# Original artist?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/original-artist/7241>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [February 15, 2000, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/original-artist/7241 "2000-02-15T03:08:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![RoboDude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bbe5ce/32.png) [@RoboDude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RoboDude)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2000, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/original-artist/7241/1 "2000-02-15T03:08:00Z")

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I heard the song “Surrender” by Cheap Trick, and it’s somewhat different from the way I previously remember hearing it. Is their version a cover? If so, who is the original artist?

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Life is a tragedy for those who feel and a comedy for those who think.

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**Author:** ![jaydabee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c89c15/32.png) [@jaydabee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jaydabee)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2000, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/original-artist/7241/2 "2000-02-15T03:23:00Z")

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The lead guitarist Rick Nielsen wrote it. Perhaps you are confused between the “live at Budakon” version (kicks ass) and the sudio version (too tame)

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**Author:** ![NickyLarson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b2d939/32.png) [@NickyLarson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NickyLarson)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2000, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/original-artist/7241/3 "2000-02-15T03:50:00Z")

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Maybe it’s from the soundtrack of 'That ‘70’s Show’? I’m not a fan, but I know Cheap Trick does the theme, so maybe they did a version for the show.

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Then we’ll turn our tommy guns  
on the screaming ravaged nuns  
and the peoples voice will be the only sound.  
-P. Sky