Cover Versions
- 1971 – Elton John covered the song briefly on his American tour
- early 1970s – Dave Clark & Friends recorded a version of this song, which remained unreleased until 2010
- 1972 – the song was covered by the Goose Creek Symphony, becoming their best-known recording
- 1980 – German singer-songwriter Klaus Lage recorded a version in German language
- 1990 – American blues artist Taj Mahal covered the song on the album Blue Light Boogie
- 1992 – French-Canadian pop star Mitsou recorded a dance-pop version of the song on her EP Heading West
- 1994 – Bob Rivers released a parody titled "Honda Accord"
- 1994 – a cover version was made by a Dutch pop/dance band T-Spoon
- 1996 – a live cover version was included on the Concrete Blonde compilation Recollection: The Best of Concrete Blonde.
- 1997 – a cover version was made by the Italian pop/dance singer Spagna, and included as a ghost track on her album Indivisibili
- 1998 – former Guns N' Roses rhythm guitarist Gilby Clarke included a version of the song on his album Rubber
- 1999 – the EP Humppaorgiat by the Finnish comedy group Eläkeläiset featured a cover titled KELA, the lyrics requesting for a moped, a submachinegun, a blow-up doll, a stocked medicine cabinet and for "many things truly awesome" from the Social Insurance Institution.
- 1999 – the Japanese adult video star Miki Sawaguchi included a cover version of the song on her album Big Boobs/Watashi no Mune de Onemurinasai. Her version is also a capella, and sung in thickly-accented English
- 2001 – the key line was interpolated into the opera Jeppe: The Cruel Comedy
- 2009 – a cover version was made by Kendel Carson and released on her album Alright Dynamite
- 2010 – the song was covered by Jon Boden as part of his A Folk Song A Day project.
- 2010 – a cover version by Jackyl on the When Moonshine and Dynamite Collide album
- 2011 – a cover version by Chimène Badi on the Gospel & Soul album
- 2011 – hip-hop artist G-Eazy samples the song in "Mercedes Benz (The American Dream)"
Read more about this topic: Mercedes Benz (song)
Famous quotes containing the words cover and/or versions:
“Now folks, I hereby declare the first church of Tombstone, which ain’t got no name yet or no preacher either, officially dedicated. Now I don’t pretend to be no preacher, but I’ve read the Good Book from cover to cover and back again, and I nary found one word agin dancin’. So we’ll commence by havin’ a dad blasted good dance.”
—Samuel G. Engel (1904–1984)
“The assumption must be that those who can see value only in tradition, or versions of it, deny man’s ability to adapt to changing circumstances.”
—Stephen Bayley (b. 1951)