What song do you have the most versions of?

[taterguy]

For me it’s Who Do You Love. I have the following versions:

The original by Bo Diddley
One by the Woolies from the Nuggets box set
One from a Ronnie Hawkins and the Hawks CD
One from the Last Waltz soundtrack
Two by George Thorogood (One studio, one live)
One from a live Townes Van Zandt CD

Can’t decide which one I like the most

[billyskank]

1. Watermelon Man

I have two versions by Herbie Hancock. I have two versions by Mongo Santamaria. I have one version, on cassette, by the old university big band (featuring me).

I may have another version that escapes me for the time being.

I once knew a guy who was collecting versions of Summertime, from Porgy And Bess.

[jpgray]

2. 'Round About Midnight probably

[BrotherBuzz]

29. LOL, I have a couple of versions of 'Round Midnight, too.

Ben Webster's version is by far my favorite. He and his saxophone created some real magic with that song!

[jpgray]

3. I'll answer for RandomKoolzip too:

"Dark Star!!!!!!!!!!"

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[Aristus]

4. I've got nine or ten versions of Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah".

Including one for jazz trumpet. Cool. B-)

[Recursion]

12. Same here

Jeff Buckley's is probably the most famous, but I have some good ones by Dylan (he's trashed and screws up the lyrics), Sheryl Crowe, Tom Waits, Moxy Fruvous, and Neko Case.

[Aristus]

13. Really? Tom Waites, Sheryl Crowe and Bob Dylan?

Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah"?

I'd love to get those versions. Napster doesn't have them.

[Recursion]

15. No, but Gnutella does

[NewHampshireDem]

16. Sheryl Crowe ... or Allison Crowe?

http://www.allisoncrowe.com/music.html

BTW, I'm glad I'm not the only one who has a collection of covers of that song.

[Recursion]

27. Sheryl

It was a live performance somebody taped, traded, and ultimately ripped to ogg and put on gnutella.

[NewHampshireDem]

28. Hmm ... I'll have to look for it

And my collection will grow! :)

[Roon]

5. I have a whole folder of sympathy for the devil covers

[Tikki]

6. "Louie, Louie" .........

Best: The Sonics' version of this Richard Berry classic.....
Recently I listened, again, to the Paul Revere and The Raiders' version, and it's grand, also.



Tikki

[ghostsofgiants]

8. I like the Black Flag version.

[bikebloke]

7. La Vie En Rose

Edith Piaf
Louis Armstrong
Patricia Kaas
Zazie (the cool version)

[Gatchaman]

9. Detroit Rock City - 8 versions

Detroit Rock City Kiss - Destroyer
Detroit Rock City Kiss - Double Platinum
Detroit Rock City (Live)Kiss - Alive II (Disc 1)
Detroit Rock City Kiss - Smashes Thrashes & Hits
Detroit Rock City Kiss - Alive III
Detroit Rock City Live on Howard Stern
Detroit Rock City Kiss - Live In Pittsburgh 2004
Detroit Rock City Hammerfall - Crimson Thunder (cover version)

[Guava Jelly]

10. redemption songs

at least 5 versions.
bob marleys is still my favorite

[Starbucks Anarchist]

14. Have you heard the Johnny Cash/Joe Strummer one?

[Guava Jelly]

21. yup thats one of them

Johnny cash is da bomb

[kwassa]

11. Ave Maria

not intentionally, but it turns up in many Christmas song collections.

Done right, it is a haunting song.

Many of the cornball Christmas standards, too, since everyone does them.

[Hissyspit]

17. I have dozens of versions of "MacArthur Park"

I collected them for a mix tape - very entertaining.

The one by Richard Harris, of course.
Liza Minelli
Jimmy Webb does a version; he wrote it.
Liberace.
A version by the guy who did the music for M.A.S.H.
Donna Summer.
Waylon Jennings did a version back in the 1960s, too.
Lots more. Some really weird ones.

[crispini]

33. WHAT?

Tell me you're kidding. :scared:

[Faygo Kid]

18. River Deep, Mountain High; Midnight Rider, Heard It Through the Grapevine

Especially if your criteria is GOOD versions.

[supernova]

19. Four versions of Wild Horses

Rolling Stones Studio
Rolling Stones Live
Elvis Costello and Lucinda Williams
The Sundays

[JohnKleeb]

30. The Flying Burrito Brothers version one is great too

It's like Parsons wrote that song.

[Rabrrrrrr]

20. "The Torture Never Stops" I think. Maybe "Dark Star", "Terrapin",

or "Fire on the Mountain".

[bridgit]

22. barber's adagio...

[begin_within]

23. "I Heard It Through The Grapevine" - Gladys Knight's is still the best

[Random_Australian]

24. komm susser tTod. (Come sweet death) I was after a particular version

so I downloaded all the versions I could find.

I only have three left that I can find though.

Next is the Hallelujah Chorus (my favourite song), and Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring.

[murielm99]

25. Mustang Sally.

I like Buddy Guy's version best, but I have several.

[enigmatic]

26. Cortez The killer

9 or 10 versions; I love Hallo Venray and Slint's versions....

[sakabatou]

31. "Dante's Theme" from Fullmetal Alchemist

[kevsand]

32. Iko Iko

by (in rough chronological order):

The Dixie Cups
The Grateful Dead
Dr. John
Buckwheat Zydeco
Aaron Carter

[tinfoilinfor2005]

34. La Vie en Rose.

But my favorite is the one by Edith Piaf.

[CBHagman]

35. I think it's "So in Love" or "The Way You Look Tonight."

At last count, I had THREE CD versions of Kiss Me, Kate -- the one with Alfred Drake, the one with Brian Stokes Mitchell, and a studio version from Angel.

Hi, my name is CBHagman, and I'm a musical-holic!

On top of that, I have a thing for Verve jazz vocals of all the great American songwriters. That means I definitely have Dinah Washington's version of "So in Love," and probably Ella Fitzgerald's, too, but my memory's getting fuzzy. That would mean at least five versions, if you don't count reprises within the show Kiss Me, Kate.

I also have a number of versions of of "The Way You Look Tonight." I even have Hugh Laurie and Imelda Staunton leading a singalong of that particular tune on The Peter's Friends video.

[WCGreen]

36. Across the Universe.....

Fiona Apple...

10CC...

Rufus Wainwright....

Ben Folds....

The Beatles....