There are a lot of songs that have been done over so many times. sometimes tthe person can cover the song and take it to another level(being a big hit, reaching number 1)..tell me who versions you like better,if I miss anu=yone,please let me know:

Respect=Otis Redding or Aretha Franklin

I Feel For You=Prince or Chaka Khan

A House Is Not A Home=Dionne Warwick or Luther Vandross

Ain't No Mountain High Enough=Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell or Diana Ross

I Heard It Through The Grapevine=Gladys Knight and The Pips or Marvin Gaye

If Only You Knew=Patti LaBelle or Keke wyatt or KoKo

All I Do Is Think of You=The Jackson 5 or Troop

How Can You Mend A Broken Heart=The Bee Gees or Al Green

Lately=Tyrese or Anita baker

I'm Going Down=Rose Royce or mary J. Blige

I Will Always Love You=Dolly Parton or Whitney Houston

Lately=Stevie Wonder or Jodeci

A Thin Line Between Love and Hate=The Persuaders or H-Town

Lean On Me-Bill Withers or Club Nouveau

Something He Can Feel=Aretha Franklin or En Vouge

You've Got A Friend=James Taylor or Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway

Superstar=The Carpenters or Luther Vandross

fred12 said:

Respect=Aretha Franklin

I Feel For You=Way too hard

A House Is Not A Home=Luther Vandross

Ain't No Mountain High Enough=Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell

I Heard It Through The Grapevine=Marvin Gaye

If Only You Knew=Patti LaBelle
All I Do Is Think of You=The Jackson 5

How Can You Mend A Broken Heart=The Bee Gees

Lately=Anita baker

I'm Going Down=mary J. Blige

I Will Always Love You=Whitney Houston

Lately=Stevie Wonder

A Thin Line Between Love and Hate=The Persuaders

Lean On Me-Bill Withers

Something He Can Feel=En Vouge

You've Got A Friend=Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway

Superstar=Luther Vandross

What about these?

Greatest Love of All - George Benson or Whitney Houston

Emotion - Samantha Sang/Bee Gees or Destiny's Child

I'll Be There - Jackson 5 or Mariah Carey

Footloose - Kenny Loggins or Blake Shelton

Here I Am - All Green or UB40

Red Red Wine - Neil Diamond or UB40

Nothing Compares 2 U - Prince or Sinead O'Connor

I Shot The Sheriff - Eric Clapton or Bob Marley

Everytime You Go Away - Daryl Hall and John Oates or Paul Young

Mad World - Tears For Fears or Gary Jules or Adam Lambert

Delta Dawn - Helen Reddy or Tanya Tucker

Wild Horses - Rolling Stones or The Sundays or Susan Boyle

728huey said:

What about these?

Greatest Love of All - Whitney Houston

Emotion - Samantha Sang/Bee Gees

I'll Be There - Jackson 5

Footloose - Neither

Here I Am - All Green

Red Red Wine - UB40

Nothing Compares 2 U -Sinead O'Connor

I Shot The Sheriff - Bob Marley

Everytime You Go Away - Daryl Hall and John Oates

Mad World - Tears For Fears

Delta Dawn - Helen Reddy

Wild Horses - None

[Edited 11/20/12 20:41pm]

Never can say goodbye: Jackson5 or ............................ (so many)

I can't make you love me: George Michael or Prince/ Bonnie R.

tritoncin said:

fred12 said:

There are a lot of songs that have been done over so many times. sometimes tthe person can cover the song and take it to another level(being a big hit, reaching number 1)..tell me who versions you like better,if I miss anu=yone,please let me know:

Respect=Otis Redding or Aretha Franklin

I Feel For You=Prince or Chaka Khan

A House Is Not A Home=Dionne Warwick or Luther Vandross

Ain't No Mountain High Enough=Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell or Diana Ross

I Heard It Through The Grapevine=Gladys Knight and The Pips or Marvin Gaye

If Only You Knew=Patti LaBelle or Keke wyatt or KoKo

All I Do Is Think of You=The Jackson 5 or Troop

How Can You Mend A Broken Heart=The Bee Gees or Al Green

Lately=Tyrese or Anita baker

I'm Going Down=Rose Royce or mary J. Blige

I Will Always Love You=Dolly Parton or Whitney Houston

Lately=Stevie Wonder or Jodeci

A Thin Line Between Love and Hate=The Persuaders or H-Town

Lean On Me-Bill Withers or Club Nouveau

Something He Can Feel=Aretha Franklin or En Vouge

You've Got A Friend=James Taylor or Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway

Superstar=The Carpenters or Luther Vandross

1.Aretha Franklin

2.Prince

3.Marvin Gaye

4.Marvin Gaye

5. havent heard

6. havent heard

7.Al Green

8.Havent heard

9.Both

10. havent heard

11. Aretha Franklin

12.James Taylor

13.Carpenters

728huey said:

What about these?

Greatest Love of All - George Benson or Whitney Houston

Emotion - Samantha Sang/Bee Gees or Destiny's Child

I'll Be There - Jackson 5 or Mariah Carey

Footloose - Kenny Loggins or Blake Shelton

Here I Am - All Green or UB40

Red Red Wine - Neil Diamond or UB40

Nothing Compares 2 U - Prince or Sinead O'Connor

I Shot The Sheriff - Eric Clapton or Bob Marley

Everytime You Go Away - Daryl Hall and John Oates or Paul Young

Mad World - Tears For Fears or Gary Jules or Adam Lambert

Delta Dawn - Helen Reddy or Tanya Tucker

Wild Horses - Rolling Stones or The Sundays or Susan Boyle

1.Whitney Houson

2. Havent Heard

3.Jackson Five.

4.Neither

6.neither

7.neither

8. Prince

10. Bob Marley

11.neither

12.neither

13. Tears for fears

14.havent heard

15. The Sundays

I like Pearls by India.Arie just as much if not more than Sade's

Don't judge me LOL

Covers that are not worse than the original, IMHO.

Black Magic Woman - Fleetwood Mac (1968) or Santana (1970)
Blue Suede Shoes - Carl Perkins (1955) or Elvis Presley (1956)
China Girl - Iggy Pop (1977) or David Bowie (1983)
Come Together - Beatles (1969) or Aerosmith (1978)
I Will Survive - Gloria Gaynor (1978) or Cake (1996)
Mad Worlds - Tears For Fears (1982) or Gary Jules (2001)
Nothing Compares to U - Prince (1984) or Sinead O'Connor (1990)
Smooth criminal - Michael Jackson (1987)or Alien Ant Farm (2001)
Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd (1975) or Widespread Panic (2000)

LiLi1992 said:

Covers that are not worse than the original, IMHO.

Black Magic Woman - Fleetwood Mac (1968) or Santana (1970)
Blue Suede Shoes - Carl Perkins (1955) or Elvis Presley (1956)
China Girl - Iggy Pop (1977) or David Bowie (1983)
Come Together - Beatles (1969) or Aerosmith (1978)
I Will Survive - Gloria Gaynor (1978) or Cake (1996)
Mad Worlds - Tears For Fears (1982) or Gary Jules (2001)
Nothing Compares to U - Prince (1984) or Sinead O'Connor (1990)
Smooth criminal - Michael Jackson (1987)or Alien Ant Farm (2001)
Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd (1975) or Widespread Panic (2000)

AFAIK no one has heard the 1984 version, the version we know is a live version from 1991 - 92.

fred12 said:

There are a lot of songs that have been done over so many times. sometimes tthe person can cover the song and take it to another level(being a big hit, reaching number 1)..tell me who versions you like better,if I miss anu=yone,please let me know:

Respect=Otis Redding or Aretha Franklin

I Feel For You=Prince or Chaka Khan

A House Is Not A Home=Dionne Warwick or Luther Vandross

Ain't No Mountain High Enough=Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell or Diana Ross

I Heard It Through The Grapevine=Gladys Knight and The Pips or Marvin Gaye

If Only You Knew=Patti LaBelle or Keke wyatt or KoKo

All I Do Is Think of You=The Jackson 5 or Troop haven't heard either one

How Can You Mend A Broken Heart=The Bee Gees or Al Green

Lately=Tyrese or Anita baker

I'm Going Down=Rose Royce or mary J. Blige

I Will Always Love You=Dolly Parton or Whitney Houston

Lately=Stevie Wonder or Jodeci

A Thin Line Between Love and Hate=The Persuaders or H-Town haven't heard either one

Lean On Me-Bill Withers or Club Nouveau

Something He Can Feel=Aretha Franklin or En Vouge

You've Got A Friend=James Taylor or Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway

Superstar=The Carpenters or Luther Vandross Bette Midler

728huey said:

What about these?

Greatest Love of All - George Benson or Whitney Houston

Emotion - Samantha Sang/Bee Gees or Destiny's Child

I'll Be There - Jackson 5 or Mariah Carey

Footloose - Kenny Loggins or Blake Shelton Yuck, neither

Here I Am - All Green or UB40 haven't heard either

Red Red Wine - Neil Diamond or UB40

Nothing Compares 2 U - Prince or Sinead O'Connor

I Shot The Sheriff - Eric Clapton or Bob Marley Yuck, neither

Everytime You Go Away - Daryl Hall and John Oates or Paul Young

Mad World - Tears For Fears or Gary Jules or Adam Lambert Yuck, neither

Delta Dawn - Helen Reddy or Tanya Tucker

Wild Horses - Rolling Stones or The Sundays or Susan Boyle

LiLi1992 said:

Covers that are not worse than the original, IMHO.

Black Magic Woman - Fleetwood Mac (1968) or Santana (1970)
Blue Suede Shoes - Carl Perkins (1955) or Elvis Presley (1956)
China Girl - Iggy Pop (1977) or David Bowie (1983)
Come Together - Beatles (1969) or Aerosmith (1978)
I Will Survive - Gloria Gaynor (1978) or Cake (1996)
Mad Worlds - Tears For Fears (1982) or Gary Jules (2001)
Nothing Compares to U - Prince (1984) or Sinead O'Connor (1990)
Smooth criminal - Michael Jackson (1987)or Alien Ant Farm (2001)
Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd (1975) or Widespread Panic (2000)

I've only heard both versions of a few of those so I can't vote on this one.

Respect=Otis Redding or Aretha Franklin

I Feel For You=Prince or Chaka Khan

A House Is Not A Home=Dionne Warwick or Luther Vandross

Ain't No Mountain High Enough=Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell or Diana Ross

I Heard It Through The Grapevine=Gladys Knight and The Pips or Marvin Gaye

If Only You Knew=Patti LaBelle or Keke wyatt or KoKo

All I Do Is Think of You=The Jackson 5 or Troop

How Can You Mend A Broken Heart=The Bee Gees or Al Green

Lately=Tyrese or Anita baker

I'm Going Down=Rose Royce or mary J. Blige

I Will Always Love You=Dolly Parton or Whitney Houston

Lately=Stevie Wonder or Jodeci

A Thin Line Between Love and Hate=The Persuaders or H-Town

Lean On Me-Bill Withers or Club Nouveau

Something He Can Feel=Aretha Franklin or En Vogue

You've Got A Friend=James Taylor or Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway

Superstar=The Carpenters or Luther Vandross

Greatest Love of All - George Benson or Whitney Houston

Emotion - Samantha Sang/Bee Gees or Destiny's Child

I'll Be There - Jackson 5 or Mariah Carey

Footloose - Kenny Loggins or Blake Shelton

Here I Am - All Green or UB40

Red Red Wine - Neil Diamond or UB40

Nothing Compares 2 U - Prince or Sinead O'Connor One of my absolute FAVES!

I Shot The Sheriff - Eric Clapton or Bob Marley

Everytime You Go Away - Daryl Hall and John Oates or Paul Young

Mad World - Tears For Fears or Gary Jules or Adam Lambert

Delta Dawn - Helen Reddy or Tanya Tucker

Wild Horses - Rolling Stones or The Sundays or Susan Boyle

fred12 said:

There are a lot of songs that have been done over so many times. sometimes tthe person can cover the song and take it to another level(being a big hit, reaching number 1)..tell me who versions you like better,if I miss anu=yone,please let me know:

Respect=Otis Redding or Aretha Franklin

I Feel For You=Prince or Chaka Khan

A House Is Not A Home=Dionne Warwick or Luther Vandross

Ain't No Mountain High Enough=Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell or Diana Ross

I Heard It Through The Grapevine=Gladys Knight and The Pips or Marvin Gaye

If Only You Knew=Patti LaBelle or Keke wyatt or KoKo

All I Do Is Think of You=The Jackson 5 or Troop

How Can You Mend A Broken Heart=The Bee Gees or Al Green

Lately=Tyrese or Anita baker

I'm Going Down=Rose Royce or mary J. Blige

I Will Always Love You=Dolly Parton or Whitney Houston

Lately=Stevie Wonder or Jodeci

A Thin Line Between Love and Hate=The Persuaders or H-Town

Lean On Me-Bill Withers or Club Nouveau

Something He Can Feel=Aretha Franklin or En Vouge

You've Got A Friend=James Taylor or Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway

Superstar=The Carpenters or Luther Vandross

1. Aretha Franklin

2. Chaka Khan

3. Luther (made it his own).

4. Marvin Gaye

5. Draw

6. Patti Labelle

7. Troop

8. Al Green

9. ?

10. Draw

11. Whitney Houston (made it her own)

12. Jodeci

13. Persuaders

14. En Vogue

15. Bill Withers

16. James Taylor

17. Luther Vandross (don't remember Carp's version)