Can't Help Falling in Love - Other Artists Who Covered The Song

Other Artists Who Covered The Song

• Keely Smith, whose cover was on the charts at the same time as Presley's.
• Perry Como, who included it in his September 1962 album, By Request (RCA Victor Records catalogue number LSP-2567).
• Patti Page, for the best of Patti Page special TV offer album.
• Doris Day, who included the song on her 1963 album, Love Him.
• In 1963, the American pop vocal group The Lettermen did a version in their album Kind of Love. It was also included in their The Lettermen: The Complete Hits Vol. 2
• In 1966, the American vocal group We Five performed a version in their album You Were on My Mind.
• Janet Devlin Performed this on the X Factor UK Series 8
• In 1967, Italian rock singer Bobby Solo released a cover of this song in Italian language, "Te ne vai," on his album San Francisco.
• In 1969 the Greek expatriate band, Aphrodite's Child, released a version of this song entitled, "I Want to Live," on their album It's Five O'Clock. Their version uses different English lyrics and is more somber than the original.
• The uptempo version by Andy Williams peaked at No. 3 in the UK Singles Chart in March 1970.
• The Al Martino recording was released by Capitol Records as catalog number 2746 and charted in 1970, peaking at No. 51 on the Billboard charts and No. 57 on the Cash Box magazine Best-Selling Records list.
• Bob Dylan recorded a version of this song for New Morning sessions in 1970, which was released by Columbia against his will on the 1973 album, Dylan (Columbia Records).
• Raul Seixas, one of the most popular Brazilian singers, recorded a version of this song played only after the death of the singer.
• The Stylistics' disco version was a hit in the UK, climbing to No. 4 in June 1976.
• Shirley Bassey recorded a version of this song for a 1976 single.
• Abbey Road Records issued a version by Herb Reed & The Original Platters in 1977.
• During the 1980s, and again during the 2009 Working On a Dream Tour, Bruce Springsteen occasionally performed the song in his concert encores.
• Lick the Tins released a cover of the song on its 1986 album "Blind Man on a Flying Horse." It was a minor hit on the British charts, and it was featured in the ending credits of the films Some Kind of Wonderful and The Snapper.
• In 1987, Corey Hart's recording reached No. 24 on the Billboard Hot 100. The cover and song were used with the image of forlorn animals in desperate need of rescue for a fundraising television commercial for the Ontario Humane Society.
• Australian band The Triffids recorded the song for their 1989 album The Black Swan. It was omitted from the final tracklist of the album, but released on the B-side of "Falling Over You," the second single from the album. The track was reinstated for the 2008 reissue of the album.
• U2 (label mates of The Triffids) used the song to close 87 of the 159 concerts on the U2 1992-1993 Zoo TV Tour. One such performance appears on the Zoo TV: Live from Sydney video and the Zoo TV Live CD released to U2.com subscribers.
• Bono, lead singer of U2, contributed a solo version of the song for the soundtrack to the 1992 movie, Honeymoon in Vegas.
• Bruno Mars made a small cameo in the 1992 movie Honeymoon in Vegas as a Little Elvis impersonator singing the song.
• Swiss artist Stephan Eicher covered the song in his 1994 live album Non Ci Badar, Guarda e Passa.
• German italo disco artist, Fancy, did a synth-pop version in his 1996 album, Christmas In Vegas.

• David Thomas of Pere Ubu released one of the darkest and strangest versions of the song on the CD Meadville (1997), a live performance by David Thomas and Two Pale Boys.
• An instrumental version of it played by a brass band is used in the closing sequence of the 1998 Italian movie Radiofreccia.
• An uptempo dance version, titled "Techno Wondeland," remixed at 179 BPM, was included on the 1999 compilation Dancemania Speed 2. This was later included on the 2000 greatest hits compilation Dancemania Speed Best 2001 and the 2003 happy hardcore compilation Best of Hardcore.
• American rock band Eels covered the song during their Black Sessions show in 2000, and also as a B-Side for their single Souljacker. This later version appears on the Eels' 2008 album, Useless Trinkets.
• Hi-Standard had a version in their Love Is a Battlefield (EP) in 2001.
• British synthpop-duo Erasure covered the song in 2003 on their cover album Other People's Songs.
• Rick Astley covered the song for the album Portrait, in 2005.
• Richard Marx made two versions of the song in his album Ballads, one as a solo the other and notably in the release in the Far East of the Channel V at the Hard Rock Live album as a duet with Eric Moo.
• Clay Aiken performed a rendition of the song during the Elvis segment of his 2005 Jukebox Tour.
• In early 2006, Andrea Bocelli recorded a new version of the song for his album, Amore.
• F4, a Taiwanese boy band also sang the song in Chinese for the movie, Lilo & Stitch.
• CSJH The Grace. a South Korean girl group, made an a cappella cover of the song. The a cappella cover song also featured as an intro in their "Boomerang" music video.
• Julio Iglesias, the Spanish superstar living in the United States, also recorded a version of the song.
• Dave Matthews frequently interpolates a verse of the song at concerts during the end of his song, "The Stone."
• Katharine McPhee performed the song on American Idol and recorded it later with Andrea Bocelli.
• Urbanize recorded a version of the song for "Liebe kommt aus dem Herzen."
• Vytautas Juozapaitis, a soloist of Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theatre recorded a Lithuanian version entitled "Negaliu Nemyleti" on his debut album Negaliu Nemyleti (Can't Help Falling In Love) released in 2004.
• Blackmore's Night, a folk rock band with Ritchie Blackmore from Deep Purple and Rainbow and his wife Candice Night, covered this song for their 2008 album, Secret Voyage.
• Mägo de Oz, a Celtic folk metal band from Spain, recorded a version of the song entitled "Todo Irá Bien" on their 2004 album, Belfast.
• Ingrid Michaelson recorded a version of the song for her 2008 album, Be OK.
• Harry Connick, Jr. included the song on his 2009 album, Your Songs.
• Arlo Guthrie and Pete Seeger performed this song on More Together Again released in 1994. The track is titled "Denmark Folk Festival."
• The Pretenders included the song as a bonus track on their 2008 album, Break Up the Concrete.
• Tim Urban covered this song on the Top Eight Week of American Idol on April 13, 2010 and had excellent reviews. Urban also advanced to the next week.
• William Control covered this song on second album Noir.
• Shane Told of Silverstein covered the song for Hopeless Records' compilation titled Love is Hopeless.
• Chris Isaak covered the song on his tribute cover album to Sun Records, Beyond the Sun.
• Jon Schmidt included a piano cover on his 2000 album To the Summit.
• Marco T covered this song in Concert with a best Spanish Lyrics