Your favourite recorded covers done by U2 ?

[U2girl]

Dancing Barefoot, Unchained Melody and Everlasting love in the 80's and Night and day, Satellite of love, Paint it black, Fortunate son and Happiness is a warm gun in the 90's. Plus Beat on the brat and Dont' take your guns to town in the 00's. *

My top 3 are Night and day, Satellite of love and Everlasting love.

* The Saints are coming's studio version wasn't released yet, plus it's technically a collaboration, not just U2 covering.

 

[pgv]

My top three - Everlasting love (I never liked that song before I heard u2's version. Its somehow less corny than the first version and more upbeat!)
Dancing barefoot (brilliant song and I thought for ages that it was a u2 song!)
Satelite of love (and so wonderful live, especially on the zootv tour. I hope they play it in hawaii!)

 

[love_u2_adam]

whole Lotta love

i love it

 

[bratty_cat]

Dancing Barefoot

Not recorded (officially, at least) but equally amazing cover was Instant Karma at the Portland show last year. I've always loved that song but U2 covering it just brought it to a whole new level for me.

 

[CPTLCTYGOOFBALL]

Jesus Christ
Night and Day
Maggies Farm(Live from Amnesty tour)

 

[JCOSTER]

Everlasting Love
Unchained Melody

 

[Axver]

Dancing Barefoot rules.

whole Lotta love

i love it

U2 have never played that, only snippeted it live ...

 

[J_NP]

When the rain comes .........

 

[Goocher100]

I'd say my favorite is Satellite of Love.

 

[u2head]

It's Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)
Redemption Song
People Get Ready
Springhill Mining Disaster (?)
Night and Day
Dancing Barefoot

 

[redhotswami]

people get ready!!!

 

[Axver]

People, this is favourite RECORDED cover. There are no U2 studio versions of Rain, Redemption Song, People Get Ready, or Springhill Mining Disaster.

At least those who mentioned Maggie's Farm and Instant Karma acknowledged they were only done live.

 

[Earnie Shavers]

Can't Help Falling In Love. Not the single version, the one off the film soundtrack - the name of which escapes me - but I think it's also technicaly just Bono, not U2, so I guess doesn't count. Move along.

 

[u2head]

...RECORDED cover. There are no U2 studio versions of Redemption Song, People Get Ready, or Springhill Mining Disaster.

I knew that! I was just thinking cover songs in general. My bad...

 

[jacobus]

Satellite of Love, Paint it Black, Fortunate Son, Happiness is a warm Gun

 

[Screwtape2]

A Room At The Heartbreak Hotel.

 

[Axver]

A Room At The Heartbreak Hotel.

That's not a cover.

 

[LMBLover]

Everlasting lOve--It's so slow and sexy. ALso Unchained Melody and I've never heard it but Knocking on Heaven's Door had to sound perfect on them.

 

[Screwtape2]

That's not a cover.

You're right. I always cofuse the song with Elvis's Heartbreak Hotel for obvious reasons.

 

[U2girl]

I forgot...do we count Can't help falling in love?
Technically it's only Bono on it, but it is a cover and it was a B-side.

 

[Earnie Shavers]

I forgot...do we count Can't help falling in love?
Technically it's only Bono on it, but it is a cover and it was a B-side.

There are two versions, one that was a b-side on one of the Achtung singles, and that one is 'U2'. Then there's the second one, with the samples of Elvis talking in the background, and I'm sure that one is only 'Bono'. The second one is far better, IMO.

 

[U2girl]

Yes, love the "Bono" one.

I checked the credits on the B-side and it appears only Bono and Paul Barret were involved:

Performed by Bono. Produced by Bono and Paul Barrett. Hammond Organ by Paul Barrett. All other instruments: Bono.

So I guess this is not "U2" and it can't count.

 

[Earnie Shavers]

Well then I have to re-assess. Difficult, they correctly say that they're not the greatest cover band in the world. Everlasting Love I guess.

 

[SpaceOddity]

Definitely "Night and Day," with "Satellite of Love" coming in as a close second.

 

[An Cat Gav]

1.Night and Day
2. Unchained melody
3.Chrismas(Baby please come home)

 

[U2girl]

Oops. Chrismas (Baby please come home) is a cover too?

 

[U2FanPeter]

I like Along The Watchtower - I'm counting it because Edge lifted the Hendrix solo into one of the AB studio recordings.

I also like Pop Musik, especially live. The 8m remix is crap, but I think there is a promo CD with the 4m version.

Mission Impossible deserves a mention.

I wonder if some of the "live only" exist as studio sessions somewhere in the u2 vault?

u2fp

 

[An Cat Gav]

Oops. Chrismas (Baby please come home) is a cover too?

Yep, it's written by Phil Spector.

 

[Axver]

I wonder if some of the "live only" exist as studio sessions somewhere in the u2 vault?

I think it's a safe bet there's something somewhere. I'm honestly kind of surprised that the band never used People Get Ready as a b-side aorund the JT/Lovetown era, but I wouldn't be shocked if it were done in studio and just never used.

Yep, it's written by Phil Spector.

Though we could get technical and say that it might not count because the "studio" version was actually recorded at a JT Tour Scottish soundcheck (I forget exactly which).

 

[U2girl]

I like Along The Watchtower - I'm counting it because Edge lifted the Hendrix solo into one of the AB studio recordings.

I also like Pop Musik, especially live. The 8m remix is crap, but I think there is a promo CD with the 4m version.

Mission Impossible deserves a mention.

I wonder if some of the "live only" exist as studio sessions somewhere in the u2 vault?

u2fp

Well even so, All along the watchtower wasn't recorded on tape/disc as an official U2 cover.

Pop muzik - is U2 playing any of the instruments on that song? That is definitely not Bono's voice on that...

M:I while being a cover features only Larry and Adam.