Songs With Both a Pop Version & a Country Version

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Florida Georgia Line ft. Nelly "Cruise"

Gag.

[onebuffalo]

Sept 27, 2014 11:08:36 GMT -5 johnnywest said:

I'm pretty sure there was a country version of "Black Velvet."

Robin Lee took her version of Black Velvet to #12 in 1990. The same year Alannah Myles had a #1 pop hit with it.

[sabre14]

Tim McGraw - "When The Stars Go Blue" (Ryan Adams)
Jo Dee Messina - "Burn" (Tina Arena)

[someguy]

Sept 15, 2011 19:36:49 GMT -5 .indulgecountry said:

Sept 15, 2011 14:04:41 GMT -5 Libra said:

Strangely, the Wiki article for the song says that Disney rejected LeAnn's version because her version didn't have enough of a "pop" feel to it. 69 weeks and one Hot 100 longevity record later... ;)

Yeah, that's the story I'd always heard too. But, someone told me it was actually a matter of LeAnn's version not sounded mature enough, so that's why they brought it to Trisha Yearwood. Sounds much more believeable.

I'm pretty sure the maturity thing is the real story. That's the version I've always heard, at least (and don't even get me started on how shady Curb/LeAnn's behaviour was in releasing her version anyway).

There are a few full albums that (mostly) cover pop songs:

Reba McEntire - Starting Over
Martina McBride - Everlasting
Lorrie Morgan - Secret Love
Wynonna - Sing: Chapter 1
Dwight Yoakam - Under The Covers

As well as tribute albums to rock artists (Motley Crue, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Eagles) featuring country covers, and Christmas albums of course.

Songs outside of those albums, and (hopefully) not already mentioned:

Reba McEntire - "Fancy" (Bobbie Gentry)
Reba McEntire - "The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia" (Vicki Lawrence)
Reba McEntire - "Respect" (Aretha Franklin)
Reba McEntire - "Sunday Kind Of Love" (Etta James)
Reba McEntire - "Cathy's Clown" (The Everly Brothers)
Garth Brooks - "To Make You Feel My Love" (Bob Dylan)
Trisha Yearwood - "To Make You Feel My Love" (Bob Dylan)
Martina McBride - "At Last" (Etta James)
Kenny Chesney - "Brandy, You're A Fine Girl" (Looking Glass)
Terri Clark - "We're Here For A Good Time" (Trooper)
Pam Tillis - "When You Walk In The Room" (Jackie DeShannon)
Pam Tillis - "Mandolin Rain" (Bruce Hornsby)
Dwight Yoakam - "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" (Queen)
Jamie O'Neal - "All By Myself" (Celine Dion)
Shania Twain - "Half Breed" (Cher)
Sara Evans & Gavin DeGraw - "Not Over You" (Gavin DeGraw)