Cover Versions
The song has been covered by:
- Alma Cogan in 1965 as a double-A sided single with "Help!"
- The Supremes in 1965
- Procol Harum in 1975 on their album Procol's Ninth
- Billy Preston in 1976 on his album Billy's Bag
- The Runaways in 1978 on their album And Now... the Runaways
- Joan Jett in 1982
- The Wright Brothers in 1984 on their album Easy Street; their version peaked at #57 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart
- Lorrie Morgan in 1989 on her album Leave the Light On
- The Punkles did a punk cover of this song on their first album in 1998.
- The Libertines in 2003
- The Worthless Peons in 2004 in the Scrubs season 3 episode "My Best Friend's Wedding"
- B. E. Taylor in 2006 on his album Love Never Fails
- Debauchery did a death metal cover on their 2007 album Back in Blood (available as a bonus track)
- In 2008, country singer Kristy Lee Cook performed a bluegrass version of this song on American Idol as her selection for the first Beatles-based week.
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