Working Class Hero - Notable Covers

Notable Covers

"Working Class Hero"
Single by Green Day
from the album Instant Karma: The Amnesty International Campaign to Save Darfur
Released 1 May 2007
Format Digital download
Genre Alternative rock
Length 4:25
4:01
Label Warner Bros., Amnesty International
Writer(s) John Lennon
Producer Green Day
Green Day singles chronology
"The Saints Are Coming"
(with U2)
(2006)		 "Working Class Hero"
(2007)		 "The Simpsons Theme"
(2007)
Instant Karma: The Amnesty International Campaign to Save Darfur track listing
"Jealous Guy"
(Youssou N'Dour)
(12 of Disc 1)		 "Working Class Hero"
(Green Day)
(1 of disc 2)		 "Power to the People"
(Black Eyed Peas)
(2 of disc 2)
Music video
"Working Class Hero" on YouTube
  • Marianne Faithfull covered the song on her 1979 album Broken English.
  • Then-New Zealand politician Marilyn Waring covered the song as a single in 1980.
  • Jerry Williams covered the song in 1984 on his album Working Class Hero.
  • Richie Havens covered the song for his 1987 album Richie Havens Sings Beatles and Dylan.
  • Blind Melon covered the song on their last-ever tour with Shannon Hoon as their singer, in 1995.
  • Mike Peters covered the song when with The Alarm as a backing track to their 1989 single "A New South Wales".
  • David Bowie's band Tin Machine recorded a version of the song on their 1989 self-titled debut album.
  • Cyndi Lauper covered the song live on Lennon: A Tribute in 1992.
  • Screaming Trees covered the song for the 1995 tribute album Working Class Hero: A Tribute to John Lennon.
  • Roger Taylor covered the song on his 1998 album Electric Fire.
  • Marilyn Manson covered the song on the B-side of the 2000 single "Disposable Teens".
  • Noir Désir covered the song on the 2000 album Liberté de Circulation'.
  • Pain of Salvation covered the song live in 2001 together with Dream Theater's Mike Portnoy.
  • Hilton Valentine covered the song on his 2004 album It's Folk'n' Skiffle, Mate!.
  • Elbow covered the song for Q magazine in 2005.
  • Ozzy Osbourne recorded a version for his 2005 collection Under Cover.
  • The Academy Is... covered the song in 2006 on its From the Carpet EP.
  • Tina Dickow covered the song for Amnesty International's 2007 'Make Some Noise' campaign in Denmark.
  • Green Day contributed a cover of the song to the Instant Karma: The Amnesty International Campaign to Save Darfur in 2007. It peaked at #53 on the Billboard Hot 100, #6 on the Canadian Hot 100, #8 in Norway and #11 in Sweden. It also achieved notable success at rock radio, peaking at #10 on the Modern Rock Tracks chart and #18 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. The ending features an excerpt of the final line of Lennon's version. Also, in their song "21st Century Breakdown", Green Day pays homage to this song and Lennon himself with the line "I never made it as a working class hero.".
  • Manic Street Preachers recorded a cover of the song on their 2007 album Send Away the Tigers.
  • Racoon covered the song on their album Before You Leave (2008).

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