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25 Songs You Didn’t Know Were Covers [Photos]

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'Hanging On The Telephone'
  • ‘Hanging On The Telephone’
    %27Hanging%20On%20The%20Telephone%27
    Before%20Blondie%2C%20The%20Nerves%26%23160%3Boriginally%26%23160%3Brecorded%20this%20song.
    'Hanging On The Telephone'
    ‘I Fought The Law’
    %27I%20Fought%20The%20Law%27
    The%20Bobby%20Fuller%20Four%26%23160%3Boriginally%26%23160%3Bcreated%20this%20song%20before%20it%20was%20covered.%26%23160%3B
    'I Fought The Law'
    ‘Istanbul’
    %27Istanbul%27
    Before%20They%20Might%20be%20Giants%2C%20Istanbul%2C%20was%20sung%20by%20Four%20Lads.%26%23160%3B
    'Istanbul'
    ‘Louie Louie’
    %27Louie%20Louie%27
    This%20original%20track%20was%20created%20by%20artist%20Richard%20Berry.%26%23160%3B
    'Louie Louie'
    ‘I Want Candy’
    %27I%20Want%20Candy%27
    The%20Strangeloves%20did%20the%26%23160%3Boriginal%26%23160%3Bversion%20before%20Bow%20Wow%20Wow%20covered%20this%20classic.%3C%21--newline--%3E%3C%21--newline--%3E
    'I Want Candy'
    ‘Hey Joe’
    %27Hey%20Joe%27
    Jimi%20Hendrix%20covered%20this%20song%20by%20The%20Leaves.%26%23160%3B
    'Hey Joe'
  • ‘Tainted Love’
    %27Tainted%20Love%27
    Soft%20Cell%26%23160%3Bsynthesized%26%23160%3Bthis%20song%20after%20hearing%20it%20from%20Northern%20South.
    'Tainted Love'
    ‘I Love Rock n Roll’
    %27I%20Love%20Rock%20n%20Roll%27
    Covered%20by%20Joan%20Jett%20And%20The%20Blackhearts%2C%20The%20Arrows%20were%20the%20original%20band.%26%23160%3B
    'I Love Rock n Roll'
    ‘Blinded By The Light’
    %27Blinded%20By%20The%20Light%27
    Before%20Manfred%20Mann%26%238217%3Bs%20Earth%20Band%20made%20this%20song%20popular%2C%20Bruce%20Springsteen%20performed%20this%20track.%26%23160%3B
    'Blinded By The Light'
    ‘Girls Just Want To Have Fun’
    %27Girls%20Just%20Want%20To%20Have%20Fun%27
    Robert%20Hazard%20created%20this%20track%20before%20it%20was%20covered%20by%26%23160%3BCyndi%20Lauper.%26%23160%3B
    'Girls Just Want To Have Fun'
    ‘Step By Step’
    %27Step%20By%20Step%27
    Whitney%20Houston%20got%20her%20hands%20on%20this%20track%20after%20Annie%20Lennox.%3C%21--newline--%3E%3C%21--newline--%3E
    'Step By Step'
    ‘The Crying Game’
    %27The%20Crying%20Game%27
    Boy%20George%20and%20Pet%20Shop%20Boys%20covered%20this%20song%20after%20Dave%20Berry.%26%23160%3B
    'The Crying Game'
  • ‘Respect’
    %27Respect%27
    AP%20Photo%3Cbr%20%2F%3EAretha%20Franklin%20covered%20the%20famous%20song%20%26%238216%3BRespect%26%238217%3B%20originally%20sung%20by%20Otis%20Redding.
    AP Photo
    ‘Take Yo Praise’
    %27Take%20Yo%20Praise%27
    Camille%20Yarbrough%26%238217%3Bs%20track%2C%20Praise%20You%2C%20inspired%20Fatboy%20Slim%20to%20take%20the%20sample.%26%23160%3B%3C%21--newline--%3E%3C%21--newline--%3E
    'Take Yo Praise'
    ‘Killing Me Softly’
    %27Killing%20Me%20Softly%27
    Lori%20Liebman%20originally%20did%20this%20song%20before%20Roberta%20Flack.%26%23160%3B
    'Killing Me Softly'
    ‘Nothing Compares 2 U’
    %27Nothing%20Compares%202%20U%27
    Written%20by%20Prince%2C%20The%20Family%20covered%20this%20song.%26%23160%3B
    'Nothing Compares 2 U'
    ‘If I Was A Boy’
    %27If%20I%20Was%20A%20Boy%27
    Beyonce%20made%20this%20track%20a%20hit%20after%20songwriter%20BC%20Jean%20performed%20it.%26%23160%3B
    'If I Was A Boy'
    ‘I Didn’t Know I Was Looking For Love’
    %27I%20Didn%27t%20Know%20I%20Was%20Looking%20For%20Love%27
    One%20hit%20wonder%20Karen%20Ramirez%20covered%20this%20track%20from%20Everything%20But%20The%20Girl.%26%23160%3B%3C%21--newline--%3E%3C%21--newline--%3E
    'I Didn't Know I Was Looking For Love'
  • ‘Hound Dog’
    %27Hound%20Dog%27
    This%20famous%20song%20was%20covered%20by%20Elvis%20Presley%20after%20Big%20Mama%20Thornton.
    'Hound Dog'
    ‘Torn’
    %27Torn%27
    Phil%20Thornalley%20wrote%20this%20classic%20before%20Edenswap%20was%20formed.
    'Torn'
    ‘Downtown Train’
    %27Downtown%20Train%27
    Originally%26%23160%3Bwritten%20and%20sung%20by%20Tom%20Waits%2C%20Rod%20Stewart%20later%20covered%20this%20song.
    'Downtown Train'
    ‘Don’t Turn Around’
    %27Don%27t%20Turn%20Around%27
    Before%20Aswad%20reggae%2C%20Tina%20Turner%26%23160%3Boriginally%26%23160%3Brecorded%20this%20hit%20song
    'Don't Turn Around'
    ‘Bette Davis Eyes’
    %27Bette%20Davis%20Eyes%27
    Created%20by%20artist%20Jackie%20DeShannon.%26%23160%3B
    'Bette Davis Eyes'
    ‘Mambo No 5′
    %27Mambo%20No%205%27
    Lou%20Bega%20resurrected%20this%20song%20by%20Perez%20Prado.
    'Mambo No 5'
  • ‘Gloria’
    %27Gloria%27
    Umberto%20Tozzi%20created%20this%20track%20before%20Laura%20Branigan%20made%20it%20famous.%20%26%23160%3B
    'Gloria'
'Hanging On The Telephone'
Before Blondie, The Nerves originally recorded this song.
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