True Love Ways - Other Versions

Other Versions

• Bobby Vee recorded the song on his 1963 album I Remember Buddy Holly.

• Frank Ifield recorded it in the UK as the B-side of his October, 1964, hit "Summer Is Over", on Columbia DB 7355.

• Peter and Gordon's 1965 Capitol remake hit #14 (U.S.), which was also a hit for them in the UK during April, 1965 on Columbia DB 7524.

• Darren Burn recorded it in the UK in July, 1973, as the B-side of his debut single "Something's Gotten Hold Of My Heart" on EMI 2040.

• Dick Rivers, a french singer, recorded an adaptation (in french) as "Ne pleure pas" (1965)

• Gary Busey made a cover version of this song in the biographic film The Buddy Holly Story (1978) and its album.

• Cliff Richard's cover version made the U.K. Chart Top 10 in April 1983, peaking at #8.

• Ricky Nelson's version is recorded in winter 1978/1979, but was left unreleased from the album Rockabilly Renaissance. It was released in May 1986 after Nelson's death on the album Memphis sessions.

• Joan Jett in the film Light of Day (1987) performed the song, sparking rise for Trent Reznor in his early music career before starting the band Nine Inch Nails.

• Johnny Mathis on the 1989 album In the Still of the Night.

• David Essex and Catherine Zeta-Jones made a duet on his 1994 album.

• The Mavericks covered the song on their 1996 tribute album, Not Fade Away (Remembering Buddy Holly).

• Aaron Watson recorded a version of the song on his 2006 album, San Angelo.

• My Morning Jacket covered the song for the tribute album Rave On Buddy Holly, released in June 2011.

• Jimmy Jones released the song as part of a 45 single.

• Skeeter Davis recorded the song in 1967.

• Martina McBride recorded the song in 2005.

• Jackson Browne recorded a cover version for his September 2011 tribute album, Listen to Me: Buddy Holly.

• A series of commercials for the product Panda Cheese, from the Egyptian company Arab Dairy, uses the Buddy Holly & The Picks version of the song as the theme tune of its unpredictable and destructive panda mascot. The commercials featuring the song became an instant hit in the internet and now an Internet Meme.