Tag Archives: cover songs

Song #66 on the Popdose Top 100 Covers list is “You Really Got A Hold On Me”, by The Miracles and covered by The Beatles. Here’s the original: You pretty much can’t go wrong with Smokey Robinson. And here’s the … Continue reading →

Song #67 on the Popdose Top 100 Covers list is “Mrs. Robinson” by Simon and Garfunkel, covered by The Lemonheads. Here’s the original: I trust we’re all familiar with that song, even if we’ve never seen “The Graduate”. Here’s the Lemonheads version: … Continue reading →

Song #70 on the Popdose Top 100 Covers list is “The Passenger”, by Iggy Pop and covered by Siouxsie and the Banshees. Here’s the original: I was never into the punk/new wave scene in the 80s, so I’m largely unfamiliar with the … Continue reading →

Song #71 on the Popdose Top 100 Covers list is “Jealous Guy”, by John Lennon and covered by Roxy Music. Here’s the original: That’s apparently one of Lennon’s more widely covered songs, but I can’t say I’d heard it before. Here’s the … Continue reading →

Song #73 on the Popdose Top 100 Covers list is “Wild Thing”, originally by The Wild Ones and covered by The Troggs. Here’s the original: Boy howdy was that not what I expected. I have to admit, I like it … Continue reading →

Song #74 on the Popdose Top 100 Covers list is “I Love Rock & Roll”, originally by the Arrows and covered by Joan Jett and the Blackhearts. Here’s the original: Yeah, I’ve never heard of that version, either. Here’s the … Continue reading →

Song #75 on the Popdose Top 100 Covers list is “Wichita Lineman”, originally by Jimmy Webb and covered by Glen Campbell. Here’s the original: Obviously a more recent recording than his original, but it’s the best I can do. Here’s … Continue reading →

Song #77 on the Popdose Top 100 Covers list is “I’m Free”, originally by the Rolling Stones, and covered by the Soup Dragons. Here’s the original: Am I the only one who remembers that early days Bloom County comic in … Continue reading →

Song #78 on the Popdose Top 100 Covers list is “Wild Night”, originally by Van Morrison, and covered by John Mellencamp with Meshell Ndegeocello. Here’s the original by Van The Man: And here’s the Mellencamp/Ndegeocello version: Not much to say … Continue reading →

Song #79 on the Popdose Top 100 Covers list is “Working My Way Back To You”, originally by the Four Seasons, and covered by The Drifters. Here’s the original: And here’s the Drifters version: I don’t think I’d realized before … Continue reading →

Song #80 on the Popdose Top 100 Covers list is “We Can Work It Out”, by The Beatles, and covered by Stevie Wonder. Here’s the original: I trust everyone is familiar with that song. Here’s Stevie’s version: Pretty cool to … Continue reading →

Song #81 on the Popdose Top 100 Covers list is “Dancing in The Street”, originally by Martha and the Vandellas, and covered by Van Halen. Here’s the original: And here’s the Van Halen cover: Sorry, I couldn’t find an official … Continue reading →

Song #82 on the Popdose Top 100 Covers list is “Easy”, originally by The Commodores, and covered by Faith No More. Here’s the original: Yeah, not so much for me. I’m one of those people who thinks of that old … Continue reading →

Song #85 on the Popdose Top 100 Covers list is “A New England”, originally by Billy Bragg and covered by Kirsty MacColl. Here’s the original: I’m not the world’s biggest fan of one-dude-with-a-guitar music, but Bragg has a sound that … Continue reading →

Song #86 on the Popdose Top 100 Covers list is “My Life Is Empty Without You”, originally by Diana Ross and the Supremes, covered by The Afghan Whigs. First up, the original: No mistaking that voice, or that Motown sound, … Continue reading →

Song #89 on the Popdose Top 100 Covers list is “Crimson and Clover”, originally by Tommy James and the Shondells, and covered by Joan Jett & The Blackhearts. Here’s the original: Can’t say I’ve ever been a big fan of … Continue reading →

Song #91 on the Popdose Top 100 Covers list is “Got The Time”, originally by Joe Jackson, and covered by Anthrax. Yeah, I think these two are gonna sound a little different. Here’s the original: Nice. I like Joe Jackson, … Continue reading →

Song #93 on the Popdose Top 100 Covers list is “Baby, Now That I’ve Found You”, originally by The Foundations and done is a very different style by Alison Krauss. Here’s the original: And here’s Krauss’ cover: The Popdose writer’s … Continue reading →

Song #96 on the Popdose Top 100 Covers list is the first one involving a former 80s hip-hop star turned TV star, and also the first one in which the cover is of a significantly different style than the original. … Continue reading →

Song #97 on the Popdose Top 100 Covers list is the first one I can’t honestly say I’m familiar with, Bob Dylan’s “If Not For You”, with a cover version by George Harrison. Here’s Mr. Zimmerman’s original: Here’s Harrison: And … Continue reading →