# Favourite covers of Beatles songs **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 21, 2012, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-covers-of-beatles-songs/619540 "2012-04-21T22:40:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Eonwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eonwe/32/240_2.png) [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2012, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-covers-of-beatles-songs/619540/41 "2012-04-23T18:05:21Z")
I can’t stop listeing to [Brad Mehldau’s version of _She’s Leaving Home_](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjQe8u6OwOM). And, though it’s George Harrison solo, and not the Beatles, another favorite is [Nina Simone’s version of _Isn’t It A Pity_](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLn3FT9BsRs). ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2012, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-covers-of-beatles-songs/619540/42 "2012-04-23T18:28:28Z")
> [@Lust4Life](#): > > Flying Lizards -Money. > Excellent . /nitpick - I love the Flying Lizard cover but The Beatles version is a cover of Barret Strong’s 1959 original hit. [U2’s cover of Helter Skelter](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2hTBVDx7QQ)is OK, but I really love [Motley Crue’s version](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2dO619pSPo), it just has a great post-punk metal sound. ---
**Author:** ![Ceejaytee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ceejaytee/32/2956_2.png) [@Ceejaytee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ceejaytee)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2012, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-covers-of-beatles-songs/619540/43 "2012-04-23T19:04:15Z")
[We Can Work It Out](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zB24z00ajU4) by Stevie Wonder. ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2012, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-covers-of-beatles-songs/619540/44 "2012-04-23T19:04:41Z")
[“Every Little Thing”](http://www.allmusic.com/song/every-little-thing-t2005492) by Yes. And [“I’m Looking Through You”](http://www.allmusic.com/song/im-looking-through-you-t1224870) by Steve Earle. ---
**Author:** ![Purd\_Werfect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e47c2d/32.png) [@Purd\_Werfect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Purd_Werfect)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2012, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-covers-of-beatles-songs/619540/45 "2012-04-23T19:20:37Z")
[And I Love Her](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZj741_WNb0) done by a very young pre-reggae superstar Bob Marley. The horns handling George Harrison’s awesome hook just slay me. [Elliot Smith doing Because](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvSdFr3niQM). One of my all time favorite musical acts covering one my all time favorite musical acts. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2012, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-covers-of-beatles-songs/619540/46 "2012-04-23T19:46:33Z")
“And Your Bird Can Sing” by Guadalcanal Diary ---
**Author:** ![california\_jobcase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@california\_jobcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/california_jobcase)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2012, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-covers-of-beatles-songs/619540/47 "2012-04-23T21:04:32Z")
_Baby It’s You_ was covered by the Beatles, but Smith covered it better- [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAJIfSS0RO8) ---
**Author:** ![kevja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/aeb1de/32.png) [@kevja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kevja)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2012, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-covers-of-beatles-songs/619540/48 "2012-04-24T00:05:32Z")
James Taylor - Day Tripper Art Garfunkel - I Will Emmylou Harris - For No One One Direction - All You Need Is Love 😃 Rufus, Moby, & Sean Lennon - Across The Universe The Carpenters - Ticket To Ride In My Life - Judy Collins Chikezie - She’s A Woman Spookey Tooth - I Am The Walrus Lil Wayne - Help ---
**Author:** ![Trepa\_Mayfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/edb3f5/32.png) [@Trepa\_Mayfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trepa_Mayfield)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2012, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-covers-of-beatles-songs/619540/49 "2012-04-24T01:05:33Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > I’ll throw [this](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5ioD3KcVSE) out for the 100th time. I never get tired of it. I’m not sure if that’s wonderful or horrible, but it is amazing. [This](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-yy2URAYqU)\*, on the other hand, is sublime: terrible in every way, yet transfixing in its awfulness. \*William Shatner’s Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds ---
**Author:** ![Ulfreida](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ulfreida/32/8014_2.png) [@Ulfreida](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulfreida)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2012, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-covers-of-beatles-songs/619540/50 "2012-04-24T02:01:34Z")
[Working Class Hero](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3N_rNz2oAGA) Marianne Faithfull I think this is the definitive version, myself. ---
**Author:** ![Shakester](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shakester/32/437_2.png) [@Shakester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shakester)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2012, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-covers-of-beatles-songs/619540/51 "2012-04-24T02:15:28Z")
> [@Ulfreida](#): > > [Working Class Hero](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3N_rNz2oAGA) Marianne Faithfull > > I think this is the definitive version, myself. Not a Beatles song, unless you stretch the definition to include songs by **ex** -Beatles. ---
**Author:** ![Shakester](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shakester/32/437_2.png) [@Shakester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shakester)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2012, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-covers-of-beatles-songs/619540/52 "2012-04-24T02:17:13Z")
> [@Sparky812](#): > > /nitpick - I love the Flying Lizard cover but The Beatles version is a cover of Barret Strong’s 1959 original hit. As I pointed out back in [post 26](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=14991443&postcount=26). ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2012, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-covers-of-beatles-songs/619540/53 "2012-04-24T02:22:32Z")
[“Come Together” by the Hubos](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMQLX-aw_dc). ---
**Author:** ![Ulfreida](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ulfreida/32/8014_2.png) [@Ulfreida](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulfreida)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2012, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-covers-of-beatles-songs/619540/54 "2012-04-24T03:25:00Z")
> [@Shakester](#): > > Not a Beatles song, unless you stretch the definition to include songs by **ex** -Beatles. well, okay. Still one of my favorite covers. ---
**Author:** ![california\_jobcase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@california\_jobcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/california_jobcase)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2012, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-covers-of-beatles-songs/619540/55 "2012-04-24T04:03:52Z")
Cheap Trick used to do a fine live version of\* Day Tripper\*. I’m surprised no one’s mentioned it yet. ---
**Author:** ![Eonwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eonwe/32/240_2.png) [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2012, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-covers-of-beatles-songs/619540/56 "2012-04-24T14:13:19Z")
Ah, almost forgot: [Vanilla Fudge’s _Ticket To Ride_](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpkXMSvwmZw). ---
**Author:** ![handsomeharry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9c0ed/32.png) [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2012, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-covers-of-beatles-songs/619540/57 "2012-04-24T19:32:30Z")
Greatest cover ever: Joe Cocker, With a Little Help from my Friends [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WO7l_v3k11Q) ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2012, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-covers-of-beatles-songs/619540/58 "2012-04-24T19:56:17Z")
> [@california\_jobcase](#): > > Cheap Trick used to do a fine live version of\* Day Tripper\*. I’m surprised no one’s mentioned it yet. They did a pretty decent version of the whole of Sgt. Pepper too. I like [Robyn Hitchcock’s version](http://fringeelephant.blogspot.com/2009/11/robyn-hitchcock-plays-sgt-pepper.html)better though, mostly because of the between-song banter. ---
**Author:** ![Winnie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e480ec/32.png) [@Winnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winnie)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2012, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-covers-of-beatles-songs/619540/59 "2012-04-24T21:33:27Z")
> [@Ceejaytee](#): > > [We Can Work It Out](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zB24z00ajU4) by Stevie Wonder. Hells yeah. That song BELONGS to Stevie in this version. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_jeffrey_lebowski/32/215_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Jeffrey_Lebowski)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2012, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-covers-of-beatles-songs/619540/60 "2012-04-24T21:46:35Z")
[Everybody’s Got Something to Hide (Except For Me and My Monkey)](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5o1-HxaRFM) - The Feelies. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-covers-of-beatles-songs/619540.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-covers-of-beatles-songs/619540.md?page=4)