I Want You Back - Cover Versions

Cover Versions

• A "live" version by Graham Parker and The Rumour garnered mild success in 1979; its title is sometimes shown as "I Want You Back (Alive)". David Ruffin recorded a version with The Funk Brothers at Hitsville in Detroit with the familiar Motown sound. It was to be included on his unreleased LP "David".
• Canadian girl group West End Girls had a top-10 single in 1991 with their cover.
• Latin Freestyle singer George Lamond recorded a semi-successful cover version that appeared on his 1992 album, In My Life
• British girl group Cleopatra released their cover version from their album Comin' Atcha!, which reached number four in the UK official top 40 in 1998.
• In 2004, R&B/Pop singer Jay-Kid covered the song on his album "Bringing You the Magic!"
• The Mexican cumbia band Los Super Reyes covers the track in Spanish with the title "Quédate Más (I Want You Back)" on their 2007 debut album El Regreso De Los Reyes.
• Allister recorded of cover of this song for their 2010 album "Countdown To Nowhere."
• The band Discovery, featuring of Wesley Miles of Ra Ra Riot and Rostam Batmanglij of Vampire Weekend, cover the track on their 2009 debut album, LP.
• Korean singer Park Bom (박봄) from 2NE1 sang "I Want You Back" on KBS's sketchbook as a solo.
• Richie Kotzen, ex-member of the bands Poison and Mr. Big, made a cover in the 2009 Japanese version of his album Peace Sign.
• The John Butler Trio performed the song on the Triple J segment Like a Version in January 2010.
• Virginia-based powerpop/rock band The Bigger Lights made a cover of this song available on their MySpace on December 15, 2009.
• It was performed on American Idol during Hollywood Week's Group Night of Season 8 by White Chocolate, a group containing Kris Allen and Matt Giraud.
• The song was sung by Motown legend Smokey Robinson on his 2009 album Time Flies When You're Having Fun.
• French salsa band Afincao in 2009, Spanish/spanglish version : "I Want You Regreses"
• Pop punk band A Loss for Words covered "I Want You Back" on their cover album "Motown Classics" released in May 2010
• Colbie Caillat covered the song for her iTunes Session in January 2010.
• The song appears as a bonus track on Sheryl Crow's 2010 CD 100 Miles from Memphis.
• Ayọ covered the song and released as a bonus track for her 2011 album Billie-Eve.
• The Nickelodeon TV show Victorious featured the song on their TV film/episode Locked Up, which is included in its soundtrack, released on August 2, 2011. Also, the star of the show, Victoria Justice has performed the song on her tour stops.
• The song was covered on the eighth series of The X Factor UK by contestant Janet Devlin on Week 5.
• An a cappella version by the Dalton Academy Warblers was recorded for the TV series Glee's Michael Jackson tribute episode. The scene was filmed, cut in the final process of editing, but was still released as a single on iTunes.
• Folk duo The Civil Wars included a cover of the song as a bonus track on their debut album Barton Hollow released in February 2011.
• Erin Willett sang this song for her blind audition in season 2 of The Voice
• The Vasquez sounds (Mexican in english band) covers this version of the song and with music video.
• Taylor Swift released a cover of the song on her 2011 album Speak Now World Tour Live.