Cover Versions
The song was covered by Tom Jones for his 1999 album Reload featuring the Australian singer Natalie Imbruglia. The song was also covered by Joe Cocker for his 2002 album Respect Yourself.
Bono, a good friend of Hutchence, sometimes snippets the chorus during live performances of several U2 songs.
The hardcore band, This Is Hell, covered the track on their 2009 EP Warbirds. "Never Tear Us Apart" was also covered by 2010 X Factor Australia winner Altiyan Childs for his self-titled debut album. In 2011, punk rock supergroup Me First and the Gimme Gimmes recorded a cover of the song on their all Australian covers EP, Go Down Under.
The Vitamin String Quartet covered the song in the 100th episode of Gossip Girl.
Beck with St. Vincent on vocals, recorded a cover of the song in May 2010 for Beck's Record Club, which invites musicians to cover an album in one day (sans rehearsal and redos) and then release one song each week as a single.
The Horrible Crowes recorded a cover version live on Sirius XM radio, that was used as the b-side to their single Ladykiller.
In June, 2012, American singer Carrie Underwood covered the song during one of the shows of the Australian leg of her Blown Away World Tour.
Also in 2012, Indie/Folk artist Cary Brothers covered the song as the opening track of his EP Covers Volume One.
Paloma Faith covered the song for a John Lewis TV advert, aired from 15 September 2012, and released it as the third single from her Brit Award nominated album Fall To Grace.
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