📍CORRECTION: 15:08 the first recording of “Brandy” was actually by the song’s writer Scott English. Bunny Walters recorded it the next year. Sorry for any confusion and thank you to the commenter who brought this to my attention.
Angel of the Morning was first performed by Evie Sands in 1967 and Merrilee Rush in 1968. But the most famous version (the one used in Deadpool) is sung by Juice Newton in 1981.
Fun fact about “New York, New York”: later, Liza Minnelli would play the role of Lucile Austero on Arrested Development. In one episode, she’s at a bar with Michael Bluth, played by Jason Bateman. Tobias Funke, played by David Cross, starts singing “New York, New York” for karaoke. Liza’s character rolls her eyes and remarks to Michael, “Everyone wants to be Frank Sinatra.” as a reference to everyone associating the song with him instead of her.
My favorite fun fact, when “the Yankees lose….the Yankees lose!” at home, they played the Minelli version but she got tired of it and protested. They stopped doing so, lol lol
Another fun fact about New York New York, it is a replacement song for the original theme, Robert DeNiro persuaded Martin Scorsese that the original song submitted by Kander & Ebb was too weak so they had them write a replacement.
My favorite fun fact about "New York, New York" and Frank Sinatra in general: while it is unrelated to the 1944 song "New York, New York" also famously sung by him, in some live performances (such as the 1982 Concert for the Americas) he sang both of these songs back to back with one leading directly into the other
Before Paul Anka did "My Way", the publishing company approached another songwriter to write an English version of "Comme D'habitude": David Bowie. He wrote "Even a Fool Learns to Love", which was rejected (the demo he submitted can be heard on RUclips). When Bowie heard "My Way" on the radio, he was pissed, shaved off his own eyebrows in his anger (lol) and decided to write his own take on the song: "Life On Mars?" That's why both songs have a similar harmonic structure.
@@Vaelzan Oh god, you meant David _Bennett's_ channel... Here I was wondering if David _Bowie_ had a RUclips channel and how he managed to do a video 2 years after his death.
It depends on the cover. If you ask me, both The Sisters of Mercy and Joanna Dean did much better covers of the Rolling Stones' "Gimme Shelter". Two very different styles that are completely apart from the original, and yet they are not only superbly done, but they fit the song much better methinks.
"I Say A Little Prayer" was more famous as a Dionne Warwick song on this side of the pond. She reached #3 in the charts, and stayed in the charts for a number of weeks. Her version is still played on the radio to this day.
Today I learnt The Beatles covered a song originally sung by Lando Calrissian-- I mean uhh Billy Dee Williams. I also learnt Billy Dee Williams was a singer before he became a big actor! The more you know! My pick for a song not many people might know as a cover is Ulver's cover of Solitude by Black Sabbath, which sounds like a completely different song. I had no idea until i happened to read the writing credits for the song on the Wikipedia page for Shadows of the Sun!
He was really an actor all along cause he was in the play on Broadway where he sung it, and released the single on the back of that. I didn't know Richard Chamberlain tried being a singer early in his acting career (7:00).
@@jaapsch2 Makes sense regarding Broadway doesn't it? iirc the late great James Earl Jones also made his name in Broadway, and I think even starred alongside Billy Dee in another movie!
In the USA, Dionne Warwick’s version of “I Say a Little Prayer” had way more airplay than Aretha’s in my memory. I had never heard Aretha’s version until ~40 years later.
Both were hits in the USA, and got airplay. My impression as a kid in Miami at the time was that the Top 40 stations played the Warwick recording more, and the soul stations later played the Franklin 45 more. Both were radio and sales hits.
Here's a highly regional one: In 1978 the famous East German band Karat released the song "Über sieben Brücken mußt du gehn" (You need to cross seven Bridges). In 1980, famous West German singer Peter Maffay went to a concert of Karat and asked them if he can record his own version of the song which they agreed to. Because the East German Ministry of Culture didn't allow Karat to go on West German TV, the version of Peter Maffay became the standard version in the West. This is also the reason that many people in the (former) West think that Peter Maffays version is the original. Meanwhile the original by Karat is the standard version in the (former) East. Maffay and Karat also have performed this song together on multiple occations since the German reunification in 1990.
@moenchii - "above" is the wrong translation of 'über" here. When you're above a bridge, you're in the air 🙂 Best translation: you need to cross seven bridges.
A German colleague of mine told me about the German song "Wenn wird's mal wieder richting Sommer" by (native-Dutch-but-famous-in-Germany) Rudi Carrell. I replied oh, but that was originally a Dutch song ("Het is weer voorbij die mooie zomer" by Gerard Cox). It turned out that Gerard Cox had made a cover of "City of New Orleans" (but with heavily modified lyrics).
Thank you so much for taking the time to make these videos. I'm a total music nerd, and I have a special affinity for cover versions, and discovering the original versions, so I was in my glory watching these. You're the best! Cheers.
So obviously we all know that the Fugees Killing Me Softly is a cover of the Roberta flack song but did you know that Roberta’s version is also a cover?
Evie Sands’ original version of Angel of the Morning was released in 1967. It was covered by Merrilee Rush and released in early 1968. It was a big, national hit and preceded Juice Newton’s version by 13 years. And the songwriter, Chip Taylor, is the brother of actor Jon Voight. Chip Taylor also wrote Wild Thing, most memorably recorded by The Troggs, Jimi Hendrix, and thousands of garage bands. 😊
@@joannwoodworth8920 Yeah, but I'm just saying more people here in the US probably know the Juice Newton version than the Shaggy version or the Merrilee Rush version. I mean, the Juice Newton version was the biggest hit version of the song in the US (highest charting and best selling). Although, probably more people under 30 know the Shaggy version, I guess.
@@SeventhSwellI think of Merrilee Rush as the singer. I remember the Juice Newton (Pilbury tried that for a while then went back to the crushed figs) version but had no idea it was a bigger hit. I figured it only got to 57 or so on the charts. A bad time for music, video games had just hit strong so that was where kids money went instead.... Fake SNL commercial " Instead of playing video games, wouldn't you like to have a nice Juice Newton album ?"
@@joannwoodworth8920 Juice's cover charted well here in Canada and was my first exposure to the song. Forgive me for being under 75. It would have been a well invested 5 seconds for David to mention this and make it a 52 song video. Nobody gives a fuck who's related to Voight.
I think one of the Strangeloves wrote "Hang on Sloopy" I know they wrote "My Boyfriends back." (If you've ever seen the Hess Truck commercials you k ow the Tune.)
The Danish artist actually sold the rights to the song to some labels, thus covers in multiple languages appeared at the same time all around the world. The Hebrew version by Roni Duani was actually a huge hit over here.
Richard Carpenter composed the piano introduction in The Carpenters' cover of Close To You. This made their cover unique. The original piano composer Burt Bacharach didn't have the intro.
I feel the same way. I only found out he wasn't the originator when I was reading about the game Silent Hill: Shattered Memories, which uses yet another different cover of the song.
@terryenglish7132 The Carpenters 100% did a cover of Calling Occupants. They performed it on a tv special called "The Carpenters...Space Encounters" in '78.
I am way more familiar with the Warwick version of "I Say a Little Prayer". It looks like in the US and Canada, that was actually the more successful version. And also, the version in the movie "My Best Friend's Wedding" (sung by the cast, I guess) is much closer to the Warwick version than the Franklin version.
The version of "A Taste of Honey" that I'm most familiar with was by Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass. For "Angel of the Morning," it's the version by Merrilee Rush.
I loved the Tijuana Brass when I was a kid. (I was a weirdo, yes...) And yes, I remember their A Taste Of Honey well too. My favourite of theirs was a rather mournful thing called Marching Thru Madrid.
"(They Long To Be) Close To You" always remembers me of the Simpsons. 😂Marge has a new doorbell with that song's tune, but it's stuck and goes on repeat. The whole neighborhood gets angry about it
”Amsterdam” by David Bowie is a cover of the French song ”Amsterdam” by Jacques Brel. It was actually the B-side to Bowie’s single "Sorrow". Although, Scott Walker recorded it in English before Bowie.
"Our Lips are Sealed" would have similar circumstances to "Video Killed the Radio Star." The song was cowritten by Jane Wiedlin and Terry Hall. The Go-go's version was released first in 1981 followed by Fun Boy Three version in 1983. Both versions are superb.
10:40 - I loved the Salt 'n Pepa / En Vogue version of this when it came out, didn't know it was a cover, was floored by the story about its original artist, and now I love the Salt 'n Pepa / En Vogue version even more for how it brought it all around and gave it a triumphant close.
english-language covers of hit songs are real fertile ground. laura branigan's biggest hits ("gloria" and "self control") are both covers of italian hits by umberto tozzi and raf respectively. similarly there's yellow magic orchestra's "behind the mask" turning up with michael jackson and eric clapton, with radically rewritten lyrics, largely because keyboardist greg phillinganes was a fan
Peter Gabriel's twin album "You Scratch my back, I'll scratch yours" is an interesting album of covers (I think they renamed it "Scratch my back" eventually). Peter Gabriel covers a number of songs by other artists and then encouraged them to do covers of one of his songs. The quality of the tracks might be variable in places (And some artists changed their mind and decided not to participate in the end) but there are some really interesting covers.
"Scratch My Back" is PG covering other artists; "And I'll Scratch Yours" is the same artists (more or less) covering PG. And yeah, most covers on SMB are stunning; others - like Street Spirit (UGH) definitely not.
I have a couple of suggestions. Apologies if they’ve been mentioned in previous videos (I don’t think they have). ‘The Only Way Is Up’ Released by Yazz & the Plastic Population in 1988. Originally recorded by Otis Clay in 1980. ‘Don’t Turn Around’ Made famous by Aswad in 1987, and later covered by Ace of Base (loads of artists have recorded it including Neil Diamond, Luther Ingram, and Bonnie Tyler, but those two are probably the most famous versions). It was written by Diane Warren and Albert Hammond, and originally recorded by Tina Turner.
"Comme d'habitude" was also covered by Bowie, kind of with "Life on Mars?". He based it more on "My way". That being said, he had tried covering "Comme d'habitude" before Anka but was rejected by the authors (they thought Bowie wasn't famous enough...).
15:30 if you actually knew even more of Björk's work, then that song would not strike as odd, because she already had worked with Guðmundur Ingólfsson's Trio using her full name Björk Guðmundsdóttir, on a jazz album Gling-Gló with similarly performed icelandic jazz standards, released in 1990
@MikeDial true. I would imagine Natalie Imbruglias cover of "Torn", for example, has earned heaps for the writer, it was way more popular than the original
Not to mention, Imbruglia's original work was SOOO much better than her covers. I think this is unsurprising, too; it seems clear that she not only wanted to be herself, but she clearly achieved it via her writing, singing, and live performances. Stunning work.
Love your videos ❤ Here's some of my discoveries : - "Hold On" by Santana is a cover of the Canadian singer Ian Thomas. - "American Woman" by Lenny Kravitz is a cover from The Guess Who - "Love's Train" by Bruno Mars, Anderson Paak, Silk Sonic is a cover from Con Funk Shun - "Mony Mony" by Billy Idol is a cover from Tommy James & The Shondells - "How Long" by Eagles is a cover from JD Souther - "The Wanderer" by Status Quo is a cover from Dion - "I Shot the Sheriff" by Eric Clapton is a cover from Bob Marley - "Wild World" by Mr. Big is a cover from Car Stevens - "Summer in the City" by Joe Cocker is a cover from Lovin' Spoonful. (And Joe Cocker also covered "Unchain My Heart") - "Robot Rock" by Daft Punk is a sample of the song "Release the Beast" by Breakwater And "Hard, Better, Faster, Stronger" by Daft Punk is a sample of the song "Cola Bottle Baby" by Edwin Birdsong (and I have many more, but here's a selection 😊)
Harry Nilsson's big hit "Ev'rybody's Talkin'" was originally by the great Fred Neil. And Simon and Garfunkel's song "Cloudy", although co-written by Simon with The Seekers' Bruce Woodley, was first recorded by The Cyrkle.
In the movie "body guard" Whitney Houston asked Kevin Costner what kind of music he likes an he answered "country music". And so she recorded her most famous song: I will always love you. Originally written and performed by Dolly Parton in 1973.
I recommend "Libertango" by Astor Piazzolla. Piazzolla was a total artist in his time, who played orchestral Tango with influences from Jazz and Classical Music. Then Grace Jones added lyrics and modern rhythms. It was a hit in 1981.
Re "Mandy" by Barry Manilow: According to my information, the original version was recorded titled "Brandy" in 1971 by Scott English, one of the songwriters. His recording of "Brandy" became a Top 20 hit in the UK charts.
Great video as always! I think the best covers are the ones that take a swing in a completely new direction. I think Elvis Presley was the best at this, check out his covers of ‘promised land’, ‘my babe’, ‘you’ve lost that loving feeling’, and a personal favourite, his version of ‘my way’. I’ve always loved how Sinatra’s version sounded like a celebration of life, while Elvis’s sounds like a funeral
A common move in the k-pop industry is to purchase the rights to english-language songs and have them translated. Two examples I think of are "press it" by taemin (originally for bruno mars) and "lucifer" by shinee (originally by bebe rexha)
I knew most of these but I was surprised by Bucks Fizz/Tina Turner and The Buggles being trumped by their own co-writer! If I see a David Bennett video upload, I clear time and space to watch it ASAP!
You should do Natalie Imbruglia "Torn". It was originally written by an american band called Ednaswap, but the first recording was a Danish language version called "Brændt". After that it was covered by a norwegian singer and then Ednaswap made their own recording. Natalie Imbruglia's version was the 4th recording of the song
This is the killer one - because she was interviewed about the song on the radio and talked about her frame of mind etc when she was writing it - so it was quite a scandal when it was discovered to be a cover. Pretty much killed her aspirations of being the next Kylie.
@@petertr2000There's that one line where I'm sure the original lyric must have been "I don't give a flying f***" (that's what my brain always expects) - but changed for recording
Wooden Ships (written by David Crosby, Paul Kantner, and Stephen Stills) is kind of like Video Killed The Radio Star because it had two original releases: the Crosby, Stills, & Nash version in May 1969 as well as the Jefferson Airplane version sung by Kantner with Grace Slick in November '69.
Bryan Ferry's version of Let's Stick Together was probably more influenced by Canned Heat's version called 'Let's Work Together' which got to no. 2 in the British charts in 1970.
"Guitar Song" by Texas is an English re-written version of a French song, "Je t'aime... moi non plus" released in 1967. The 1969 version was the first foreign-language song to reach number 1 in the UK and was actually banned in many countries for being too erotic.
i thought everyone knew Gloria Jones did Tainted Love first? i always preferred PP Arnold's version of First Cut is The Deepest, she was backed by the Small Faces. it never surprises me that most modern pop songs are covers, most of them don't have the talent to write their own songs, they either cover or they co-write with a writer/producer. I knew all the Beatles ones featured were covers. The Beatles were one of the first bands that progressed from covers to writing their own tunes. I love both versions of Whatta Man. including songs from covers albums here seems like shooting fish in a barrel...i knew i had heard that Klaxons track before but couldn't place it. Shaggy's whole career is basically covers and samples mashed together. A lot of those Stax soul groups and artists did covers. The thing about growing up with cassettes, CDs and vinyls, is I always liked looking at the info on the back, like the writing credits.
There's actually another layer to "Blame it on The Boogie". In 1990, Mexican singer Luis Miguel launched his own version of the song with Spanish lyrics called "Será Que No Me Amas", and it's still more popular than the original version over here.
Once again, a delightful video, David. Just one fine point about "Till There Was You." The song was originally recorded in 1950 as "Till I Met You" by Eileen Wilson. Meredith Wilson later included the song in his 1957 musical "The Music Man."
"Who let the dogs out" has a rather more complicated history, and it is hard to say who wrote it. The 99% invisible podcast dedicated a whole episode to it, ep#389.
The ones I actually didn't know were covers until this were "Ray of Light," "Close to You," "Don't Know Why," "Try a Little Tenderness" "Blame It On the Boogie," and "The Twist". Also "Superstar"-- and the original sounds EXACTLY like Jamelia's version.
You just can't escape Norm in videos like these. Our beloved Norman Cook alias FatBoy Slim was the bassist in The Housemartins. That man has a tendency to turn up in all different places.
"Witch Doctor": The most well known version is by Cartoons, but it was originally by Ross Bagdasarian. Sr, under the alias Alvin and the Chipmunks. "Sway": First made famous by Dean Martin and later covered by Michael Bublé, Is actually an english version of a Spanish song called "¿Quién será?" by Pablo Beltrán y su Orquestra "Feeling Good": First made famous by Nina Simone and later covered by Muse and Michael Bublé, Is actually a cover of a song Composed by Anthony Newley & Leslie Bricusse written for the musical "The Roar of the Greasepaint - The Smell of the Crowd"
Ha ha! In the mid-90s I was on Irish tv schools quiz "Blackboard Jungle", and was asked who had a hit with "I Say a Little Prayer". I answered that it was Dionne Warwick, and the quizmaster Ray D'Arcy said I was wrong. A *very* apologetic George Byrne, whose job it was to set the questions, came over to me during a break in shooting and personally apologised. We were winning, and won, comfortably, he said, or they would have had to have a difficult conversation about reshooting...
About "The Great Pretender," there's another legendary connection to the Platters' original recording: Chrissie Hynde used that song title as the basis for the name of her little, mildly successful rock band (just leaving off the "great" so that people would come to that conclusion on their own).
Hey David, I think you should've mentioned that a lot of sources point to Dennis Wilson from The Beach Boys also having been involved in composing "You Are So Beautiful"
I knew that "My way" was a cover of a french song, but seeing the French singer doing a very energetic (and campy) stage show was a fun surprise. Edit: so this led me down a rabbit hole of Claude François' TV performances , and oh boy, the european pop/schlager scene in the 70s was something else lol It's him with four female backing dancers and they're wearing NOTHING but BIKINIS and high heels!§! He is fully dressed in a tuxedo (and high heels too) and together they do a very choreographed and synchronized disco dance.
@@jaspermcjasper3672Yes, I know what you mean. French people always say that Claude François wrote it, but I'm pretty sure it was a guy called Jaques Rivaux. But he's not famous so who cares about him?
@@amandavelvet5410 I would even say it's massage is basically the polar opposite of my way. Comme d'habitude describe a boring life full of bitterness and regrets.
"I Think We're Alone Now" by Tiffany. Never realised it was a cover until one day I was listening to oldies music with my Mum and the version by Tommy James and the Shondells came on.
One song that's isn't really a cover but instead was rewritten is "Holding out for a Hero" by Bonnie Tyler. Originally the songwriter/producer Jim Steinman released it in 1981 as "Stark Raving Love". The first, and most memorable, part of the song is identical.
Thank you David, if you haven’t already mentioned. The Brothers Johnson “ Strawberry Letter 23” originally recorded by Shug Otis; The Spencer Davis “Keep Me Running“ originally recorded by Jackie Edwards; Jimmy Barnes and INXS “ Good Times“ from the film “Lost Boys” originally recorded by the Easy Beats from Australia; Roberta Flack “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face“ originally recorded by Peter Paul and Mary; The Hollies and later Linda Ronstadt “I Can’t Let Go“ originally recorded by Evie Sands; The Association “Windy“ originally recorded by Ruthann Freidman; “Dueling Banjos“ featured in the film “Deliverance“ originally recorded by Arthur Smith who had to file a lawsuit to get the royalties owed to him.
Metallica's Garage Inc and Garage Days are all cover songs, and some of them like Whiskey in the Jar is a cover of a cover of a cover of a traditional song.
"Over the hills and far away"was performed by Night wish in 2001 but was first performed by Gary Moore in 1987. " Hotel California"was sang by Bob Marley in the late 70s but was originally recorded and sang by Eagles in 1977.
Hi, I knew about Inversions of chords but i only just found out about "voicings" 😮 Please make one of your amazing videos! CONGRATULATIONS on 1M subscribers!!
13:35 I love these so much David. Check out Roy Clark's live version of The Great Pretender. Would love an episode dedicated to some of Clark's interpretations.
Some songs that you haven't mentioned so far: 1: Otis Clay - _"The Only Way Is Up"_ (1980) >>> Yazz and the Plastic Population (1988) 2: Marshall Crenshaw - _"You're My Favourite Waste of Time"_ (1982) >>> Bette Midler (1983) >>> Owen Paul (1986) 3: Marilyn McCoo - _"Saving All My Love For You"_ (1978) >>> Whitney Houston (1985) 4: The Righteous Brothers - _"Substitute"_ (1975) >>> Clout (1978) 5: Mike Oldfield - _"Family Man"_ (1982) >>> Hall and Oates (1983) 6: Yellow Magic Orchestra - _"Behind the Mask"_ (1979) >>> Michael Jackson (1982) >>> Greg Phillinganes (1984) >>> Eric Clapton (1986)
Highly reccomend the 99 percent invisible podcast ep about who let the dogs out. It's soooo very fascinating and really quite a mystery as to who wrote this insipid song.
What these videos are reminding me about is to revisit songs I haven't heard for a long while but enjoyed at the time. I am enjoying the history of these songs. Thank you for sharing. :)
Help me - Tina Turner - The Beatles; With a little help from my friends/She came in through the bathroom window - Joe Cocker - The Beatles; I can’t stand the rain - Tina Turner - Eruption - Ann Peebles; Jealous guy - Roxy Music - John Lennon
Some that spring to mind that might well be obvious but here they are. Disturbed - Land of Confusion Nelly Furtado - Maneater Laura Branigan - Self Control The Flying Lizards - Money No Doubt - It's My Life
David Bowie also tried to write an English version of Comme d'Habitude... which was rejected for Paul Anka's version. That rejection led to "Life on Mars."
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📍CORRECTION: 15:08 the first recording of “Brandy” was actually by the song’s writer Scott English. Bunny Walters recorded it the next year. Sorry for any confusion and thank you to the commenter who brought this to my attention.
You're welcome!
Your fast and prominent reaction is highly appreciated.
Came here to comment this. His version is still my favorite.
Was hoping to see “I Only Have Eyes for You”.
Angel of the Morning was first performed by Evie Sands in 1967 and Merrilee Rush in 1968. But the most famous version (the one used in Deadpool) is sung by Juice Newton in 1981.
Fun fact about “New York, New York”: later, Liza Minnelli would play the role of Lucile Austero on Arrested Development. In one episode, she’s at a bar with Michael Bluth, played by Jason Bateman. Tobias Funke, played by David Cross, starts singing “New York, New York” for karaoke. Liza’s character rolls her eyes and remarks to Michael, “Everyone wants to be Frank Sinatra.” as a reference to everyone associating the song with him instead of her.
My favorite fun fact, when “the Yankees lose….the Yankees lose!” at home, they played the Minelli version but she got tired of it and protested. They stopped doing so, lol lol
Another fun fact about New York New York, it is a replacement song for the original theme, Robert DeNiro persuaded Martin Scorsese that the original song submitted by Kander & Ebb was too weak so they had them write a replacement.
yes! Thank you. I love fun facts like this.
My favorite fun fact about "New York, New York" and Frank Sinatra in general: while it is unrelated to the 1944 song "New York, New York" also famously sung by him, in some live performances (such as the 1982 Concert for the Americas) he sang both of these songs back to back with one leading directly into the other
The Jackson 5 covering a song by someone named Jackson is peak commitment to the bit
With the first name literally being Michael
Before Paul Anka did "My Way", the publishing company approached another songwriter to write an English version of "Comme D'habitude": David Bowie. He wrote "Even a Fool Learns to Love", which was rejected (the demo he submitted can be heard on RUclips). When Bowie heard "My Way" on the radio, he was pissed, shaved off his own eyebrows in his anger (lol) and decided to write his own take on the song: "Life On Mars?" That's why both songs have a similar harmonic structure.
Funnily enough, I learned that fact from David's channel in the first place - he did a video on the subject six years ago. :)
@@Vaelzan Oh god, you meant David _Bennett's_ channel... Here I was wondering if David _Bowie_ had a RUclips channel and how he managed to do a video 2 years after his death.
OMG clearly I need better glasses because I read the first line of your comment as “Before Paula Abdul did ‘My Way’…” 😂
People often complain covers not being as good as the original, but I like different interpretations.
It depends on the cover. If you ask me, both The Sisters of Mercy and Joanna Dean did much better covers of the Rolling Stones' "Gimme Shelter". Two very different styles that are completely apart from the original, and yet they are not only superbly done, but they fit the song much better methinks.
"I Say A Little Prayer" was more famous as a Dionne Warwick song on this side of the pond. She reached #3 in the charts, and stayed in the charts for a number of weeks. Her version is still played on the radio to this day.
Today I learnt The Beatles covered a song originally sung by Lando Calrissian-- I mean uhh Billy Dee Williams.
I also learnt Billy Dee Williams was a singer before he became a big actor!
The more you know!
My pick for a song not many people might know as a cover is Ulver's cover of Solitude by Black Sabbath, which sounds like a completely different song. I had no idea until i happened to read the writing credits for the song on the Wikipedia page for Shadows of the Sun!
blew my mind too lol
Which song by Billy???
@@scottmatznick3140 taste of honey
He was really an actor all along cause he was in the play on Broadway where he sung it, and released the single on the back of that. I didn't know Richard Chamberlain tried being a singer early in his acting career (7:00).
@@jaapsch2 Makes sense regarding Broadway doesn't it? iirc the late great James Earl Jones also made his name in Broadway, and I think even starred alongside Billy Dee in another movie!
I was absolutely astounded by learning that New York New York was from the late seventies. Wow. I'd always assumed that was from the fifties.
I know right! Frank Sinatra had quite a few late career hits!
The movie it’s from is a period piece. It’s meant to evoke the early 50s.
@AaronAnaya ah that makes sense!
Actually Frank Sinatra version was a hit in 1981
There is a different "New York, New York" song fron On the Town (1949). The film stars Frank Sinatra.
Lando Calrissian wrote a Beatles song. I don't know what to do with that information.
@@DavidBennettPianoSo young...😂 Lando Calrissian was a character in two of the original three Star Wars films. He was played by Billy Dee Williams...
Yes I googled that too. Couldn't quite believe it!
It wasn't written by Williams, he performed the first non-instrumental version of it.
@@beltsandedman Yeah, I must have misheard, I guess
@@stevetournay6103 what does age have to do with that? I know that and I am younger than David.
In the USA, Dionne Warwick’s version of “I Say a Little Prayer” had way more airplay than Aretha’s in my memory. I had never heard Aretha’s version until ~40 years later.
Yeah, and "My best friend's wedding" is the proof of that
Both were hits in the USA, and got airplay. My impression as a kid in Miami at the time was that the Top 40 stations played the Warwick recording more, and the soul stations later played the Franklin 45 more. Both were radio and sales hits.
This one surprised me - it's always been a Warwick song to me. Never even knew until seeing this video that Aretha ever did it.
indeed the first version I knew was the one by Diana King ^^
I myself never heard Aretha Franklin’s version until watching this video.
Here's a highly regional one:
In 1978 the famous East German band Karat released the song "Über sieben Brücken mußt du gehn" (You need to cross seven Bridges). In 1980, famous West German singer Peter Maffay went to a concert of Karat and asked them if he can record his own version of the song which they agreed to.
Because the East German Ministry of Culture didn't allow Karat to go on West German TV, the version of Peter Maffay became the standard version in the West. This is also the reason that many people in the (former) West think that Peter Maffays version is the original. Meanwhile the original by Karat is the standard version in the (former) East.
Maffay and Karat also have performed this song together on multiple occations since the German reunification in 1990.
@moenchii - "above" is the wrong translation of 'über" here. When you're above a bridge, you're in the air 🙂 Best translation: you need to cross seven bridges.
@@VictorPM1550 Oh true, thank you. I'm usually better in English than that, but everyone makes mistakes. 😅
@@moenchii @VictorPM1550 it is very much proper in english to say one must "go over a bridge."
A German colleague of mine told me about the German song "Wenn wird's mal wieder richting Sommer" by (native-Dutch-but-famous-in-Germany) Rudi Carrell. I replied oh, but that was originally a Dutch song ("Het is weer voorbij die mooie zomer" by Gerard Cox). It turned out that Gerard Cox had made a cover of "City of New Orleans" (but with heavily modified lyrics).
@@ronald3836 Lets hope we won't have to endure Gerard Cox in a David Bennett video 😂😂
The 'Love today' on mambo #5 was actually so funny lol
@@owenfitzgerald5928 😂
That sounds a lot like the Intro music to "I Dream Of Jeannie".
Thank you so much for taking the time to make these videos. I'm a total music nerd, and I have a special affinity for cover versions, and discovering the original versions, so I was in my glory watching these. You're the best! Cheers.
So obviously we all know that the Fugees Killing Me Softly is a cover of the Roberta flack song but did you know that Roberta’s version is also a cover?
...The one we all know, and... er... "love"...
Which one is that…
"One" by Three Dog Night, known for the lyric "one is the loneliest number," was originally done by Harry Nilsson.
Funny since he was known more for covering other artists song like Everybody Talking and Without You
True, but pretty much *all* of 3DN songs are covers.
ALSO covered by LRB when John Farnham was in the band!
Thing about Just Call Me Angel is that here in the US quite a lot of us actually think of the Juice Newton version first.
Evie Sands’ original version of Angel of the Morning was released in 1967. It was covered by Merrilee Rush and released in early 1968. It was a big, national hit and preceded Juice Newton’s version by 13 years. And the songwriter, Chip Taylor, is the brother of actor Jon Voight. Chip Taylor also wrote Wild Thing, most memorably recorded by The Troggs, Jimi Hendrix, and thousands of garage bands. 😊
@@joannwoodworth8920 Yeah, but I'm just saying more people here in the US probably know the Juice Newton version than the Shaggy version or the Merrilee Rush version. I mean, the Juice Newton version was the biggest hit version of the song in the US (highest charting and best selling). Although, probably more people under 30 know the Shaggy version, I guess.
@@SeventhSwellI think of Merrilee Rush as the singer. I remember the Juice Newton (Pilbury tried that for a while then went back to the crushed figs) version but had no idea it was a bigger hit. I figured it only got to 57 or so on the charts. A bad time for music, video games had just hit strong so that was where kids money went instead.... Fake SNL commercial " Instead of playing video games, wouldn't you like to have a nice Juice Newton album ?"
@@joannwoodworth8920 Juice's cover charted well here in Canada and was my first exposure to the song. Forgive me for being under 75. It would have been a well invested 5 seconds for David to mention this and make it a 52 song video.
Nobody gives a fuck who's related to Voight.
@@SeventhSwell nah, the Shaggy version is definitely the most well known in the US.
Fun Fact: The Strangeloves, the original performers of "I Want Candy," also wrote "Sorrow" and gave it to the McCoys!
their best tune is Night time....
Aaron Carter did I want candy
I think one of the Strangeloves wrote "Hang on Sloopy"
I know they wrote "My Boyfriends back." (If you've ever seen the Hess Truck commercials you k ow the Tune.)
8:20 those two superstar songs are identical. Totally the record labels playing some games.
The Danish artist actually sold the rights to the song to some labels, thus covers in multiple languages appeared at the same time all around the world. The Hebrew version by Roni Duani was actually a huge hit over here.
Don't you remember you told me you love me baby?
One of the is R&B, the other is pop
Yeah, I literally can't hear a difference between the two versions.
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No, both are pop.
Richard Carpenter composed the piano introduction in The Carpenters' cover of Close To You. This made their cover unique. The original piano composer Burt Bacharach didn't have the intro.
Richard Carpenter was very good at song selection...and a genius arranger.
@@stevetournay6103 😊
Herb Alpert did a very interesting version of Close To You.
blame it on the boogie being written by michael jackson but not that one has to be one of the best bits of music trivia
I will always hear Willie Nelson’s voice when I think of “You Were Always on my Mind”
Yes. Definitive. But my favourite version of that song is the Nat Cole-like version by Canadian jazz singer Denzal Sinclaire. Smooth and lovely...
@@stevetournay6103 had to go check him out, and I really appreciate the tip.
I was stunned he didn't write it since he's had so many of his songs covered.
He did it best, I assumed he wrote it because the way he sings it is really vulnerable
I feel the same way. I only found out he wasn't the originator when I was reading about the game Silent Hill: Shattered Memories, which uses yet another different cover of the song.
I don't think you've mentioned "Calling Occupants Of Interplanetary Craft" yet, it was originally by Klaatu and covered by The Carpenters
The 4 thumbs are because they liked your joke or did the Housewife Music Carpenders actually have such a weirdly titled song ?
It's legit, check out the Todd in the shadows video on the album, fascinating stuff@@terryenglish7132
@terryenglish7132 The Carpenters 100% did a cover of Calling Occupants. They performed it on a tv special called "The Carpenters...Space Encounters" in '78.
@@terryenglish7132 yes. it's even on youtube
Huh. I'm only familiar with the Klaatu version. Time to search RUclips!
One relatively underrated Beatles cover is Money That's What I Want. Lennon did a good job with that imo
Nah. Not as good as the Motown originals I'm afraid. Love the Fabs but their covers never hit the mark for me, apart from twist and shout perhaps...
Barrett Strong on the original!
The best cover of that song is by the Flying Lizards. It came out in 80 or 81.
@@keithbrown7685 That version is awesome.
Biggest shock was, Close to You was originally sung by Richard Chamberlain.
Dr. Kildare
The original Jason Bourne.
I am way more familiar with the Warwick version of "I Say a Little Prayer". It looks like in the US and Canada, that was actually the more successful version. And also, the version in the movie "My Best Friend's Wedding" (sung by the cast, I guess) is much closer to the Warwick version than the Franklin version.
I thought so to, but at least on Spotify Aretha's version has over 600 million plays vs Dionne Warwick's version has "only" 17 million.
The version of "A Taste of Honey" that I'm most familiar with was by Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass. For "Angel of the Morning," it's the version by Merrilee Rush.
I loved the Tijuana Brass when I was a kid. (I was a weirdo, yes...)
And yes, I remember their A Taste Of Honey well too. My favourite of theirs was a rather mournful thing called Marching Thru Madrid.
Not to nitpick, but it was Merrilee Rush & the Turnabouts
"(They Long To Be) Close To You" always remembers me of the Simpsons. 😂Marge has a new doorbell with that song's tune, but it's stuck and goes on repeat. The whole neighborhood gets angry about it
There's a Simpsons episode featuring a version of Mandy, too...
“Your father traded our tools for M&Ms again!”
Please make a video about *ALL* Beatles' covers, including the Live at Beeb ones 🥰
all of the thousands of ones they did while off their heads in the small hours at the star club
David Bennett uploads, and I click on my notification. Best music channel around.
Very accurate
You forgot creaming over Beatles and Radiohead
@@johanmagnussen6753makes sense, the Beatles are the greatest to do it!
24:54 Thanks for the clarification, good to know Mick Jackson isnt related to the Jackson 5 despite the striking resemblance 😅
”Amsterdam” by David Bowie is a cover of the French song ”Amsterdam” by Jacques Brel. It was actually the B-side to Bowie’s single "Sorrow". Although, Scott Walker recorded it in English before Bowie.
That's a memory right there, flipping the melodic single over to hear a bawdy sailor song! Ohh my young ears🤔
Even the original "Amsterdam" melody is based on the legendary "Greensleeves".
There is a myth that Henry V111 composed Greensleeves 😮
You might’ve gotten to this one in the first video, but “Love Buzz” by Nirvana was originally by a Dutch band called Shocking Blue.
As was Venus.
"Our Lips are Sealed" would have similar circumstances to "Video Killed the Radio Star." The song was cowritten by Jane Wiedlin and Terry Hall. The Go-go's version was released first in 1981 followed by Fun Boy Three version in 1983. Both versions are superb.
Baha Men is a double whammy for me. Not only is their one hit a cover, but they had been going for 23 years before they had their one hit
Payday came eventually :P
10:40 - I loved the Salt 'n Pepa / En Vogue version of this when it came out, didn't know it was a cover, was floored by the story about its original artist, and now I love the Salt 'n Pepa / En Vogue version even more for how it brought it all around and gave it a triumphant close.
Thanks David. I'm glad your channel is flourishing, it's one of my favourites.
Glad you enjoy it!
english-language covers of hit songs are real fertile ground. laura branigan's biggest hits ("gloria" and "self control") are both covers of italian hits by umberto tozzi and raf respectively. similarly there's yellow magic orchestra's "behind the mask" turning up with michael jackson and eric clapton, with radically rewritten lyrics, largely because keyboardist greg phillinganes was a fan
Peter Gabriel's twin album "You Scratch my back, I'll scratch yours" is an interesting album of covers (I think they renamed it "Scratch my back" eventually). Peter Gabriel covers a number of songs by other artists and then encouraged them to do covers of one of his songs. The quality of the tracks might be variable in places (And some artists changed their mind and decided not to participate in the end) but there are some really interesting covers.
Sounds cool, I'll have to check that out
"Scratch My Back" is PG covering other artists;
"And I'll Scratch Yours" is the same artists (more or less) covering PG.
And yeah, most covers on SMB are stunning; others - like Street Spirit (UGH) definitely not.
I have a couple of suggestions. Apologies if they’ve been mentioned in previous videos (I don’t think they have).
‘The Only Way Is Up’ Released by Yazz & the Plastic Population in 1988. Originally recorded by Otis Clay in 1980.
‘Don’t Turn Around’ Made famous by Aswad in 1987, and later covered by Ace of Base (loads of artists have recorded it including Neil Diamond, Luther Ingram, and Bonnie Tyler, but those two are probably the most famous versions). It was written by Diane Warren and Albert Hammond, and originally recorded by Tina Turner.
"Comme d'habitude" was also covered by Bowie, kind of with "Life on Mars?". He based it more on "My way". That being said, he had tried covering "Comme d'habitude" before Anka but was rejected by the authors (they thought Bowie wasn't famous enough...).
And from his frustration of being rejected, he wrote Life of Mars !
And he wrote something like "thanks Frank" in the liner notes
If your a music producer this is a gold mine of information on the process of being original but taking inspiration.
15:30 if you actually knew even more of Björk's work, then that song would not strike as odd, because she already had worked with Guðmundur Ingólfsson's Trio using her full name Björk Guðmundsdóttir, on a jazz album Gling-Gló with similarly performed icelandic jazz standards, released in 1990
I clicked because of Bjork. I saw her and was like "don't tell me Army of Me is a cover..." Dont ask why 😂😂 I love her though.
This explains why so many times I've been sure I'd heard a song before but it sounded different! 😅
Songwriters, or at least those who hold the rights to the songs, LOVE cover version. Mailbox money.
@MikeDial true. I would imagine Natalie Imbruglias cover of "Torn", for example, has earned heaps for the writer, it was way more popular than the original
Not to mention, Imbruglia's original work was SOOO much better than her covers. I think this is unsurprising, too; it seems clear that she not only wanted to be herself, but she clearly achieved it via her writing, singing, and live performances. Stunning work.
Love your videos ❤
Here's some of my discoveries :
- "Hold On" by Santana is a cover of the Canadian singer Ian Thomas.
- "American Woman" by Lenny Kravitz is a cover from The Guess Who
- "Love's Train" by Bruno Mars, Anderson Paak, Silk Sonic is a cover from Con Funk Shun
- "Mony Mony" by Billy Idol is a cover from Tommy James & The Shondells
- "How Long" by Eagles is a cover from JD Souther
- "The Wanderer" by Status Quo is a cover from Dion
- "I Shot the Sheriff" by Eric Clapton is a cover from Bob Marley
- "Wild World" by Mr. Big is a cover from Car Stevens
- "Summer in the City" by Joe Cocker is a cover from Lovin' Spoonful. (And Joe Cocker also covered "Unchain My Heart")
- "Robot Rock" by Daft Punk is a sample of the song "Release the Beast" by Breakwater
And "Hard, Better, Faster, Stronger" by Daft Punk is a sample of the song "Cola Bottle Baby" by Edwin Birdsong
(and I have many more, but here's a selection 😊)
Wow, a 25 min. video. This will be about 1,5 hours to watch with all the new songs and music rabbitholes it introduces me to while watching😂
Harry Nilsson's big hit "Ev'rybody's Talkin'" was originally by the great Fred Neil. And Simon and Garfunkel's song "Cloudy", although co-written by Simon with The Seekers' Bruce Woodley, was first recorded by The Cyrkle.
In the movie "body guard" Whitney Houston asked Kevin Costner what kind of music he likes an he answered "country music". And so she recorded her most famous song: I will always love you. Originally written and performed by Dolly Parton in 1973.
I recommend "Libertango" by Astor Piazzolla. Piazzolla was a total artist in his time, who played orchestral Tango with influences from Jazz and Classical Music. Then Grace Jones added lyrics and modern rhythms. It was a hit in 1981.
Wow! You really covered 51 covers. It was entertaining and interesting.
Thanks 😊
My uncle played "He ain't heavy" at my dad's funeral in tribute to his military service(173rd airborne). Tear jerker.
Re "Mandy" by Barry Manilow: According to my information, the original version was recorded titled "Brandy" in 1971 by Scott English, one of the songwriters. His recording of "Brandy" became a Top 20 hit in the UK charts.
Nice one. I had the original on one of those K-Tel or Decca collections, but I saw from David's correction you'd already got here!
Great video as always! I think the best covers are the ones that take a swing in a completely new direction. I think Elvis Presley was the best at this, check out his covers of ‘promised land’, ‘my babe’, ‘you’ve lost that loving feeling’, and a personal favourite, his version of ‘my way’. I’ve always loved how Sinatra’s version sounded like a celebration of life, while Elvis’s sounds like a funeral
A common move in the k-pop industry is to purchase the rights to english-language songs and have them translated. Two examples I think of are "press it" by taemin (originally for bruno mars) and "lucifer" by shinee (originally by bebe rexha)
I knew most of these but I was surprised by Bucks Fizz/Tina Turner and The Buggles being trumped by their own co-writer! If I see a David Bennett video upload, I clear time and space to watch it ASAP!
You should do Natalie Imbruglia "Torn". It was originally written by an american band called Ednaswap, but the first recording was a Danish language version called "Brændt". After that it was covered by a norwegian singer and then Ednaswap made their own recording. Natalie Imbruglia's version was the 4th recording of the song
And much better than Ednaswap's version in my book
This is the killer one - because she was interviewed about the song on the radio and talked about her frame of mind etc when she was writing it - so it was quite a scandal when it was discovered to be a cover. Pretty much killed her aspirations of being the next Kylie.
I'd do Natalie Imbruglia any day!
@@petertr2000There's that one line where I'm sure the original lyric must have been "I don't give a flying f***" (that's what my brain always expects) - but changed for recording
Wooden Ships (written by David Crosby, Paul Kantner, and Stephen Stills) is kind of like Video Killed The Radio Star because it had two original releases: the Crosby, Stills, & Nash version in May 1969 as well as the Jefferson Airplane version sung by Kantner with Grace Slick in November '69.
I didn't know there was a version besides CSN version
Bryan Ferry's version of Let's Stick Together was probably more influenced by Canned Heat's version called 'Let's Work Together' which got to no. 2 in the British charts in 1970.
Let's Stick Together was also famously covered by Canned Heat in 1970 under the title "Let's work together".
"Guitar Song" by Texas is an English re-written version of a French song, "Je t'aime... moi non plus" released in 1967. The 1969 version was the first foreign-language song to reach number 1 in the UK and was actually banned in many countries for being too erotic.
i thought everyone knew Gloria Jones did Tainted Love first? i always preferred PP Arnold's version of First Cut is The Deepest, she was backed by the Small Faces. it never surprises me that most modern pop songs are covers, most of them don't have the talent to write their own songs, they either cover or they co-write with a writer/producer. I knew all the Beatles ones featured were covers. The Beatles were one of the first bands that progressed from covers to writing their own tunes. I love both versions of Whatta Man. including songs from covers albums here seems like shooting fish in a barrel...i knew i had heard that Klaxons track before but couldn't place it. Shaggy's whole career is basically covers and samples mashed together. A lot of those Stax soul groups and artists did covers. The thing about growing up with cassettes, CDs and vinyls, is I always liked looking at the info on the back, like the writing credits.
Strangers in the night is originally "Stranci u noći" by a Croatian/German schlager singer Ivo Robić
There's actually another layer to "Blame it on The Boogie". In 1990, Mexican singer Luis Miguel launched his own version of the song with Spanish lyrics called "Será Que No Me Amas", and it's still more popular than the original version over here.
Once again, a delightful video, David. Just one fine point about "Till There Was You." The song was originally recorded in 1950 as "Till I Met You" by Eileen Wilson. Meredith Wilson later included the song in his 1957 musical "The Music Man."
This one is stunning... "I write the songs" which seemed to the whole world like it was written by Barry Manilow, is actually by the Beach Boys.
"Who let the dogs out" has a rather more complicated history, and it is hard to say who wrote it. The 99% invisible podcast dedicated a whole episode to it, ep#389.
The ones I actually didn't know were covers until this were "Ray of Light," "Close to You," "Don't Know Why," "Try a Little Tenderness" "Blame It On the Boogie," and "The Twist". Also "Superstar"-- and the original sounds EXACTLY like Jamelia's version.
You just can't escape Norm in videos like these. Our beloved Norman Cook alias FatBoy Slim was the bassist in The Housemartins. That man has a tendency to turn up in all different places.
"Witch Doctor": The most well known version is by Cartoons, but it was originally by Ross Bagdasarian. Sr, under the alias Alvin and the Chipmunks.
"Sway": First made famous by Dean Martin and later covered by Michael Bublé, Is actually an english version of a Spanish song called "¿Quién será?" by Pablo Beltrán y su Orquestra
"Feeling Good": First made famous by Nina Simone and later covered by Muse and Michael Bublé, Is actually a cover of a song Composed by Anthony Newley & Leslie Bricusse written for the musical "The Roar of the Greasepaint - The Smell of the Crowd"
Ha ha! In the mid-90s I was on Irish tv schools quiz "Blackboard Jungle", and was asked who had a hit with "I Say a Little Prayer". I answered that it was Dionne Warwick, and the quizmaster Ray D'Arcy said I was wrong. A *very* apologetic George Byrne, whose job it was to set the questions, came over to me during a break in shooting and personally apologised. We were winning, and won, comfortably, he said, or they would have had to have a difficult conversation about reshooting...
I would have said Bomb The Bass...😊
WOW David!! You've put a lot of work into this. Extremely well done!!
You added "I Swear" but didn't mention the OTHER John Michael Montgomery song All-4-One covered, "I Can Love You Like That".
About "The Great Pretender," there's another legendary connection to the Platters' original recording: Chrissie Hynde used that song title as the basis for the name of her little, mildly successful rock band (just leaving off the "great" so that people would come to that conclusion on their own).
Bunny Walters! I wasn't expecting a classic New Zealand artist to turn up in one of these.
Me neither!
Hey David, I think you should've mentioned that a lot of sources point to Dennis Wilson from The Beach Boys also having been involved in composing "You Are So Beautiful"
I knew that "My way" was a cover of a french song, but seeing the French singer doing a very energetic (and campy) stage show was a fun surprise.
Edit: so this led me down a rabbit hole of Claude François' TV performances , and oh boy, the european pop/schlager scene in the 70s was something else lol
It's him with four female backing dancers and they're wearing NOTHING but BIKINIS and high heels!§! He is fully dressed in a tuxedo (and high heels too) and together they do a very choreographed and synchronized disco dance.
Claude François was the biggest star in France back in these days. He died accidentally in 1978 and became a legend.
@@jaspermcjasper3672Paul Anka's lyrics are completely different from the French version. They are not a translation of 'Comme d' habitude'.
@@jaspermcjasper3672Yes, I know what you mean. French people always say that Claude François wrote it, but I'm pretty sure it was a guy called Jaques Rivaux. But he's not famous so who cares about him?
@@jaspermcjasper3672 Not a translation at all. "comme d'habitude" is a way more poignant song than "my way".
@@amandavelvet5410 I would even say it's massage is basically the polar opposite of my way. Comme d'habitude describe a boring life full of bitterness and regrets.
"I Think We're Alone Now" by Tiffany. Never realised it was a cover until one day I was listening to oldies music with my Mum and the version by Tommy James and the Shondells came on.
Billy Idol's cover of Mony Mony was on the charts during the same time period, Tommy James made some decent money during that time
One song that's isn't really a cover but instead was rewritten is "Holding out for a Hero" by Bonnie Tyler.
Originally the songwriter/producer Jim Steinman released it in 1981 as "Stark Raving Love". The first, and most memorable, part of the song is identical.
Sortof funny. Tina Turner came out with a song the same year 'we don't need another hero'. It's almost like it was a response.
@@keithbrown7685 What's more: The Best/Simply The Best', most known by Tina Turner was originally recorded and released by Bonnie Tyler.
Oops. I got the year wrong. Tina's tune came out in 85.
Thank you David, if you haven’t already mentioned. The Brothers Johnson “ Strawberry Letter 23” originally recorded by Shug Otis; The Spencer Davis “Keep Me Running“ originally recorded by Jackie Edwards; Jimmy Barnes and INXS “ Good Times“ from the film “Lost Boys” originally recorded by the Easy Beats from Australia; Roberta Flack “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face“ originally recorded by Peter Paul and Mary; The Hollies and later Linda Ronstadt “I Can’t Let Go“ originally recorded by Evie Sands; The Association “Windy“ originally recorded by Ruthann Freidman; “Dueling Banjos“ featured in the film “Deliverance“ originally recorded by Arthur Smith who had to file a lawsuit to get the royalties owed to him.
Metallica's Garage Inc and Garage Days are all cover songs, and some of them like Whiskey in the Jar is a cover of a cover of a cover of a traditional song.
It also contains "So What" by The Anti-Nowhere League and "Last Caress" by The Misfits, amongst many other great covers
"Over the hills and far away"was performed by Night wish in 2001 but was first performed by Gary Moore in 1987. " Hotel California"was sang by Bob Marley in the late 70s but was originally recorded and sang by Eagles in 1977.
But surely everyone knows the Eagles version as the original?
At 0:54 the version of Tainted Love you played isn’t the original. The Vixen one was recorded in the 70s with Marc Bolan.
Gloria Jones was Bolan's girlfriend actually.
the 70's were before the 60's, good to know.
@@analogboi I said that (correctly) that it wasn’t the original. What are you talking about?
@@AaronAnaya Gloria Jones version came out in 1964.
@@analogboi Yes, and she recorded a second version in the 70s. That’s the one in this video.
Hi, I knew about Inversions of chords but i only just found out about "voicings" 😮 Please make one of your amazing videos! CONGRATULATIONS on 1M subscribers!!
A lot of these I find very hard to believe people don't know are covers
13:35 I love these so much David. Check out Roy Clark's live version of The Great Pretender. Would love an episode dedicated to some of Clark's interpretations.
Was Valerie already included? Winehouse cover, Zutons original
Some songs that you haven't mentioned so far:
1: Otis Clay - _"The Only Way Is Up"_ (1980) >>> Yazz and the Plastic Population (1988)
2: Marshall Crenshaw - _"You're My Favourite Waste of Time"_ (1982) >>> Bette Midler (1983) >>> Owen Paul (1986)
3: Marilyn McCoo - _"Saving All My Love For You"_ (1978) >>> Whitney Houston (1985)
4: The Righteous Brothers - _"Substitute"_ (1975) >>> Clout (1978)
5: Mike Oldfield - _"Family Man"_ (1982) >>> Hall and Oates (1983)
6: Yellow Magic Orchestra - _"Behind the Mask"_ (1979) >>> Michael Jackson (1982) >>> Greg Phillinganes (1984) >>> Eric Clapton (1986)
Highly reccomend the 99 percent invisible podcast ep about who let the dogs out. It's soooo very fascinating and really quite a mystery as to who wrote this insipid song.
I’m surprised Klaxons were mentioned in this video, let alone released a single that was a cover! And an interesting take on the song at that.💃
In a way I'm glad Something stupid is a cover, because... *EEEEUUUUUGGGGHHH THAT'S YOUR DAUGHTER*
It’s still a cute song idk
They're singing together, not to each other.
@@heatherconner1125 you can understand why people would think singing duet means the singers are talking to each other tho
What these videos are reminding me about is to revisit songs I haven't heard for a long while but enjoyed at the time.
I am enjoying the history of these songs. Thank you for sharing. :)
The story behind Life on Mars and My Way is legendary.
Help me - Tina Turner - The Beatles; With a little help from my friends/She came in through the bathroom window - Joe Cocker - The Beatles; I can’t stand the rain - Tina Turner - Eruption - Ann Peebles; Jealous guy - Roxy Music - John Lennon
I'm sure some people don't know that the song "It's My Life" by No Doubt is a cover of Talk Talk's instant classic song.
And No Doubt's version was a pos, as was the video.
I do
I do. I didn't know a lot of the ones in the video though.
Brandy was originally performed by Scott English in 1971, getting to No. 12 in the UK charts, which is 2 years before Bunny Walters.
I love these videos because it exposes me to so many new songs and artists that peek my interest. More videos like this please 🙏
😊😊😊
Some that spring to mind that might well be obvious but here they are.
Disturbed - Land of Confusion
Nelly Furtado - Maneater
Laura Branigan - Self Control
The Flying Lizards - Money
No Doubt - It's My Life
“It’s My Life” is still haunting. Loved Talk Talk.
Who performed “Maneater” originally? Please don’t say Hall and Oates because that’s a separate song altogether.
Still no rhcp’s cover of stevie wonder’s higher ground ?
I thought everyone already knew that one? 😅
@@DavidBennettPiano I didn't 👀
David Bowie also tried to write an English version of Comme d'Habitude... which was rejected for Paul Anka's version. That rejection led to "Life on Mars."