Cover Versions
"Live to Tell" has been covered by numerous artists. In 1992, American guitarist Bill Frisell covered the song in his fourth album, Have a Little Faith. In 1998, Blonde Ambition released a dance single of the song featuring 6 different hi-NRG remix versions. Italian singer Lucrezia made an uptempo dance version of the song that was remixed by David Morales. It peaked at number two for two weeks on Billboard's Hot Dance Club Play, and was included in the 2001 album Logic Pride, Vol. 4. Canadian jazz singer Carol Welsman, covered it on her eponymous 2007 album.
New Wave band Berlin covered the song for the 1999 album Virgin Voices: A Tribute to Madonna, Vol. 1. In an interview with CNN, Berlin's lead vocalist Terri Nunn said that the tribute was necessary, commenting that "she has influenced a lot of people", adding that "Live to Tell" is the only song from Madonna that she would touch. Other covers of the song on tribute albums include Semi Moore on The Material Girl: A Tribute to Madonna, released in 2000, an instrumental version on the 2002 album The String Quartet Tribute to Madonna, a folk version by Winter Flowers on the 2007 album Through the Wilderness, and a hi-NRG version by Melissa Totten on her 2008 album, Forever Madonna.
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