Cover Versions
- Dalida recorded "Girl" in Italian and released it as "Amo" on her 1967 Italian album "Piccolo Ragazzo" (which is the Italian version of "Little Man" by Sonny Bono and Cher)
- Jim Sturgess sang "Girl" in the film musical Across the Universe
- Rhett Miller recorded a version of "Girl" that can be found on the album This Bird Has Flown – A 40th Anniversary Tribute to the Beatles' Rubber Soul
- St. Louis Union recorded a cover version in 1965, that was released in January 1966, and reached #11 on the UK Singles Chart
- Tiny Tim recorded a dramatic reinterpretation with the band Brave Combo in 1996
- The Truth recorded a cover version on the Pye label (7N.17035) in 1966 (b/w "Jailer Bring Me Water")
- Ronnie Von recorded a Portuguese version called "Meu Bem" in 1966; his version was released in Brazil before The Beatles version, and made such success that when The Beatles version arrived, the radios used to do this announcement: "And now Ronnie Von's song 'Girl' in the voice of The Beatles"
- Serj Tankian has covered the song live numerous times
- Joe Jackson covered the song on numerous stops on his 2003 tour for Volume 4, and this version appeared on the bonus disc of Afterlife
- Roberts Gobziņš recorded a version of the song with Latvian lyrics, appearing on his first album in 1993
- Chris de Burgh covered the song in his 1995 album "Beautiful Dreams"
- Paul Carrack recorded the song for his 2007 album "Old, New, Borrowed and Blue"
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