Cover Versions
The Kingsmen recorded a cover on their 1966 album, Up & Away.
In 1967, after the imprisonment of Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, on drugs charges, The Who recorded covers of "Under My Thumb" and "The Last Time" as a single. The intention was to help Jagger and Richards make bail, but by the time the single was made available, they had been released. A version by The Who is available on the 1998 reissue of the band's Odds & Sods. The version released on Odds & Sods is not the original single version, but an unfinished mix that omits the lead guitar part.
Blind Faith covered the song at their 1969 debut in Hyde Park.
Del Shannon covered the song on his 1972 collection The Del Shannon Anniversary Album. It had previously been a chart single, reaching #128 in September 1966.
Iowan group, Truth and Janey, covered it for their 1976 release, No Rest for the Wicked.
Fast radio did an Italo disco girl-group remake of the Rolling Stones classic in 1983.
The doom metal band Pentagram also recorded a cover of Under My Thumb in the 1970s. Originally released as a 7" single, it can now be found on their 2006 album First Daze Here Too.
Canadian rock band Streetheart recorded a cover of Under My Thumb in 1979. Streetheart's cover was their biggest hit on the Canadian Top 40 charts.
In the early 1980s, punk band Social Distortion covered the song before the release of their first LP. This version is now available on their rarities collection, Mainliner: Wreckage from the Past. In the mid-1990s they re-recorded it as a hidden track on their album, White Light, White Heat, White Trash, and also on Live at the Roxy, as it had become a live staple for the band.
1982 British new wave band Doll by Doll recorded a version on their 4:th album Grand Passion - it was also pre-released as single on Magnet Records label in Aug. 1982
"Weird Al" Yankovic used part of this song in his Rolling Stones medley "Hot Rocks Polka".
Comedian Sam Kinison recorded a version as part of his comedy album Leader of the Banned.
The song was covered by Michael Hutchence of INXS, on the album Symphonic Music of The Rolling Stones, released in 1994.
Chicago-based rock band The Hounds covered the song on the album Puttin' on the Dog in 1979 under the Columbia Records label.
Chilean rock band Los Miserables recorded a Spanish-language cover of "Under My Thumb", based on the Social Distortion's version. In this version, "Bajo este Sol" ("Under this Sun"), the lyrics are unrelated to the original work, conserving only the melodic line of the Rolling Stones' original. Bajo este Sol is included in the album Date Cuenta (2000).
A cover of the song came in 1974 by Wayne Gibson, who had initially recorded the track in 1966 for Columbia Records. His cover was re-released on the Pye label where it reached the top 20 in the UK singles chart, with Gibson performing the song on popular TV shows of the time such as BBC's Top of the Pops and Crackerjack and on Granada's Pop Show 45.
Industrial metal band Ministry with Burton C. Bell covered "Under My Thumb" on their 2008 covers album Cover Up, with some minor lyrical changes. This version was nominated for the 51st Grammy Awards for Best Metal Performance.
Tina Turner recorded the song on her second solo album Acid Queen in 1975.
The Irish punk rock band The Boomtown Rats featured a cover of the song redubbed as "Under Their Thumb... Is Under My Thumb" with new lyrics written by Bob Geldof on their 1981 album Mondo Bongo
Catalan music Pascal Comelade recorded an instrumental version of the song in his 2008 Stones cover album Compassió pel dimoni distributed exclusively with Enderrock magazine.
La Roux have covered the track in live sets. A studio recording was included on the Sidetracked mixtape in 2010.
Tim Urban performed a reggae version of this during the Top 12 week of Season 9 of American Idol on March 16, 2010.
The Pietasters, a Washington, D.C. ska/soul band, recorded a studio version of the song for their 1996 Comply album.
A live version by Terence Trent D'Arby appears on his 2006 compilation album Do You Love Me Like You Say.
Courtney Love performed a live version.
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