Cover Versions
In addition to the hit versions of the 1960s, the song has been recorded by:
- The Bell Sisters in 1956, using the alternate title "Boom Boom, My Honey" on the Bermuda Records label, with a simple, slightly Calypso arrangement and Jamaican accents.
- Chet Atkins on his 1968 LP Solo Flights
- Skeeter Davis, in 1964 and again in 1971
- The Vibrations (1966), who did a funk-style version
- Trini Lopez (1967)
- Brent Dowe and The Melodians (1967), who recorded the rocksteady version produced by Duke Reid.
- Viola Wills (1979), doing a version in "disco" or "dance" style, with a slower tempo and heavy electronic instrumental backing. This is the style done by most later artists. The Viola Wills version of the song peaked at number fifty-two on the disco chart.
- Bad Manners (1989), a ska version
- The Lemonheads (1991)
- Mr President (1995), done in a Eurodance style.
- Cristina del Valle, in Catalan, again in a dance style and tempo
- Soraya Arnelas (2007), in both English and Spanish (not mixing the languages), dance style
- She & Him, with vocals by Zooey Deschanel, covering Skeeter Davis's version of the song on their 2010 album Volume Two
- UB40, on their Labour of Love IV album (2010) and as a single released on 25 January 2010
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