Cover Versions
- Cantopop singer Danny Chan made a cover version in 1987.
- In 1989, Mexican pop singer Lucero made a cover with a different Spanish version, for the album Cuéntame, with the name of "Hojas Secas," produced by José Ramón Flores.
- In 1997, Corporal Punishment covered the song.
- The German power metal band Gamma Ray covered the song on their 1999 album Powerplant.
- The Italian death metal band Graveworm included their cover of the song as a bonus track on the Japanese version of their Engraved in Black album in 2003 and To/Die/For did the same with their All Eternity album in 2000.
- The Irish indie rock band JJ72 recorded a cover of the song as the B-Side to their single "Algeria" in 2001.
- The German synthpop band X-Perience released a cover as a promotional single in 2003 with remixes by Groove Coverage and Angel_One. It reached the Top 10 of the German DJ Playlist.
- It was recorded by Paul Anka on the 2005 covers album Rock Swings.
- The Italian futurepop band XP8 recorded a trance-infused version of the song for the compilation Always On Our Minds: A Tribute To Pet Shop Boys, released in 2006 by the American label Synthphony Records.
- The American electronic rock band Sensuous Enemy covered this song on their 2008 release Fragments.
- At the 2009 BRIT Awards, Brandon Flowers (lead singer of The Killers) entered to this song and dueted with Neil Tennant the first chorus.
- Finnish band The Rasmus performed the song in several live performances.
- Phoebus sampled the song in his song "Emeis" ("We") with Antonis Remos and Manto, in 1996.
- A reworked version of the song, entitled "He's A Tim" was released on YouTube in October 2012 by the Scottish singer Billy No'Well.
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