Most Covered Songs...

[BVS]

So what are some of the most covered songs? Has to be released, live doesn't count unless it was on a live album.

I know Always On My Mind has quite a few...

Brenda Lee
Willie Nelson
Elvis
Pet Shop Boys
Ryan Adams
Me First and the Gimme Gimmes

I'm sure there are more versions...

So what are some other highly covered songs?

 

[gareth brown]

Pet Shop Boys

The Best!

Unchained Melody's been done by quite a few hasn't it? It's a bit late over here so I'm afraid I can't really go looking for a list as I'm off to bed but I'll have a look later

 

[WildHoneyAlways]

Yesterday is the most covered song I believe.

 

[gareth brown]

from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cover_songs#Most_covered_songs

"Most covered songs

The Beatles have been covered more than any other band; "Yesterday" has been covered over three thousand times since its original release in 1965. George Gershwin's "Summertime" (from Porgy and Bess) has had an estimated 2,500 versions recorded. Other songs which have been released many times as cover versions include the infamous "Louie Louie" by Richard Berry, "By The Time I Get To Phoenix" by Jimmy Webb, "We Will Rock You" (Queen), "Free Bird" (Lynyrd Skynyrd), "No Woman No Cry" (Bob Marley & the Wailers), "I Fought the Law" (Bobby Fuller), and many of the less recent works of Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen (as of December 5, 2004, there were at least 940 published cover versions of Cohen songs [1]"

 

[MrBrau1]

I gotta think Blue Suede Shoes has had it's share of players.

I know Elvis and Roy Orbison did it.

 

[Tarvark]

All along the watch tower!

 

[BVS]

from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cover_songs#Most_covered_songs

"Most covered songs

The Beatles have been covered more than any other band; "Yesterday" has been covered over three thousand times since its original release in 1965.

That's amazing. But what's more amazing is I can't think of one other recording that rings a bell. You would think out of 3,000 I'd know one.

 

[MrsSpringsteen]

the first one that popped into my head was When A Man Loves A Woman. I know at least one person covered that-Michael Bolton

what about Crazy by Patsy Cline?

Sitting On The Dock Of The Bay?

Maybe Thunder Road by Bruce? Or I'm On Fire

 

[TheQuiet1]

Handbags and Gladrags?

 

[beau2ifulday]

Hallelujah seems to get covered alot.

 

[Hallucination]

I would imagine Unchained Melody and Knockin' On Heaven's Door have had their fair share of covers.