History Main / CoveredUp

* The version of "Lady Marmalade" recorded for ''Film/MoulinRouge'' definitely fits. It wasn't even done by [=LaBelle=] first; that honor goes to the Eleventh Hour.

* Music/{{ABBA}} has been covered by many artists and has tribute bands like Australia-based Bjorn Again... even [[ApprovalOfGod lauded]] the original male members.

* Music/{{Cher}} isn't the first singer who sang "The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss)", although her version is indeed quite popular due to the fact it was released at around the same time as her movie Film/{{Mermaids}} in 1990. The song dated much older: The first version is by Mary Clayton in 1963, and a year later it was a hit for Betty Everett.

* "Why Don't You Do Right?" was not created for ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit''. It dates back to 1936, with a famous version by Music/PeggyLee dating to 1950.

** "Just Can't Get Enough" was not written [[RepurposedPopSong for Payless shoe commercials]] by girl group The Saturdays. It was originally a Music/DepecheMode song from [[LighterAndSofter when they still wrote bouncy, cheerful synthpop]].
** No, "Personal Jesus" wasn't originally by Music/MarilynManson. Or Music/JohnnyCash for that matter.
** "Stripped" by Music/{{Rammstein}}.
** And also by Music/{{Scooter}}.

** "Fly Me to the Moon" was originally a cabaret song in waltz time called "In Other Words". For Sinatra and the Count Basie Orchestra's version from "It Might as Well be Swing", Quincy Jones changed the time signature and gave it a swing rhythm. People would end up associating Sinatra's version of the song with ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'', and later ''VideoGame/{{Bayonetta}}''.

* "Hanging on the Telephone", a very popular Music/{{Blondie}} song, was originally released in 1976 by a little-known PowerPop band called [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emy5mA8Ixtc The Nerves.]]

* Music/{{Blondie}}'s "The Tide Is High" is a gender-flipped cover of a classic 1967 [[{{Reggae}} rocksteady]] song by the Jamaican band The Paragons. It's been covered since and accredited to Debbie Harry in one of the newer versions.

** Elvis's "Can't Help Falling In Love With You" received a very popular cover by UB40, it was a wedding reception favorite in the early 90s.

* "O Death" ([[SpellMyNameWithAnS Also known as]] "Oh Death", amongst other names) is an American folk song from the early 20th century. People know of it from a variety of covers. Nowadays it is associated with ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'' and ''VideoGame/UntilDawn''.

* Most people think of "The City of New Orleans" as either an Arlo Guthrie song (if they're folk fans) or a Willie Nelson song (if they're country fans). The song was in fact written by folksinger Steve Goodman[[note]]also known by [[UsefulNotes/MLBTeams Chicago Cubs]] fans as writer of the team's current victory song, "Go, Cubs, Go"[[/note]]. To be fair, Goodman sought out Guthrie to record it.

* "Will You Love Me Tomorrow" was written by Carole King and was recorded by The Shirelles in 1960, which is extremely popular to this day. However in Asia, the cover of the song by Lobo [[note]]stage name of Roland Kent LaVoie, a country musician who is massively popular among middle aged men in the region[[/note]], who recorded the song in 1995, is far more popular to the point that some people even thought that The Shirelles covered ''his'' song.

* "Will You Love Me Tomorrow" was written by Carole King and was recorded by The Shirelles in 1960, which is extremely popular to this day. However in Asia, the cover of the song by Lobo (stage name of Roland Kent LaVoie, a country musician who is massively popular among middle aged men in the region), who recorded the song in 1995, is far more popular to the point that some people even thought that The Shirelles covered ''his'' song.

* Music/{{Madness}}:
** "One Step Beyond" from ''Music/OneStepBeyond'', originally by Prince Buster.

* Music/{{Madness}}' "It Must Be Love" is a cover of a Labi Siffre song recorded ten years previously. Interestingly, he makes a cameo in the music video for the Madness version. Madness' "Music/OneStepBeyond" is also a cover; Prince Buster did it first.

* Music/RandyNewman did "Mama Told Me Not to Come" before Three Dog Night (and way before the Tom Jones and Stereophonics version). Newman wasn't the first to perform it either, as he wrote it for Eric Burdon and Music/TheAnimals, though comparatively speaking the Animals' version is rather obscure.

* "Sleigh Ride" is especially well remembered for the Ronettes' CoverVersion from a 1963 Christmas album. Many other singers have recorded it before and since, but it was originally written by Leroy Anderson as an instrumental piece and first recorded by the Boston Pops Orchestra in 1949 (the lyrics were added later).

* "Sleigh Ride" is especially well remembered for the Ronettes' CoverVersion from a 1963 ChristmasAlbum. Many other singers have recorded it before and since, but it was originally written by Leroy Anderson as an instrumental piece and first recorded by the Boston Pops Orchestra in 1949 (the lyrics were added later).

** The track [[https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/megalovania "MeGaLoVania"]] was Creator/TobyFox's self-cover of a song of the same name (sans the other 4 capitals) from ''VideoGame/TheHalloweenHack''. As ''Homestuck'' was wildly popular at the time and Toby's music for it then more widely known than his previous notoriety in the ''VideoGame/EarthBound'' community, the association stuck. Eventually, it too was covered by its use in ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'' (written in all caps this time), with the association going to [[spoiler:Sans]] more than the character's own theme.

* Nirvana's song "Love Buzz" (from their album ''Music/BleachAlbum'') is a GenderFlipped cover version of a 1969 song by Dutch psychedelic band Music/ShockingBlue (released on ''their'' album ''Music/AtHome'') whose other hit, "Venus", was covered up by Music/{{Bananarama}}.

* Music/TheClash's version of "I Fought the Law". Even Bobby Fuller's 1964 version isn't the original. The song was written by Sonny Curtis, the same man who performed "Love Is All Around" from ''Series/TheMaryTylerMooreShow'', in 1959.