The Day Before You Came - Cover Versions

Cover Versions

• In 1983 Dutch singer Andre Hazes released a Christmas-version of this song, with new, Dutch lyrics. It's called Met kerst ben ik alleen.
• In 1984, two years after the song's original release, the first cover version of "The Day Before You Came" was released by British synthpop duo Blancmange. The cover charted at No. 22 in the UK singles chart and was included in that year's Mange Tout album. Blancmange's version included a slight lyrical alteration. Instead of referencing novelist Marilyn French as the ABBA original does, Blancmange singer Neil Arthur sang "I must have read a while, the latest one by Barbara Cartland or something in that style".
• British singer/songwriter Tanita Tikaram covered the song on her 1998 album The Cappuccino Songs.
• A dance cover by ABBAcadabra was released by Almighty Records during the late 1990s. An audio sample can be heard on the official Almighty Records page.
• UK indie band Jacques covered the song for their 2000 album To Stars.
• Dutch singer Sarah Fairfield included a cover of the song on her 2004 debut album Green.
• Steven Wilson of Porcupine Tree covered the song on the second release of his Cover Version series in 2004.
• Swedish opera singer Anne Sofie von Otter covered the song on her 2006 ABBA tribute album I Let The Music Speak
• British "antique beat" band The Real Tuesday Weld covered the song on the 2007 compilation album Backspin: A 6 Degrees 10 Year Anniversary Project.
• In 2011, classically trained pianist Mark Northfield did a 6 minute cover of the song. He "takes advantage of to draw out the song".