to be really shocked that Soft Cell covered

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Tainted Love?? I thought it was their song

Portly - the MM version is fantastic, isn't it.

I think Sinead O'Connor's version of Nothing Compares To You is one of the best covers ever.

Sinead might have been gorgeous but I much preferred The Familys version.

wow first time I heard it, but that is god

Brian Ferry's version of Jealous Guy is so much better than the John Lennon version (even though JL wrote it).

so true.
I always thank mn for showing me how much better the who version of behind blue eyes is to limp bizkets

I was going to say about Jealous Guy too Kate, also I prefer the Sting cover of Little Wing to the Jimi Hendrix original.

to admit it but Marc Almond cover of 'Jacky' is a shameful favourite of mine

I second that KateMiddleton. He has done a lot of covers and imo he nailed them all.

MaisieDotes I never realised that, Dh knew but there's 5 years in it so that's my excuse!!! I beyond love David Grey and after a wee YouTube search I would stand by his version of Say Hello Wave Goodbye any day

Bauhaus - Ziggy Stardust = Excellent cover and as much as I love Bowie this is better.

Why would you assume he was dead Netball?

I have a vague recollection that Marc Almond had a serious brush with death a few years back, either through illness or accident? I'll have to Google now.

It's an old song from the 60's.

It was a motorcycle accident.

Yep, Marc Almond had a terrible motorbike crash. He's recovered now

Best cover ever = The Wedding Present doing, 'Come Up and See Me, Make Me Smile'.

I didn't know until tonight that the song that goes, 'The best things in life are free' etc was a cover - hadn't realised that The Flying Lizard's song and The Beatles song were the same song! Not a fan of The Beatles though, if that is any excuse for my idiocy.

The one they just had Mariah Carey warbling was much better sung by the 'Ken Lee' woman.

McPie I actually really like the Marc Almold original, although I've only heard it once or twice.

I've heard the David Gray version a lot of times.

Agree with joffrey that the MA one is more raw of emotion, or something.

This thread has reminded me that when she was about 7 dd had to do a peformance at her theatre club to get her bronze certificate or something. All the kids had to pick a piece of music and make up a dance to it. dd chose to do hers to Tainted Love and we spent a week practising dance moves (she was particularly keen on Marc Almond's wrist-banging action). Then, on the day, all the other kids were jumping around to Wheels on The Bus and I suddenly saw how ridiculously poncey my (already rather, um, quirky) child was looking. The other mums were a bit 'Stop reliving your youth through your child, you saddo'

i really like the M M version of tainted love too the video works really well with the song

I remember it becoming known about 20 years ago. I thought it was original until then too.

Ok, I'm embarrassed to admit this but... I actually insisted to folk at the time that Oasis "Wonderwall" was a cover version of a sixties song from Mike Pops flowers or whatever the fuck his name was.

The All Saints cover of LaBelle's Lady Marmalade is fucking shameful.

And it's still one of the most impossible songs to dance to. We've all tried it. You get up there on the dancefloor and do a sort of a step/shuffle/arm thing for about a minute and then give up.

Remus I also like the Wedding Present cover of 'Cattle and Cane'.

Some other top 90s indie covers: Dinosaur Jr - Just Like Heaven, Drop Nineteens - Angel, Afghan Whigs - My World Is Empty Without You...