Cover Versions
- In 1968, Ramsey Lewis covered "Back in the U.S.S.R." on his album Mother Nature's Son along with other songs from The Beatles.
- In 1969, Chubby Checker's cover version charted on the Billboard Hot 100.
- Also in 1969, John Fred & His Playboy Band released it as a single and on their 1970 album Love My Soul.
- In 1979, the punk group Dead Kennedys recorded a live version of the song that was released in 2004 on Live at the Deaf Club.
- In 1984, actress Su Pollard performed the song on the BBC series The Laughter Show.
- In 1986, The King's Singers on their album Beatles' Collection.
- In 1987, Billy Joel covered the song on his live-in-the-Soviet Union album KOHЦEPT.
- In 1993 Finnish band Leningrad Cowboys performed a live version on their album Live in Prowinzz.
- In the 2001 film Heartbreakers, Sigourney Weaver performed the song.
- In 2006, Lemmy Kilmister of Motörhead recorded a version for the Butchering The Beatles compilation.
- Tomoyasu Hotei covered it on his 2009 cover album Modern Times Rock'N'Roll.
- Amanda Overmyer performed the song on American Idol and released a studio version.
- The Rutles' song "We've Arrived (and to Prove It, We're Here)" is a pastiche of this song.
- Type O Negative has performed the song live, numerous times, throughout their 20 year career.
- In 2011, the song was parodied by The Fringemunks to recap Fringe episode 4.01, "Neither Here Nor There."
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