Cover Song Surprise Challenge: Songs you thought were originals
Song 16 - Tainted Love
Cover: Soft Cell, 1981
Original: Gloria Jones, 1976
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Cover Song Surprise Challenge: Songs you thought were originals
Song 15 - The Tide Is High
Cover: Blondie, 1980
Original: The Paragons, 1967
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Cover Song Surprise Challenge: Songs you thought were originals
Song 14 - Venus
The original has a very cool 60s vibe.
Cover: Bananarama, 1986
Original: Shocking Blue, 1969
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Cover Song Surprise Challenge: Songs you thought were originals
Song 13 - Ray of Light
So different... ๐คฏ
Cover: Madonna, 1998
Original: Curtiss Muldoon in 1971, titled Sepheryn
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Cover Song Surprise Challenge: Songs you thought were originals
Song 12 - What A Man
Cover: Whatta Man by Salt N Pepa feat. En Vogue, 1993
Original: recorded by Linda Lyndell in 1968 ๐ฅ
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Cover Song Surprise Challenge: Songs you thought were originals
Song 11 - Blinded By The Light, 1976
Cover: Manfred Mann's Earth Band
Original: written and recorded by Bruce Springsteen in 1973 ๐ฒ
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Cover Song Surprise Challenge: Songs you thought were originals
Song 10 - This Old Heart Of Mine
Cover: Rod Stewart (feat Ronald Isley), 1989
Original: recorded by The Isley Brothers in 1966
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Cover Song Surprise Challenge: Songs you thought were originals
Song 9 - Reason to Believe
Cover: Rod Stewart,
Original: written and recorded by Tim Hardin, 1966
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Cover Song Surprise Challenge: Songs you thought were originals
Song 8 - Jet Airliner
Cover: Steve Miller Band, 1977
Original: Paul Pena, 1973. But his album New Train was never released, until 2000 ๐ฎ
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Cover Song Surprise Challenge: Songs you thought were originals
Song 7 - Piece of my Heart
Cover: Janice Joplin in Big Brother & the Holding Company, 1968
Original: Erma Franklin (Aretha's sister), in 1967
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Cover Song Surprise Challenge: Songs you thought were originals
Song 6 - Angel of the Morning
Cover: Juice Newton, 1981
Original: Evie Sands first recorded in 1967, written by Chip Taylor.
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Cover Song Surprise Challenge: Songs you thought were originals
Song 5 - The First Cut Is The Deepest
Cover: Sheryl Crow, 2003
Original: Songwriter Cat Stevens for P.P. Arnold May 1967, then himself later
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Cover Song Surprise Challenge: Songs you thought were originals
Song 4 - Hazy Shade of Winter
Cover: The Bangles, 1987
Original: Simon & Garfunkel, 1966
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Cover Song Surprise Challenge: Songs you thought were originals
Song 3 - I'm Going Down
Cover: Mary J. Blige, 1944
Original: Rose Royce, 1976
How did I not know this? ๐ฒ
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Cover Song Surprise Challenge: Songs you thought were originals
Song 2 - Greatest Love of All
Cover: Whitney Houston, 1985
Original: George Benson, 1977
Discovered this while reading a book about Whitney. ๐ฑ
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Cover Song Surprise Challenge: Songs you thought were originals
Song 1 - Love Don't Live Here Anymore
Cover: Madonna, 1984
Original: Rose Royce, 1978
Discovered this today, very surprised! ๐ฑ
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