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re: Covers more popular than the original song
Posted on 12/21/25 at 6:58 pm to Tchefuncte Tiger
Posted on 12/21/25 at 6:58 pm to Tchefuncte Tiger
Heart and Soul by Huey Lewis And The News was a huge hit in the 80's but it was actually a cover from Exile.
Original version by Exile:
Version by Huey Lewis And The News:
Youtube Link
Original version by Exile:
Version by Huey Lewis And The News:
Youtube Link
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Posted on 12/21/25 at 9:45 pm to MaroonWhite
if this has been posted already too bad, I’m posting it again. The best cover song ever released
Posted on 12/22/25 at 4:04 am to cgrand
Tesla had a hit with Signs, which I do like a little better than the original.
Original:
Original:
Posted on 12/22/25 at 4:17 am to TouchedTheAxeIn82
Ednaswap released their song Torn in 1995: youtube.com/watch?v=LRRXseBJljs
Natalie Imbruglia had a massive hit with Torn in 1997.
My favorite version is Anne Preven (who wrote the lyrics) performing an acoustic version she did on the Howard Stern show. Her singing makes Natalie Imbruglia's version sound like she's performing in a high school talent show.
Natalie Imbruglia had a massive hit with Torn in 1997.
My favorite version is Anne Preven (who wrote the lyrics) performing an acoustic version she did on the Howard Stern show. Her singing makes Natalie Imbruglia's version sound like she's performing in a high school talent show.
Posted on 12/22/25 at 4:32 am to TouchedTheAxeIn82
Whitney of course had a massive hit with The Greatest Love of All but it was originally recorded by George Benson:
Posted on 12/22/25 at 4:45 am to TouchedTheAxeIn82
Speaking of which, one day a few years ago I was listening to Gordon Lightfoot's If You Could Read My Mind, and there was a section of the song that was reminding me of another song, but I couldn't think what it was. I was wracking my brain for a while, and then if finally occurred to me that it reminded me of Whitney Houston. Then I realized it sounded like a section of The Greatest Love of All.
So I googled it to see if anyone else was making this connection, and indeed, after Gordon Lightfoot heard Whitney's version, he sued the writers of The Greatest Love of All. He eventually dropped the lawsuit because he didn't want it to negatively affect Whitney Houston's career, and they settled out of court. Lightfoot just wanted an acknowledgment that a portion of the melody was lifted from his song.
So I googled it to see if anyone else was making this connection, and indeed, after Gordon Lightfoot heard Whitney's version, he sued the writers of The Greatest Love of All. He eventually dropped the lawsuit because he didn't want it to negatively affect Whitney Houston's career, and they settled out of court. Lightfoot just wanted an acknowledgment that a portion of the melody was lifted from his song.
Posted on 12/22/25 at 9:28 am to TouchedTheAxeIn82
Two different artists had hits on the Burt Bacharach - Hal David song, "(There's) Always Something There To Remind Me" - RB Greaves who took it to No. 27 in 1969 and the Brit duo Naked Eyes who cut the definitive version in 1983.
The original release was by soul singer Lou Johnson who heard the demo by a then unknown, Dionne Warwick.
The original release was by soul singer Lou Johnson who heard the demo by a then unknown, Dionne Warwick.
Posted on 12/22/25 at 9:47 am to TouchedTheAxeIn82
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Then I realized it sounded like a section of The Greatest Love of All.
Which ironically for Whitney was a more successful cover of the George Benson.
Benson's song was originally written and recorded to be the main theme of the 1977 film "The Greatest", a biopic of the boxer Muhammad Ali, and is performed during the opening credits. Benson's version, although different, certainly gives no ground to Whitney. It's damn good.
I was pleasantly surprised to learn the co-writer was Linda Creed who was responsible for numerous Philadelphia International hits by The Stylistics and The Spinners.
Posted on 12/22/25 at 9:55 am to FearlessFreep
Enjoyed the Cyndi live performance.
Posted on 12/22/25 at 1:00 pm to MorbidTheClown
Gary Pucket and The Union Gap had the monster hit on "Woman, Woman" in 1968, but it was written by Jim Glaser and Jimmy Payne. Both Glaser and Payne released versions, Payne in 1967 and Glaser in 1975 having a country hit with it.
The song was inspired by Jim Glaser and Mel Tillis discussing Tillis' song "Ruby, Don't Take Your Love To Town". The song went to number 3 on Cash Box and number 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 in early 1968.
Here's the Jimmy Payne original. A cool version all the way around with the fuzz guitar.
The song was inspired by Jim Glaser and Mel Tillis discussing Tillis' song "Ruby, Don't Take Your Love To Town". The song went to number 3 on Cash Box and number 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 in early 1968.
Here's the Jimmy Payne original. A cool version all the way around with the fuzz guitar.
Posted on 12/22/25 at 1:07 pm to Mizz-SEC
Jim Glaser of Tompall & The Glaser Brothers was a helluva singer in his own right even as an old man. RIP
This post was edited on 12/22/25 at 1:12 pm
Posted on 12/22/25 at 4:38 pm to TouchedTheAxeIn82
The Anne Preven version is so much better.
Bon Jovi's "She Don't Know Me" was originally done by The Grass Roots.
Bon Jovi's "She Don't Know Me" was originally done by The Grass Roots.
Posted on 12/22/25 at 6:37 pm to Tchefuncte Tiger
Drifters 1963..A young Phil Spector played the distinctive lead guitar solo on the Drifters' recording. The recording by the Drifters was a hit, reaching No. 9 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1963.
Posted on 12/22/25 at 6:40 pm to bleeng
George Benson's version of "On Broadway", from his 1978 album Weekend in L.A., hit No. 7 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 2 on the Soul chart. Benson's take also has had substantial adult contemporary and smooth jazz radio airplay ever since. It won a Grammy Award for Best R&B Vocal Performance.
It's a tie..almost..
Posted on 12/22/25 at 8:07 pm to A12 Oxcart
"Misty Blue" was written by Bob Montgomery in 1966 for Brenda Lee who turned it down. Owen Bradley passed it on to Wilma Burgess who had a No. 4 country hit with it. Incredibly Eddy Arnold heard the song, immediately cut and released it, and it also went to No. 3 on the country charts simultaneously with Burgess.
Years later in 1973 R&B singer Dorothy Moore recorded a version, but incredibly no one would release it until late in 1975 after Moore herself had forgotten about it. I was too young at the time to appeciate just how good this arrangement and vocal was.
This is Gladys Knight / Etta James / Beyonce level stuff right here.
Years later in 1973 R&B singer Dorothy Moore recorded a version, but incredibly no one would release it until late in 1975 after Moore herself had forgotten about it. I was too young at the time to appeciate just how good this arrangement and vocal was.
This is Gladys Knight / Etta James / Beyonce level stuff right here.
This post was edited on 12/22/25 at 8:10 pm
Posted on 12/23/25 at 4:34 pm to Tchefuncte Tiger
Did better on the charts than Waylon’s did although Waylon’s is the best, of course.
This post was edited on 12/23/25 at 4:35 pm
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