Covers
- In 1982, Toni Basil released a cover of "Pity You" on her album Word of Mouth, retitled as "You Gotta Problem." The instrumental track of this version was re-recorded by Devo and the album was engineered by Bob Casale.
- The song "Beautiful World" was covered by the indie rock band Harvey Danger and rap/rock group Rage Against the Machine on their final studio album Renegades.
- "Love Without Anger" was covered by The Aquabats for the We Are Not Devo tribute album.
- "Through Being Cool" was covered by They Might Be Giants for the soundtrack for the Disney movie Sky High with altered lyrics. Some of these altered lyrics were carried over into the (also Disney) Devo 2.0 project.
- "Jerkin' Back 'n' Forth" was covered by POLYSICS and is featured on their single for XCT.
- The drum machine track for "The Super Thing" was reused in Devo's newest single "Watch Us Work It," which was remixed by Teddybears.
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Famous quotes containing the word covers:
“Boys finding for the first time their loins filled with heart’s
blood
Widowed farmers whose hands float under light covers to find
themselves
Arisen at sunrise”
—James Dickey (b. 1923)
“Here a pretty Baby lies
Sung asleep with Lullabies:
Pray be silent, and not stirre
Th’ easie earth that covers her.”
—Robert Herrick (1591–1674)
“The covers of this book are too far apart.”
—Ambrose Bierce (1842–1914)