Cover Versions
- In 1991 David Tyler CKBE-FM
- In 1993 De La Soul and Teenage Fanclub sampled the song for "Fallin'" which appeared on the Judgement Night soundtrack.
- In 1996 In the film Jerry Maguire, Tom Cruise sings along in the car.
- In 1998 Stevie Nicks did a studio cover on her album Enchanted.
- In 1999 Deana Carter sang a version of the song that played in the Season 3 finale's ending credits of Mike Judge's animated comedy King of The Hill that aired on May 14, 1999. This version was later included on the series soundtrack which was released later that year.
- In 2001 the Kings of Convenience EP Failure includes a live version.
- In 2002 YG Family's 97-YG-02 album includes a Korean version.
- In 2003 Tony Hadley, lead singer of new romantic band Spandau Ballet, released a cover version on his compilation True Ballads.
- In 2005 Keith Urban's live cover appears on his DVD Livin' Right Now.
- In 2006 rapper Pimp C sampled the song for "I'm Free," off his album Pimpalation.
- In 2007 American singer-songwriter John Mayer included a live cover version on his live album/DVD Where the Light Is.
- In 2008 in Episode 119 – "Triple Threat" of Cold Case, the song was covered with the second verse replaced with "Va Pensiero" from Verdi's Nabucco, sung in Italian by Russian singer-songwriter Elena Satine.
- In 2008 the song was covered by German singer/songwriter Willer on his album The Only Way.
- In 2009 Chamillionaire sampled the song for his track "Good Morning".
- In 2009 Ben Rector covered the song for his album Into the Morning.
- In 2009 Jonas Brothers did a cover of it at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville.
- In 2010 the alternative rock band The Almost recorded a cover for the compilation Punk Goes Classic Rock.
- Since 2010 Three Days Grace has been playing a cover of this song on their tour.
- In 2011, Umphrey's Mcgee covered this song in Ashbury Park, NJ
- In 2012, Max Milner performed the song on The Voice UK.
- In 2012, Nick Carter performed the song on his I'm Taking Off tour.
- In 2012, The Band Perry performed the song in the Grammy Nominations Concert, as well as on their tour.
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