Who, besides Bob Dylan, had their own versions of Knockin' On Heaven's Door?

Question

Name all the artists who recorded this song.

Answer 1

It would be too time consuming to list ALL of the artists who have covered this song, especially since new artists are covering it as we speak, and more artists will cover it in the future.
Many people cover Dylan as he and his lyric's are timeless.

Some artists who have covered this include, but are not limited to:

Warren Zevon
Avril Lavigne
Axel Rose & G&R
Eric Clapton
The Seekers
Pink Floyd
The Grateful Dead
Bob Marley and The Wailers
Bruce Springsteen
U2
Van Morrison
Tom Petty
Various lesser known artists
Various foreign artists
And the list goes on and on........

Answer 2

Although it was originally recorded as a slow acoustic country song, "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" has been covered in many tempos and styles, by many artists, including The Grateful Dead, Bob Marley, Mark Knopfler, Eric Clapton, Roger Waters, The Sisters of Mercy, Seether, Cold Chisel, U2, Guns N' Roses (which reached #2 in the UK Singles Chart), Television, Avril Lavigne, Warren Zevon, Daniel Lioneye, Bon Jovi, Randy Crawford, Beau Jocques, Lachfläsh, Selig and Zé Ramalho (Brazil).

In 1976 British punk Rock band, Siouxsie and the Banshees, peformed the song at the 100 Club Punk Festival

In 1993 it was performed by the Red Army Chorus and Ensemble with the Leningrad Cowboys in the Total Balalaika show and subsequent video.

In 1998, South African group Ladysmith Black Mambazo and U.S. country diva Dolly Parton teamed up to record the song.

The song was used to somewhat of a humorous effect in the 2005 film, Be Cool and thus it is featured on the movie's soundtrack. It was most recently featured on the reality show Rock Star: Supernova, performed by Toby Rand. The song was part of the soundtrack for the film Lethal Weapon 2 and was also sung by Korean artist Youme for the movie Windstruck

With the consent of Bob Dylan, a Dunblane musician named Ted Christopher wrote a new verse for Knockin' On Heaven's Door in memory of the Dunblane schoolchildren and teacher killed in the Dunblane massacre.[citation needed] The recording of the revised version of the song, which included brothers and sisters of the victims singing chorus and Mark Knopfler on guitar, was released on December 9, 1996 in the UK, and reached number 1. The proceeds went to charities for children.

http://www.edlis.org/twice/threads/dunblane.html

Although not a cover, Gabrielle's 2000 UK number one single Rise samples extensively from the track.

Answer 3

Jimi Hendrix and Guns and Roses are the only two I think made a hit out of the song. There is probably dozens of small artists few people ever heard of that recorded that song.

Answer 4

Guns N Roses

Answer 5

Everyone else has pretty much "covered"all the artists,with one exception.In the early 80's a "one-hit wonder" had a cover that received quite a bit of airplay on radio and the early days of MTV.The name of that band was Heaven.

Answer 6

Guns N' Roses?

Answer 7

guns n roses and eric clapton r the only 1ns i heard

Answer 8

GnR, Avril Lavigne (I think..)

Answer 9

eric clapton did.

Answer 10

axl rose....guns n roses