Other Cover Versions
"The Harder They Come" has also been covered by:
- Merl Saunders / Jerry Garcia / John Kahn / Bill Vitt, on Live at Keystone (1973)
- Cher, entitled "The Bigger They Come, The Harder They Fall" on Stars (1975)
- Keith Richards, as the B-side to his single "Run Rudolph Run" (1978)
- Titãs, on Titãs (1984)
- Poison Idea, on Pajama Party (1992)
- Rancid, live on Tibetan Freedom Concert (1997)
- Kahimi Karie, on K.K.K.K.K. (1998)
- Me First and the Gimme Gimmes, on Warped Tour 2003 Tour Compilation (2003)
- Jerry Garcia Band, on After Midnight: Kean College, 2/28/80, released in 2004
- Wayne Kramer has released two slightly different versions of the song, on the 2000 compilation "Cocaine Blues" and the "Dodge Main" album, with Deniz Tek and Scott Morgan
- moe., on Warts and All: Volume 4 (2005)
- Willie Nelson, on Countryman (2005)
- Pat MacDonald, on Bridging the Distance: a Portland, OR covers compilation (2007)
- Desmond Dekker
- Jaya the Cat
- Social Distortion (live only)
- Joe Strummer and the Long Beach Dub Allstars
- Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros (live only)
- Johnny Thunders and Wayne Kramer's short-lived band Gang War
- The Waco Brothers
- Widespread Panic (known live version)
- Guster, on the Everwood soundtrack
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