Cover Versions
"All Right Now" has been covered by many bands and artists; the most popular are by The Runaways in 1975 (as a demo), (Rick) Santers in 1984, Rod Stewart in 1984, ex-Wham! backing singers Pepsi & Shirlie in 1987, and Scottish girl band Lemonescent in 2003. It has also been sampled in Tone-Loc's song "Funky Cold Medina" in 1989. The Who covered it at a concert in Passaic, New Jersey on September 11, 1979. The Sweet once covered this song at a 1976 concert following the death of Paul Kossoff in Santa Monica, California, with Ritchie Blackmore sitting in on guitar. Sawyer Brown covered "All Right Now" as a part of their 2008 tour.
"All Right Now", recorded by Mike Oldfield (produced by Tom Newman), with vocals by Wendy Roberts and Pierre Moerrlen, was issued as a one-sided promotional blue 7" single flexi-disc in 1979. The single was given only to Virgin Records executives and never issued to the public, making it one of the most elusive collectors' items in the Oldfield catalogue (number Virgin TT-362).
Since 1976, "All Right Now" has been the de facto fight song of the Leland Stanford Junior University Marching Band. The band and the student section all jump in the air when the song starts.
Steve Miller acknowledged the intro to his 1976 #1 single "Rock 'n Me" was a tip of the hat to "All Right Now". "Yeah, it's a tack on the wall for Paul. I did one concert in the two years that I was off the road. I went to London and played with Pink Floyd...it was a big, huge outdoor show so we needed a big rock and roll number that was really going to excite everybody. I just put it together and didn't think much about it."
Christina Aguilera covered this song in 2000 at a concert, and it appeared on her DVD My Reflection.
David Cook covered this song during Top 20 week of "American Idol"'s Season 7.
Paige Miles also sang this song on "American Idol" as her Top 24 performance.
White Noise perform this song regularly at their gigs in Playa Flamenca
Nightshade perform this song regularly at their gigs in Playa Flamenca.
Chris Holder covered this song but changed the lyric from "All Right Now" to "All Night Long".
Ali Campbell covered the song on his 2010 album Great British Songs.
ApologetiX recorded a parody version called "Go Right Now" on their album Jesus Christ Morningstar
Bad Company, the supergroup with Free singer Rodgers and drummer Simon Kirke, covered this song in a 2002 concert, appearing on their live album In Concert: Merchants of Cool.
Canadian country music artist Chad Brownlee frequently covers the song during live performances.
The Leland Stanford Junior University Marching Band performs the song as the more or less official fight song of the University.
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