Covers
- Amen Corner released their version as a single in November 1969, at around the time they disbanded.
- Patrick Williams, the US arranger and composer, did a jazz-oriented instrumental cover of the song for his 1970 album Heavy Vibrations. That version became the longtime theme for the TV quiz Sports Challenge, hosted by Dick Enberg.
- Soul singer Doris Troy with assistance from Harrison, recorded the song as the b-side of her version of the folk song "Jacob's Ladder" on the Beatles' own Apple label.
- Elvis Presley performs the song as part of a medley with "Little Sister" in the rockumentary film That's the Way It Is (1970).
- Elton John covers it completely during extended live performance of "Burn Down the Mission" on 11-17-70 (Uni 19305, 1971), a live broadcast over WABC-FM, New York City on that date.
- Ike & Tina Turner covered it twice, with one version appearing on their 1971 album Workin' Together. It remained a staple of their live show for many years.
- The Punkles did a Punk cover of this song on their Pistol album.
- Rod Stewart covered the song for the 1976 ephemeral music documentary All This and World War II. (Various Artists, 1976). An alternate version is found on CD 2 of the collectors edition of A Night on the Town. He also performed the song as a duet with Tina Turner on his 1981 TV special, Tonight I'm Yours.
- Billy Preston, in the movie Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band and released on Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Various Artists, 1978).
- Shirley, Squirrely and Melvin, released on Shirley, Squirrely and Melvin (Excelsior 88009, 1981).
- Steve Wariner, in 1995 for the Beatles tribute album Come Together: America Salutes the Beatles.
- Status Quo covered the song on their Don't Stop album in 1996.
- Al Green covered the song on his debut LP for Willie Mitchell's Hi Records in 1969.
- Chris Clark covered the song on her second and final album, CC Rides Again.
- Nitty Gritty Dirt Band covered the song on their album Welcome to Woody Creek in 2004.
- McCartney performed a version of the song at the 1986 Prince's Trust Rock Gala at London's Wembley Arena, along with several other artists, including Tina Turner, Bryan Adams, Paul Young, Elton John, Phil Collins and Brian May.
- Slovenian industrial band Laibach covered the song on their album Anthems.
- The song appears on Mott the Hoople's 1974 live album, Live, in a medley.
Read more about this topic: Get Back
Famous quotes containing the word covers:
“And so we ask for peace for the gods of our fathers, for the gods of our native land. It is reasonable that whatever each of us worships is really to be considered one and the same. We gaze up at the same stars, the sky covers us all, the same universe compasses us. What does it matter what practical systems we adopt in our search for the truth. Not by one avenue only can we arrive at so tremendous a secret.”
—Quintus Aurelius Symmachus (A.D. c. 340–402)
“And mimic desolation covers all.”
—Thomas Gray (1716–1771)
“Boys finding for the first time their loins filled with heart’s
blood
Widowed farmers whose hands float under light covers to find
themselves
Arisen at sunrise”
—James Dickey (b. 1923)