I'm not really interested in classical music here, as I'm sure old stuff like Canon in D has been remade thousands and thousands of times. I'm looking for bonafide recorded covers with widespread release, such as "All Along the Watchtower" (Dylan, Hendrix, U2, DMB, and more) or something. I just searched iTunes for Message in a Bottle and was amazed, so I thought I'd ask - thanks!
2006-12-07 16:28:39 · 11 answers · asked by misterjohnnyfever 2 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
From Wikipedia:
Most covered songs
Paul McCartney's "Yesterday" is often called the most covered song in popular music history; some allege there are over three thousand different versions, although no evidence has been provided. The Beatles' "Come Together" has also been covered numerous times. George Gershwin's "Summertime" (from Porgy and Bess) has had an estimated 2,600 versions recorded, Irving Berlin's "White Christmas" (from the film Holiday Inn) is well known for having been covered numerous times.
Other songs which have been released many times as cover versions include "Blue Monday" (New Order), "Louie Louie" (Richard Berry), "Sunny" (Bobby Hebb), "Fever" (Otis Blackwell),"Across the Universe" (The Beatles), "By The Time I Get To Phoenix" (Jimmy Webb), "Helter Skelter" (The Beatles), "We Will Rock You" (Queen), "Free Bird" (Lynyrd Skynyrd), "Love Will Tear Us Apart" (Joy Division), "Garota de Ipanema" ,"No Woman No Cry" (Bob Marley & the Wailers), "I Fought the Law" (Sonny Curtis), "How Deep Is Your Love" (The Bee Gees), "Something" (The Beatles) and many of the less recent works of Bob Dylan (such as "Knocking on Heaven's Door" and "All Along the Watchtower") and Leonard Cohen (as of December 5, 2004, there were at least 940 published cover versions of Cohen songs [3]). The Australian television program The Money or the Gun featured for every episode a new cover of Stairway to Heaven, played in versions ranging from a Wagnerian opera to a Beatles melody
2006-12-07 16:39:47 · answer #1 · answered by G.O. 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Most Covered Songs In History
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2016-10-05 01:02:32 · answer #3 · answered by geddings 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are a lot of songs by the Beatles or by Dylan that have been redone, but the most would probably be led zeppelin stairway to heaven!
2006-12-07 16:32:40 · answer #4 · answered by catfight1980 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wild Horses originally by the Rolling Stones is a pretty popular song to cover. And it seems I usually love every version of it too.
2006-12-07 16:38:53 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
As far as cover songs that actually come out on albums...I believe "All Along the Watchtower" is one of the most covered.
Versions include:
Bob Dylan
Jimi Hendrix
U2
Dave Matthews Band.....those are just off the top of my head.
2006-12-07 16:36:37 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Sargent Peppers of the Beatles
2006-12-07 16:35:18 · answer #7 · answered by Bart 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yesterday by TheBeatles is the most covered song in history!
2006-12-07 16:36:54 · answer #8 · answered by freakyallweeky 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a song for you by : donny hathaway
sexual healing by marvin gaye
many of NOTORIOUS BIG 's lyrics and beats have been covered by different artists
2006-12-07 16:41:23 · answer #9 · answered by ShellyBelly 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Knockin on Heaven's Door". Many artists did this one.
2006-12-07 16:33:10 · answer #10 · answered by Aidge 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋