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Covering T.Rex's "20th Century Boy" from 1973! Ty Segall released the 12" "Ty-Rex" and 7" "Ty-Rex II" EPs as Record Store Days in 2011 and 2013, respectively -- each of them featuring covers of songs written by Marc Bolan for T.Rex. Segall re-released these covers in 2015 and Pitchfork reviewed them, calling them one of the few RSD exclusives worth the lines -- pitchfork.com

Covering The Smiths' "There Is a Light That Never Goes Out" from 1986's "The Queen is Dead"! The Canadian music blog My Life in Music Lists called this one of the best 100 covers ever: "Their version is bigger, brasher, and faster. The arrangements are the same but the sound is completely different. There are noisy guitars and heavy-footed bass drumming, and Dee Dee’s vocals are exuberant and thrilling in the pure emotion created by fresh love." tinyurl.com

Covering James' "Laid" from the 1993 album of the same name! The (now-disbanded) Pains of Being Pure at Heart -- his EP also features a cover of Felt's "Ballad of the Band" www.thepainsofbeingpureatheart.com

Covering Al Green's iconic 1974 song that he co-wrote with Teenie Hodges -- the original was ranked by Rolling Stone as one of the greatet songs of all time Talking Heads recorded this track in the Bahamas with co-producer Brian Eno in 1978; something was in he water in '78, as Levon Helm and Bryan Ferry also recorded their own solo covers that year

Covering Nancy Sinatra' essential 1966 hit! From 2014's "Content Nausea" -- and has also been covered by Loretta Lynn and Planet Funk, among others Seattle's Light In The Attic Records has been re-releasing Nancy Sinatra's epic catalogue, including this album and others with Lee Hazlewood, using the original analog masters -- find them and more at www.nancysinatra.com

Covering Osvaldo Farrés' 1947 "Quizás, quizás, quizás" Farrés was a Cuban songwriter and composer who could not read or write music, but wrote songs that became worldwide hits for stars from Doris Day and Nat King Cole to Charlie Haden and many others. This song has performed by artists from Bobby Capó to Bing Crosby, and Celia Cruz to Samantha Fox

Covering Joy Division's famous 1980 single -- by request from Nina! Get this for Bandcamp Friday! hot8brassband.bandcamp.com Here is Hot 8 Brass Band covering "Love Will Tear Us Apart" live in the KEXP studio in 2019: youtu.be The Hot 8 Brass Band recorded a lockdown version of "Love Will Tear Us Apart" for the Jazz Foundation Musicians' Emergency Fund Concert. Check it out: bit.ly

[during air break] Instrumental cover of the 1994 Wu-Tang song "C.R.E.A.M." (Cash Rules Everything Around Me) The "Fallin' Off the Reel" collections bring every limited-edition Truth & Soul 45 -- normally released in strictly limited editions -- together on compilations for those of us too slow on the trigger to get the 45s! Get this for Bandcamp Friday: elmichelsaffair.bandcamp.com

Covering The Zutons' 2006 song from "Tired of Hanging Around" The song was inspired by an American friend of lead singer Dave McCabe who was in trouble for DWI -- Mark Ronson teamed up with Amy Winehouse for this super popular cover that has all but replaced the original.

Covering the 1965 Beatles song, originally released as a "double A-sided" single along with "Day Tripper" "The Greatest Beatles Cover Is Stevie Wonder’s “We Can Work It Out.” He may be the only musician to play a Beatles song better than the Beatles." Bold statement from Slate. Read the full article here: bit.ly

Covering Pink Floyd from 1973's little-known album "The Dark Side of the Moon", not sure if you've heard of it The full name of this album of covers is "The Flaming Lips and Stardeath and White Dwarfs with Henry Rollins and Peaches Doing The Dark Side of the Moon" which kind of says it all

Covering the 1971 classic from Funkadelic's "Maggot Brain" Brittany Howard performed live in the KEXP studio in 2019: youtu.be. Bandcamp Friday! brittanyhoward.bandcamp.com

Covering Betty Hutton's 1951 song -- in turn, covering Horst Winter's 1948 "Und jetzt ist es still" Björk (Record Collector, August 2002 taken from Björk.com): "It was sort of a joke really. It was a song Guy Sigsworth used to play on the bus when we were touring. Ever since, I almost regret doing it because I wanted to put so much importance on making new music. So many people are doing old music and you've even got new bands doing old music. If I put something out in this world, it would be the courage to go ahead and invent things, so it's ironic 'It's Oh So Quiet' became my biggest song. The best bit was the video." -- youtu.be

Covering 1995's "Army of Me" from Björk’s legendary "Post" album Julia Jacklin teamed up with fellow Australian band RVG for this haunting, shoegazey cover: youtu.be "I just love Björk and I love RVG. I was running on a treadmill which I don’t do very often and I was listening to “Army of Me” over and over again to make me feel stronger than I am. Then I thought why not try and cover this song with another artist that makes me feel stronger than I am and I did! Was a good musical punch in the face to wake me up from a year of living a very small quiet life. RVG are one of my favourite bands in the whole world and it was just a real blessing to spend some time with them making music." Bandcamp Friday! juliajacklin.bandcamp.com

Covering the 1983 single from Afrika Bambaataa & Soulsonic Force! This cover blends in callouts to "Apache" by the Incredible Bongo Band and riffs from "Gonna Raise Hell" by Cheap Trick! The music video includes montages of multiple civil rights heroes, from Sitting Bull and MLK Jr to Malcolm X and Paul Robeson -- youtu.be

Covering the 1967 song by The Doors! British group Echo & the Bunnymen covere this for the soundtrack to the 1987 sleeper hit "The Lost Boys"; it was produced by the Doors' Ray Manzarek

Covering the 1988 dream pop epic by The Church! "The Time is Now" was a compilation album created to benefit The Foundation for AIDS Research (@amFAR); it included 80s covers by DNCE, Phantogram, Dita von Teese, Sugar for Sugar with Scarlett Johansson, and many more -- read all about it: tinyurl.com

The song that inspired this show! San Francisco band Geographer covering New Order's 1983 "Age of Consent" from "Power, Corruption & Lies" Enjoy the stripped down version of "Age of Consent": youtu.be Bandcamp Friday: rcgeographer.bandcamp.com Enjoy the stripped down version of "Age of Consent": youtu.be rcgeographer.bandcamp.com

Covering Tears for Fears from the 1985 "Songs from the Big Chair"! Get you some Bandcamp Friday Brothertiger: reimaginemusic.bandcamp.com

Covering the 2009 Animal Collective legend from "Merriweather Post Pavilion" This Tear for Fears 12" was released in 2014, with covers of Arcade Fire's "Ready to Start", Hot Chip's "And I Was a Boy from School", and this Animal Collective cover. They released the EP for Record Store Day 2014

Covering the 1993 Breeders classic from "Last Splash"! Legendary UK label 4AD celebrated their 40th anniversary with "Bills & Aches & Blues," a compilation album where current artists on the label covered songs by other artists on the label tUnE-yArDs Live on KEXP at Home from 2021: youtu.be

Covering the 1968 Beatles hit -- it's also been covered by Tori Amos, U2, Marc Ribot, World Party, and others Watch The Breeders play it live in 2013: youtu.be

Covering Lady Gaga! Playing Showbox SoDo Sunday June 12. Accompanying the 10th anniversary edition of Gaga's second album ‘Born This Way’, featuring new takes on the album’s tracks by artists who are representative of the LGBTQIA+ community. Peck said: “I am so honoured and excited to be a part of the iconic legacy of this song and album. Thank you @ladygaga for askin me and Happy Pride y’all !!” bit.ly

Queercore heroes the Gossip covering the Aaliyah megahit, “Are You That Somebody?” live in Liverpool in 2008 is a punk rock treat for everyone! (and also for jessica in seattle) Watch the music video!!! youtu.be ...and also, buy the track off their bandcamp today! gossip.bandcamp.com

Covering Nina Simone's famous 1965 live rendition of the traditional African American spiritual song -- for Secretly Canadian’s charitable series of 25th anniversary singles. All net proceeds from the track will go towards New Hope For Families, an organization aiding homeless families in the label’s hometown of Bloomington, Indiana. - bit.ly www.goosetheband.com

Devo played their cover of the Rolling Stones' "Satisfaction" for Mick Jagger before releasing it and described the experience to The New Yorker saying, “He was just looking down at the floor swirling his glass of red wine. He didn’t even have shoes on, just socks and some velour pants. He suddenly stood up and started dancing around on this Afghan rug in front of the fireplace." And that's how they knew he approved of their rendition. Read more here: bit.ly

Covering the legendary Wham! track from 1984 written by George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley, it became a huge commercial success around the world. It reached number one in nearly 25 countries, selling about 6 million copies worldwide—2 million of them in the United States. The Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio played this track as part of a Live on KEXP at Home set, hosted by John Richards, back in February 2021: youtu.be BANDCAMP FRIDAY delvonlamarrorgantrio.bandcamp.com

Covering the 1990 legend from Deee-Lite! LA DJ and producer for Jurassic 5 and others, with awesome covers and collabs with Full Crate, Bacao Rhythm & Steel Band, Jungle Fire, and much more BANDCAMP FRIDAY: djnu-mark.bandcamp.com

Covering Jay-Z from 2003! Bacao Rhythm & Steel Band are a "mysterious steel pan band" from (where else?) Hamburg, Germany. "Expansions" features covers of musicians such as Slum Village and J Dilla, Grace Jones, Ike Turner, Sylvester, Erykah Badu, and more BANDCAMP FRIDAY: bacaorhythmandsteelband.bandcamp.com

Covering the Daryl Hall and John Oates 1981 single from "Private Eyes"! LA's The Bird and the Bee have done a lot of covers and tributes, including two albums of Hall and Oates interpretations

Covering "Freedom 90" by George Michael! Chris performed this at Global Citizen Live in Paris! 'Global Citizen Live calls for action to halt climate change and for wealthy countries to deliver on the $100B climate pledge..." www.globalcitizen.org

Brandi Carlile covering "Black Hole Sun" with members of Soundgarden -- the 1994 hit Brandi first performed this with the group at the Chris Cornell tribute "I Am the Highway" in January 2019; for Record Store Day 2020 she released this collab as a 12" EP titled "A Rooster Says", along with their version of "Searching WIth My Good Eye Closed" You can now also find this collab on digital streaming services! Learn more about the release, with links to interviews where Soundgarden praises Brandi's work, at SPIN: tinyurl.com of Soundgarden -- the 1994 hit

Covering the 1967 Neil Diamong song from "Just for You"" Urge Overkill recorded this for the 1994 soundtrack to "Pulp Fiction" -- Neil Diamond, who is very protective of his songs, initially refused to let Tarantino use it because he hated the violent script bit.ly

Covering "Killing Me Softly with His Song", written in 1971 by Charles Fox with lyrics by Norman Gimbel with Lori Leiberman, made famous in 1973 by Roberta Flack This was a #1 hit for Fugees in 1996. They did a hip-hop version featuring the vocals of Lauryn Hill. The Fugees wanted to change the lyrics and make it a song about poverty and drug abuse in the inner city with the title "Killing Him Softly," but Gimbel and Fox refused. bit.ly youtu.be

Covering the 1993 Nirvana classic! Amber Mark self-produced and recorded this coverat her New York home during quarantine. She said in a press release: "People get to really see you in your most bare state and vice versa. That’s the beauty in the music I'm making right now. It's just me whipping up whatever I'm feeling." Check out her self-produced video, with more information on her COVERED-19 series: youtu.be

Covering the 1989 Pixies song from "Doolittle"! Nation of Language vocalist Ian Devaney said: “When Aidan suggested ‘Gouge Away’ I was immediately struck by how badly I wanted to rework it in our style, and the whole song mapped itself out in my head right away. I didn’t let myself listen to the original from then until it was fully recorded so I might forget certain details about it, leaving only my impression of its foundational elements – the way the quiet, unsettling verses give way to the savage choruses, the way the big transitional guitar line overwhelms you every time it happens.”

Deep Sea Diver covering this 1995 Alanis Morissette classic! Damien Jurado is also featured on vocals for this track. www.thisisdeepseadiver.com

(Evie said the word "Cover" 61 times today!) Takudzwa Victoria Rosa "Tkay" Maidza is a Zimbabwean-born Australian singer-songwriter and rapper. Her cover of this Pixies track was released as part of a compilation record titled Bills & Aches & Blues, a release featuring covers of 4AD artists covering other 4AD artists. 4ad.com

Jorja Smith's reimagining of St. Germain's "Rose Rouge" features a music video that supported the 2020 BLM protests throughout the globe: youtu.be

Is it a cover if you wrote the damn thing? Remixed by King Most!