Can someone please post a list of songs U2 has covered

[SicilianGoddess]

I dont really care about tidbits they did in concert, just like B-sides and singles. There's some songs I just go, damn I know someone else sang that but I cant think if it.

I'd like to know who the original artists of the songs were as well.

Thank you.

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[SkeeK]

Dancing Barefoot (Patti Smith)
Night And Day (Cole Porter)
Can't Help Fallin in Love With You (Elvis Presley)
Unchained Melody (Righteous Brothers)
Everlasting Love
Paint it Black (Rolling Stones)
Fortunate Son (Credence Clearwater Revival)
Happiness is a Warm Gun (The Beatles)
Satellite of Love (Lou Reed)
Helter Skelter (The Beatles)
All Along The Watch Tower (Jimi Hendrix)
Dreaming With Tears in my Eyes (Jimmy Rodgers)
I've Got You Under My Skin (duet with sinatra)

I think I got most of the orig. artists right.. I'm not sure who did Everlasting Love originally.

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[UnforgettableLemon]

Originally posted by SkeeK:
Dancing Barefoot (Patti Smith)
Night And Day (Cole Porter)
Can't Help Fallin in Love With You (Elvis Presley)
Unchained Melody (Righteous Brothers)
Everlasting Love
Paint it Black (Rolling Stones)
Fortunate Son (Credence Clearwater Revival)
Happiness is a Warm Gun (The Beatles)
Satellite of Love (Lou Reed)
Helter Skelter (The Beatles)
All Along The Watch Tower (Jimi Hendrix)
Dreaming With Tears in my Eyes (Jimmy Rodgers)
I've Got You Under My Skin (duet with sinatra)

I think I got most of the orig. artists right.. I'm not sure who did Everlasting Love originally.

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Hendrix is.... not right, dude. It was Dylan, originally, who wrote and recorded AATW.

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This is.. uh... we don't play this tune... gonna be f*cked up!

 

[u2popmofo]

While you said no concert "tidbits", I'm throwing these in because they have been performed in their entirety in concerts for the most part.

Won't Get Fooled Again - The Who
Knockin' On Heaven's Door - Bob Dylan
Rain - The Beatles
Help - The Beatles (if you didnt know this, i'm scared!)
I'll Remember You - The Ramones

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[JUDAS]

Also:

Don't take your guns to town - Johnny Cash

Live they did:

Redemption song - Marley
Knockin' on Heaven's Door - Dylan(not guns-n-roses, skeek)
Won't get fooled again - the Who
Sweet Caroline - Neil Diamond
Hard rain gonna fall - Dylan (not Roxy Music or Eddie Brickell)
Dancing Queen - ABBA

That's all i can remember off the top of my head......

 

[TylerDurden]

Do you want Bono's non-U2 efforts? Marvin Gaye 'Suffer The Children'? is the only one on the top of my head right now.

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[SicilianGoddess]

Sure I'll take whatever you guys got afterall. No need to be picky.

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Got My Straw In Lemonade

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[TylerDurden]

Originally posted by TylerDurden:
'Suffer The Children'

You idiot 'SAVE the children'. Big difference I guess?



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[The Wanderer]

Don't Take Your Guns to Town (raggae version of Johnny Cash tune for TV broadcast)

Jesus Christ (Woodie Guthrie)

Pop Muzik (forget who, M's or something like that)

 

[SicilianGoddess]

Damn I've never heard half these songs.

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Got My Straw In Lemonade

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[The Wanderer]

actually I guess the Pop Muzik one is just Bono overdubbing the vocals, I'm not sure if there is a version with U2 performing a studio cover of the song

Baby Please Come Home (not sure who wrote that Xmas song)

 

[Achtung Bubba]

"Daydream Believer"?

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[dougal55]

And theres....

'People Get Ready' by Curtis Mayfield
'C'mon Everybody' by Eddie Cochran
'Stand By Me' by Ben E King
I remember a cover song which went something like "Do you really wanna be in a rock n roll band?" during the Lovetown tour in Australia....does anyone know about who originally sang that song?

'Dancing in the Moonlight' by Thin Lizzy
'All Kinds of Everything' by Dana (but thats ung only by the Edge)

Hey Skeek I think Righteous Brothers did Everlasting Love but I will check.........

thats all I could think of right now...

dougal

 

[Hewson]

Originally posted by The Wanderer:


Baby Please Come Home (not sure who wrote that Xmas song)

Its originally a Motown song performed (I believe) by The Ronettes.

 

[Bluegrass Bono -U2 to UK!]

Also these live:

My Girl- Temptations
Norweigan Wood- Beatles
Are you Lonesome Tonight- Elvis
Southern Man- Neil Young
Springhill Mining Disaster- Peter, Paul, Mary
Maggie's Farm- Dylan
Times they are a changin- Dylan
Amazing Grace- Traditional
Exodus- Bob Marley (song so short its funny)

Bono covering with or without others:
I shall be released- Dylan
Heroin- Velvet Underground
Perfect Day- Lou Reed
Sweet Jane- Lou Reed
Halleluja- Leonard Cohen

Also these (covered by the Dalton Brothers):
Lost Highway - originally by Hank Williams
Lucille - ?

I'm sure there are dozens of others

 

[Eliv8]

Here are some boots featuring all covers

Covering 'Em Vol 1
1. Invisible Sun
2. She's A Mystery To Me
3. Stand By Me
4. People Get Ready
5. Sun City
6. Southern Man
7. Helter Skelter
8. Help!
9. Unchained Melody
10. Lucille
11. Dirty Old Town
12. Redemption Song
13. One
14. I'm Dreaming Of A White Christmas
15. Surrender
16. A Celebration
17. Oh Jeanie
18. Love Rescue Me

Covering 'Em Vol 2
1. Stand By Me
2. The Times They Are A Changing
3. Rain
4. Knocking On Heaven's Door
5. All Along The watchtower
6. Maggie's Farm
7. C'mon Everybody
8. Walk On The Wild Side
9. Satellite Of Love
10. Country Medley
11. Dancing Queen
12. Can't Help Falling In Love
13. My Girl
14. New York, New York
15. Womanfish
16. I Fall Down
17. Speed Of Light
18. Spanish Eyes

Covering Them
1. C'mon Everybody (E. Cochran)
2. Stand By Me (Ben E. King)
3. People Get Ready (Curtis Mayfield)
4. Helter Skelter (Lennon-McCartney)
5. Help (Lennon-McCartney)
6. All Along The Watchtower (Dylan)
7. I Shall Be Released (Dylan)
8. Knockin' On Heaven's Door (Dylan)
9. Maggie's Farm (Dylan)
10. Leopard Skin Pill Box Hat (Dylan)
11. Blowin' In The Wind (Dylan)
12. My Hometown (Bruce Springsteen)
13. Stand By Me (Ben E. King)
14. Rain (Lennon-McCartney)
15. Southern Man (Neil Young)
16. Satellite Of Love (Lou Reed)
17. Springhill Mining Disaster (Peggy Seeger)
18. Unchained Melody (North-Zaret)
19. Slow Dancing (U2)
20. She's A Mystery To Me (U2)
21. One (U2) ["Automatic Baby"]
22. New York, New York (Vincent Minelli)



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[SicilianGoddess]

Wow! Thanks guys! You all rock!!

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Got The Swing Got The Sway
Got My Straw In Lemonade

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[JUDAS]

Bono covering with or without others:
I shall be released- Dylan
Heroin- Velvet Underground
Perfect Day- Lou Reed
Sweet Jane- Lou Reed
Halleluja- Leonard Cohen

Wow!.....I didn't knoe bono did Halleluja, by Leonard Cohen....I was actually listening to that song this morning and thinking that I'd love to hear Bono sing it! That's pretty trippy.

I'd like to hear Sweet Jane as well.....

JUDAS.

 

[UnforgettableFire]

Dougal the song you're talking about "so you wanna be in a rock n roll band " is a line from Patti Smith "so you wanna be (A rock n Roll Star" Its on Easter. Hope that cleared that one up!
I love that song!

 

[Popmartijn]

Originally posted by UnforgettableFire:
Dougal the song you're talking about "so you wanna be in a rock n roll band " is a line from Patti Smith "so you wanna be (A rock n Roll Star" Its on Easter. Hope that cleared that one up!
I love that song!

I thought that So You Wanna Be A Rock'n'Roll Star was originally from The Byrds. Don't know for sure though...

Oh, and Everlasting Love is from the Love Affair. I'm sure about that one.

Some more covers:
A Hard's Rain Gonna Fall - Dylan
Tequila Sunrise - Eagles (Sung by Larry!)
Wild Rover - traditional (Sung by Larry!)
Whiskey In The Jar - Thin Lizzy (Sung by Larry!)
I Love You Love - Gary Glitter (Edge karaoke during Popmart)
Radar Love - Golden Earring (Edge karaoke during Popmart)

I had a list of all the covers U2'd done over the years, but unfortunately I deleted it a while ago as it became too hard to update it.

C ya!

Marty

P.S. Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) was not a Motown song. It was sung by Darlene Love and produced by Phil Spector (who wasn't a Motown producer).

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I try to kick the truth, not just to make friends

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[drummerboy]

Pretty comprehensive list so far, but I've got 1 more: The Cross by Prince (before he was the artist formerly known as prince then became prince again).

- andy

 

[Popmartijn]

Originally posted by drummerboy:
Pretty comprehensive list so far, but I've got 1 more: The Cross by Prince (before he was the artist formerly known as prince then became prince again).

I won't qualify that as a U2 cover as it was only Bono who sang it at a Prince after-party (and I think it was '96, so in his TAFKAP years)

C ya!

Marty (still thinking of more covers)


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People criticize me but I know it's not the end
I try to kick the truth, not just to make friends

Spearhead - People In Tha Middle

 

[SicilianGoddess]

Originally posted by Popmartijn:

Tequila Sunrise - Eagles (Sung by Larry!)
Wild Rover - traditional (Sung by Larry!)
Whiskey In The Jar - Thin Lizzy (Sung by Larry!)

WHERE can I hear these!!!????



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Got The Swing Got The Sway
Got My Straw In Lemonade

Sicy's Website

 

[oliveu2cm]

Originally posted by SicilianGoddess:

WHERE can I hear these!!!????

I can post some on my website when I get home tonight if you want

also, don't forget:
Suspicious Minds
Are You Lonesome Tonight



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It's okay, the struggle for things not to say.
I never listened to you anyway

My fanatical U2 webpage: Take Me Higher

 

[oliveu2cm]

Originally posted by oliveu2cm:
I can post some on my website when I get home tonight if you want

Actually if you don't want to wait, go to u2station.com and then sounds and mp3s. They have a bunch there

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It's okay, the struggle for things not to say.
I never listened to you anyway

My fanatical U2 webpage: Take Me Higher

 

[SicilianGoddess]

Thanks Olive!!

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Got The Swing Got The Sway
Got My Straw In Lemonade

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[running_still]

I think you guys forgot two....

on may 24th of this year in Toronto (bob dylan's b-day) the boys covered in it's entirety.... "Forever Young" by bob dylan...

also Bono covered "halleluyah" originally performed by Lenord Cohen, and made famous by the late great Jeff Buckley

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[mbi16]

It might be just me going blind but I think you all skipped Bono's "Children of the Revolution" by ???
And I guess you can assume there will be a Marvin Gaye's "What's Going On" coming out soon (except you might never want to listen to it knowing who the backing vocals are).
-Marina

 

[doctorwho]

Originally posted by TylerDurden:
'Suffer The Children'

You idiot 'SAVE the children'. Big difference I guess?

LMAO! Sorry, Tyler, but as sick as this is, I found it amusing. I guess I just needed a laugh at all the real suffering I've been seeing...

 

[doctorwho]

Originally posted by Eliv8:
Here are some boots featuring all covers

Covering 'Em Vol 1
2. She's A Mystery To Me
13. One
15. Surrender
16. A Celebration
17. Oh Jeanie
18. Love Rescue Me

Covering 'Em Vol 2
9. Satellite Of Love
15. Womanfish
16. I Fall Down
17. Speed Of Light
18. Spanish Eyes

Covering Them
19. Slow Dancing (U2)
20. She's A Mystery To Me (U2)
21. One (U2) ["Automatic Baby"]

Just to clarify, the songs I left above are clearly not U2 covers, but U2 originals (or songs that U2 wrote).

Also to add to this thread, Bono did a cover of "Dreaming with Tears in My Eyes" on the Jimmie Rodgers tribute album. This is, IMHO, the best Bono cover tune he has ever done. It is absolutely gorgeous with outstanding Bono vocals (better vocals than on some U2 songs!).