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How many can you think of. Off the top of my head, I can think of:

Bad Boys -
Gloria Estefan
Inner Circle

Don't Be Cruel -
Bobby Brown
Cheap Trick

Don't You Want Me -
Human League
Jody Watley

Time After Time -
Cyndi Lauper
Timmy T

Take it as it Comes -
Milli Vanilli
Ramones

Crazy -
Britney Spears
Patsy Cline

Bad -
Michael Jackson
U2

Cherish -
Madonna
Kool and the Gang

Burn -
Dupont
Usher

Call Me -
Blondie
Go West

Catch Me I'm Falling -
Pretty Poison
Real Life

Heartbeat -
Don Johnson
Seduction

Jump -
Van Halen
Pointer Sisters

Hollywood -
Madonna
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Nickelback

Real Love -
Mary J. Blige
Jody Watley

Round and Round -
Spandau Ballet
Tevin Campbell

Shout -
Depeche Mode
Tears for Fears

Shut Up -
Kelly Osborne
Black Eyed Peas

Wild Thing -
Tone Loc
Troggs

Wild Wild West -
Escape Club
Kool Moe Dee
Will Smith

― Alicia (Leelee), Sunday, 28 November 2004 09:12 (twenty-one years ago)

Right now, in the charts, Status Quo and Paul Weller with "Thinking of you".

― mark grout (mark grout), Sunday, 28 November 2004 09:25 (twenty-one years ago)

Round and Round -
Spandau Ballet
Tevin Campbell

You forgot Ratt.

― Bimble (bimble), Sunday, 28 November 2004 09:29 (twenty-one years ago)

and New Order

― mark grout (mark grout), Sunday, 28 November 2004 09:32 (twenty-one years ago)

also for "Don't Be Cruel", Missy Elliott, and also for "Call Me", Tweet.

"Bachelorette" - Björk and Tori Amos
"You" - Mya and Shaznay Lewis
"One Night Stand" - Lil Jon & The East Side Boyz and Mis-Teeq
"Virginia" - The Clipse, Tori Amos and Thalia Zedek

― The Lex (The Lex), Sunday, 28 November 2004 09:37 (twenty-one years ago)

Wish You Were Here:
Pink Floyd
Bing::
http://www.mp3.com/tracks/276809/dl_streams.html
Incubus:
http://www.sweet-precious.com/wish/

there's got to be some more

― weather1ngda1eson (Brian), Sunday, 28 November 2004 09:53 (twenty-one years ago)

Time After Time -
Cyndi Lauper
Timmy T
and the Beloved ...
Dancefloor - Kylie/Jermaine Stewart
Lies - Thompson Twins/Roxette
Wonderful - Adam Ant/Johnny Mathis
Sorry - Easybeats/Roxette
Don't Go - Yazoo/Psuedo Echo
Burning up - Kylie/Madonna
Locomotion - Little Eva /OMD
Kylie recorded 2 different songs called "love at first sight"

― copycats, Sunday, 28 November 2004 11:34 (twenty-one years ago)

Time After Time -
Cyndi Lauper
Timmy T
and the Beloved ...
Dancefloor - Kylie/Jermaine Stewart
Lies - Thompson Twins/Roxette
Wonderful - Adam Ant/Johnny Mathis
Sorry - Easybeats/Roxette
Don't Go - Yazoo/Psuedo Echo
Burning up - Kylie/Madonna
Locomotion - Little Eva /OMD
Prisoner of love - Europe/Cher
No Regrets - Edith Piaf/Robbie Williams
More,More,More - 70's disco song/Kylie
Kylie recorded 2 different songs called "love at first sight"

― copycats, Sunday, 28 November 2004 11:38 (twenty-one years ago)

Cry Me a River - Julie London/Justin Timberlake
The Look of Love - Dusty Springfield/ABC
Naughty Girl - Holly Valance/Beyonce
I Want You Back - The Jackson 5/Bananarama
I Feel For You - Chaka Khan/Kylie Minogue
I Miss You - Herbert/Blink 182
I Want Your Love - Chic/Kelis
One More Time - Blake Baxter/Daft Punk
Open Your Heart - The Human League/Madonna
Express Yourself - NWA/Madonna
Some Girls - Racey/Rachel Stevens/JC Chasez
Stand - Sly and the Family Stone/Jewel
Superstar - The Carpenters/Jamelia
The Snow - Coil/Audio Bullys
Walk Away - Donna Summer/Hakan Lidbo
Whatever Makes You Happy - Sugababes/Ten City

(Not all off the top of my head, I admit...)

― Angus Gordon (angusg), Sunday, 28 November 2004 12:48 (twenty-one years ago)

One Love: Stone Rones/Bob Marley/Blue/The Prodigy

― ailsa (ailsa), Sunday, 28 November 2004 13:15 (twenty-one years ago)

From twenty years ago, when I first realized this possibility:

What Goes On- Beatles/Velvet Underground
She's The One -Ramones/Springsteen
Gloria-U2/Laura Branigan/Them/Cadillacs (orig. Mills Brothers) 4-way tie!

― Ken L (Ken L), Sunday, 28 November 2004 13:44 (twenty-one years ago)

Save Me

Aimee Mann
and
Queen

― Just Kate (papa november), Sunday, 28 November 2004 13:45 (twenty-one years ago)

There's also an Aretha Franklin "Save Me."

― Ken L (Ken L), Sunday, 28 November 2004 13:56 (twenty-one years ago)

Thanks! I almost put down that Turin Brakes song too actually, til I remembered it was called Underdog(Save me).

― Just Kate (papa november), Sunday, 28 November 2004 13:59 (twenty-one years ago)

"Horses" - Patti Smith/Pine Valley Cosmonauts
"Liar" - Sex Pistols/Rollins Band/+ Another?

― Ben Dot (1977), Sunday, 28 November 2004 15:29 (twenty-one years ago)

There's also an REM "Time After Time" (off Reckoning).

― joseph cotten (joseph cotten), Sunday, 28 November 2004 15:38 (twenty-one years ago)

"Tonight"
David Bowie
Shirley Bassey
The Move
Rubettes
Raspberries
Kool And The Gang
Boomtown Rats
New Kids On The Block

"I Love You"
Cliff Richard
Donna Summer
Vanilla Ice
Yello

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Sunday, 28 November 2004 16:02 (twenty-one years ago)

"Liar" - Sex Pistols/Queen
"Over the Hills & Far Away" - Led Zeppelin/The Mission

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Sunday, 28 November 2004 16:13 (twenty-one years ago)

Burn -
Dupont
Usher
also Deep Purple

Take it as it Comes -
Milli Vanilli
Ramones
hm, The Doors?!

― t\'\'t (t\'\'t), Sunday, 28 November 2004 16:18 (twenty-one years ago)

Save Me, OK. I Love You, OK. Bad, OK.

But:

"Nuns Have No Fun" - Mercyful Fate / Warrant (Ger.)

― Ian Christe (Ian Christe), Sunday, 28 November 2004 16:22 (twenty-one years ago)

"Best of My Love" by the Eagles and Emotions
"So Far Away" by Carole King, Dire Straits, and Staind
"Words" by Bee Gees and Missing Persons
"Venus" by Television and Bananarama
"El Paso" by Marty Robbins and Young People
"Holiday" by Madonna and Green Day
"I'm the One" by the Descendents and Van Halen
"Stuck on You" by Elvis Presley and Lionel Richie

― Pleasant Plains (Pleasant Plains), Sunday, 28 November 2004 18:23 (twenty-one years ago)

'Atmosphere' by Joy Division
'Atmosphere' by Russ Abbott

'Girlfriend' by Michael Jackson
'Girlfriend' by Billie Piper

'Don't go' by Yazoo
'Don't go' by the Hothouse Flowers

'Electricity' by OMD
'Electricity' by Spiritualized

'Changes' by Alan Price
'Changes' by David Bowie

'Run' by Spiritualized
'Run' by The Velvet Underground

― Acme (acme), Sunday, 28 November 2004 18:33 (twenty-one years ago)

also see,
"Girlfriend" by Matthew Sweet
"Changes" by Black Sabbath

― Pleasant Plains (Pleasant Plains), Sunday, 28 November 2004 18:38 (twenty-one years ago)

....and "Girlfriend" by the Modern Lovers

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Sunday, 28 November 2004 18:39 (twenty-one years ago)

'Electricity' by OMD
'Electricity' by Spiritualized
& by Something for Kate and the Avalanches

'Run' by Spiritualized
'Run' by The Velvet Underground
Isn't the Velvet's one called 'Run Run Run'?

Come Together:
- Spiritualised
- Primal Scream
- The Beatles

― Sasha (sgh), Sunday, 28 November 2004 23:58 (twenty-one years ago)

"Lay It Down," Ratt/Magnapop
"Stay," Maurice Williams & the Zodiacs/Oingo Boingo
"Breathe," Melissa Etheridge/Michelle Branch
"Breathless," Jerry Lee Lewis/The Corrs
"Let's Go," The Cars/Wang Chung

― Phil Dennison (Phil D.), Monday, 29 November 2004 00:36 (twenty-one years ago)

"creep" - tlc, radiohead, stone temple pilots

― latebloomer (latebloomer), Monday, 29 November 2004 00:39 (twenty-one years ago)

>>'Run' by The Velvet Underground

> Isn't the Velvet's one called 'Run Run Run'?

I feared that as soon as I pressed Submit. Substitute that Maroon 5 or Keane or Snow Patrol or whoever the fuck.

I could go and get my copy of RED and make this a lot more/less fun.

― Acme (acme), Monday, 29 November 2004 00:41 (twenty-one years ago)

Amanda - Boston/Waylon Jennings
Beth - KISS/Aztec Two-Step
Carrie - Europe/Cliff Richard
Danielle - Al Cohn/Russell Crowe
Eva - Serge Gainsbourg/Archie Shepp
Felicity - Orange Juice/The Wedding Present
Grace - Jeff Buckley/Jethro Tull
Helen - Dead C/The Minders
Jane - Ben Folds Five/Starship
Kate - Ben Folds Five/Johnny Cash
Lucy - Hanson/Helium
Madeline - Hanson/Yo La Tengo
Nadine - Chuck Berry/Frank Black
Ophelia - The Band/The Orb
Penelope - Of Montreal/Pinback
Queen - Jimi Hendrix/Melvins
Rachel - John Spencer Blues Explosion/Ovuca
Shirley - L7/Billy Bragg
Tracy - Creeper Lagoon/Mogwai
Uma - Arto Lindsay/Shalabi Effect
Valerie - James Darren/Broadcast
Wendy - Beach Boys/Russell Crowe
Xenia - Tom Prehn Quartet/Tom Boras
Yolanda - Robert Wyatt/Tied + Tickled Trio
Zoe - Amp/Endorphin

― fauxhemian (fauxhemian), Monday, 29 November 2004 02:13 (twenty-one years ago)

Blur also have a "Come Together"

― bbc6 personality (bbc6 personality), Monday, 29 November 2004 02:16 (twenty-one years ago)

forgot 'I'!

Isabelle - Jacques Brel/Theo Prince

― fauxhemian (fauxhemian), Monday, 29 November 2004 02:17 (twenty-one years ago)

Elf Power have a better "Jane" than Starship or Ben Folds.

― Phil Dennison (Phil D.), Monday, 29 November 2004 14:19 (twenty-one years ago)

"Run Run Run" - Velvet Underground, The Who, Hunters And Collectors, Supremes, Yoko Ono, Third Rail, Sly & The Family Stone and probably many more that I've never heard.

"Eat The Rich" - Motorhead, Krokus, Aerosmith

― Myonga Von Bontee (Myonga Von Bontee), Monday, 29 November 2004 14:38 (twenty-one years ago)

"Seven Years" - Eyeless In Gaza, My Dad Is Dead, Lighthouse Keepers

― mike a, Monday, 29 November 2004 14:40 (twenty-one years ago)

'It's Too Late' - Annie, The Streets
'God Only Knows' - The Beach Boys, Cornelius
'Thank You For The Music' - ABBA, Cornelius
'Star Fruits, Surf Rider' - Primal Scream, Cornelius
'Lazy' - Cornelius, X-Press 2
'The Beautiful Ones' - Prince, Suede
'Come' - Prince, Lemon Jelly
'Star' - Primal Scream, Plus-Tech Squeezebox

'Run, Run, Run' addendum - Phoenix
'Come Together' addendum - Annie
'Tonight' addendum - Basement Jaxx, The Avalanches
'Heartbeat' addendum - Annie, Tahiti 80
'Valerie' addendum - Steve Winwood
'Electricity' addendum - The Avalanches

― B.A.R.M.S. (Barima), Monday, 29 November 2004 14:50 (twenty-one years ago)

Felicity - Orange Juice/The Wedding Present

Sorry, same song.

― ailsa (ailsa), Monday, 29 November 2004 18:11 (twenty-one years ago)

'It's Too Late' - Annie, The Streets

And Carole King!

Another one: "She" - The Monkees/Edie Brickell

And "Sara" - Fleetwood Mac/Starship

― Phil Dennison (Phil D.), Monday, 29 November 2004 18:40 (twenty-one years ago)

It's Too Late
Isn't there also a Buddy Holly song by this name (or is it Chuck Willis originally?) that is covered on the Derek and the Dominoes album?

― Ken L (Ken L), Monday, 29 November 2004 18:46 (twenty-one years ago)

Are either of those "she" songs the Charles Aznavour one, also covered by Elvis Costello?

― ailsa (ailsa), Monday, 29 November 2004 19:02 (twenty-one years ago)

"Bachelorette" - Björk and Tori Amos

oh, and Trip Shakespeare, ok thanks bye

― Morley Timmons (Donna Brown), Monday, 29 November 2004 19:08 (twenty-one years ago)

"Smile" - The Fall
"Smile" - Rhythm & Sound
"Smile" = Theo Parrish

― LSTD (answer) (sexyDancer), Monday, 29 November 2004 19:12 (twenty-one years ago)

also "Smile" - The Supernaturals

― ailsa (ailsa), Monday, 29 November 2004 19:13 (twenty-one years ago)

Head Over Heels - The Go-Gos & Tears For Fears

― molly, Monday, 29 November 2004 19:13 (twenty-one years ago)

Demons - Super Furry Animals, Easyworld, Guster, Fatboy Slim, Offspring.

― molly, Monday, 29 November 2004 19:45 (twenty-one years ago)

Another one: "She" - The Monkees/Edie Brickell

Don't forget the Misfits!

(and Green Day!)

― Pleasant Plains (Pleasant Plains), Monday, 29 November 2004 19:48 (twenty-one years ago)

Also "Smile" - Charlie Chaplin

ailsa: Nope, so that's yet another "She"

― Phil Dennison (Phil D.), Monday, 29 November 2004 22:54 (twenty-one years ago)

Don't Be Cruel -
Bobby Brown
Cheap Trick

don't you mean elvis?

― chris andrews (fraew), Monday, 29 November 2004 22:56 (twenty-one years ago)

add neil young to the list of "round and round"s.

― fact checking cuz (fcc), Monday, 29 November 2004 22:57 (twenty-one years ago)

you can pretty much write the influences section of the bruce springsteen bio just by listing the titles he borrowed, including but not limited to:

mansion on the hill - bruce springsteen/hank williams
wreck on the highway - bruce springsteen/roy acuff
promised land - bruce springsteen/chuck berry
reason to believe - bruce springsteen/tim hardin
out in the street(s) - bruce springsteen/shangri-la's
walk like a man - bruce springsteen/four seasons
two faces (have i) - bruce springsteen/lou christie
all or nothing at all - bruce springsteen/frank sinatra
dancing in the dark - bruce springsteen/bing crosby (et. al.)
nothing man - bruce springsteen/pearl jam

― fact checking cuz (fcc), Monday, 29 November 2004 23:20 (twenty-one years ago)

"YEAH"!?!?!

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Monday, 29 November 2004 23:21 (twenty-one years ago)

"Rock and Roll" - Led Zeppelin, VU, and I think Rick Deringer. Also G. Love and Special Sauce, from Google.

― nickn (nickn), Monday, 29 November 2004 23:56 (twenty-one years ago)

"Lose My Breath" - My Bloody Valentine / Destiny's Child ... there's been a sharp increase lately in the number of people only downloading the MBV version of the track from me on Slsk. Lots of people probably thinking DC flooded Slsk with a hoax track.

― Gregory T (tubesocks), Tuesday, 30 November 2004 00:31 (twenty-one years ago)

ADDITIONS:
The Look of Love - Dusty Springfield/ABC .............madonna
I Miss You - Herbert/Blink 182 .......lisa loeb and darren hayes
I Want Your Love - Chic/Kelis......Transvivion vamp, Atomic kitten Stand - Sly and the Family Stone/Jewel ....... REM

kylie appears a lot

― dittokid, Tuesday, 30 November 2004 00:43 (twenty-one years ago)

"I Should Have Known Better" - The Beatles and Jim Diamond
"Hello Goodbye" - The Beatles and Culture Club

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Tuesday, 30 November 2004 00:48 (twenty-one years ago)

Wire also do "I Should Have Known Better"

"Ship of Fools" - The Doors, The Grateful Dead, Robert Plant, World Party, and I'm sure there are others

― J (Jay), Tuesday, 30 November 2004 01:29 (twenty-one years ago)

"Rock and Roll" - Led Zeppelin, VU, and I think Rick Deringer. Also G. Love and Special Sauce, from Google.

& Gary Glitter!

― Sasha (sgh), Tuesday, 30 November 2004 02:45 (twenty-one years ago)

Romeo & Juliette - Dire Straits / Lou Reed
Tunnel Of Love - Dire Straits / Bruce Springsteen

Addenda:
Liar - Three Dog Night
No Regrets - Tom Rush
Walk Away - James Gang
Valerie - The Monkees
It's Too Late - Jim Carroll
Run, Run, Run - Jo Jo Gunne

Wasn't Rick Derringer's title Rock & Roll Hoochie Koo?

― jim wentworth (wench), Tuesday, 30 November 2004 02:59 (twenty-one years ago)

"Rock and Roll"

and

the boswell sisters (1934)
the flairs (1949)
wild bill moore (1949)
john lee hooker (1950)

(thanks to nick tosches' fabulous book "country" for those)

― fact checking cuz (fcc), Tuesday, 30 November 2004 03:17 (twenty-one years ago)

and while i'm open to that chapter of tosches:

i wanna rock - cab calloway/twisted sister

― fact checking cuz (fcc), Tuesday, 30 November 2004 03:18 (twenty-one years ago)

"Out of Control":

U2
Chemical Brothers
The Eagles
The Exploited
Hoobastank
Jefferson Starship
Ted Nugent
The Rolling Stones
Saxon
Super Furry Animals
seriously, like 100 other bands

― MC Transmaniacon (natepatrin), Tuesday, 30 November 2004 03:38 (twenty-one years ago)

run to you - bryan adams/roxette
heaven - bryan adams /chimes
waterfalls - paul mccartney/T.L.C.
out of control - kids in the kitchen/u2
blue highway - generation x with billy idol/chris isaak
RSVP - five star/jason donovan
rock my world - Five star/michael Jackson
lucky day - dead or alive/matt goss (bros)
shocked - bros/kylie
space - candy flip/bros
and a million artists had a ong called "FIRE"

― dittokid2, Tuesday, 30 November 2004 04:18 (twenty-one years ago)

kiss also did "she"
every band has done :world/rain/fire/lies...

― ace stanley, Tuesday, 30 November 2004 05:53 (twenty-one years ago)

also, 'Helen' by Sloan and one more 'Valerie' by Richard Thompson.

― derrick (derrick), Tuesday, 30 November 2004 06:27 (twenty-one years ago)

Since I know just about every song title by you-know-who (Duran Duran, just in case you don't know yet), I thought I'd look up some DD song titles and see who else performed songs by those titles:

"Hold Me" - Fleetwood Mac, Charlie Sexton, The Cardigans, Patti Austin
"Out of My Mind" - Buffalo Springfield, Jerry Lee Lewis, Pearl Jam, The Stranglers
"Planet Earth" - Sun Ra, Devo, Michael Jackson, Brave New World
"Serious" - Alice Cooper, Five, Gwen Stefani
"Land" - Comsat Angels, Mick Karn, Patti Smith
"The Chauffeur" - The Fitness, Nina Simone
"None of the Above" - Steppenwolf, Weakerthans
"Stop Dead" - The Cure
"Like an Angel" - Pop Will Eat Itself, Yngwie Malmsteen, The Mighty Lemon Drops
"Still Breathing" - Hazel O'Connor
"Point of No Return" - Buzzcocks, Elvis Costello, Expose, Nu Shooz

I can't believe I stayed up this late just so I could get in enough time to answer this question.

― Drama Queen Wannabe (Dee the Lurker), Tuesday, 30 November 2004 11:00 (twenty-one years ago)

"I Should Have Known Better" - The Beatles Jim Diamond
add Richard marx
also, 'Helen' by Sloan -add kate Ceberano
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Since I know just about every song title by you-know-who (Duran Duran, just in case you don't know yet), I thought I'd look up some DD song titles and see who else performed songs by those titles:
"Hold Me" - Fleetwood Mac, Charlie Sexton, The Cardigans, Patti Austin
"Out of My Mind" - Buffalo Springfield, Jerry Lee Lewis, Pearl Jam, The Stranglers
"Planet Earth" - Sun Ra, Devo, Michael Jackson, Brave New World
"Serious" - Alice Cooper, Five, Gwen Stefani
"Land" - Comsat Angels, Mick Karn, Patti Smith
"The Chauffeur" - The Fitness, Nina Simone
"None of the Above" - Steppenwolf, Weakerthans
"Stop Dead" - The Cure
"Like an Angel" - Pop Will Eat Itself, Yngwie Malmsteen, The Mighty Lemon Drops
"Still Breathing" - Hazel O'Connor
"Point of No Return" - Buzzcocks, Elvis Costello, Expose, Nu Shooz

I can't believe I stayed up this late just so I could get in enough time to answer this question.

-- Drama Queen Wannabe (newromanti...), November 30th, 2004.
I'm Impressed you know the bside "like an angel"
"the flame" - arcadia / cheap trick
did Jimmy Eat World do a cover of "New Religion"?
"Serious"Anita Baker

― jim marks, Wednesday, 1 December 2004 02:02 (twenty-one years ago)

You're impressed because I could name an early Duran b-side? Prepare to be even ASTOUNDED -- the others I wasn't sure I was going to find duplicates of included "Faster Than Light", "To the Shore", "Secret Oktober", "Late Bar", and "Faith in this Colour". Wait! There are others. I am fairly certain 7&TRT is the one album of theirs with the most "original" song titles, what with "The Seventh Stranger", "Of Crime and Passion", "Tiger Tiger", "(I'm Looking for) Cracks in the Pavement", "Union of the Snake", and "I Take the Dice". I'm also not so uncertain there are duplicates of "So Long Suicide", "Be My Icon", "Electric Barbarella", "Sin of the City", "Lake Shore Driving", "I Don't Want Your Love", "Too Late Marlene", "I Believe/All I Need to Know", "American Science", "A Matter of Feeling", "Skin Trade", "Medazzaland", or "UMF".

Also: Yes, Jimmy Eat World did do a cover of "New Religion", on the 1997 DD tribute album with the really gaudy birthday cake cover and the really awesome Deftones cover of "The Chauffeur". (If a devoted fan tells you a cover of the band they're a huge fan of is "really awesome", that should tell you something. *smile*) Thank you for alerting me to the Anita Baker "Serious", too!

― Drama Queen Wannabe (Dee the Lurker), Wednesday, 1 December 2004 07:26 (twenty-one years ago)

(This is the thread where I live up to my reputation.)

― Drama Queen Wannabe (Dee the Lurker), Wednesday, 1 December 2004 07:27 (twenty-one years ago)

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