Covers versions of songs

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Cover of "That's What Friends Are For"

Here is THE FRIENDS PROJECT arranged and produced by Australian singer Nathan Leigh Jones and directed by Michael Akers.

with Singer-songwriter and piano player David Raleigh, Tony Award Winning, Emmy-nominated Alan Cumming, Broadway actor, producer and singer Billy Porter and indie pop star Ari Gold. Revenues go to Ali Forney Center, a NYC shelter for homeless gay youth

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Live cover of a Taylor Swift country music hit

Joe McElderry (a former UK "X Factor" winner) in "Love Story"



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and here is the original from Taylor Swift

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Not a straight version, but sampling a well-known verse from a known hit

Big Ali Feat. Shana P. - Distress 'Sending Out An SOS

(Big Ali is the New York DJ who worked with Lucenzo in the big hit "Vem dançar kuduro")



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Another sampling also

Jessy Matador feat King Kuduro - "Galera"

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"La Poupée qui fait non" is an absolute classic from Michel Polnareff (a French singer songwriter)



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There are tens of versions in English and also in German - "Meine Puppe sagt non", Italian - "Una bambolina che fa no, no, no", Spanish - "Muñeca que hace no"... some sung by Polnareff himself. The Italian version was done by I Rokketti, and later by glamorous Ivan Cattaneo.

But do you know these versions

Les Sultans (Quebec)



The Dynamics (Ska / Reggae)



Mylène Farmer and Khaled



The Birds



St Etienne



Sonoko

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Camerounian adapted version of Jean-Jacques Goldman's "A nos actes manque" by Jacky Lobé

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D.J. Ötzi (Austrian DJ) - "Sweet Caroline" done in 2009



It was done by Elvis Presley live



The original by the wonderful Neil Diamond

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Bruno Mars' "Grenade"

Here done by Chris Cauley. He is a contestant on "The Voice" a very intriguing and fine competition on NBC.

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Shakira has done a classic French song "Je l'aime a mourir" as a bilingual song with Spanish "La Quiero a morira"



I like a cover by Alliage, a French boy band



The original is by Francis Cabrel.



I chose to put a live version coz I saw him alive and he took my breath away

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Linda Pritchard (Sweden) - "Fast Car"

A good cover and a nice video

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"Ai se eu te pego" as acoustic rap

Cover by Tony Mateo Ft. Verdu y Fabi

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The Loft (Danish duo) - "Kiss You Goodbye"

A good cover



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Electric Lady Lab (Danish electro-pop duo) - "Touch Me

Sampling of a-ha's "Sun Always Shines on TV

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Big in Japan (a big hit by Alphaville) covered by Guano Apes



Here is the original

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Covers by duo Jean-François Breau and Marie-Ève Janvier (Ontario / Quebec -- Canada)

"Steal My Kisses" (Ben Harper) and "I Got You Babe" (Sony and Cher) (live on NRJ Radio Quebec)



"Lamour c'est comme l'été" from Gordon Lightfoot known originally as "Sundown"



"J'ai un problème" (from Sytlvie Vartan and Johnny Halliday)

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DJane HouseKat (Denmark) feat. Rameez - "My Party"

A great sampling and cover

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"Opa Opa" a well-known Greek song

Notis Sfakianakis



Antique (Swedish-Greek duo)




Despina Vandi - English language cover.