Most Successful Covers of 2004

[kingLUKE22]

In honor of the cover surge of 2004, how well did this year's re-makes do on your own charts?

rank/points/title/artist/peak

01.  343  Love Song - 311  [1x3]
02.  200  Such Great Heights - Postal Service  [1x1]
03.  193  The First Cut Is the Deepest - Sheryl Crow  [1x3]
04.  156  My Prerogative - Britney Spears  [1x4]
05.  086  Give A Little Bit - Goo Goo Dolls  [4]
06.  085  It's My Life - No Doubt  [2x1]
07.  053  Behind Blue Eyes - Limp Bizkit  [8]
08.  045  Personal Jesus - Marilyn Manson  [11]

[Night Senses]

Rank  Peak Weeks On  Title, Artist
  1.      #4        11        My Prerogative, Britney Spears
  2.      #4         8         Carwash, Christina Aguilera ft. Missy Elliott
  3.      #7         6         Love Song, 311
  4.      #19       3         Take My Breath Away, Jessica Simpson
  5.      #18       1         Real Love, Toby Lightman

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#01 The Closer I Get To You - Luther Vandross & Beyonce
#04 Love Song - 311
#05 The First Cut Is The Deepest - Sheryl Crow
#09 Breathe - Melissa Etheridge
#27 Go Your Own Way - Wilson Phillips
#32 Give A Little Bit - Goo Goo Dolls
#34 Angels - Jessica Simpson
#38 Car Wash - Christina Aguilera f/ Missy Elliot
#40 Real Love - Toby Lightman
#44 Emotional - Diana DeGarmo
#46 I'll Be Around - Hall & Oates
#48 My Prerogative - Britney Spears

These are weekly peaks, not year-end placements by the way.

"Forever, For Always, For Love" by Lalah Hathaway is currently #24.

[wojteks]

Rank Title Artist Peak
01 Signed Sealed Delivered I'm Yours - Blue feat. Elton John & Angie Stone (2 weeks at #1)
02 Waterloo Sunset - Def Leppard (#17)
03 Behind Blue Eyes - Limp Bizkit (#16)

[Matt4319]

Twenty covers hit my top 100 in 2004, 11 of them hitting my top 50.

#1 No Doubt - It's My Life (Talk Talk)
#12* Korn - Word Up (Cameo)
#12 311 - Love Song (The Cure)
#16 Limp Bizkit - Behind Blue Eyes (The Who)
#18 Authority Zero - Mexican Radio (Wall of Voodoo)
#18 Mitch Allan - In Your Eyes (Peter Gabriel)
#27 Sheryl Crow - The First Cut Is the Deepest (Cat Stevens)
#38 Shinedown - Simple Man (Lynyrd Skynyrd)
#39 Ryan Adams - Wonderwall (Oasis)
#43 AFI - Head Like a Hole (Nine Inch Nails)
#50* Nonpoint - In the Air Tonight (Phil Collins)
#55 A Perfect Circle - Imagine (John Lennon)
#56 Joss Stone - Fell In Love With a Boy (White Stripes)
#82 Korn - Another Brick In the Wall (Pink Floyd)
#82* Goo Goo Dolls - Give a Little Bit (Supertramp)
#85 William Hung vs. OutKast - She Bangs (Ricky Martin)
#96 Jamie Cullum - Frontin' (Pharrell f/Jay-Z)
#98 Wilson Phillips - Go Your Own Way (Fleetwood Mac)
#99 Toby Lightman - Real Love (Mary J. Blige)
#100 Tantric - The Chain (Fleetwood Mac)

*Still rising at the end of the 2004 chart year. Korn went on to hit #11; Nonpoint peaked at #49; the Goo Goo Dolls re-entered the chart, and currently have a bullet at #89.

Anberlin's version of "Love Song" didn't chart because it wasn't a single, but grabbed the #21 spot on my year-end chart, the highest cover on that chart.

[Matt4319]

said:

02. 200 Such Great Heights - Postal Service [1x1]

I think the Postal Service's version of "Such Great Heights" was covered by another group, not vice versa.

[thedualityofman]

Matt4319 said:

I think the Postal Service's version of "Such Great Heights" was covered by another group, not vice versa.

I don't recall The Postal Service's Such Great Heights being covered.

You might be thinking of The Postal Service's cover of Against All Odds (originally by Phil Collins).

[kingLUKE22]

In the movie "Garden State," their is an alternate, much older sounding version of this song playing. I'd have to look it up to be sure, but I'm almost positive that the Postal Service renditon is a cover.

[kingLUKE22]

Alright so the group is Iron and Wine, but for the life of me, I can't find out who did their recording first.

[mst3k]

According to the SubPop website description of the Postal Service EP:

This disc includes "Such Great Heights" from their debut full-length, as well as a song not found on the record ("There's Never Enough Time"), a cover "Such Great Heights" by Iron and Wine, and a cover of "We Will Become Silhouettes" by The Shins.

Track Listing:
1. Such Great Heights
2. There's Never Enough Time
3. We Will Become Silhouettes (performed by The Shins)
4. Such Great Heights (performed by Iron and Wine)

So I'm guessing that the Postal Service version was the original.

[chartfanatic]

Breakdown: 33 covers, 4 remixes

List of all covers known that peaked in 2004, or debuted in 2004:

PEAK ARTIST Title (Original Artist)
#1 NO DOUBT It's My Life (Talk Talk)
#1 LIMP BIZKIT Behind Blue Eyes (The Who)
#1 311 Love Song (The Cure)
#1 HILARY/HAYLIE DUFF Our Lips Are Sealed (The Go-Go's)
#1 KORN Word Up (Cameo)
#8 GIRLS ALOUD Jump (For My Love) (Pointer Sisters)
#8 JESSICA SIMPSON Take My Breath Away (Berlin)
#18 ATOMIC KITTEN Ladies Night (Kool & The Gang)
#28 AUTHORITY ZERO Mexican Radio (Wall Of Voodoo)
#35 MARILYN MANSON Personal Jesus (Depeche Mode)
#37 TANTRIC The Chain (Fleetwood Mac)
#55 PHIXX Wild Boys (Duran Duran)
#60 JESSICA SIMPSON Angels (Robbie Williams)
#71 SAM & MARK With A Little Help From My Friends (The Beatles)
#74 BOOGIE PIMPS Sunny (Bobby Hebb)
#76 JOSS STONE Fell In Love With A Boy (White Stripes)
#77 AFI Head Like A Hole (NIN)
#81 FATBOY SLIM/BOOTSY COLLINS The Joker (Steve Miller Band)
#81 RACHEL STEVENS More More More (Andrea True Connection)
#88 WILSON PHILLIPS Go Your Own Way (Fleetwood Mac)
#92 MANDY MOORE Senses Working Overtime (XTC)
#94 ALCAZAR This Is The World We Live (chorus of Genesis' "Land Of Confusion")
#95 BRITNEY SPEARS My Prerogative (Bobby Brown)
#97 LMC vs. U2 Take Me To The Clouds Above (some lines from Whitney Houston's "How Will I Know")
#98 KELLY LLORENNA This Time I Know It's For Real (Donna Summer)
#99 GIRLS OF FHM Do You Think I'm Sexy (Rod Stewart)
#100 MICHAEL ANDREWS & GARY JULES Mad World (Tears 4 Fears)
#100 BLUE MAN GROUP/VENUS HUM I Feel Love (Donna Summer)
--- ELECTRIC SIX Radio Ga Ga (Queen)
--- GIRLS ALOUD I'll Stand By You (The Pretenders)
--- GOO GOO DOLLS Give A Little Bit (Supertramp)
--- KORN Another Brick In The Wall (Pink Floyd)
--- NONPOINT In The Air Tonight (Phil Collins)

List of remixes known:
#70 DEPECHE MODE Enjoy The Silence 2004 (Depeche Mode)
#93 ERIC PRYDZ Call On Me (Steve Winwood's "Valerie")
#98 BOOGIE PIMPS Somebody To Love (Jefferson Airplane)
--- UNITING NATIONS Out Of Touch (Hall & Oates)

[friday]

Don't want to reveal year-end rankings to myself yet, but here are all of them on my chart this year.

No Doubt - It's My Life (#4, 20 weeks in '04)
311 - Love Song (#1, 34 weeks)
Michael Andrews and Gary Jules - Mad World (#9, 19 weeks)
Korn - Word Up (#26, 8 weeks)
A Perfect Circle - Imagine (#16, 8 weeks so far)

[Control]

01. Car Wash - Christina Aguilera feat. Missy Elliott [#1(3), 18 weeks currently]
02. Angels - Jessica Simpson [#6, 18 weeks]
03. Take My Breath Away - Jessica Simpson [#7, 17 weeks on]

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Control said:

03. Super Duper Love (Are You Diggin On Me?) - Joss Stone [#7, 17 weeks]

That wasn't a cover.

[Control]

oh, it's not? I thought all the songs on The Soul Sessions were covers ???

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Control said:

oh, it's not? I thought all the songs on The Soul Sessions were covers ???

I think there were two original songs on the album, and I know this was definitely one of them.

[gbaby]

There are a few...

In no particular order:
Sheryl Crow - The First Cut Is The Deepest - #3.
Jessica Simpson - Take My Breath Away - #2.
Christina Aguilera - Car Wash - #3 (still charting).
Toby Lightman - Real Love - #1 (4 Weeks) (still charting).
Jessica Simpson - Angels - #7.
No Doubt - It's My Life - #2.
Britney Spears - My Prerogative - #12 (still rising).

[j]

8. Love Song – 311
15. The First Cut Is The Deepest – Sheryl Crow
40. Over And Over – Nelly FT Tim McGraw (Oh... you mean it's not a remake of "My Place"? OK nvm.)
68. Behind Blue Eyes – Limp Bizkit
70. Mad World – Michael Andrews FT Gary Jules
102. You Raise Me Up – Josh Groban (I heard it was a cover)

So only 5 covers made my chart this year.