# Wait, that's a cover song??

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-thats-a-cover-song/608575>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [January 6, 2012, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-thats-a-cover-song/608575 "2012-01-06T01:19:53Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![amanset](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8dc957/32.png) [@amanset](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amanset)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2012, 10:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-thats-a-cover-song/608575/122 "2012-01-13T10:19:46Z")

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Removed. Misunderstanding.

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**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2012, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-thats-a-cover-song/608575/123 "2012-01-13T11:56:31Z")

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> [@Maastricht](#):
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> Did Patti Smith \*cover \* that? I always think of it as [hers.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wO9eUDOlyeU)

> [@Alley\_Dweller](#):
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> It’s a cover of [Van Morrison’s Gloria](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RI-QtEAwvE) with a few lines from [Patti Smith’s poem Oath](http://bibliofreakblog.com/memes/freeverse-oath/) added.

Gloria (nitpick: it was written by Van Morrison, but first recorded by his band Them) actually is one of rock’s most covered songs. It’s a garage rock classic, which I’ve always found quite ironic, given the fact that Van’s later solo output is anything but garage-like.

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2012, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-thats-a-cover-song/608575/124 "2012-01-13T14:22:38Z")

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> [@Spoons](#):
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> The Carpenters’ “Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft” (Youtube [here](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcNwcKOP6bo&feature=related)) was a cover of the same song, written and recorded by Klaatu on the _3:47 EST_ album (Youtube [here](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9URM_5R-vWk)).

When they were together, Klaatu never sold many records, but they got a LOT of publicity, because rumors abounded that they were really the Beatles, who had secretly re-formed.

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**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2012, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-thats-a-cover-song/608575/125 "2012-01-13T15:36:50Z")

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> [@california\_jobcase](#):
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> Sparky812, “All The Young Dudes” as done by Mott The Hoople was written by David Bowie.

I only included the reference as some background on Ian Hunter, I did not claim he wrote it or that it was a cover.  
I remember back in early 90s Bruce Dickinson covered ATYD on his _Tattooed Millionaire_ solo album.

ETA I see now that my post could be read in a manner that suggested Ian Hunter because I used the word “also”. My apologies.

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