Covers
The song was sung by fans of English Psychobilly band The Meteors at the start of their 1981 debut album The Case Of The Meteors In Heaven on Lost Soul Records.
The British post-punk band Normil Hawaiians made a short rendition of the song at the end of their 1980 debut single the beat goes on.
It was covered by The Pixies as part of the recording session for their initial demo tape; this version was released in 2002 on the Pixies EP. The band re-recorded the track for a session for John Peel's BBC radio show in May 1988, which was later released on the Pixies at the BBC album. The song was a regular part of the Pixies' setlist, and a live version by the band appeared as a b-side of the "Gigantic" single, and was also included on The Complete B-Sides album. A version of the song was recorded by the Joe Harvard Band for the Pixies tribute album Dig For Fire, although it was omitted from the final album track listing.
Originally sung by Black Francis, Kim Deal now sings the song, beginning with the reunion and subsequent tour in 2004.
Black Francis also references the song and Peter Ivers' death in one of his solo record songs, "I Gotta Move".
A cover of the song appears on The Danse Society's Seduction EP from 1982.
Another cover appears in 1987 in the Italian EBM band Pankow album's Freiheit fuer die Sklaven.
A cover of the song also appears on the 1993 Miranda Sex Garden album Suspiria.
One of the most memorable covers of the song was made by Tuxedomoon with Winston Tong that was released in 1987 on Pinheads on the Move, a live version also being released on the Ten Years In One Night live album. Other notable bands to have covered the song live include Bauhaus, who featured it on their Rest In Peace live album, Devo (sung by Booji Boy as the penultimate song in the set ), and Faith No More.
American composer and producer Keith Kenniff covered the song in his Ayres album, under the his Helios moniker.
Zola Jesus covered the song, titled "Lady in the Radiator".
A very memorable cover was done by Toronto band/solo artist The Dave Howard Singers in the 1980s.
Finally, another fine cover was composed by the Greek black metal band Aenaon on 2011 in his Cendres Et Sang album.
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