Robert Knight -- Everlasting Love (Original)


Love Affair -- 1st Remake


Carl Carlton -- 6th Remake


Rex Smith/Rachel Sweet -- 10th Remake


Sandra -- 11th Remake


U2 -- 12th Remake


Gloria Estefan -- 13th Remake


Jamie Cullum -- 15th Remake


According to what was documented on Wikipedia, there are 19 versions of Everlasting Love to date.

http://en.wikipedia.org/w...sting_love

Only 19 covers huh?
No threat to 'Imagine' then . . .

At least 25 recorded cover versions of Imagine
[Edited 8/3/08 17:53pm]

SUPRMAN said:

25 versions?!? Damn, I only heard 2 out of the 25!

WIKI of course,

Speculation on most covered songs

There are several songs that have been said to have the most cover versions, but for various reasons it is difficult to accurately determine what song has the most cover versions. Databases attempting to do so may be incomplete or flawed with regard to songs from the developing world. In addition to that older songs may have cover versions that are no longer well documented.

Certain songs are largely known for having a large number of cover versions and are called "standards." In musical forms like blues or particularly jazz it is not uncommon for musicians to have albums or CDs made up primarily of standards. For more on this see Blues standard, Jazz standard, and the Great American Songbook.

The Beatles' "Yesterday" is often called the most covered song in popular music history; some allege there are over three thousand different versions, although no evidence has been provided (As of May 16, 2008 - the online music service Rhapsody shows the song showing up on 934 albums). An online cover song database lists a little over a hundred covers for the song,[22] but places "Eleanor Rigby" as being more covered than it.[23] The Beatles' "Come Together" has also been covered numerous times. It has been documented that "A Whiter Shade of Pale" by Procol Harum has been covered over 800 times.[24]George Gershwin's "Summertime" (from Porgy and Bess) is considered a standard (see jazz standard) so has been performed in enough versions that an accurate number might be difficult to ascertain. Irving Berlin's "White Christmas" (from the film Holiday Inn) is well known for having been covered, and what is more a popular hit record, numerous times. According to one estimate "Cry Me a River", written by Arthur Hamilton, had 115 cover versions. [25] The 1973 song "Radar Love" by Golden Earring has been recorded over 350 times[26] and has appeared in many TV shows, movies and even video games. One of the most famous folk songs which has been covered more than 250 times[1][2] is "House of the Rising Sun". It has been covered by famous artists like Bob Dylan, The Animals, Nina Simone, Eric Burdon[3][4]

Other songs which have been released many times as cover versions include "Popcorn" by Gershon Kingsley (which has been covered over 200 times,[27]) "Rock Around the Clock",[28],, "Eres Tú" by Mocedades, [29]"Billie Jean" by Michael Jackson, "Over the Rainbow" by Judy Garland, "Blue Monday" (New Order), "Louie Louie" (Richard Berry), "Sunny" (Bobby Hebb), "Fever" (Otis Blackwell),"Across the Universe" (The Beatles), "Baby It's You" (The Shirelles), "By the Time I Get to Phoenix" (Jimmy Webb), "Helter Skelter" (The Beatles), "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" (Bob Dylan), "Twist and Shout" (Isley Brothers), "We Will Rock You" (Queen), "Besame Mucho" (Consuelo Velázquez), "Free Bird" (Lynyrd Skynyrd), "When I Fall In Love" (Doris Day), "Love Will Tear Us Apart" (Joy Division), "Stardust" (Bing Crosby), "Garota de Ipanema" (Tom Jobim/Vinicius de Moraes), "Feelings" (Morris Albert), "No Woman No Cry" (Bob Marley & the Wailers), "Dirty Old Town" (Ewan MacColl), "I Fought the Law" (Sonny Curtis), "Axel F" (Harold Faltermeyer), "Roll Over Beethoven" (Chuck Berry), "How Deep Is Your Love" (The Bee Gees), "Something" (The Beatles), "Missing You" (John Waite), "Soul Man" (Sam & Dave), "Gloria" (Them) and many of the less recent works of Bob Dylan (such as "Knocking on Heaven's Door" and "All Along the Watchtower") "Paranoid" (Black Sabbath) and Leonard Cohen (as of December 5, 2004, there were at least 940 published cover versions of Cohen songs.[30]) The Australian television program The Money or the Gun featured for every episode a new cover of Stairway to Heaven, played in versions ranging from a Wagnerian opera to a Beatles melody.[5]

Carl Carlton's version is the jam

bboy87 said:

Carl Carlton & Sandra are the main cover versions that I listen to the most.

bboy87 said:

I always assumed that Carl Carlton's version was the original,lol.