^Thanks to Sheila B from WFMU for that one
― Josefa, Thursday, 26 November 2015 16:17 (eight years ago) link
Aretha's 'Respect' is the big one, right?
― campreverb, Thursday, 26 November 2015 16:46 (eight years ago) link
The rewritten/expanded lyrics of A New England that original songwriter Billy Bragg did for Kirsty MacColl's cover is a relevant example here. (Subsequently performed live by Bragg with female duet partners as an in-song answer record.)
― glandular lansbury (sic), Thursday, 26 November 2015 18:39 (eight years ago) link
The Etta James cover of Only Women Bleed surely qualifies here, right.
― charlie h, Friday, 27 November 2015 11:51 (eight years ago) link
julie tippetts' version of robert wyatt's "god song" is definitely an answer song.
― rushomancy, Friday, 27 November 2015 12:46 (eight years ago) link
Do these count?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3M3Igjnbhs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7gV5C5mB7A
― Mark G, Friday, 27 November 2015 13:04 (eight years ago) link