Cover Versions
In 1999 "Dress You Up" was sung by a group of artists, including Alex Greenwald, Rashida Jones and Jason Thompson, for Gap's "Everybody in Vests" TV commercial directed by Pedro Romhanyi. Music for the song was created by the Dust Brothers. An alternative rock cover of the song by shoegazer band Apollo Heights was included on the 2007 Madonna tribute compilation Through the Wilderness. The power pop band Zolof the Rock & Roll Destroyer, along with third wave ska band Reel Big Fish, covered the song on their 2007 EP Duet All Night Long. United Kingdom dance artist Kelly Llorenna recorded a new version of the song in 2008. The cover was released as a single in 2009 and a music video aired on Clubland TV, featuring Llorenna trying on a selection of different outfits in a clothes shop named Kelly Llorenna. At the end of the video Llorenna drives off in a limousine wearing a chauffeur's outfit. In 2012, the song was used for the Fashion's Night Out campaign, sung by Darren Criss.
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