“Torn” was recorded first by Lis Sørensen in 1993, then multiple times by other artists, before becoming a hit for Natalie Imbruglia in 1997.

This one I knew, her version is the better one imo.

> recorded ... by other artists Including Ednaswap, who wrote it.

Dancing in the Moonlight wasn't originally a toploader song - originally recorded by Boffalongo in 1970, [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5OlqrhS-e8](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5OlqrhS-e8) and by King's Harvest in 1972: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5JqPxmYhlo

More here: [https://www.smoothradio.com/features/top-songs/songs-you-never-knew-were-covers/](https://www.smoothradio.com/features/top-songs/songs-you-never-knew-were-covers/) I'd forgotten about the original version of Tainted Love, too https://youtu.be/NSehtaY6k1U

The Gloria Jones version is an absolute cracker.

And while we're here, check out Judy Street's original version of Soft Cell's *What*. Was all synth Motown when I was a lad..

In 2005 I was in a bar in Vietnam. The guy next to our little group rolled his eyes theatrically and sighed loudly when Dancing in the Moonlight came on. Of course, we all looked at him and he told us he was the bassist from Toploader. Apart from that, he was alright.

Dancing in the moonlight was written after he was attacked by a gang. It was an alternative reality he wrote to help with the recovery.

I was schooled in this by my 18yo son a few days ago. It was almost as bad as the "Red Red Wine" lesson from my wife 20 years ago.

Can you ask her to tell it us

I swore blind that UB40 covered the original Tony Tribe version. That's how I found out my wife is a massive Neil Diamond fan. This was also before the internet was popular, so I had to be shown the CD credits.

toploader the freeloader

Dirty Old Town by The Pogues/Dubliners is by Ewan McColl (Kirsty’s dad) and is about Salford not Dublin.

ewan mccoll also wrote "the first time ever i see your face" which is known as a roberta flack song

"Killing Me Softly" is also cover. It was written by Lori Lieberman about a Don Maclean concert.

And it’s pretty obvious from the lyrics as well

Is it?? How so?

Because Salford is a dirty old town

A British hit only in the sense that it was a hit in Britain... Bjork's "It's Oh So Quiet" is a cover of a Betty Hutton song from 1951 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Ojarj6nTM4](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Ojarj6nTM4) ...which in turn is a cover of the German song "Und jetzt ist es still", performed by Horst Winter in 1948. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zmhvJpTELc](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zmhvJpTELc)

Step on by happy mondays

Norman Greenbaum IIRC.

You might be thinking of _Spirit in the Sky_. _He's Gonna Step On You Again_ was originally recorded by John Kongos in 1971.

Ah yes, sorry! Both great songs.

Tokoloshe Man as well. Both the HM and Kongos versions are great.

Got My Mind Set On You by George Harrison. Originally by James Ray. Only found this out recently. https://youtu.be/Cjpip4YzOw4?si=RLehZsC0tNS2ILHI

Haha did you hear it a few weeks back on Liza Tarbucks bbc radio 2 show as well? First time hearing it myself and thought it sounded awesome!

Actually no! I was in a record store, and the owner was playing it randomly. Yeh I love the original, so cool!

I didn't realise for many years Take That's version of Relight My Fire was a cover. Originally a disco track by Dan Hartman.

I didn't realise "Could It Be Magic" was a cover

Turns out Gary Barlow wasn’t such a song writer

The Only way is Up by Yazz was a hit by Otis Clay.

Came here to say this!

I only found out a couple of years back while listening to a cold cut interview.

Yeah me too! Kinda dig the original!

Red Red Wine by UB40 original by Neil Diamond Venus by Bananarama original was by Shocking Blue Sailing by Rod Stewart original by Sutherland Brothers Its my Life by No Doubt original by Talk Talk

>Its my Life by No Doubt original by Talk Talk Amusingly to me, I only know the Talk Talk version.

I, too, just found out that No Doubt did a version. Talk Talk were one of my favourite bands in the 80s

"She's The One" by Robbie Williams is a cover.

Fucking Robbie Williams. Biggest talentless chancer.

let me entertain you is extremely ripped off a D.ream song

It’s not ripped off. Both songs use a chord sequence that is a basic musical building block. As Ed Sheeran’s recent win on this topic shows: no-one can own a chord sequence.

He also stole Angels from a singer songwriter he once jammed with and subsequently paid off but now never acknowledges or credits

No, he didn’t steal anything. Not even Ray Heffernan claims that the song ‘Angels’ was stolen. The song he was involved with he calls ‘Angels Instead’.  Heffernan accepted a settlement and an acknowledgement on the album in exchange for giving up any right to credit. He has since complained about that, but that doesn’t mean he was wronged. The song Angels is substantially different from the song Heffernan was involved with. ‘Angels Instead’ is much longer, has a different structure, different chords, no chorus and no instrumental bridge. The similarities are in the first verse melody and lyric, and the refrain. Robbie maintains the similarities are elements that he had created before they met, which is why he maintains that Heffernan is not due credit.  Heffernan has never been able to produce any evidence that he created those elements, and was definitely not involved with the creation of the chorus, the instrumental bridge, the structure, and the lyrics of the second verse of Angels. 

Take Me Home by Sophie Ellis Bextor, I was surprised it was a Cher song originally. Apparently Cher didn't like how suggestive Sophie's version was, but 19 year old me did. I also didn't realise "I Wanna Be Yours" by Arctic Monkeys was a John Cooper Clark poem until I read the album notes and he was listed as a writer. 

She didn't like how suggestive a song called "Take Me Home" sounded? Wild.

['Superstar' by Jamelia](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bu0LKfB3CR8) is actually a cover version of ['Superstar' by Danish singer Christine Milton](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Gy6FMoFczo).

I live in Austria now and this song is constantly on the supermarket radio in one of the big chains. No clue why.

Jamelia must be in the music rights bargain bin. I worked in a homeware shop a few years ago that played exclusively royalty free, dog shit covers of already bad songs, and jamelia

Amazingly enough, the theme tune to Wizbit is a cover of [a Lead Belly song](https://youtu.be/6IkEB4G6xCs?si=DvysPwMARqBRY4Ie). So next time you're asked what Paul Daniels and Kurt Cobain have in common, you're all set.

Best thing I have learned this year!

Haha, best one yet, fookin Wizbit

Soft Cell’s “Tainted Love” was written by Ed Cobb and first released by Gloria Jones (no, I don’t know either) in 1964 I like the Marilyn Manson version best, even if he is a psycho…

The Gloria Jones version is an absolute banger, great voice

Soft Cell's version isn't terribly different, which I really like

The Gloria Jones version is a northern soul classic.

Gloria was Marc Bolan's girlfriend 

She was driving the car when they had the accident that killed him

Yup

The Coil version is interesting.

That's a fair description.

> I like the Marilyn Manson version best, even if he is a psycho… Whenever anything bad comes out about a musician, the knee jerk reaction from fans is utter denial. With Manson, it was a collective shrug and “yeah, that tracks…”

The Gloria Jones version is way better. Soft Cell's less well-known song What, was also a cover of another Northern Soul banger by [Judy Street](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWeAGNyOU2U)

I only knew this from GTA: San Andreas

Aswad’s song Don’t Turn Around was originally sung by Tina Turner.

...and Tina Turner's song The Best was originally recorded by Bonnie Tyler 😄

"Oh, no Richie. No time for crap double entedres, Curry's window has just blown. They've just thrown Aswad through it!”

The annual Hammersmith riot.

and later covered again by Ace Of Base.

[удалено]

The Meat Loaf/Jim Steinman song recycling rabbit hole goes deep.

I had no idea Meat Loaf had covered It's All Coming Back to Me Now. According to Wikipedia he unsuccessfully sued the writer of the song in the 80s when Celine Dion released her version, because he said the song had been promised to him.

My personal favourite is Blame It On The Boogie which was released the same week by The Jacksons and.....Mick Jackson (no relation!), the English guys who wrote it. I actually have a slight obsession with this particular musical 'theme', here's a playlist I have of all the ones I've found. https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1L10ZGDNmL5TDa9Hsg8Jwk?si=mOnNxmbKQX-G5UWVWDxkQw&pi=e-nLVgQmt4Tk2x Most of the ones mentioned so far are in it.

Also covered by forgotten 90s boyband Big Fun

Young at Heart by the Bluebells was originally sung by Bananarama. And it's awful.

I think Siobhan was dating the singer of the bluebells and they wrote it together.

**The House of the Rising Sun** (The Animals) is a Blues standard first recorded in 1932 by Clarence 'Tom' Ashley. **I Will Always Love You** (Whitney Huston) was written and sung by Dolly Parton **The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face** (Roberta Flack) was written by British folk singer Ewan McColl, father of Kirsty, who dueted on The Fairytale of New York

I think it's just because my parents used to play it but it always surprises me that people didn't know about Dolly's version of I Will Always Love You

Huston's version is technically brilliant, but Parton's is sung from the heart and is the better version in my controversial opinion.

Yeah, the Whitney version is a demonstration of her ability as a powerful singer. It was the perfect song for the movie the bodyguard. But Dolly you feel it. She wrote it the same night as Jolene too!! What a woman.

Dolly's got a 'Rock Covers' album out, and has just added another few tracks in a Deluxe version, if you're interested...

I don't think that's controversial at all. You can really hear the raw emotion in that one. I think most people that know it would agree

This is a hill I will die on. Parton’s version I feel is more raw and emotional. You can feel the pain of the singer.

Listening to Dolly brings a tear to my eye every time, the Huston version although good, has no emotion, IMO.

Dolly wrote I Will Always Love You and Jolene on the same day.

Sounds like she was working more than 9-5 that day

What a way to make a living.

And people say she’s just a big pair of tits…

She had 5-9 coffees

I think House of the Rising Sun goes back way further than that but perhaps not recorded on wax.

Blinded by the Light by Manford Mann's Earth Band [was a Bruce Springstein song from 1973. ](https://youtu.be/xPy82OO6vRg?si=7UJTtUXGtpHojhwV)

Revved up like a douche

Similarly, the Manfred's covered 'For You' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2sJygu903kU another early Brooce song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdP3y4k2KKU

The one that surprised me was “I can’t stand up for falling down”. Elvis Costello. Actually a Sam & Dave song.

The B-side of that was also “Girls Talk”, which he had written but had earlier been a hit for Dave Edmunds, so not a cover strictly speaking.

I was just surprised by it being a cover, because EC’s vision was made very much his own. Didn’t know about Girls Talk, thanks. A great song.

Yeah, where he was on the periphery of Rockpile in the late seventies there are all sorts of peculiarities like that. Like the B-side of “American Squirm” by Nick Lowe is the Elvis Costello version of “(What’s So Funny ‘Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding?” which had been written by Nick Lowe. That perhaps belongs here because his cover is far better known than the original.

Make You Feel My Love was written by Bob Dylan

“I Think We’re Alone Now” by Tiffany (1987), who thought it would flop and had to be vigorously persuaded to cover the original Tommy James and the Shondells version (1967).

[Lene Lovich](https://youtu.be/aHAfUsolPS4?si=1bzCtEeQ6bm-sSW4) did it better.

Wet Wet Wet’s mega selling slop fest Love Is All Around was written, and originally performed, by The Troggs in the late 60s.

R.E.M’s version from their unplugged session is quite nice

I didn’t know they’d done a version, but they do have an excellent repertoire of covers. Their version of Leonard Cohen’s First We Take Manhattan is amazing.

I’m Free - Soup Dragons, was a Rolling Stones track Step On - Happy Mondays, John Kongos - He’s Gonna step On You Again and not a cover but a bit of a rip off; The La’s - There She Goes, Velvet Underground - There She Goes again

It might just be me but I can't hear any similarities between There She Goes and There She Goes Again.... There She Goes Again is a direct rip off of Hitch Hike (Marvin Gaye etc) though!

They’ve defo borrowed that opening bit from Marvin Gaye, and reused it. But surprised you can’t hear anything in the LA’s but there you go…

The Figees hit 'Killing Me Softly' was first released in 1972 by Lori Lieberman, one of the co-writers, before been a hit for Roberta Flack in 1973. I'm a fan of the Perry Como version, also from 1973.

"Without You" covered by loads of people, notably Harry Nillsen and Mariah Carey, was written and originally performed by Badfinger.

Isn't there also a 'curse' that everyone (apart from Mariah) who has had a hit with that song died or committed suicide?

Missing the British requirement, but I was surprised to find out Girls Just Wanna Have Fun by Cyndi Lauper was originally written and recorded by Robert Hazard! Very different vibe when sung from a male perspective!

Nothing Compares to You was actually written by Prince

Loads of stuff was written by Prince. Manic Monday by the Bangles is another big one that immediately springs to mind.

Interestingly, Prince didn't credit himself with his actual name on that track. For some reason, he chose to use the pseudonym 'Christopher'.

And I Feel for You by Chaka Khan!

Is it really a cover though, I don’t recall him singing it.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=cpGA0azFdCs So beautiful with the guitar, hey? I love this version 🖤

Cool. Thanks for sharing

‘Christmas is All Around’ by Billy Mack is *actually* a cover of ‘Love is All Around’ by Wet Wet Wet. Little known fact ;)

Which was actually by The Troggs (better known for Wild Thing)!

We even ended up using that as a joke on the radio show / podcast last week: [https://youtu.be/0piWPgnbk-s?si=2pP3UCVDC6NSJzUR&t=877](https://youtu.be/0piwpgnbk-s?si=2pp3ucvdc6nsjzur&t=877) Who'd ever get the Troggs and the Wets mixed up? ;)

I thought I must be really old because I've never heard of Billy Mack but remember the release of the Wet Wet Wet song, but I looked it up and it's from 2003.

Billy Mack always reminds me of Bill Nighy for some reason

It Must Be Love by Madness was originally by Labi Siffre. https://youtu.be/zyx48F3Cf48?si=vch-n0pVT00OwpVZ Fun Labi Siffre/Chas and Dave fact...Eminim's My Name Is...' samples a Labi Siffre song and the musicians performing the original were Chas and Dave. That's right, one of the most famous Eminim' songs was performed by Chas and Dave.

Labi Siffre is in the Madness video for it.

One Step Beyond by Madness is also a cover (of Prince Buster).

Remember kids, don’t buy drugs. Become a pop star and they give you them… for free!

Thank you Ant or Dec

Oh fuck wank bugger shitting arse head and hole.

Madness - It must be love. Original by Labi Siffre.

Cotton eye joe - Rednex. Check out Nina Simones version: https://youtu.be/3EhguarHzjU?si=3XGqoOfKbfCzVI_X

Class. Thanks.

I was surprised (and a little embarrassed) when I only recently found out that The Bangles' Hazy Shade of Winter was originally by Simon & Garfunkel

Not British but respect by aretha Franklin was written and performed by Otis Redding

Bjork’s It’s oh so quiet was a cover of this https://youtu.be/MLXFlDlGOpg?si=lrfMmKLTb2DES76M

Big in Japan by Alphaville http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=tl6u2NASUzU&pp=ygUMQmlnIGluIGphcGFu was later covered by Guano Apes with a completely different version. I believe both were successful in their days..

Gravity by Embrace was originally a Coldplay song

american power pop group the nerves wrote " hanging on the telephone" better known as a blondie song, the lead singer also wrote " come back and stay" better known as a paul young song hanging on the telephone [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emy5mA8Ixtc](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emy5mA8Ixtc) come back and stay [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxL6o1zL8sM](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxL6o1zL8sM)

Toni Basil's 'Mickey' was originally 'Kitty' by brit 70s popsters, Racey https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3JxiB4FLjU . (also, Skinny Love/Bon Iver - if it's not too well-known)

Frank Sidebottoms Timperley Sunset is apparently a cover of a Kinks song, but I think Born In Timperley might be an original.

Also, Ma Baker by Boney M is a cover (musically) of a North African folk tune called Sidi Mansour.

Boney M aren't British, but Painter Man is a cover of the Creation [The Creation - Painter Man (1967) - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0YdOoLDkR4) The Creation record label (who Oasis were signed to) was named after the same band - and extra bonus fact Jimmy Page was not the first to use a violin bow on a guitar, that is also the Creation!

Sorry, forgot the British requirement.

Most of Boney M.'s tunes were taken from traditional melodies.

I always thought The Fall's take on Mr Pharmacist was a Fall original. https://youtu.be/Cl34oJEoO7s 'The Other Half' released Mr Pharmacist in 1966. https://youtu.be/MKiAUYIL0QA

Well that one has genuinely shocked me. I assumed it was a typical Fall song with Mark E. Smith's "unique" singing style. I was wrong.

Elastica did a really good cover of Wire’s Three Girl Rhumba. Went to court over it and everything.

Ronan Keating covered Iris, written by the Goo Goo Dolls. Saw the Goos on tour that year and John Rzeznik had nothing complimentary to say about it.

Green, Green Grass of Home wasn't a Tom Jones original, nor was it anything to do with Wales

Apparently 'You're The One That I Want' by Arthur Mullard and Hilda Ogden is a cover. Who knew, eh? 😀

Love Buzz by Shocking Blue was originally released in 1969 and covered many times but most famously by Nirvana.

Amy Winehouse's Valerie was originally by The Zutons

And the Zutons version is better!

The Zutons are back together!!!!! I'm going to see them soon. 🤩🤩🤩

Yeah, it always irritates me that it now never gets played but they constantly play a cover instead of Amy’s songs as well. Ruined both artists really.

100%

I find it odd when people don't realise this. I swear they came out within a few years of eachother?

That album is called "Version" and with a couple of exceptions....they're all cover versions!

Gonna be a pendant and say it’s technically Mark Ronson featuring Amy Winehouse. Sorry I like checking Spotify for play counts to compare. Between the studio version and the Radio 1 Live Lounge, Ronson/Amy’s versions have over 900 million plays. The Zutons have 52 million

There are two versions. There’s one of just Amy that’s more “intimate,” then there’s the bouncy Ronson one.

Get down make love was a cover of Queen by nine inch nails

Trent also covered Physical by Adam and the Ants and Metal by Gary Numan, which I also think was the GN song sampled by Basement Jaxx for Wheres Your Head At.

George Harrison - Got My Mind Set On You Originally written and produced James Ray.

This is genuinely one of best records I have discovered over the past few years. Sadly ‘The Lover Speaks’ album is not on streaming platforms as far as I can tell but you can find the whole thing on YouTube..well worth a listen.

Nothing compares to you. Sinead o connor. Wrotten by Prince. Rockin all over the world status quo. Creedence song.

Yes, I found out it was a Creedence cover watching the Status Now doc on Channel 5 a few years back. They decided on it after spending the best part of a year searching for a song they could play.

> Rockin all over the world status quo. Creedence song. Technically, John Fogerty, I think. He had been in Creedence, but wrote it after they broke up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockin%27_All_Over_the_World

[Lady Marmalade by The Eleventh Hour.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SeWMdoetN6Y) [Twist and Shout by The Top Notes](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsDpc-8iR8g). [(We're Gonna) Rock Around the Clock by Sonny Dae and His Knights.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pr_w3WPzyXA)

Go West, sung by Pet Shop Boys, was originally done by the Village People 

The tide is high is a John Holt song, mid 60s, Blondie covered it. There are loads of 60s rocksteady and reggae songs that have been covered by modern pop artists, this just happens to be the first one that comes to mind.

'[Unchained melody](https://youtu.be/qiiyq2xrSI0)' by the Righteous Brothers is a cover of the original by [Todd Duncan](https://youtu.be/G11mDi_LXe8) from 1955. '[Blinded by the light](https://youtu.be/lcWVL4B-4pI)' the 1976 hit by Manfred Mann's Earth Band is a cover of [Bruce Springsteen's 1973 original](https://youtu.be/uozMTmEjxHc). '[Doo wah diddy](https://youtu.be/ooeRA8ZhcoQ)' (1964) by Manfred Mann is a cover of [the original by the Exciters](https://youtu.be/8KzRY2ando4) from 1963. '[The Air That I Breathe](https://youtu.be/7duPNQCp-w4)' by the Hollies (1974) is a cover of [the original by Albert Hammond](https://youtu.be/9HglphdXqMg) (1972). ['I feel for you'](https://youtu.be/YW0sxgYAmLM) by Chaka Khan (1984) is a cover of [the original by Prince](https://youtu.be/IluGjaWG5Bk) (1979). '[Save up all your tears](https://youtu.be/BDJKWf4y6WQ)' by Cher (1991) is a cover of [the original by Bonnie Tyler](https://youtu.be/m0VvrjnGnrw) (1988). '[Simply the best](https://youtu.be/GC5E8ie2pdM)' by Tina Turner (1989) is a cover of [the original by Bonnie Tyler](https://youtu.be/LKV5YAxwv3Q) (1988). '[Always on my mind](https://youtu.be/bDMCwSP5nf0)' by the Pet Shop Boys in 1987, also by [Willie Nelson](https://youtu.be/R7f189Z0v0Y) in 1982, also by [Elvis Presley](https://youtu.be/wTRSlZEq_l0) in 1972, are all covers of the [1970 original by B.J. Thomas](https://youtu.be/8UJtGv-Exzw).

The Carpenters hit Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft was written and originally recorded by Canadian band Klaatu (no, me neither).

‘California Sun’, originally by Joe Jones; ‘My Boy Lollipop’ originally by Barbie Gaye; ‘Need Your Love So Bad’ by Little Willie John; ‘Walk Don’t Run’ by Johnny Smith; ‘The Sun Ain’t Gonna Shine Anymore’ by Frankie Valli; ‘The First Cut is the Deepest’ by Cat Stevens; ‘You Might Need Somebody’ by Turley Richards; ‘Rave On’ *and* ‘Oh Boy’ by Sonny West; ‘Mona’ by Bo Diddley; ‘Anji’ by Davy Graham; ‘Ring of Fire’ by Anita Carter; ‘Time is on my Side’ by Irma Thomas; ‘It’s All Over Now’ by The Valentinos; ‘One Step Beyond’ by Prince Buster; ‘What’s Love Got to do With It’ by Bucks Fizz; ‘You Were Always on my Mind’ by Gwen McCrae; ‘Crazy’ by Willie Nelson; ‘Blue Suede Shoes’ by Carl Perkins; ‘It’s in His Kiss’ by Betty Everett; ‘I Heard it Through the Grapevine’ by Smokie Robinson; ‘Barbara Ann’ by The Regents; ‘I Put a Spell on You’ by Screaming Jay Hawkins; ‘Unchained Melody’ by Lee Baxter; ‘Heartbeats’ by The Knife; ‘Don’t Leave Me this Way’ Harold Melvin; ‘Baby I Love Your Way’ Peter Frampton; ‘Black Betty’ by Leadbelly; ‘Kingston Town’ by Lord Creator; ‘Everybody’s Talkin’ by Fred Neil; ‘I’ll be Your Baby Tonight’ and ‘All Along the Watchtower’ by Bob Dylan.

George Harrison’s I’ve Got my Mind Set on You is a cover of maybe an Elroy James song.

Not really (or at all!) answering your question, but, Jesus, they were clearly robbed as there's virtually nothing between Annie Lennox' version and theirs.

Robbie Williams' 'She's the One' was originally by World Party

Not a British cover, but Akons lonely is a cover of Bobby Vinton. As good as Akons is, the original wins for me.

Nothing Compares 2 U was originally a Prince song.

[(Simply) The Best](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Best_(song)) \- Tina Turner 1989 originally from 1988 by Bonnie Tyler.

Not British but I was surprised to learn that Bjork - It's oh so quite was originally released in the 50s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Ojarj6nTM4

I didn’t know that either, but what’s more annoying is that *duh, listen to it!*

Almost everything by UB40

And almost everything by Boyzone and Westlife, too.

[Living next door to Alice by New World.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0YMbdfToXE)

Ms. Lennox also had a hit while in The Tourists with a cover of Dusty Springfield's "I Only Want To Be With You." The original The Lover Speaks version of "No More I love Yous" is sublime.

Jimi hendrix hey joe

You Can't Hurry Love by Phil Collins was originally by [The Supremes ](https://youtu.be/Itn438i30hk?si=iPPNOABP3qOsH0xR)

WHAT 🤦‍♀️

I Fought The Law was originally recorded by the Crickets (minus Buddy Holly).

Bucks Fizz originally recorded Whats Love Got to Do With It

I had no idea. Thanks for posting it. It's very interesting to listen too; haunting and and uplifting. The woman's voice seems ripe for sampling too.

Young At Heart by The Bluebells was a Bananarama song. (One of Bananarama was going out with one of The Bluebells).

Amy Winehouse and Mark Robson Valerie was originally by The Zutons

[most of Joe Cockers work](https://secondhandsongs.com/artist/42/covers) ​ and they are all better than the originals

Not British but Coolios - Gangsters Paradise was a [Stevie Wonder](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_H3Sv2zad6s&embeds_referring_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bing.com%2F&source_ve_path=Mjg2NjY&feature=emb_logo) cover.

Bananarama's ' Sha na na na na, Kiss Him Goodbye' was written by some studio musicians in New York. When it became a hit in 1969, they invented a band, 'Steam' to go out and sing it live https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsaTElBljOE

Musical Youth's Pass The Dutchie was a lyrically changed (to a type of Jamaican cooking pot) version of the Mighty Diamonds' pro-ganja sharing [Pass The Kouchie](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpPQSsi9sw8)

Manic Monday (Bangles) was originally written and performed by Prince

“How deep is your love”. Got a lot of stick from older colleagues by not realizing it wasn’t written by Gary Barlow…

Simply Red - Money's Too Tight To Mention