[Music] Well loved Classic songs made famous by a cover version rather than the original

[McTavish]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZVpR3Pk-r8

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

Who is 'Denise'?

Ah, it’s Denis!

 

[Albion in the north]

https://youtu.be/d8_fLu2yrP4

 

[wuntbedruv]

Not strictly true. Bitter Sweet is based on a looped sample of an orchestral version of a Stones track. They hadn’t agreed to license it and after release the owner of the Recorded music (who wasn’t Jagger or Richard’s) asked for 100% rights which resulted in Jagger and Richards getting the song writing credit.

I was joshing

 

[zefarelly]

Venus by Shocking Blue, 1.1m YouTube views
Venus by Banarama, 25m views
Sorry, don’t know how to embed YouTube links via an iphone

This venus?

https://youtu.be/Mk3HUQ_Llcg

 

[Is it PotG?]

This venus?

https://youtu.be/Mk3HUQ_Llcg

Shocking Blue's finest moment Shirley?

 

[zefarelly]

https://youtu.be/yeVx1C73o8k

Didn't the Flying Lizards perform this at the GOldstone one half time ?

 

[McTavish]

A vaguely Albion-related one:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OlWGsaorj6U

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Osyw6Svv8U

https://youtu.be/EZab0QWvAa8?t=57

That grass would never be allowed in the Premier League! The things we had to put up with...

 

[Icy Gull]

https://youtu.be/d8_fLu2yrP4

Can’t tell you how much I hate that song

 

[zefarelly]

Shocking Blue's finest moment Shirley?

Yes, yes it is!

Bought it in Amsterdam on a very hazy stag weekend about 25 years ago!

 

[birthofanorange]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ku_KhAX3BIA

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

 

[birthofanorange]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_v0bDfZytwk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1P17ct4e5OE

 

[birthofanorange]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iz4Kneqsk70

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1PNvopXjbg

 

[smillie's garden]

There was an article on the All Music website the other day about this very topic. Below are two songs that became worldwide hits that originated from two relatively obscure British '70s bands:

 

[jakarta]

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

Gave the Song to Mott the Hoople...

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

 

[Curious Orange]

Girls Just Wanna Have Fun:

 

[Robinjakarta]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXP1MSFwMnc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWBSmfZTi4s

 

[Barrow Boy]

 

[hart's shirt]

 

[Barrow Boy]