Other Cover Versions
- Frankie Goes to Hollywood recorded a cover of "Ferry Cross the Mersey" for the B-side of the 12-inch single "Relax", released in October 1983. This was subsequently included on their album Welcome to the Pleasuredome (1984) and later compilations Bang!... The Greatest Hits of Frankie Goes to Hollywood (1993) and Maximum Joy (2000).
- Also in 1983 the Norwegian group Vazelina Bilopphøggers recorded a cover of "Ferry Cross the Mersey" in a Norwegian dialect, called "Ferje over Mjøsa", for the album På tur.
- Canadian popular musician Burton Cummings (of The Guess Who) recorded a solo version on his 1997 live album "Up Close and Alone."
- In 2003, Pat Metheny included an instrumental cover of this song on his acoustic album One Quiet Night.
- In 2008 Norwegian band Farmers Market recorded a Bulgarian version, titled "Lodtschitze Mini Maritza", for the album Surfin' USSR.
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