# How many songs had made to top 40 at least twice, in versions by male and female performer(s) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 23, 2014, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-songs-had-made-to-top-40-at-least-twice-in-versions-by-male-and-female-performer-s/689087 "2014-05-23T13:51:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![DChord568](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@DChord568](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DChord568)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2014, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-songs-had-made-to-top-40-at-least-twice-in-versions-by-male-and-female-performer-s/689087/21 "2014-05-23T15:16:26Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > The original only made it to #4. ETA: In the US. There is also the Girls Aloud version which made the UK top five. Apologies all around. I feel naked without my Whitburn by my side! ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2014, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-songs-had-made-to-top-40-at-least-twice-in-versions-by-male-and-female-performer-s/689087/22 "2014-05-23T15:16:41Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > “Ain’t to proud to beg” works anyway: TLC Did it make the Top 40? ETA: Ah, I think I missed a joke. It did, but it’s not a cover, it’s a different song called “Ain’t 2 Proud 2 Beg.” ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2014, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-songs-had-made-to-top-40-at-least-twice-in-versions-by-male-and-female-performer-s/689087/23 "2014-05-23T15:20:40Z")
> [@DChord568](#): > > Apologies all around. I feel naked without my Whitburn by my side! Just don’t YouTube the Girls Aloud version if you respect your musical taste. ---
**Author:** ![DChord568](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@DChord568](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DChord568)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2014, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-songs-had-made-to-top-40-at-least-twice-in-versions-by-male-and-female-performer-s/689087/24 "2014-05-23T15:20:55Z")
“Without You” – Nilsson and Mariah Carey (Neither of which have any reason to exist. The ONLY version is Badfinger’s original.) ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2014, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-songs-had-made-to-top-40-at-least-twice-in-versions-by-male-and-female-performer-s/689087/25 "2014-05-23T15:27:48Z")
Roy Orbison’s “Crying” almost makes it, if you count the duet he did with k.d. lang, and charts other than the U.S. Hot 100: - Orbison, 1961: #1 - Arlene Harden, 1970: #28 on the country chart - Stephanie Winslow, 1980: #17 on the country chart - Don McLean, 1981: #5 - Orbison and lang: #2 on the Canadian chart, #13 on the U.K. chart, #42 on the country chart ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2014, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-songs-had-made-to-top-40-at-least-twice-in-versions-by-male-and-female-performer-s/689087/26 "2014-05-23T15:28:33Z")
> [@DChord568](#): > > Apologies all around. I feel naked without my Whitburn by my side! One more thing, while checking on this (I actually didn’t think Tiffany’s version quite made #1) I came across that pair of songs on a list called “Songs you didn’t know were covers.” Come on, am I that old already? I’m not quite 40, and the original was quite well known when I was growing up. I assumed everyone knew the Tiffany version to be a cover, but I suppose I could have been hanging out with kids who were more into oldies than the average. But it wasn’t even an obscure oldie, to my recollection. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2014, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-songs-had-made-to-top-40-at-least-twice-in-versions-by-male-and-female-performer-s/689087/27 "2014-05-23T15:34:30Z")
Both Rod Stewart and Sheryl Crow have had top 40 hits in the USA with covers of Cat Stevens’ old song “The First Cut Is the Deepest.” Both the Rolling Stones and Marianne Faithful have had Top 40 singles in the USA with “As Tears Go By.” Both Simon & Garfunkel and Aretha Franklin hit the top ten with “Bridge Over Troubled Water.” Aretha and Ben E. King both ahd hits with “Spanishj Harlem” ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2014, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-songs-had-made-to-top-40-at-least-twice-in-versions-by-male-and-female-performer-s/689087/28 "2014-05-23T15:51:12Z")
Both Jackie WIlson and Rita Coolidge had big hits with “(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher.” ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2014, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-songs-had-made-to-top-40-at-least-twice-in-versions-by-male-and-female-performer-s/689087/29 "2014-05-23T16:01:45Z")
Diana Ross had a very popular cover of “Why Do Fools Fall in Love” by Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers. Anne Murray had a hit remake of The Monkees’ “Daydream Believer.” ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2014, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-songs-had-made-to-top-40-at-least-twice-in-versions-by-male-and-female-performer-s/689087/30 "2014-05-23T16:06:42Z")
When the Hollies made a comeback in the 80s, they had a top 40 hit with the Supremes’ “Stop in the Name of Love.” ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2014, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-songs-had-made-to-top-40-at-least-twice-in-versions-by-male-and-female-performer-s/689087/31 "2014-05-23T16:07:12Z")
Merrilee Rush’s “Angel of the Morning” and Shaggy’s “Angel” ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2014, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-songs-had-made-to-top-40-at-least-twice-in-versions-by-male-and-female-performer-s/689087/32 "2014-05-23T16:13:51Z")
Martha and the Vandellas had the first and most popular version of “Dancing in the Street,” but Van Halen had a top 40 cover version. So did the duo of Mick Jagger & David Bowie. ---
**Author:** ![gytalf2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ac91a4/32.png) [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2014, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-songs-had-made-to-top-40-at-least-twice-in-versions-by-male-and-female-performer-s/689087/33 "2014-05-23T16:25:08Z")
“We’ve Got Tonight”, first by Bob Seger (reached #13 in 1978), then by Sheena Easton with Kenny Rogers (reached #6 in 1983). ---
**Author:** ![Poysyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2014, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-songs-had-made-to-top-40-at-least-twice-in-versions-by-male-and-female-performer-s/689087/34 "2014-05-23T16:37:07Z")
“Ain’t No Mountain High Enough” Marvin Gaye and then Diana Ross and the Supremes ---
**Author:** ![CheshireKat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheshirekat/32/1207_2.png) [@CheshireKat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheshireKat)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2014, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-songs-had-made-to-top-40-at-least-twice-in-versions-by-male-and-female-performer-s/689087/35 "2014-05-23T17:08:56Z")
Axl Rose/GNR “\*\*Sweet Child O’ Mine \*\*” - charted in the US and UK in 1988 & 1989 Sheryl Crow’s version - charted in the UK in 1999 ---
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Shaun Cassidy covered the Crystals _Da Doo Ron Ron_ in 1977. His version went to #1, while the Crystals’ came in at # 2 or 3. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2014, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-songs-had-made-to-top-40-at-least-twice-in-versions-by-male-and-female-performer-s/689087/37 "2014-05-23T18:21:37Z")
Both the Ronettes and Andy Kim had hits with “Baby, I Love You” ---
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Elvis Presley had a #11 hit with his version of Dusty Springfield’s “You Don’t Have To Say You Love Me.” ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2014, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-songs-had-made-to-top-40-at-least-twice-in-versions-by-male-and-female-performer-s/689087/39 "2014-05-23T18:32:44Z")
Cyndi Lauper had a big hit with a remake of Marvin Gaye’s “What’s Going On”? ---
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The Captain and Tennille (with female Toni Tennille on vocals) had a #4 hits with a remake of Smokey Robinson’s “Shop Around” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-songs-had-made-to-top-40-at-least-twice-in-versions-by-male-and-female-performer-s/689087.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-songs-had-made-to-top-40-at-least-twice-in-versions-by-male-and-female-performer-s/689087.md?page=3)