In the spirit of Radio London's Robert Elms "Cover to Cover" feature I thought I'd like to compare the Beatles and the Flying Lizards version of the classic song "Money (That's What I Want)" but then I discovered that this song has been covered so so many times and so I have gathered as many as I could find in this post:
The Beatles - 1963
The Flying Lizards - 1979
Barret Strong - 1959
Buddy Guy - 1968(?)
The Searchers - 1962(?)
John Lennon - 1969 (live)
The Trashmen - 1963 originally but this video is somewhat later
The Kingsmen - 1962(?)
Rolling Stones - 1963
Led Zeppelin - 1980
The Doors - 196?
Bern Elliott & The Fenmen - 1963
Jerry Lee Lewis - ?
Jerry Lee Lewis & The Bee Gees - 1973 (Barry Gibb not singing falsetto!)
The Sonics - 196?
The Smashing Pumpkins - 198?
Hanson - 200?
Josie and the Pussycats - 2001
Great White - 1988
Blues Brothers - This isn't the original, anyone know where I can find it on YouTube or similar?
Avengers - 2009
The Supremes - 1966
Jr Walker and the All Stars - 1966
Jimmy Barnes - 2009
Waylon Jennings - 1964
Boyz II Men - 200?
John Belushi (Animal House soundtrack) - 1978
The Storys - played over the closing credits of the much underrated British Fil - The Bank Job
RC Succession - 1983 - Kiyoshiro Imawano has spent too long watching Mick Jagger - Actually that's not "Money" but well worth a watch of the band whose 1988 covers album's release was suddenly canceled with small notice by Toshiba EMI claiming "The album was too wonderful to be released."
Also try and find versions by John Lee Hooker, The Who, Ike & Tina Turner, Pearl Jam, Shonen Knife, The Pretenders, Scissor Sisters, Secret Machines, The B-52s, Cheap Trick, Etta James and any others - do let me know in the comments...
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