Covers
Harry Nilsson performed the song as the closing track on his 1980 album, Flash Harry.
In 1997, the song was recorded by Art Garfunkel and included in the soundtrack of James L. Brooks' film As Good as It Gets. Jack Nicholson sings the song fleetingly in the film itself with the minor addition of "your" in "brighter side of life". Garfunkel's version replaced the risqué phrase "Life's a piece of shit" with the more family-friendly "Life's a counterfeit" ("Life is hit or miss" has also replaced the lyric as with wedding bands and live radio).
It was also performed by Bruce Cockburn and released on his 1990 Live CD.
The Brobdingnagian Bards recorded it for the CD A Faire to Remember.
American musician Emilie Autumn performed a harpsichord cover of the song for her compilation album A Bit o' This & That.
Heavens Gate recorded a metal cover of "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life" for the album Hell for Sale!.
Green Day has used it in their rendition of "Shout" on their concert DVD Bullet in a Bible.
German fun metal band J.B.O. made a version with changed lyrics (Always Look on the Dark Side of Life) for their album Sex Sex Sex.
German fun punk band Heiter bis Wolkig also made a version with changed lyrics called "Versuch's mal von der breiten Seite zu seh'n"
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Famous quotes containing the word covers:
“Whatever an author puts between the two covers of his book is public property; whatever of himself he does not put there is his private property, as much as if he had never written a word.”
—Gail Hamilton (1833–1896)
“The covers of this book are too far apart.”
—Ambrose Bierce (1842–1914)
“Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all offenses.”
—Bible: Hebrew, Proverbs 10:12.