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1. “How Deep Is Your Love” Take That
This is a very interesting music video and rendition of one of the Bee Gee’s most famous songs. This version spent 3 weeks at #1 on the UK charts in the mid 90’s.
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2. “Black Betty” Tom Jones
The song was originally made popular by the band Ram Jam in the 70’s. Tom Jones turned it into this crazy dance song in 2002. It was a big dance hit in Italy.
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3. “This Love” Big Bang
Big Bang is a Korean rap group. They covered Maroon 5’s “This Love” as their first single from their 2006 EP. It went top 10 there.
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4. “Freak Like Me” Sugababes
One of my favorite songs from the 90’s. Freak Like Me was a originally a big hit for Adina Howard. It went to #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1995. The British girl group, Sugababes, covered the song in 2002. It went # 1 in the UK, #2 in Ireland, and #4 in Norway.
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5. “You Raise Me Up” Lena Park
You obviously know the Josh Groban version, but this is a version by Korean singer Lena Park. It was the opening for a popular anime series called “Romeo x Juliet.”
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6. “Walk This Way” Girls Aloud vs. Sugababes
UK girl groups Girls Aloud and Sugababes recorded this song in 2007 for a fundraiser. The song went number 1 in March of that same year.
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7. “It’s Raining Men” Geri Haliwell
What a perfect song for an ex-Spice Girl to sing. This song went number 1 in the UK, France, Italy, Ireland, Malaysia, and Hungary. It went top 5 just about everywhere else.
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8. “Spirit In The Sky” Gareth Gates
Gareth Gates was the winner of Pop Idol in the UK. It spent 2 weeks at number one there in 2003.
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9. “A Moment Like This” Leona Lewis
X-Factor winner Leona Lewis spent 3 weeks at #1 on the UK charts with her cover of this Kelly Clarkson song. I had no idea.
9 Popular Cover Songs You’ve Probably Never Heard Of
All of these songs have these 4 things in common: 1. The original song was a big hit in the US. 2. They were covered by other singers/bands. 3. You probably haven’t heard the covers because they weren’t released state-side. And 4. They were really big hits in the countries where they were released. Check them out. Take That’s “How Deep is Your Love” is especially interesting.
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PauperPrincess 3 weeks agoHow Deep is Your Love and Black Betty had to be released stateside because I’ve heard them both on the radio.
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- kandlej 9 Popular Cover Songs You've Probably... and thinks it’s Win
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- stevephengb thinks 9 Popular Cover Songs You've Probably... is Win
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Tara Marie 3 years agoI couldn’t finish the ‘Walk This Way’ remake, it just sounded terrible to me.
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PauperPrincess 3 years agoLove the Fame/Flashdance Montage, Geri. Someone stayed up too late watching kitchy 80s movies.
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- Jess 9 Popular Cover Songs You've Probably...
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ashley shelton 3 years agoThe music in #4 is “are your friends electric” by gary numan. cover mash-up madness.
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- Lo thinks 9 Popular Cover Songs You've Probably... is LOL
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Nancy Johnston 3 years agoI couldn’t even watch most of these all the way through. Tom Jones was especially scary/funny. “TJ?” Really? Maybe we can just call him T.Jo instead. That was cool 10 years ago, right?
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Sean Martin 3 years agoGareth Gates may be a mediocre singer, but the video is a howl. Love it love it love it.
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Natalie Clegg 3 years agogirls aloud, sugababes,take that and leona lewis are all very popular in the UK, and they are not to be made fun of!
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