Mad World - Other Versions and Covers

Other Versions and Covers

In addition to the Andrews/Jules version, "Mad World" has been recorded over the years by the following artists:

• French artist Nicola Sirkis, frontman of the new wave band Indochine, on his solo album Dans La Lune... (1992)
• American industrial rock band Kill Switch...Klick, on the Cleopatra Records compilation New Wave Goes to Hell (1998)
• German DJ Pulsedriver's popular remix of Nu Romantix's cover, on the compilation album Dos or Die Fresh Cuts (2001)
• American alternative rock band Finch, on their EP Rolling Stone Acoustic Session (2002)
• British singer-songwriter Alex Parks, on her debut album, Introduction (2003)
• American industrial act Brainclaw, (2004)
• American metalcore band Evergreen Terrace, on their album Writer's Block (2004)
• German punk rock band Die Toten Hosen, on their live DVD Rock am Ring 2004 (2004)
• Polish gothic rock band Closterkeller, on their EP Reghina (2004)
• Australian art rock band The Red Paintings, on their EP Walls (2005)
• German DJ Jan Wayne, on his single "Mad World" (2005)
• American singer-songwriter Sara Hickman, on her double album Motherlode (2006)
• Canadian rock bassist Ken Tizzard, on his album Quiet Storey House... An Introduction (2006)
• Canadian ska band The Makeshift Heroes of Toronto, Ontario (no longer together), on their EP Last Call (2006)
• German a cappella group Wise Guys, on their album Radio (2006)
• Australian Idol (season 5) contestant Ben McKenzie (2007)
• American dark cabaret duo The Dresden Dolls featuring Trash McSweeney, on their live DVD Live at the Roundhouse (2007)
• Canadian folk-singer Tara MacLean, on her EP Signs of Life (2007) and her album Wake (2008)
• German vocal band Gregorian, on their album Masters of Chant Chapter VI (2007)
• Italian dark wave band SPECTRA*paris, a side project of Kirlian Camera, on their album Dead Models Society (2007)
• Israeli actress/singer Melanie Peres, on the soundtrack to the movie Lost Islands (2008)
• Norwegian singer Erlend Bratland, on his debut album True Colors (2008)
• Swedish blackened death metal band Zonaria, on their second album The Cancer Empire (2008)
• Australian Idol (season 7) contestant Nathan Brake (2009)
• Italian singer-songwriter Elisa, on her sixth album Heart (2009)
• Adam Lambert (as a contestant) during American Idol in 2009 and an acoustic rendition on his Acoustic Live! EP. A recording of this performance was subsequently released as a digital single and reached the top 20 of the Billboard Hot 100 in 2009.
• British DJ Andy Hunter released a remix of "Mad World" as a single
• American operatic soprano Renée Fleming, on her 2010 album Dark Hope
• 2010 UK X Factor contestant Aiden Grimshaw during the first live show.
• Danish producer Michael Parsberg featuring Safri Duo and Isam B (2010)
• German indie rock band Blackmail, released as a free download on their website in 2006.
• Italian singer Marco Mengoni, on his live album Re matto live (2010)
• Managing editor of Boing Boing, Rob Beschizza, along with Heather Beschizza, created a chiptune version in the 2011 Classic Arcade Game Deaths.
• American pianist Louis Durra, in an instrumental trio version released on Mad World EP and Arrogant Doormats (2011).
• Contestants from The Glee Project, a musical reality show, performed "Mad World" in the third episode (2011).
• The late Taiwanese singer Ah Sang covered the song in Mandarin on her second album Loneliness in Singing (2005).
• Susan Boyle covered the song on her third studio album Someone to Watch Over Me, released in 2011.
• Ida Long did the song for Swedish promotion of the TV series Mad Men in 2011.
• German jazz/funk band Hartmut Hillmann Band covered "Mad World" on their album Point of View in 2011.