# Semi obscure music question

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/semi-obscure-music-question/224887>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [January 17, 2004, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/semi-obscure-music-question/224887 "2004-01-17T04:41:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![Tremmie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5fc32e/32.png) [@Tremmie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tremmie)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2004, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/semi-obscure-music-question/224887/1 "2004-01-17T04:41:34Z")

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There was a cover of the song “somebody to love” on MTV about hmm maybe 8-10 years ago, the video featured that old cartoon “Cobra” with the blond guy in red with a laser for an arm. Does anyone remember who sung that cover?

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**Author:** ![peasea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bc79bd/32.png) [@peasea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peasea)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2004, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/semi-obscure-music-question/224887/2 "2004-01-17T05:56:27Z")

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Don’t know about the video, but George Michael, with the rest of Queen, did a cover around that time for a Freddie Mercury memorial AIDS benefit, I think.

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**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2004, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/semi-obscure-music-question/224887/3 "2004-01-17T16:22:38Z")

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> [@Tremmie](#):
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> There was a cover of the song “somebody to love” on MTV about hmm maybe 8-10 years ago, the video featured that old cartoon “Cobra” with the blond guy in red with a laser for an arm. Does anyone remember who sung that cover?

You must be thinking of Matthews Sweet’s song “Girlfriend,” which features the musical hook from Jefferson Airplane’s song “Somebody To Love.” I’m not familiar with Cobra, but I know the video was almost entirely clips from a Japanese _anime_.

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**Author:** ![Tremmie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5fc32e/32.png) [@Tremmie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tremmie)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2004, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/semi-obscure-music-question/224887/4 "2004-01-17T20:56:46Z")

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Yeah, thats the one! thanks **Big Bad Voodoo Lou**