Cover Versions and Sampling
- 1998: Tiffany
- 2000: German R&B band Fusion released a cover of "Toy Soldiers" as the lead single of their unreleased second studio album.
- 2004: RPM
- 2004: Serk feat. Sha-Karl
- 2007: *British band My Vitriol released "Toy Soldiers" on the B-side of their EP A Pyrrhic Victory.
- 2009: Commercial Club Crew
In 2004, Eminem's Encore album features samples from "Toy Soldiers" in a song titled "Like Toy Soldiers". The subject of the Eminem song is markedly different from the Martika song, concerning violence and murder linked to rap music rather than drug addiction. British hip hop group N-Dubz's 'Shoulda Put Something On' samples the song. Martika herself recorded and produced a Spanish version of "Toy Soldiers" renaming it "Como Un Juguete", though it did not see the same success from that of the original English version.
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