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    Song Sung New. Uncovering Cover Versions.

    Join music critic Stevie Nix as he goes underneath the covers [ooh la la!] of some of the best songs ever written.
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    Episodes (136)

    Goodbye

    Goodbye

    Who recorded the original version of Never Can Say Goodbye [hint: it wasn't Gloria Gaynor]? What Paul Simon song is sampled on Eminem's Murder Murder? Which Adele album included a Sam Cooke cover on some of its international releases? Join Stevie Nix, who answers all of these questions and more on the 100th - and final - episode [sad face emoji].
    WARNING: This episode contains traces of James Blunt.

    Featured songs [in chronological order]:

    Going, Going, Gone [Bob Dylan]
    Bye Bye Love [George Harrison]
    She's Leaving Home [Outasight]
    I'm Losing You [Corinne Bailey Rae]
    Goodbye My Lover [Lil B]
    Never Can Say Goodbye [James Brown, Massive Attack, Lee Fields]
    Goodbye Yellow Brick Road [Damenes Aften]
    That's It, I Quit, I'm Moving On [Adele]
    50 Ways To Leave Your Lover [Kid Cudi]
    Gone Gone Gone [Robert Plant & Alison Krauss]
    These Boots Are Made For Walkin' [David Byrne, Bow Wow]
    Leaving On a Jet Plane [The Macarons Project]
    Go Your Own Way [Lissie]
    We’ll Meet Again [Karen Elson, Johnny Cash]

    Curated Spotify Playlists:
    Best Of Song Sung New #1
    Best Of Song Sung New #2
    Best Of Song Sung New #3
    Best Of Song Sung New #4
    Best Of Song Sung New #5
    Best Of Song Sung New #6
    Best Of Song Sung New #7
    Best Of Song Sung New #8
    Best Of Song Sung New #9

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    Nina Simone

    Nina Simone

    Why did Nina Simone first record a cover of I Loves You Porgy? What was the original title of See-Line Woman? What are the names of the four women in Four Women? Join Stevie Nix, who answers all of these questions and more on this episode that has images of four women searching for a plain gold ring.
    WARNING: This episode contains traces of Rich Girl.

    Featured songs [in chronological order]:

    Mississippi Goddam [Brother Ali]
    My Baby Just Cares For Me
    He Needs Me
    Plain Gold Ring [Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Boot Camp Clik]
    Children Go Where I Send You [Johnny Cash, Hall & Oates]
    Night Song
    See-Line Woman [Kanye West, Feist]
    I Put A Spell On You
    Sinnerman [The Wailing Wailers, Peter Tosh, Timbaland]
    Images
    The Ballad Of Hollis Brown
    Black Is The Colour Of My True Love’s Hair [Paul Weller]
    Four Women [Jay-Z, Prodigy]
    Backlash Blues
    I Need A Little Sugar In My Bowl
    Why? (The King Of Love Is Dead)
    Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues
    I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free

    Curated Spotify Playlist:
    Nina Simone Mix Tape

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    Neil Young

    Neil Young

    Which famous funk artist was in the same band as Neil Young in the mid-60s? What prompted Young to write Cinnamon Girl, Cowgirl In The Sand, Down By The River and Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere in one day? Which son of a Beatle recorded a cover of Old Man? Join Stevie Nix as he answers all of these questions and more on this episode that is on the beach under a harvest moon.
    WARNING: This episode contains traces of Time Fades Away.

    Featured songs [in chronological order]:

    The Sultan
    Sugar Mountain [Cande y Paulo]
    It’s My Time
    Mr Soul [Yo La Tengo]
    Expecting To Fly [Jakob Dylan & Regina Spektor]
    On The Way Home [Ocean Colour Scene]
    I Am A Child [Britta Phillips]
    The Old Laughing Lady [Thea Gilmore]
    Helpless [Angie McMahon]
    Ohio [Devo]
    Southern Man [The Reverend Shawn Amos]
    Old Man [James McCartney]
    Ambulance Blues [Nichole Wagner]
    Pocahontas [Everclear]
    Harvest Moon [Imaginary Future, Angus & Julia Stone]

    Hidden track: Rockin' In The Free World [Larkin Poe]

    Curated Spotify Playlist:
    1970s: 20 Covers [One Of Which Is Heart Of Gold]

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    U2

    U2

    Who was U2's fifth member for a while? Which album did the LA Times describe as "subtly ravishing" [hint: it's not The Joshua Tree]? Which song did Bono say contained "one of the most extraordinary ideas"? Join Stevie Nix as he answers all of these questions and more on this episode that has a desire to go, with or without you, where the streets have no name.
    WARNING: This episode contains traces of Bono & The Edge ... well, you'll know it when you hear it.

    Featured songs [in chronological order]:

    Out Of Control
    I Will Follow
    Gloria
    Sunday Bloody Sunday [Lisa Bresnan]
    New Year’s Day [Yes The Raven]
    Bad [Luka Bloom]
    With Or Without You [Keane]
    I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For [Kaiak, KT Tunstall & Pomplamoose]
    Where The Streets Have No Name [Pet Shop Boys]
    Desire [The Polecats]
    One [Damien Rice, Johnny Cash]
    Love Is Blindness [The Edge]
    Down All the Days
    Numb
    My Friendly Epistle
    Walk On Ukraine
    Mysterious Ways

    Hidden track: Miss Sarajevo

    Curated Spotify Playlist:
    Best Album Opening Tracks

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    Paul McCartney

    Paul McCartney

    Which album did Rolling Stone say was "the masterpiece everyone has always known Paul McCartney could make"? Who did Ike & Tina Turner "steal" their cover of With A Little Help From My Friends from? What is Let Me Roll It about? Join Stevie Nix as he answers all of these questions and more on this episode that believes we can work it out if we listen to what the man said.
    WARNING: This episode contains traces of Ebony & Ivory.

    Featured songs [in chronological order]:

    I Saw Her Standing There
    From Me To You [Ane Brun]
    Things We Said Today [Margo Timmins]
    We Can Work It Out [Humble Pie]
    With A Little Help From My Friends [Ike & Tina Turner]
    The Fool On The Hill [The Kid Daytona]
    Maybe I’m Amazed [Freelance Hellraiser]
    Junk [Hailey Tuck]
    Too Many People
    Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey
    Dear Friend
    Let Me Roll It [Tanya Donelly & The Parkington Singers]
    Nineteen Hundred and Eighty Five [Timo Maas & James Teej]
    Magneto & Titanium Man
    Let 'Em In [The Bros Landreth]
    Frozen Jap
    Rainclouds
    Here Today
    Fuh You
    Helter Skelter

    Hidden track: Long Tailed Winter Bird [Idris Elba Remix]
    Bonus track: Paul McCartney medley

    Curated Spotify playlists:
    Paul McCartney Mix Tape [Beatles]
    Paul McCartney Mix Tape [Solo/Wings Acoustic]
    Paul McCartney Mix Tape [Solo/Wings Electric 1970-1982]
    Paul McCartney Mix Tape [Solo/Wings Electric 1989-2020]

    Best Paul McCartney lyrics

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    Electric Light Orchestra

    Electric Light Orchestra

    Who came up with the idea for Electric Light Orchestra [hint: it wasn't Jeff Lynne]? What did John Lennon call ELO? Why is Eldorado's album cover significant? Join Stevie Nix as he answers all of these questions and more on this episode that weaves some strange magic on the last train to London.
    WARNING: This episode contains traces of Free As A Bird.

    Featured songs [in chronological order]:

    Tightrope
    Blackberry Way
    Brontosaurus
    Do Ya
    Momma
    Showdown [Chris Cornell]
    Can’t Get It Out Of My Head [John Paul White]
    Evil Woman [Mike Posner]
    Strange Magic [Lowland Hum]
    Telephone Line
    Livin’ Thing [The Beautiful South]
    Sweet Talkin' Woman [Cuthead]
    Mr Blue Sky [Postmodern Jukebox]
    Don’t Bring Me Down [Kaiak]
    Last Train To London [DJ PP]
    Hello
    End Of The Line
    Songbird
    Rockaria

    Hidden track: Showdown [John Greene]

    Curated Spotify Playlist:
    ELO Mix Tape

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    John Lennon

    John Lennon

    Who was Lennon channeling when he wrote You Can't Do That? How many songs did Lennon write about his mother? What is Cold Turkey really about [it's not heroin withdrawal]? Join Stevie Nix as he answers all of these questions and more on this episode that moves between the walls and bridges.
    WARNING: This episode contains traces of John Farnham.

    Featured songs [in chronological order]:

    A Hard Day's Night [Dionne Warwick, Keely Smith]
    You Can’t Do That [Harry Nilsson]
    I’m A Loser [Eels]
    Help! [Dolly Parton]
    A Day In The Life [The Flaming Lips]
    Julia [Sean Lennon]
    Come Together [Mary Wells]
    I Want You (She’s So Heavy)
    Cold Turkey [Lenny Kravitz]
    Mother [David Bowie]
    Imagine [Me'Shell N’dedgéOcello, Ti’Jean]
    Mind Games [Sinead O’Connor]
    (Just Like) Starting Over [Kat Edmonson]
    Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy) [Feeder]
    #9 Dream

    Bonus track: John Lennon medley

    Best John Lennon lyrics

    Curated Spotify playlists:
    John Lennon Mix Tape [Beatles]
    John Lennon Mix Tape [solo]
    20 Covers Written by A Beatle #1

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    Tim Buckley

    Tim Buckley

    Which song off Happy Sad did Buckley write when he was still at school? Which album did Pitchfork say was a "masterpiece in every sense"? Which song did Buckley perform on the last episode of The Monkees? Join Stevie Nix as he answers all of these questions and more on this episode that has a happy time walking down Pleasant St.
    WARNING: This episode contains traces of Meat Loaf.

    Featured songs [in chronological order]:

    Wings
    I Never Asked To Be Your Mountain
    Pleasant Street [Viva Voce]
    Morning Glory [Chrissy Hynde]
    Once I Was [Tram]
    Sing A Song For You [The Magic Numbers]
    Happy Time [Brendan Perry]
    Lorca
    Song To The Siren [Robert Plant]
    Sweet Surrender
    Dolphins
    Sally Go Round The Roses
    Martha
    Ain’t It Peculiar
    Buzzin' Fly [Kathryn Williams, Swell Season]

    Hidden track: Dream Letter/Happy Time

    Jeff & Tim Buckley Mix Tape

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    Jeff Buckley

    Jeff Buckley

    Has there been a better "son of a musician" than Jeff Buckley? Who managed Jeff and his father, Tim? What song was removed from Grace at the last minute to make way for So Real? Join Stevie Nix as he answers all of these questions and more on this episode that finds precious silver and gold and pearls in oyster's flesh [???].
    WARNING: This episode contains traces of poor parenting.

    Featured songs [in chronological order]:

    Mama You Been On My Mind
    Unforgiven
    Once I  Was
    The Way Young Lovers Do
    Mojo Pin [Whitley]
    Grace [King Creosote]
    Lilac Wine
    Forget Her
    So Real [Ane Brun]
    Lover, You Should’ve Come Over [Nikka Costa, Nnella]
    Dream Brother [Madison Cunningham]
    The Sky Is A Landfill [Ever The Imposter]
    Everybody Here Wants You [Kylie Auldist ft The Bamboos]
    Rilkean Heart [Cocteau Twins]
    Morning Theft [Cardioid, Estela Cassilatti]
    Memphis [PJ Harvey]
    Last Goodbye

    Jeff & Tim Buckley Mix Tape

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    Queen

    Queen

    What was the band's name before they became Queen? What name was John Deacon given on Queen's first album? Which album did Queen ask David Bowie to produce? Join Stevie Nix as he answers all of these questions and more on this episode that wants to break free before another one bites the dust.
    WARNING: This episode contains traces of Heart.

    Featured songs [in chronological order]:

    April Lady
    Doing Alright
    Keep Yourself Alive
    Nevermore [Midge Ure]
    Killer Queen [Wave Mechanics Union]
    Misfire [Neko Case]
    Death On Two Legs
    Bohemian Rhapsody [Angelina Jordan, Shaun Boothe]
    Somebody To Love [Troye Sivan]
    We Are The Champions [The Valiant Thieves]
    We Will Rock You [Linda Ronstadt, Macy Gray]
    Fat Bottomed Girls
    Don’t Stop Me Now [The Regrettes]
    Save Me [Catalijne]
    Another One Bites The Dust
    Radio Ga Ga
    A Winter’s Tale [All About Eve]
    Call Me
    Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy

    20 Things You Didn't Know About Freddie Mercury

    Curated Spotify Playlist:
    20 Songs That Wear A Crown

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    Peace

    Peace

    If Pete Seeger had an English son, which singer would he be? Who did Diana Mess write a letter to when her song World Support Ukraine failed to make it to the 2016 Eurovision song contest? What did the members of Pussy Riot do during the 2018 World Cup final? Join Stevie Nix as he answers all of these questions and more on this episode that sends its love to the people of Ukraine.
    WARNING: This episode contains traces of Bill Cosby.

    Featured songs [in chronological order]:

    Does Anybody Out There Even Care? [Lenny Kravitz]
    We Got To Have Peace [Curtis Mayfield]
    Zimbabwe [Bob Marley]
    Rumours Of War [Billy Bragg]
    We Shall Overcome [Bruce Springsteen]
    Zombie [The Cranberries]
    World Support Ukraine [Diana Mess]
    Man Without A Soul [Lucinda Williams]
    Give Me Love (Give Me Peace On Earth) [George Harrison]
    Sorry (Remix) [Madonna]
    Riot [Pussy Riot]
    When The President Talks To God [Bright Eyes]
    In Any Tongue [David Gilmour]
    Psycho [Muse]
    Iron Sky [Paolo Nutini]
    Masters Of War [The Roots]

    Curated Spotify Playlist:
    20 Songs That Give Peace A Chance [But Don't Include GPAC]

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    The Who

    The Who

    Why did John Entwistle learn the bass guitar? What song inspired Substitute? What is Paul McCartney's favourite Who track? Join Stevie Nix as he answers all of these questions and more on this episode that can't explain why the pinball wizard keeps asking 'who are you?'.
    WARNING: This episode contains traces of The Shadows.

    Featured songs [in chronological order]:

    Zoot Suit [The High Numbers]
    I Can’t Explain [David Bowie]
    Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere [David Bowie]
    My Generation [Atom TM]
    I’m A Man
    I Don’t Mind
    Substitute [Blur]
    Happy Jack
    (Love Is Like A) Heat Wave
    Pictures Of Lily [David Bowie]
    I Can See For Miles [Petra Haden, Vanilla Fudge]
    Pinball Wizard [Rod Stewart]
    Baba O’Riley [Richard McGraw]
    Won’t Get Fooled Again [Illogic]
    Who Are You [Joy Oladokun]

    Curated Spotify Playlist:
    The Who Mix Tape

    Best Pete Townshend lyrics

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    Cat Stevens/Yusuf

    Cat Stevens/Yusuf

    Where did Cat Stevens come up with the name Cat? What was the name of his final album before he quit music in the 70s? Why did Patti D’Arbanville burst into tears when she first heard Lady D’Arbanville? Join Stevie Nix as he answers all of these questions and more on this episode that is on the road to find out if there are any good Cat Stevens covers. WARNING: This episode contains traces of Back To Earth.

    Featured songs [in alphabetical order]:

    18th Avenue (Kansas City Nightmare) [Spose]
    Bad Brakes
    Father And Son [The Flaming Lips]
    The First Cut Is The Deepest [PP Arnold]
    Granny
    I Love My Dog
    Lady D’Arbanville [Jimmy Nail]
    Longer Boats [Yusuf ft Brother Ali]
    Matthew & Son [The Delgados]
    Mona Bone Jakon [Hater]
    On The Road To Find Out
    Ruins
    Where Do The Children Play [Hurt]
    Wild World [Jimmy Cliff, Youssoupha]
    The Wind [Mary Hopkin]

    Hidden track: I Never Wanted To Be A Star

    Curated Spotify Playlist:
    Cat Stevens/Yusuf Mix Tape

    Cat Stevens/Yusuf's best lyrics

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    Eurythmics

    Eurythmics

    What does "Eurythmics" mean? What band was Dave Stewart in before The Tourists? What was Eurythmics' first album and single [they are not the same]? Join Stevie Nix as he answers all of these questions and more on this episode that travels the world and the seven seas only to end up in the garden.
    WARNING: This episode contains traces of Britney Spears.

    Featured songs [in chronological order]:

    Take Me To Your Heart
    Love Is A Stranger [Kate Miller-Heidke, Hanna Georges]
    Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) [Britney Spears, Nas]
    Who’s That Girl? [Kate Walsh]
    Here Comes The Rain Again [Chloe Mons, Nadirah X ]
    Don’t Come Around Here No More [Meghan Andrews]
    There Must Be An Angel (Playing With My Heart) [Fernanda Takai]
    Sisters Are Doin' It For Themselves
    It’s Alright (Baby’s Coming Back) [Ane Brun]
    A Little Of You

    Hidden track: Fame

    Bonus track: Eurythmics medley

    Curated Spotify Playlist:
    Eurythmics Mix Tape

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