Live Cover Performances
- Neil Hannon, lead singer and songwriter of Irish band The Divine Comedy, has proclaimed the song as his favorite ever, and has been known to play it live.
- Beck has covered "Raspberry Beret" live on multiple occasions.
- In a bootleg Daft Punk hybrid DJ/PA set recorded at The Arches in Glasgow (1997), a sample of the main lick can be heard looped over Thomas Bangalter's drum machine and the song "Da Jacker" by Jack the Ripper. Bangalter has also been known to play the song in his DJ sets.
- Ben Nichols of the band Lucero has also covered the song live.
- John Mayer performed this live at several concerts in 2010.
- Warren Zevon also frequently covered the song live.
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