Covers Uncovered

I received some interesting comments about my blog about cover songs. I discovered that I'm not the only person on the face of the earth who enjoys them. I decided to list my current favorites. I did, however, surprise myself at the sheer volume of cover songs on my 1GB IPOD shuffle. My list only scratches the service and almost all of them are pretty obsure. Read on if you dare.


My Favorite Cover Songs On My IPOD. Original Artist in parenthesis.

1.Here Comes The Sun (Beatles) by Mayfair Laundry
2. Livin’ Thing (ELO) by PFR
3. On the Way Home (Buffalo Springfield) by Poco
4. God Only Knows (Beach Boys) by Phil Keaggy
5. Needles & Pins (Searchers) by The Raspberries
6. Different Drum (Linda Ronstadt) by Susanna Hoffs & Matthew Sweet
7. Love Is the Answer (England Dan & John Ford Coley) by Cindy Morgan
8. Valeri (Monkees) by The Rubinoos
9. In My Life (Beatles) by Phil Keaggy with Randy Stonehill
10.Time After Time (Cyndi Lauper) by Nicole Nordeman
11. Someday We’ll Know (New Radicals) by Jon Foreman & Mandy Moore
12. I Won’t Back Down (Tom Petty) by Mercy Me
13. When You Walk in The Room (Jackie DeShannon) by Paul Carrack
14. Don’t Dream It’s Over (Crowded House) By Sixpence None the Richer
15. You Are Everything (Stylistics) by Timothy B. Schmit
16. I’ll Be Around (Spinners) by Tammy Trent
17. I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) (Proclaimers) Steven Curtis Chapman
18. No Matter What (Badfinger) by The Knack
19. I Go To Pieces (Peter&Gordon) by Del Shannon & Tom Petty
20. We Can Work It Out (Beatles) by Prelude
21. Bless The Broken Road (Rascal Flatts) by Selah
22. I Could Sing Of Your Love Forever (Delirious) by Sonicflood/Lisa Kimmey
23. Can We Still Be Friends? (Todd Rundgren) By Mandy Moore
24. I Woke Up in Love This Morning (Partridge Family) by Doug Powell
25. Lonely Too Long (Rascals) by Richie Furay

And in the “don’t laugh I really like these” category:

So Sad About Us (The Who) by Shaun Cassidy & Utopia
Hello Goodbye (Beatles) by Jump 5
Do You Believe In Magic? (Lovin' Spoonful) Ally & AJ

Uncovered Trivia

#5 The Searchers had the hit version but the actual original artist was Jackie DeShannon
#7 England Dan & John Ford Coley had the hit version by the original artist was Utopia
#19 Del Shannon wrote the song 25 years before he covered with Tom Petty shortly before his death. This was also covered by Tom Petty & Stevie Nicks in the '80s.
#21 Several artists recorded this before the hit version by Rascal Flatts. The original artist was Melodie Crittendon who also sings on the Selah cover version.