I Want You (She's So Heavy) - Covers

Covers

Numerous bands and solo artists have covered "I Want You (She's So Heavy)" in the studio and live, in particular the following:

Performer Album Year Comment
Alvin Lee Nineteen Ninety Four 1994 Accompanied by George Harrison on slide guitar
Beatallica Sgt. Hetfield's Motorbreath Pub Band 2007 Merged with Metallica's "The Call of Ktulu" to create "Ktulu (He's So Heavy)"
Bee Gees - 1978 Performance for the Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band movie, with Peter Frampton, Frankie Howerd, Dianne Steiberg and Stargard
Blackmail Science Fiction 1999 Usage of part of the lyrics ("I want you so bad") and part of the tune for the song "3.000.000 Years From Here"
Booker T. and the MGs McLemore Avenue 1969 Album cover also mimicks the Abbey Road album cover
Coroner Mental Vortex 1991
Earth to Andy Simple Machine 1998 As hidden track at the end of the album that features a "talking guitar" effect
Eddie Hazel Game, Dames and Guitar Thangs 1977 Eddie Hazel's solo debut album
Eric Gales Band Picture of a Thousand Faces 1993
The Flaming Lips - 2011 15 minute performance of the song at NYE Freakout in Oklahoma City, in honor of the special guest performance by The Plastic Ono Band
George Benson The Other Side of Abbey Road 1970
George Lynch Furious George 2004 Cover album
Groove Collective - 1996 Single, which charted in the US
Halestorm ReAnimate: ThE cOvErS eP (EP) 2011
Jambi's Revenge Origins 2010
Joe Anderson, Dana Fuchs and T.V. Carpio - 2007 Performance by cast members for Julie Taymor's film Across the Universe'
John Legend Live in Philadelphia 2008
The Last Shadow Puppets - 2008 Performance during the BBC Electric Proms
Noir Désir Dies Irae 1994 Live album; the title means Days of Wrath (lat.)
Sarah Vaughan Songs of the Beatles 1981 Omits any "She's So Heavy" vocals
Soda Stereo - 1990−91 Covered song in several live performances during that time
Soulive Rubber Soulive 2010 Beatles cover album
Steel Train 1969 2004 Cover album
Thrice - 2010 Released as download track for their label Vagrant Records
Transatlantic All of the above 2000 Live album, cover appears as last segment of the closing medley
Type O Negative World Coming Down 1999 As part of a medley with "Day Tripper" and "If I Needed Someone"
Phillips, Grier & Flinner Looking Back 2002 Instrumental version, with David Grier on acoustic guitar, Todd Phillips (musician) on acoustic bass, and Matt Flinner on mandolin

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