Cover Me
We compare hit original songs to the many covers they inspired to find the best, worst, and weirdest versions of a song! Learn the history of famous songs, discover the meaning behind the lyrics, and find out what it takes to make a cover that outshines the original.
Episodes
May 10, 2022
May 10, 2022
1hr 33 min
We're talking the best of sniper movies and '00s Scottish alt-rock this week! It's Franz Ferdinand's breakout hit, "Take Me Out" on Cover Me!
Covers by:Scissor Sisters, Daft Punk, Naum Gabo, Young Summer, Robyn Adele Anderson, Bruno Be and Ownboss
Spotify playlist here
May 3, 2022
May 3, 2022
1hr 37 min
Get the best of Cover Me this week as we talk about Foo Fighter's "Best of You"!
Covers by: Vitamin String Quartet, Pieter Embrechts & Thomas De Prins, Boyce Avenue, Ali McGregor, Dami Im, Dual Sessions
Spotify playlist here
Apr 26, 2022
Apr 26, 2022
1hr 43 min
TRIGGER WARNING: Michael Jackson's criminal allegations are brought up in the introduction. Skip to the 3:00 mark if you don't want to hear that.
It might seem like we're just talking about the Sega Genesis this week, but we're actually talking about the undeniably catchy pop hit, "Smooth Criminal" by the King of Pop himself, Michael Jackson!
Covers by: Alien Ant Farm, Javier Alvarez, The Valiant Thieves, 2CELLOS, The Sexbots, Tony Succar and Jean Rodriguez
Spotify playlist here
Tony Succar and Jean Rodriguez version here
Apr 19, 2022
Apr 19, 2022
42 min
We take a break from the norm this week to talk about concerts in general, and to review Jacob Collier's performance in Vancouver on April 4!
We'll be back to standard episodes next week!
Apr 12, 2022
Apr 12, 2022
1hr 36 min
Well my friends, the time has come to talk about Lionel Richie's hit party anthem "All Night Long (All Night)".
Covers by: Big Daddy, South Dolphin, Raffaela, Tom Dice, Benjamin Ingrosso, Jacob Collier featuring Take 6 and the Metropole Orkest (conducted by Jules Buckley)
Spotify playlist here
Apr 5, 2022
Apr 5, 2022
1hr 38 min
No one gets away until they listen to us discuss Devo's eccentric hit, "Whip It" on this week's episode of Cover Me!
Covers by: Big Daddy, Def Dames, Moon Unit, Eye of The Dawn, Love and Death, Drazy Hoops, Cecilia Noel, Jamaican Me Breakfast Club
Spotify playlist here
Mar 29, 2022
Mar 29, 2022
1hr 28 min
Light your candles or get someone else to light them for you because we're talking "Hard to Handle" by Otis Redding this week!
Covers by: Snafu, Black Crowes, Gov't Mule ft. Toots Hibbert, Big Sam's Funky Nation, Music Box Mania, Karizma Duo, DJ Spinna
Spotify playlist here
Mar 22, 2022
Mar 22, 2022
1hr 36 min
Because if there was any Lady Gaga song we were going to talk about on this show, it was obviously going to be the one with a member of the E Street Band playing on it. We're talking Lady Gaga's "The Edge of Glory" this week!
Covers by: Foster the People, Walk Off the Earth, Paul Middleton, Amanda Hagel, CoolKillers ft. Lucia Gil, Years & Years
Spotify playlist here
Mar 15, 2022
Mar 15, 2022
1hr 36 min
We're taking this podcast way back to the distant year of 2019 to talk about the debut single that dominated the airwaves, "Old Town Road" by Lil Nas X! Take a trip down pre-pandemic memory lane as we discuss this country trap classic.
Remixes: Lil Nas X ft. Billy Ray Cyrus, Lil Nas X ft.Diplo and Billy Ray Cyrus, Lil Nas X ft.Billy Ray Cyrus with Young Thug and Mason Ramsey, Lil Nas X ft. RM and BTS
Covers by: Walk Off the Earth, The Animal in Me, Tiffany Alvord, Caleb Hyles, The Holophonics, Overspace with GameChops and K.K. Slider
Spotify playlist here
Mar 8, 2022
Mar 8, 2022
1hr 32 min
Cover Me gon' give it to you this week and by 'it' we mean a new episode talking about the runaway hit of the 2010s, "Uptown Funk" by Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars!
Covers by: Leo, Aramis String Quartet, Talisha Karrer, Fatboy Slim and Jerome Robins ft. Idris Elba, Jamie Cullum, Jonny May
Spotify playlist here