Can you pick the cover versions from the listed artist/song combinations?

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Was That Song a Cover? Quiz

by citkeane

Created Oct 9, 2012 in Music
Featured Nov 16, 2012
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	barnztormre:	Nov 16th, 2012 at 15:10 GMT		24 points
	Cash may have covered "Hurt", but he perfected it. Just ask Trent Reznor.

	Tumorbane:	Nov 16th, 2012 at 15:36 GMT		1 point
	How about Earth, Wind, & Fire's cover of "Got to Get You Into My Life?" Hmm. Probably too easy. Elvis's cover of "Blue Suede Shoes" also a classic.

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	joe_in_indy:	Nov 16th, 2012 at 16:07 GMT		1 point
	How about Santana's cover of "Black Magic Woman"? A signature tune that's actually a cover.

	hibernia:	Nov 16th, 2012 at 16:11 GMT		1 point
	@Triffid (from archived comments) - I assume the version of "Heroes" that is being referred to here is the Wallflowers cover of the Bowie song.

	DesertSpartan:	Nov 16th, 2012 at 16:16 GMT		2 points
	Girls Just Want to Have Fun was written by Robert Hazard, but never released before Cyndi Lauper. While the song made Lauper's career, it may have hurt Hazard's. He had an EP with some pretty good songs including Escalator of Life and was considered for the local band to kick off Live Aid in Philly, which would have almost certainly generated big sales for him. Rumour was because Girls was such a huge hit, they chose the Hooters instead. Hazard died without any real success as an artist.

	guide:	Nov 16th, 2012 at 16:17 GMT		1 point
	Thanks for the "Black Magic Woman" suggestion. I actually swapped that in because one of the prior answers was a little problematic.

	rockgolf:	Nov 16th, 2012 at 16:53 GMT		18 points
	And for the curious, here's the original acts: Madonna - American Pie / Don McLean William Shatner - Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds / The Beatles Run DMC - Walk This Way / Aerosmith Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah / Leonard Cohen Counting Crows - Big Yellow Taxi / Joni Mitchell Whitney Houston - I Will Always Love You / Dolly Parton Jimi Hendrix - All Along the Watchtower / Bob Dylan Johnny Cash - Hurt / Nine Inch Nails The Clash - I Fought the Law / Bobby Fuller Four The Animals - The House of the Rising Sun / oldest existing recording is Clarence "Tom" Ashley (1934) James Taylor - You've Got a Friend / Carole King Linda Rondstadt - Blue Bayou / Roy Orbison Soft Cell - Tainted Love / Gloria Jones Elvis Presley - Hound Dog / Big Mama Thonrton Sinead O' Connor - Nothing Compare 2 U / The Family Joan Jett - I Love Rock and Roll / Arrows All Saints - Lady Marmalade / La Belle Aretha Franklin - Respect / Otis Redding Natalie Imbruglia - Torn / Ednaswap Toni Basil - Mickey / Racey (with the title "Kitty") Santana - Black Magic Woman / Fleetwood Mac

	Ulkomaalainen:	Nov 16th, 2012 at 16:54 GMT		8 points
	@paulie: I'd say not too old, too young. Whoever thinks that Madonna may have been the original singer of American Pie certainly would be. I mean some of the originals were pretty obscure, but American Pie always was huge. Similar to Mariah Careys version of Harry Nilsson's Without You which was pretty big itself. And also a cover version itself of Badfinger's original.

	tinmen:	Nov 16th, 2012 at 16:55 GMT		0 points
	I sure hope the original "mickey" wasn't as annoying as the remake

	Margann:	Nov 16th, 2012 at 17:13 GMT		4 points
	Wasn't the original version of "Nothing Compares 2 U" by Prince?

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	rockgolf:	Nov 16th, 2012 at 17:33 GMT		3 points
	@margann: Prince wrote it but The Family, like The Time, Vanity 6 and several other acts was a band that existed and had material because of Prince. He did record a version that was included in one of his "Hits" album, but it was not released until after O'Connor's cover.

	nscox:	Nov 16th, 2012 at 18:21 GMT		0 points
	Fun quiz. It would be a great one to do a sequel for. Some suggestions: Cream - Crossroads, Deep Purple - Hush, Guns N Roses - Live and Let Die, The Kingsmen - Louie Louie, The Rolling Stones - Little Red Rooster, CCR - Susie Q, April Wine - Bad Side of the Moon, Metallica - Am I Evil?, The Byrds - Mr. Tamborine Man, Red Hot Chili Peppers - Higher Ground.

	david6k:	Nov 16th, 2012 at 18:52 GMT		1 point
	Agree that it's an excellent idea for a quiz. Could even be a great audio quiz. Other ideas for a sequel or sequels: Bangles - Hazy Shade of Winter; Joe Cocker - With A Little Help From My Friends, Feelin' Alright, many others; Beatles - Twist & Shout, many others; Eric Clapton - I Shot The Sheriff, Cocaine; Bonnie Raitt or Dixie Chicks - Love Me Like A Man; Manfred Mann - Do Wah Diddy Diddy; The Troggs or Jimi Hendrix - Wild Thing; Otis Redding - Try A Little Tenderness; Fats Domino - Blueberry Hill; UB40 - Red Red Wine; Roberta Flack - Killing Me Softly; Ike & Tina Turner - Proud Mary.

	Chocolatl:	Nov 16th, 2012 at 19:24 GMT		5 points
	The original recording of "I Fought the Law" was by the Crickets, not the Bobby Fuller Four.

	rockgolf:	Nov 16th, 2012 at 20:06 GMT		0 points
	@Chocolatl: I did not know that! You're correct.

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	Den:	Nov 17th, 2012 at 01:15 GMT		6 points
	I disagree with Trent Reznor and everyone else that Johnny Cash perfected "Hurt." Reznor's original is just as raw and powerful as Cash's version, and comes at the end of a masterpiece of an album. I saw him sing it in concert twice and it was a mind-blowing experience both times.

	BeatlesGalMeow:	Nov 17th, 2012 at 03:17 GMT		2 points
	But Katy Perry did steal the title from The Beach Boys, possibly from someone before them.

	churchgeek:	Nov 17th, 2012 at 07:19 GMT		3 points
	barnztormre: I have a friend who described "Hurt" as "the song the Holy Spirit inspired Trent Reznor to write so Johnny Cash could sing it." :D I absolutely agree Cash perfected it. That doesn't mean NIN's version isn't good. I can imagine, as Den says, that it would have been really cool live.

	Ulkomaalainen:	Nov 17th, 2012 at 08:34 GMT		0 points
	@BeatlesGalMeow: Well, how many songs are out there called "Without You"? "Waterline"? Titles sometimes do repeat without calling it "stealing". Admittedly "Revolution #9" would be a different matter, but "California Girls" is quite generic.

	deltaXkila:	Nov 19th, 2012 at 12:52 GMT		0 points
	I was confused. I thought it meant pick the original versions.

	jdreyfuss:	Nov 26th, 2012 at 21:44 GMT		1 point
	I knew Joan Jett covered "I Love Rock 'N Roll," but I didn't know someone did it before the Runaways. Of course, since Joan Jett sang it when the Runaways recorded it, her solo version might not be considered a cover but for the earlier version.