Cover Versions
In 1966, the Finnish humourgroup "Simo & Spede" made a cover recording named "Keltainen Jäänsärkijä" ("Yellow Icebreaker"), Scandia KS 664, and spent several weeks locally at no. 1.
A Swedish cover entitled "Gul gul gul är vår undervattensbåt" ("Yellow yellow yellow is our submarine") was recorded by Swedish singer Per Myrberg in October of 1966. In 1998, a rock group called Hjalle & Heavy recorded another Swedish cover, entitled "Gul ubåt" ("Yellow submarine"). This version was sung in a northern Swedish accent with the lyrics being a direct translation, with little to no attention being paid to rhymes and rhythm.
Also in 1966, novelty singer Mrs. Miller included a cover version on her album, Will Success Spoil Mrs. Miller?.
In 1968, Apple Records issued a single by the Black Dyke Mills Band, which featured a cover version of "Yellow Submarine" as the B-side. In 1966 both Maurice Chevalier and Les Compagnons de la chanson recorded a version in French ("Le Sous-Marin Vert"); this translates to "The Green Submarine". The song was also covered by Roots Manuva in 2002, in a rap-style single and on his Badmeaningood 2 album. It has entered popular usage as a children's song, such as in Fun Song Factory, when it was once combined with colourful props and actions, and on Sesame Street, where a group of Anything Muppets sang the song inside a yellow submarine (resembling the one from the animated movie). Raffi sang this song on the album, Let's Play.
The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra also covered the song, as they have many other famous pop and rock songs, but unlike other songs they have covered, they have also included the lyrics.
Polish football team Lech Poznan uses a cover of the song translated into Polish as its anthem.
New York-based soul/funk outfit, Revelation, recorded a "Nile Rogers"-style cover on their album Feel It on Handshake Records in 1981 (side B, track 2).
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