# help me think of covers of Beatles songs **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 9, 2006, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-think-of-covers-of-beatles-songs/375779 "2006-10-09T04:26:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2006, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-think-of-covers-of-beatles-songs/375779/21 "2006-10-09T14:26:42Z")
Aerosmith - “I’m Down” Phil Collins - “Tomorrow Never Knows” Guadalcanal Diary - “And Your Bird Can Sing” ---
**Author:** ![look\_ninjas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b2d939/32.png) [@look\_ninjas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/look_ninjas)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2006, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-think-of-covers-of-beatles-songs/375779/22 "2006-10-09T15:42:37Z")
[QUOTE=Enginerd] Siouxsie and the Banshees did a pretty good cover of _Dear Prudence_. [/QUOTE] They also do a good “Helter Skelter.” ---
**Author:** ![One\_And\_Only\_Wanderers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/838e76/32.png) [@One\_And\_Only\_Wanderers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/One_And_Only_Wanderers)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2006, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-think-of-covers-of-beatles-songs/375779/23 "2006-10-09T15:45:36Z")
“With a little help from my friends” was also covered by Wet Wet Wet as a comic relief number in the 90’s ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2006, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-think-of-covers-of-beatles-songs/375779/24 "2006-10-09T16:17:23Z")
“Every Little Thing” as done by **Yes** Anything from the _McLemore Avenue_ album (covers of songs from _Abbey Road_) by **Booker T & the MGs** ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2006, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-think-of-covers-of-beatles-songs/375779/25 "2006-10-09T17:35:10Z")
> [@](#): > > They also do a good “Helter Skelter.” Pat Benetar also covered “Helter Skelter”. Sting has covered “A Day in the Life” in concert. Barnes and Barnes (of “Fishheads” fame) has covered “Please Please Me”. There’s an album _This Bird Has Flown: A 40th Anniversary Tribute to the Beatles’ Rubber Soul_ in which various artists cover all the songs on _Rubber Soul_. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2006, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-think-of-covers-of-beatles-songs/375779/26 "2006-10-09T17:48:33Z")
U2 covers Helter Skelter on Rattle and Hum. ---
**Author:** ![TristramAiblins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ea5d25/32.png) [@TristramAiblins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TristramAiblins)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2006, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-think-of-covers-of-beatles-songs/375779/27 "2006-10-09T17:59:24Z")
Kansas did a rockier version of “Eleanor Rigby” ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2006, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-think-of-covers-of-beatles-songs/375779/28 "2006-10-09T18:15:04Z")
**Ray Charles** - **“Yesterday”** Also, **Jerry Lee Lewis** has a cover of **“I Saw Her Standing There”** on his new [Last Man Standing](http://www.amazon.com/Last-Man-Standing-Jerry-Lewis/dp/B000GRUQYW/sr=8-1/qid=1160417604/ref=pd_bbs_1/002-1733779-4624832?ie=UTF8&s=music) CD. ---
**Author:** ![want2know](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@want2know](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2know)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2006, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-think-of-covers-of-beatles-songs/375779/29 "2006-10-09T18:15:15Z")
**Aretha Franklin** also did a great cover of “Eleanor Rigby” Do the covers on **The Concert for George** count, even though McCartney played on them? _ **showing age** _ And didn’t **Mrs Miller** do a couple of covers in the 60’s? [All This and World War II](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0132679/) Far superior soundtrack to the Sgt. Pepper movie, IMHO! ---
**Author:** ![GargoyleWB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gargoylewb/32/199_2.png) [@GargoyleWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GargoyleWB)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2006, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-think-of-covers-of-beatles-songs/375779/30 "2006-10-09T18:29:13Z")
“Tomorrow Never Knows” by Mission UK “Tomorrow Never Knows” by Danielle Dax both of which are excellent uniquely done covers. ---
**Author:** ![ddgryphon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8c91f0/32.png) [@ddgryphon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ddgryphon)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2006, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-think-of-covers-of-beatles-songs/375779/31 "2006-10-09T19:42:15Z")
Hey, Bulldog by Fanny ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2006, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-think-of-covers-of-beatles-songs/375779/32 "2006-10-09T20:01:07Z")
**Nan Vernon** does a wonderful cover of “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” on her album Manta Ray. I can get you the mp3 if you want. **Sheila Chandra and Monsoon** do a great Indian-flavored version of “Tomorrow Never Knows.” I can get you that too. I can get you the **Siouxie** tracks and the **Danielle Dax** track previously mentioned (yay!) too if you’re interested. ---
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[QUOTE=Little Nemo] Pat Benetar also covered “Helter Skelter”. [/QUOTE] Ok, that’s just weird. Then again, she did cover Kate Bush’s “Wuthering Heights” and it’s not too bad either. Speaking of Kate, she performed “The Long and Winding Road” and another Beatles song I can’t remember while in Japan in 1979 (I think). ---
**Author:** ![stanger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7ba0ec/32.png) [@stanger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stanger)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2006, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-think-of-covers-of-beatles-songs/375779/34 "2006-10-09T20:09:34Z")
Bananarama did a pretty good version of **Help!**. They also did a long version in which they clowned around a bit, so I recommend the regular version. ---
**Author:** ![Scissorjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@Scissorjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scissorjack)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2006, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-think-of-covers-of-beatles-songs/375779/35 "2006-10-09T20:15:06Z")
Cheap Trick do a great spooky/menacing “Magical Mystery Tour”. ---
**Author:** ![ddgryphon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8c91f0/32.png) [@ddgryphon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ddgryphon)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2006, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-think-of-covers-of-beatles-songs/375779/36 "2006-10-09T20:22:27Z")
Big Daddy did a version of “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” (the whole album) as if it had been released in the 50’s. The cover of “Within you, Without You” as a beat poet night is actually brilliant. The whole thing is fun. ---
**Author:** ![malkavia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malkavia/32/5621_2.png) [@malkavia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/malkavia)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2006, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-think-of-covers-of-beatles-songs/375779/37 "2006-10-09T20:45:31Z")
_Me First and the Gimme Gimme’s_ have punk covers of \*\*Strawberry Fields Forever \*\* and **All My Loving**. ---
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Doodles Weaver – _Eleanor Rigby_ Bobby McFerrin – _Blackbird_ Michael Buble – _Can’t Buy Me Love_ All three are very listenable variations. ---
**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2006, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-think-of-covers-of-beatles-songs/375779/39 "2006-10-09T21:15:15Z")
[QUOTE=Little Nemo] There’s an album _This Bird Has Flown: A 40th Anniversary Tribute to the Beatles’ Rubber Soul_ in which various artists cover all the songs on _Rubber Soul_. [/QUOTE] That’s a pretty good set. Mindy Smith’s version of “The Word” is nice. Fiery Furnaces’ take on “Norwegian Wood” is … well, perhaps you should just hear it yourself. Stevie Wonder’s version of “We Can Work It Out” is great, and Otis Redding’s “Day Tripper” is quite crazed, but brilliant. Tones on Tail did a good “Day Tripper” as well. A nice recent find is Mia Doi Todd’s “Norwegian Wood.” Slightly jazzy, but very good, with a powerful introspective quality that that song should have. Bob Dylan’s version of “Yesterday” is not recommended. ---
**Author:** ![rayh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e79b87/32.png) [@rayh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rayh)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2006, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-think-of-covers-of-beatles-songs/375779/40 "2006-10-09T21:15:57Z")
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