Cover Versions Where You've Never Heard The Original

[Halmyre]

A few that spring to mind:

Manfred Mann's Earth Band - Blinded by the Light (Bruce Springsteen)
Jimi Hendrix - All Along the Watchtower (Bob Dylan)
Status Quo - Rocking All Over the World (John Fogerty)
David Bowie - Sorrow (The McCoys)
Lulu - Shout (The Isley Brothers)
Lulu - The Man who Sold the World (David Bowie)
Roxy Music - Jealous Guy (John Lennon)
Santana - She's Not There (The Zombies)

[Teppic]

Propaganda - Sorry For Laughing (originally by Josef K)

The Propaganda version also belongs in the “Cover versions better than the original” thread…

[NMNeil]

Elvis Presley - Hound Dog (Big Mama Thornton)
Tina Turner - Private Dancer (Mark Knopfler, recorded but never released)
Sinead O'Conner - Nothing Compares 2 U (Prince)

[Toni Carbonara]

As the OP , I first heard Jealous Guy by Roxy Music ,had no idea it was a Lennon tune .

Don't know how long before I found out , think I prefer the RM version too .

[Sheets Tabuer]

Toni Carbonara said:

As the OP , I first heard Jealous Guy by Roxy Music ,had no idea it was a Lennon tune .

Don't know how long before I found out , think I prefer the RM version too .

That is surprising.

[droopsnoot]

Because the Night - Patti Smith - I've never heard the Bruce Springsteen version, and indeed I don't know if he recorded it himself.

[Halmyre]

droopsnoot said:

Because the Night - Patti Smith - I've never heard the Bruce Springsteen version, and indeed I don't know if he recorded it himself.

He never did - he came up with the tune and the title but couldn't do anything with it and passed it on to Patti.

[droopsnoot]

Halmyre said:

droopsnoot said:

Because the Night - Patti Smith - I've never heard the Bruce Springsteen version, and indeed I don't know if he recorded it himself.

He never did - he came up with the tune and the title but couldn't do anything with it and passed it on to Patti.

Ah, so not really a cover then.

[the cueball]

Johnny Cash - Hurt... I thought that was an original.

[catso]

Mott the Hoople, 'All the young dudes' (David Bowie).

[catso]

Jimi Hendrix, 'Hey Joe'.

[Halmyre]

Sheets Tabuer said:

Toni Carbonara said:

As the OP , I first heard Jealous Guy by Roxy Music ,had no idea it was a Lennon tune .

Don't know how long before I found out , think I prefer the RM version too .

That is surprising.

Surprising he didn't know or surprising he prefers RM's version?

I probably wouldn't know either if I hadn't been around when they released it.

[Funk]

Most people have no idea that Natalie Imbruglia's 'Torn' is a cover. Here's the original:

Edited by Funk on Friday 25th February 19:55

[StuTheGrouch]

Quite a few Nirvana songs. At the time I hadn't heard Bowie's version of "Man who sold the world" or "Where did you sleep last night!.

[brake fader]

Manic monday the bangles/ original Prince

[droopsnoot]

Funk said:

Most people have no idea that Natalia Imbruglia's 'Torn' is a cover.

In a similar vein, I seem to recall "Kiss Kiss" by Holly Valance was originally sung by someone else in a different language, Turkish perhaps.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkKShvCPrRc

[boyse7en]

brake fader said:

Manic monday the bangles/ original Prince

I know Prince wrote Manic Monday, under the pseudonym Christopher, but did he actually record a version? I think it was written specifically for The Bangles

[Super Sonic]

Bauhaus' Third Uncle -
(Brian Eno)
Grace Jones' Warm Leatherette
(The Normal)
Japan's I Second That Emotion
(Smokey Robinson)
Motorhead's Motorhead
(Hawkwind)

[entropy]

Cocaine Blues by Johnny Cash < Red Arnall/Western Aces

Twist & Shout by The Beatles < The Isley Brothers < The Top Notes

catso said:

Mott the Hoople, 'All the young dudes' (David Bowie).

Didn't Bowie give that song away before he recorded it himself? And is it still classified as a cover version even though you wrote the original?

[Toni Carbonara]

boyse7en said:

brake fader said:

Manic monday the bangles/ original Prince

I know Prince wrote Manic Monday, under the pseudonym Christopher, but did he actually record a version? I think it was written specifically for The Bangles

I don't know if it appears on any Prince albums but I just watched a Youtube vid of Prince singing this , it's good but it's not

Suzanna Hoffs good .