The most covered song in the world
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Topic: The most covered song in the world
Posted By: BaldJean
Subject: The most covered song in the world
Date Posted: March 05 2020 at 15:45
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this is an interesting question: what do you think is the most covered song in the world? please don't look it up; I want you to guess -------------  A shot of me as High Priestess of Gaia during our fall festival. Ceterum censeo principiis obsta |
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Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: March 05 2020 at 15:54
| The Beatles’ “Yesterday” is the one I “covered” the most while doing Karaoke, Maybe a children’s song such as “Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star”, or that one that goes something like “A, B, C, D, E...”. Uh, I can’t remember how it goes after that, but some of you might remember the lyrics from when you were a kid, and/or had your own. I shouldn’t necessarily assume it’s in English, could it be “"Non Possum Credere me Totum Edisse”? |
Posted By: Barbu
Date Posted: March 05 2020 at 15:58
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The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind ------------- |
Posted By: BaldJean
Date Posted: March 05 2020 at 16:35
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all of you are wrong so far. by the way: there are 52300 recorded complete versions of this song and about 6000 more in which it is partially used ------------- A shot of me as High Priestess of Gaia during our fall festival. Ceterum censeo principiis obsta |
Posted By: siLLy puPPy
Date Posted: March 05 2020 at 16:37
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That's easy. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!!! Copyrighted and anyone who sings it is basically covering it :D -------------  https://rateyourmusic.com/~siLLy_puPPy |
Posted By: LAM-SGC
Date Posted: March 05 2020 at 16:39
| My guess is some modern r n b thing by Whitney or MJ or some Elvis song or maybe Bing's White Christmas. But as you're asking I bet it is some prog song. |
Posted By: ForestFriend
Date Posted: March 05 2020 at 16:45
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I've always heard that Yesterday was the most covered song, but if that's not it, Google is not showing any indication that it's something else. Is it a national anthem or something? ------------- https://borealkinship.bandcamp.com/releases" rel="nofollow - My prog band - Boreal Kinship |
Posted By: BaldJean
Date Posted: March 05 2020 at 16:47
nope; neither of this. I'll give you a hint: it is actually from an opera but is extremely well known as a stand-alone song. at least one band in the archives covered it too (but I am certain there are more) ------------- A shot of me as High Priestess of Gaia during our fall festival. Ceterum censeo principiis obsta |
LAM-SGC wrote:Posted By: ForestFriend
Date Posted: March 05 2020 at 16:49
I'm going to guess La Donna E Mobile? ------------- https://borealkinship.bandcamp.com/releases" rel="nofollow - My prog band - Boreal Kinship |
Posted By: LAM-SGC
Date Posted: March 05 2020 at 16:51
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Nessun Dorma then. And if you are including the modern musical style operas, could it then be something from West Side Story or South Pacific? |
Posted By: Snicolette
Date Posted: March 05 2020 at 16:53
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Brahm's Lullabye? ------------- "Into every rain, a little life must fall." ~Tom Rapp |
Posted By: BaldJean
Date Posted: March 05 2020 at 16:55
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nope, still far from the truth ------------- A shot of me as High Priestess of Gaia during our fall festival. Ceterum censeo principiis obsta |
Posted By: LAM-SGC
Date Posted: March 05 2020 at 16:59
| Impossible Dream from Man of La Mancha |
Posted By: Grumpyprogfan
Date Posted: March 05 2020 at 17:00
| Over the Rainbow |
Posted By: LAM-SGC
Date Posted: March 05 2020 at 17:03
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The big one from Carmen. Or the Pearl Fishers or Delibes Flower Song duet |
Posted By: BaldJean
Date Posted: March 05 2020 at 17:03
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a few well-known artists who did cover versions of this song: Big Brother and the Holding Company, Herbie Hancock, The Residents, The Zombies, Brainbox and Paul McCartney ------------- A shot of me as High Priestess of Gaia during our fall festival. Ceterum censeo principiis obsta |
Posted By: LAM-SGC
Date Posted: March 05 2020 at 17:04
| Vesti la Guibba from Pagliaci |
Posted By: ForestFriend
Date Posted: March 05 2020 at 17:04
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Summertime? That way you have both the opera people and the jazz people contributing to the total (plus the occasional pop or rock interpretation). ------------- https://borealkinship.bandcamp.com/releases" rel="nofollow - My prog band - Boreal Kinship |
Posted By: LAM-SGC
Date Posted: March 05 2020 at 17:05
| Give us another clue. Is it classical opera or modern musical opera? |
Posted By: BaldJean
Date Posted: March 05 2020 at 17:06
congrats; you got it ------------- A shot of me as High Priestess of Gaia during our fall festival. Ceterum censeo principiis obsta |
Posted By: LAM-SGC
Date Posted: March 05 2020 at 17:06
| Mack the Knife? |
Posted By: LAM-SGC
Date Posted: March 05 2020 at 17:07
| My brain is running through Brecht & Weill, Gershwin and R & H now. |
Posted By: BaldJean
Date Posted: March 05 2020 at 17:09
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ForestFriend got it right; it is "Summertime" ------------- A shot of me as High Priestess of Gaia during our fall festival. Ceterum censeo principiis obsta |
Posted By: LAM-SGC
Date Posted: March 05 2020 at 17:11
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O Fortuna from Carmina Burarna, I'm just throwing out every really big opera aria I can think of now. O Sole Mio |
Posted By: LAM-SGC
Date Posted: March 05 2020 at 17:12
| Ah right, just sae your answer. |
Posted By: Snicolette
Date Posted: March 05 2020 at 17:18
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Yes, the Big Brother cover hint gave it away for me. Fun to consider the various responses. Wonderful question and good trivia knowledge, though, thank you! ------------- "Into every rain, a little life must fall." ~Tom Rapp |
Posted By: siLLy puPPy
Date Posted: March 05 2020 at 17:34
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http://www.mentalfloss.com/article/20811/most-covered-songs-in-music-history%20" rel="nofollow - https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/20811/most-covered-songs-in-music-history
------------- https://rateyourmusic.com/~siLLy_puPPy |
Posted By: LAM-SGC
Date Posted: March 05 2020 at 17:51
| I just checked up on this, as it isn't a subject I've ever even thought about before, and Summertime is listed as No. 6 and Yesterday is No. 1. |
Posted By: Ivan_Melgar_M
Date Posted: March 05 2020 at 21:19
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I read once that The House of the Rising Sun is the most covered song since 1933. There are 20 versions just in Spanish ------------- 
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Posted By: Mirakaze
Date Posted: March 05 2020 at 23:41
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I would have guessed Summertime too, although I suspect that with the immense amount of music that gets recorded each day and all that which keeps getting discovered in vaults, people will continue to be divided on what the actual answer is. |
Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: March 06 2020 at 04:26
What's the source for this?
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Posted By: Argo2112
Date Posted: March 06 2020 at 08:49
This would have been my guess.
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Posted By: mathman0806
Date Posted: March 06 2020 at 09:42
If you are referring to the linked article above, it doesn't say the songs are ranked in any particular order. Just that they are 10 of the most covered song. The article doesn't even say 'the 10 most'covered song. They might not all be in the top 10 because it doesn't specify how many most covered songs were considered. |