Umbrella (song) - Covers and Remixes

Covers and Remixes

"Umbrella" has been covered by several notable performers from a variety of musical genres:

• Daisy Chapman
• Tiffany of Girls' Generation
• Tina Dico (only in concert)
• Manic Street Preachers
• JLS
• Terra Naomi
• Jamie Cullum
• Mike Shinoda of Linkin Park
• The Mint Chicks
• McFly
• Lillasyster
• Plain White T's
• Carrie Underwood
• Keith Urban
• Kidz Bop Kids
• OneRepublic
• Sara Bareilles
• Claudia Leitte
• Naima Adedapo
• Mandy Moore
• My Chemical Romance
• Tegan and Sara
• Amanda Palmer
• Syesha Mercado
• Natalie Gauci
• The Veer Union
• illScarlett
• All Time Low
• Taylor Swift
• The Baseballs
• KSM
• Train
• All time low

Then-upcoming singer Marié Digby recorded an acoustic version of "Umbrella" which was released August 3, 2007 as the debut single from her Hollywood Records Start Here EP and included as the closing track on Digby's debut album Unfold. British rock group Biffy Clyro also released an acoustic version of the song, just like the Italian singer Neja has done in her cover – album Acousticlub, while Italian band Vanilla Sky went in the opposite direction and released a punk cover of the song while Norwegian band Bare Egil Band have made a doom metal version of the song. For her debut album a.K.a. Cassandra, Filipina singer and actress KC Concepcion covered the song in English, while singer Miss Ganda recorded a version in Filipino entitled "Payong" (means umbrella). Singer and actress Mandy Moore sang an acoustic version of the song in 2007 and its video on youtube has more than 5,700,000 views by November, 2012

Pop-punk outfit All Time Low covered the song for the Fearless Records compilation album Punk Goes Crunk, and British rock band Manic Street Preachers produced their own version of "Umbrella", which was originally recorded for the album NME Awards 2008. Produced in celebration of the Shockwaves NME Awards 2008 and Big Gig, that album was given free with a special souvenir box set of the magazine NME on February 27. Two additional versions (acoustic and Grand Slam mix) were later made available on iTunes, and the trio now comprise an Umbrella EP; a video for the cover is available on the band's official website. British pop rock band McFly performed their own version of "Umbrella" during their Greatest Hits So Far Tour in 2007, and Finnish melodic death metal band Children of Bodom performed their 2008 cover live at Wacken Open Air. Country-pop singer-songwriter Taylor Swift recorded a live version of the song, which was later included in an iTunes Store exclusive EP titled Live from SoHo – EP (2008). Her version of the song peaked at number seventy-nine on Billboard Pop 100.

There have also been notable mixed versions of the song. American rapper Lil Mama recorded a version of "Umbrella" that replaced Jay-Z's opening rap verse. An article by Blender magazine, who dismissed Jay-Z's version, said "Lil Mama actually seems to understand the song's metaphorical themes of protection and loyalty". American punk band Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker remixed the song, adding to the track "quicksilver snare flourishes and... real-life guitars". Singer Chris Brown created an answer song titled "Cinderella", replacing some of the verses and part of the chorus of "Umbrella" with his own lyrics. This version is the official remix. This version has been performed as a duet between Brown and Rihanna when he joined Rihanna on a late-2008 tour in the Asia-Pacific region. R&B/hip-hop singer The-Dream, who wrote "Umbrella", recorded the demo with a slightly different intro and instrumental. Recently, Korean girl group 2NE1 covered this song on Music Bank. The song's drum beat is sampled in "Symphonies" by Dan Black. An episode of Glee featured this song performed by Gwyneth Paltrow in a mash-up with "Singin' in the Rain". The song has also been covered by Tiffany, an American-Korean singer from the popular girl group Girls' Generation in their first Asia Tour. In 2009, Lady Gaga incorporated the "Eh, Eh" hook for her song "Eh, Eh (Nothing Else I Can Say)".

At the end of 2007, Internet mash-up artist DJ Earworm used "Umbrella" as the base track for "United State of Pop", his breakthrough mix that included the top 25 songs on Billboard's Hot 100 year-end chart of 2007 (on which "Umbrella" appeared at #2).

In 2011, Cuban timba band Combinacion de la Habana did a song "Asi soy yo" which uses the same melody as "Umbrella".