Cover Versions
- Jazz-fusion drummer Billy Cobham recorded a cover of the song on his album "Picture This" in 1987, featuring saxophonist Grover Washington, Jr.
- Scottish band Simple Minds recorded a version of this song on their EP The Amsterdam in 1989.
- Singer and pianist Nina Simone recorded a version of the song for her last studio album A Single Woman in 1993. It never made it to the final album.
- Chaka Khan included a cover of the song on her 2007 album Funk This.
- Steven Wilson of Porcupine Tree covered the song on the fifth release of his Cover Version series in 2008.
- Heaven 17 covered the song in 2007.
- Muse covered the song in a hour long special of BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge on September 28, 2012.
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