Covers
In 1970, The Osmonds (with newly added youngest brother Donny) covered the song on their eponymous MGM debut album as the finale of a medley of Motown hits.
In 1971 the British group Savoy Brown included a much slower and bluesier version in their album Street Corner Talking.
In 1976, The Jess Roden Band included a version on their album Play It Dirty, Play It Class.
In 1993, the Brazilian blues band Big Allanbik, covered this song on their first release "Blues Special Reserve", with a tinged Savoy Brown influence.
In 1995, Annie Lennox covered the song on her Medusa album, with a slight lyrical alteration to reflect her gender.
In 2000, Westlife used the song for the medley part of their Where the Dreams Come True Tour.
In 2002, Toto covered the song on their album Through the Looking Glass.
In 2006, San Francisco band Thee More Shallows covered the song on their EP Monkey vs. Shark.
In 2008, Lil' Wayne sampled parts of the song for his song "I Can't Get Next to You" for his mixtape "Da Drought is Over 5" altering the chorus of the song in similar fashion.
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Famous quotes containing the word covers:
“Here a pretty Baby lies
Sung asleep with Lullabies:
Pray be silent, and not stirre
Th’ easie earth that covers her.”
—Robert Herrick (1591–1674)
“What art can paint or gild any object in afterlife with the glow which Nature gives to the first baubles of childhood. St. Peter’s cannot have the magical power over us that the red and gold covers of our first picture-book possessed. How the imagination cleaves to the warm glories of that tinsel even now! What entertainments make every day bright and short for the fine freshman!”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
“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)