Kicks (song) - Other Versions

Other Versions

Paul Revere & the Raiders performed a live version of "Kicks" on the band's 1996 Greatest Hits Live compilation. Lindsay, with the Mark Lewis Trio, re-recorded the song on the 1990 album Looking for Shelter. A live version appears on his 1999 album Legends Live: Mark Lindsay & Friends. Former bass guitarist Phil Volk, with his band Fang & the Gang, performed the song on the 2005 tribute album Fang Reveres the Raiders. Mann and Weil revisited the song in their 2004 Off Broadway revue They Wrote That? The Songs of Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil.

Singer-songwriter Del Shannon recorded a cover of "Kicks" on his 1966 album This Is My Bag. Surf rock group The Challengers covered the song on their album California Kicks, also released in 1966. The Leathercoated Minds, a studio band featuring J. J. Cale on guitar and production, performed the song on their 1968 album A Trip Down the Sunset Strip. Psychedelic rock band Nazz covered the song on their final album Nazz III. In 1974, John Mellencamp was signed to MCA Records after Mellencamp recorded a demo on which he performed the song. Rock band Earth Quake recorded a version of the song on their 1977 album Levelled. Leif Garrett covered "Kicks" on his 1979 album Same Goes for You. Naz Nomad and the Nightmares, a side project featuring members of punk band The Damned, covered the song on their 1984 album Give Daddy the Knife Cindy. The Monkees included their version of the song on their 1986 greatest hits compilation Then & Now... The Best of The Monkees. Rock band The Flamin' Groovies released "Kicks" as a single from their 1986 album One Night Stand. In 1999, jazz guitarist Mimi Fox released the album Kicks, on which her rendition of the song appears. Garage rock band The Gants added a version of the song on their 2000 greatest hits album I Wonder. Everclear covered the song on their 2008 album The Vegas Years.