Other Cover Versions
- Covered by the jazz-funk project "Members Only" in 1987 for the album Members Only.
- Country-soul singer Willis covered the song on her 2004 EP "Take You High". Her version was featured on the CSI: Crime Scene Investigation seventh season episode "Post Mortem".
- Covered by the band The BossHoss in 2005 on the album Internashville Urban Hymns
- Finnish humppa band Eläkeläiset recorded a cover in 2006 for their album Humppasirkus.
- The song was covered by German artist Jan Delay in 2007 on his album Mercedes-Dance Live.
- Covered by the UCLA Bruin Marching Band in 2009 on the album True Blue.
- The song was covered by the singer Bentley Jones in 2011 on the album TRANS//LATION 2.
- Covered by Romanian band Voltaj as "Hai sus."
- The Hungarian duo Voga-Turnovszky used the music of this song as the basics of their number 'Schulz Gizi III' on their 1989 album 'Pop + Paródia'. The lyrics was altered. The Hungarian version is about AIDS.
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