artists get a bit more...the other thing to remember is the popularity of the single drove sales of the album and she was a cowriter on every single other track...the album sold over 7 million copies. 🤔 I think she did OK. 🤷♂️
@@TraxploitationAnne preven described the song as a waterfall of money for her lol. She said she got a phone call that her song was #1 in the UK then all of a sudden she was getting cheques for 6 figure numbers and it was crazy
"Copyright strike" is a RUclips specific term for the action taken when a channel/uploader is viewed to have infringed Copyright. Cover songs are legal. They don't breach Copyright so there would be no grounds for a "Copyright strike" 🤷♂️ besides that, in this case the cover version was produced by the cowriter of the original.
The original songwriters cashed in big time... Luckily for Natalie back then CDs were still selling in masses so she could make a buck or two per sold disc, or something in that range...
Artists got nowhere near "a buck or two" per disc. More like 50c, for most artists on a major label. The majority of the money earned from this song would have come from radio play though...not sales of CDs. Everywhere in the world except the USA artists are paid when recordings of their performances are played on the radio. She continues to earn money from that song, as its still regularly played on the radio. 🤔
I suppose this is not the first time that a cover artist gets more famous than the original singer. In this case it's quote understandable since Ednaswap's version is just too grungy compared to Imbruglia's lighter arrangement.
Yeah it's really common. This is part of a series looking at the top 15 or so best selling ones... here's the playlist so far.. ruclips.net/p/PL1adjtWoqIj4f8XuC1aeyR5eGicCIecsg
The version of Torn on the album Wacko Magneto by Ednaswap is the definitive version by the people that wrote it. Fans of the Imbruglia version are vapid consumers that make me wish for an extinction meteor.
Well that's a pretty extreme position to take on a cover version 🤷♂️😆 the co-writer of the song produced Imbruglia's version. So her version is also "by the people that wrote it". 🤔 it wasn't written by all the members of Ednaswap. 🤷♂️
Excuse me? Kylie had a top 10 song The Locomotion on the Billboard Hot 100 a full decade before this song hit the Billboard Hot Airplay charts. It wasn't even on the Hot 100 because it was an album track and not a single. Chart policies have changed since.
@@victoriassme I know, right? Kylie Minogue has three top 40 hits on the Billboard Hot 100 ("Locomotion", "I Should Be So Lucky" and "It's No Secret") well before "Torn' was released.
Natalie's UK career didn't take off like Kylie's did, but she has always remained popular back home - probably more respected in fact than "the singing budgerigar". No disrespect intended to either though - in both cases they lasted far longer than the other "Neighbours" wannabes because they were far more talented. Though Craig MacLachlan evolved into a respected stage actor (singer - not so much).
Very nice video! As a Natalie fan myself, her version of "Torn" is my favorite by far. Also recommend that everyone check her discography as she is a brilliant songwriter herself. My favorite album of hers is White Lilies Island. Her most recent Firebird (2021) is great!
Hands down the best version, it's not even close! The Ednaswap version is barely listenable and the Trine Rein has a kind of Eurovision vibe to it... Natalie's version gave the song a new life. It's nothing short of perfect when it comes to pop songs of that nature.
I had the pleasure of interviewing Natalie for a newspaper story back in the day. She's a lovely lady.
@@Traxploitation you should do how Britney Spears My prerogative or Whitney Houston I will always love you or Phil Collins groovy kind of love. These are all covers to other songs
@Traxploitation Ednaswap recorded another version of the song on their 1997 album, that in my opinion is far better than any other version by a long shot. Really captures and fits the emotions of the lyrics.
Really respect that she always sings live - her voice is amazing!
Lovely video. I became obsessed with the Ednaswap version a few months back.
I think the success of her version had much to do with the amazing music video production. After just listening to Lis Sørensen's version; if I hadn't heard Natalie's version first, I would have been a big fan of Lis' version. In any case the song itself is incredible regardless of who sang it!
nice, thanks
Wow. Never realized all the versions. I knew it was a cover.
Hi. i'm loving the content. I always think the guitar solo in Natalie Imbruglia Torn is a bit like the guitar solo in James She's a star.
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This video could have been about Ednaswap and what they missed. Hopefully they have held onto the royalties over the years.
I saw Ednaswap open for a band once. I picked up their CD and was surprised to find they originally did "Torn" (this was a bit after Imbrulgia's version came out). I certainly don't remember them playing "Torn" that night. They probably wanted to stay away from a song that in many ways was not theirs anymore.
I'm going to watch this because you make good content. This song though...( this version ) I think I liked it the first two times thatI I heard it then it was just eeeevvvverrrywhere. 😮
I know right! Lol 😆
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I think Natalie's version is the strongest. Maybe a bit more poppy but who cares. She made it popular to a bigger audience. And wow, didn't she look beautiful in the video!!! Her eyes are gorgeous
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Love the song
Thanks
Brotha.... Keep up the good work.... I promise you're channel will bubble.....
I learned so much and said WHAAAT..! at least 20 times on the last vid I watched.
Keep it up 👍🏼
Love it!
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As much as I didn't like any of that Aussie soap actor / Stock, Aitken and Waterman manufactured rubbish at the time (from about 87-90), I think Natalie Imbruglias Torn is probably the best song to have come from Neighbours & Home and Away 😆
100!
The classic joke was
how did Stock Aitken and Watermans studio get its name...the hit Factory?
Someone slammed the door and the S fell off. 😆😆
what!? it actually a cover....now i know.. hahaha
Remember Chris Evans who dated her saying she told him she wrote the song. And him finding out years later it was a cover and then saying on the radio just how good an actor she was as he totally believed her.
I have always thought it was funny how Kylie became famous after doing LOCOMOTION ,
she wasn't the first to cover that old favourite
Happens a lot tho. Hound Dog for example had been covered or "answered" more than 50 times before Elvis recorded it...🤔
The other versions didn't have a management company pushing their versions in the way Kylie did. People were buying her, not the song. Aussie soaps were the original XFactor!
@@Justanotherandy63 All of the previous hit versions were released by artists with "management companies pushing their versions" The original version of Locomotion was the 7th highest-selling song of 1962 in the USA, and the artist Little Eva was managed by Don Kirschner, who formed and managed The Monkees. The Grandfunk Railroad version went to number 1 in 1974, they were one of the first "stadium rock" acts, they sold out Shea Stadium 5 times faster than the Beatles. A disco version in 1979 topped the charts multiple times in NZ and was top 20 in Australia. You have to give Kylie a little credit, not every actor from an Australian soap was able to have a successful music career let alone reach the level that Kylie did.
@@Traxploitation Not at the same level as hers. This is my issue with so much of the music industry today.
@@Justanotherandy63 So, you're saying Kylie Minogue had more marketing behind her than the Don Kirschner-managed Little Eva and a band that sold concert tickets faster than the Beatles?? And that's what's wrong with the music industry? I'm so confused as to what your point is?
4:04 Nice to see a stint doing panto in Preston didn't do Guy Pearce's career any harm!
Yeah it's good when youre able to put being in a Panto 'BEHIND YOU" 😆 oh yes it is!
I like some of her other stuff I've heard (Wrong Impression), though I think Trine Rein did Torn better.
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I think what’s interesting is that the people that write this song are rolling in cash, as they should be, whilst she must have made bugger all
Well that would depend on her recording contract.
Owning and earning from a recording can be just as lucrative as Owning the publishing. In some cases more goes to the owners of the recording than the writers. Like with streaming, only about 15% of the streaming money goes to the writers the rest goes to the owners of the master rights. For movie, TV and ad syncs its usually around 50/50 and for radio play in countries with neighbouring rights its also 50/50 for the broadcast licenses.
But then most major label deals only give the artist around 20% of the money they get, bigger artists get a bit more...the other thing to remember is the popularity of the single drove sales of the album and she was a cowriter on every single other track...the album sold over 7 million copies. 🤔 I think she did OK. 🤷♂️
@@TraxploitationAnne preven described the song as a waterfall of money for her lol. She said she got a phone call that her song was #1 in the UK then all of a sudden she was getting cheques for 6 figure numbers and it was crazy
None of the cover versions come close to the raw power and emotion of the original Ednaswap version.
One Car Pile Up is best version
But how she managed to not get copyright strikes
"Copyright strike" is a RUclips specific term for the action taken when a channel/uploader is viewed to have infringed Copyright.
Cover songs are legal. They don't breach Copyright so there would be no grounds for a "Copyright strike" 🤷♂️ besides that, in this case the cover version was produced by the cowriter of the original.
The original songwriters cashed in big time... Luckily for Natalie back then CDs were still selling in masses so she could make a buck or two per sold disc, or something in that range...
Artists got nowhere near "a buck or two" per disc. More like 50c, for most artists on a major label.
The majority of the money earned from this song would have come from radio play though...not sales of CDs. Everywhere in the world except the USA artists are paid when recordings of their performances are played on the radio.
She continues to earn money from that song, as its still regularly played on the radio. 🤔
It was the cute guy in the video that anyone cared about actually...
I suppose this is not the first time that a cover artist gets more famous than the original singer. In this case it's quote understandable since Ednaswap's version is just too grungy compared to Imbruglia's lighter arrangement.
Yeah it's really common. This is part of a series looking at the top 15 or so best selling ones... here's the playlist so far.. ruclips.net/p/PL1adjtWoqIj4f8XuC1aeyR5eGicCIecsg
"too grungy"
There were plenty of other songs that were "too grungy" that hit the charts.
Anne preven canta desde el corazón, el resto son imitadores
The version of Torn on the album Wacko Magneto by Ednaswap is the definitive version by the people that wrote it. Fans of the Imbruglia version are vapid consumers that make me wish for an extinction meteor.
Well that's a pretty extreme position to take on a cover version 🤷♂️😆 the co-writer of the song produced Imbruglia's version. So her version is also "by the people that wrote it". 🤔 it wasn't written by all the members of Ednaswap. 🤷♂️
I still really love some of her songs from that album, but Torn was not all that great to me.
Its a great album, she's underrated as a song writer because her biggest hit is a cover, but she wrote or co-wrote pretty much all her other songs.
Natalie got into US market before Kylie minogue, it's pretty impressive, shame her career didn't take off after Torn
Excuse me? Kylie had a top 10 song The Locomotion on the Billboard Hot 100 a full decade before this song hit the Billboard Hot Airplay charts. It wasn't even on the Hot 100 because it was an album track and not a single. Chart policies have changed since.
@@victoriassme alright. Calm down 😂
@@natsohigh5552 right? lol
@@victoriassme I know, right? Kylie Minogue has three top 40 hits on the Billboard Hot 100 ("Locomotion", "I Should Be So Lucky" and "It's No Secret") well before "Torn' was released.
Natalie's UK career didn't take off like Kylie's did, but she has always remained popular back home - probably more respected in fact than "the singing budgerigar". No disrespect intended to either though - in both cases they lasted far longer than the other "Neighbours" wannabes because they were far more talented. Though Craig MacLachlan evolved into a respected stage actor (singer - not so much).
I am one of the few that doesn’t like this song. It drove me nuts how much it was overplayed in the 90’s and even into the 2000’s.
Yeah not that few. I'm sure plenty other people got sick of it too.
not a cover. but a total rip off :P nothing new or original
Personality, right?