Appropriation of untouchable song titles: The "wait, this isn't a cover!" thread

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Fergie's "Big Girls Don't Cry" is not the Four Seasons song (both huge hits).

LeRooLeRoo, Saturday, 28 March 2015 00:25 (nine years ago) link

Rihanna "Bitch Better Have My Money" sounds nothing like the AMG song of the same name.

billstevejim, Saturday, 28 March 2015 01:17 (nine years ago) link

The Cure - "Play for Today"
Belle and Sebastian - "Play for Today"

Ex Slacker, Monday, 30 March 2015 01:53 (nine years ago) link

Neil Young's been mentioned; Yo La Tengo have also done it more than once ("I'll Be Around," "I Should Have Known Better," "We're an American Band").

clemenza, Monday, 30 March 2015 02:18 (nine years ago) link

Oh, "I should have known better" Wire, obv.

Mark G, Monday, 30 March 2015 10:48 (nine years ago) link

Also:

Jess Glynne has topped the UK singles chart for the first time as a solo artist with her track Hold My Hand.

not the Rutles classic, I assume.

Mark G, Monday, 30 March 2015 11:05 (nine years ago) link

wonder girls, be my baby

katherine, Monday, 30 March 2015 17:02 (nine years ago) link

The Jam, "That's Entertainment." Not a cover of the song from the 1953 MGM musical The Band Wagon.

Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Monday, 30 March 2015 17:10 (nine years ago) link

"Accidents Will Happen" by Elvis Costello

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klsbzC9V0Yg

Vic Perry, Monday, 30 March 2015 23:22 (nine years ago) link

Always found N Gallagher naming a song 'Stand By Me' particularly audacious.

the joke should be over once the kid is eaten. (chap), Monday, 30 March 2015 23:29 (nine years ago) link

pixies did a song called "stormy weather"

brimstead, Tuesday, 31 March 2015 03:54 (nine years ago) link

I Should Have Known Better is really common

flappy bird (spazzmatazz), Tuesday, 31 March 2015 05:18 (nine years ago) link

I only knew two (now three)

Mark G, Tuesday, 31 March 2015 06:43 (nine years ago) link

What's sort of unsettling is when you only know the 'other' one like when someone says "We are going to sing "Rock of ages" nd you go yeah! "BET YOU THINK ITS FUNNY WHEN YOU'RE SPENDIN ALL MY MONEY BUT I DON'T! WAA HAA!"

Mark G, Tuesday, 31 March 2015 06:46 (nine years ago) link

One time on Blockbusters, the question was "What's the third line of "God save the Queen"?" and I said "They made you a moron"

Not the answer on the card..

Mark G, Tuesday, 31 March 2015 06:48 (nine years ago) link

Chris Isaak - "Wicked Games"
The Weeknd - "Wicked Games"

Ex Slacker, Thursday, 2 April 2015 17:17 (nine years ago) link

First one is singular.

Mark G, Thursday, 2 April 2015 23:37 (nine years ago) link


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