Cover Me 2025 kicks off with an in-depth analysis of Fame by the least famous people you've ever heard of.

Covers by: Tommy Lee, Eurythmics, Ingrid James and the Global Collective, David Fonseca with Marta Red, Janette Mason

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I promise you will love this episode as much as Alex loves Khalid.

I think Rainbow Connection would be a great name for a strain of psilocybin.

Covers by: Bobby Scott, Kenny Loggins, Me First and the Gimme Gimmes, Weezer and Hayley Williams, Gwen Stefani, Death Blossoms, and Dan Stevens

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Don't you remember we told you it's Lover Me, baby? We're kicking off the love song month with the sad song made famous by The Carpenters, "Groups (Superstar)"!

Covers by: Carpenters, Bette Midler, Sonic Youth, Miki Nakatani, Joshua James & Reesa James, Tennis, Holy Motors

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We freak out with special guest Ronald Chang over the Brett Morgen directed Bowie doc, Moonage Daydream.

Don't be sad, Bowie Me's not over yet! We're talking about The McCoys "Sorrow" which was not a hit for them, but did well enough for The Merseys and David Bowie!

Covers by: The Merseys, David Bowie, Status Quo, The Erin Orchestra, Die Toten Hosen, Manu Grace

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Calling out around the world, are you ready for an episode of Cover Me about Martha Reeves & The Vandellas' "Dancing in the Street"? I hope so, because here it is anyway!

Covers by: The Kinks, Carpenters, David Bowie & Mick Jagger, California Raisins, Atomic Kitten, Ivy Jo Hunter, Garou

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Cover Me cannot provide you with the gift of sound and vision, but hey at least we've got the sound part covered. We're talking David Bowie's surprise hit from 1977, "Sound and Vision"!

Covers by: Book of Love, Quasi, Motor Industries and Kristin Berg, The Sea and Cake, Franz Ferdinand, Molly Ledford, David Bowie

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Freak out with us as we kick off the year with another month of nonstop Bowie content! We're talking David Bowie's "Moonage Daydream" this week!

Covers by:  Racer X, Dave Cloud and The Gospel of Power, Professional Murder Music, Jonny Manak and The Depressives, Electric Standard, Eagles of Death Metal

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It's our year-end wrap up episode! We're talking Spotify Wrapped, our top 5 albums, and our best, worst, and weirdest episodes of the year!

Happy holidays and happy new year!

It's time to get horny for Santa and greed! We're talking "Santa Baby" written by Phillip Spencer and Joan Javits, and performed by Eartha Kitt with Henri René and His Orchestra on Cover Me!

Covers by: Homer & Jethro, Madonna, Everclear, Calista Flockhart, Miss Piggy, Michael Bublé, Vulfpeck

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Whether you're making love in the grass or marvelling at the birth of Jesus Christ, this episode of Cover Me is the perfect companion for you! We talk all about the tradition English folk ballad turned Christmas classic, "Greensleeves"!

Covers by: The Luton Girls Choir with the Melachrino Orchestra, John Coltrane Quartet, Pete Seeger, Russ Conway, Olivia Newton-John, The Trashmen, Jethro Tull, Sarah McLachlan, Andrew Bird

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The Christmas season is upon us and we're getting into the holiday spirit with...Sonic the Hedgehog?? It's "Escape From The City" by Jun Senoue, Ted Poley, and Tony Parnell.

Covers by: Sega Sound Team and Cash Cash, Skye Rocket, Tusk G., LongestSoloEver, lost:tree, The Third-Rates

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Jon Bell (Noise Berry Games) returns to guide us through the mysterious world of Sleep Token and their breakout hit "Chokehold"

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Covers by: Lea Moonchild, Will Ramos, Daughtry, Christina Rotondo, goneforgood, TokenGrass

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Do play this episode of Cover me if you want to hear more bout the Ben E. King classic "Don't Play That Song (You Lied)"!

Covers by: Peppino Di Capri, Aretha Franklin, Datuk Sharifah Aini, Mariah Carey, Johnny Dũng, Beverley Knight, Bruce Springsteen

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Nothing can equal the splendour of two dudes talking about Kansas' rock radio staple "Carry On Wayward Son", am I right?

Covers by: Within The Ruins, Quietdrive, Sons of Serendip, Rich Wetzel with Groovin Higher and Lynn Nicholson, Neoni, Steve 'n' Seagulls

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Anyone who ever had a heart wouldn't turn around and hate this episode of Cover Me! We're talking about The Velvet Underground's catchy single, "Sweet Jane" this week!

Covers by: Mott the Hoople, Brownsville Station, Eater, Cowboy Junkies, Two Nice Girls, Willie Nile

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Greta James (@poppythreadspopup on Instagram, Poppy Threads on Facebook) joins us to discuss the Backstreet Boys comeback hit, "Everybody (Backstreet's Back)"!

Covers by: Axel Boys Quartet, Thrill Collins, The Nannys, The Baseballs, Jonathan Young, skameleon

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YOUR Sharona? No, you must be mistaken, this is "My Sharona" by The Knack!

Covers by: POLYSICS, Leningrad Cowboys, Skaos, Erika Stucky, Papik and Walter Ricci, Kaspam Cult, Soraia

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It should come as no shock that we're talking about the shock rock/Halloween classic, "I Put A Spell On You" by Screamin' Jay Hawkins for our Halloween episode.

Covers by: Nina Simone, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Kim Nalley, Nowlab, The Holophonics, William Shatner and Pat Travers

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You, the listener, have told us about all the covers we've missed over the years and we're finally getting around to talking about them! That's right! It's the first ever backlog episode, where we discuss listener suggested covers for songs we've previously covered on the show. 

Covers include:

Get What You Give - Felix Cartal

Your Love - I See Stars

Heart of Glass - Miley Cyrus

This Must Be The Place - Dizzy

Running Up That Hill - Placebo

Fly Me to the Moon (In Other Words) - Bobby Womack

Love Hurts - Emmylou Harris and Gram Parsons

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Thanks to everyone who submitted suggestions for this episode!

It's paradises aplenty this week as we discuss Stevie Wonder's "Pastime Paradise" and Coolio's "Gangsta's Paradise"!

Covers by: Panache Culture, Battery, "Weird Al" Yankovic, Trijntje Oosterhuis, Aja & Toni Eberle

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Jon Bell (Noise Berry Games) returns to discuss all things British on this anthemic episode of Cover Me! We get patriotic with "God Save The King"! We even have a bonus segment this time! Wow!

Covers by: Alan Turner, Mahalia Jackson, John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers, Queen, Frank Sidebottom, Royal Choral Society, Dolly Parton, Ken Tamplin, Neil Young & Crazy Horse, Katherine Jenkins

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In honour of Jerry Allison, the recently deceased drummer for The Crickets, we're talking about a song you probably thought was by The Clash! It's "I Fought The Law" this week on Cover Me!

Covers by: The Bobby Fuller Four, The Clash, Dead Kennedys, The Pogues with Joe Strummer, Nanci Griffith, The Bad Shepherds, The Jolly Boys

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Construction noises ahead! We also talk about Slipknot and stuff.

Covers by: 666 Outlaws, Midnite String Quartet, The Lounge Kittens, Leo, 8-Bit Misfits, Halocene

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We take a break from our regular format to dive into workout remix covers and workout playlists in general.

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Four years of this show and we finally get around to talking about the song that kind of inspired our name! We're talking Bruce Springsteen's "Cover Me" on Cover Me!

Covers by: The Party Boys, Bestaff, Pickin' On, Thea Gilmore, The Boombox Hearts, The Apache Relay

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Summer is over! We pay respects to the recently deceased Olivia Newton-John by looking at the weird and wonderful covers of her classic ballad from Grease, "Hopelessly Devoted to You," this week on Cover Me.

Covers by: The Olivia Project, Fool Moon ft. Hien, Juliana Hatfield, Delta Goodrem, PIG, Mariachi Entertainment System, stories ft. Carlye Porazzo with Nikki Segal and Lilliana De Los Reyes

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You wanted the best. You got the best. The hottest Entrepreneur Summer finale in the world! We're talking "Detroit Rock City" by KISS!

Covers by: The Mighty Mighty Bostones, Mattias IA Eklundh, Hayseed Dixie, Gene Walk Group, MAZIORA THE BAND, Avila

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No doubt about it, we're talking about one of the coolest songs of the 90s - maybe even one of the coolest songs of all time. Entrepreneur summer continues with Blackstreet's "No Diggity" featuring Dr.Dre and Queen Pen.

Covers by: Chet Faker, Cannibal Koffer, Beau Monga, Campsite Dream, Leo, Jazzystics

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You can listen to this episode whether you hollaback or not! "Hollaback Girl" by Gwen Stefani is the topic this week, but we also talk a lot about video games and the minions for some reason.

Covers by: Diplo, Adam and Andrew, Mock Jensen, Leo, Alejandro Diego with Slenderino and Gabriel Wittner, INNDRIVE with GUI2IN and Natasha, Dot N Life with Flera.

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Shhhhh....don't tell the Beyhive about this episode. We can't handle that kind of heat. Just enjoy listening to us talk about "Halo" by Beyonce.

Covers by: Ahmir, Susan Wong, Lotte Kestner, The Kingdom Choir, George White Group ft. Luca Giacco, Claire Khodara

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We can't get enough of New York this Entrepreneur Summer! We're talking Billy Joel's "New York State of Mind"!

Covers by: Barbra Streisand, Shirley Bassey, Oleta Adams, Barbra Streisand and Billy Joel, Telly Leung, Alexis Cole

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Entrepreneur Summer continues with a discussion of Jay-Z's New York anthem "Empire State of Mind." We're out of our depth on this one and Genius actually...helps...us? Weird!

Covers by: Alicia Keys, Redefined, De La Cream, Trippynova, Aubrey Logan, Dasha with Martin Kumžák and Filharmonie Hradec Králové

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What could be more business-minded than comprising a song title solely of numbers? We dive into Smashing Pumpkin's commercial hit, "1979" along with frontman Billy Corgan's career as a writer, producer, and general behind-the-scenes man in the wild world of wrestling!

Speaking of numbers: this is the 200th episode of Cover Me! Wow!

Covers by: PIG, The Minstrels, Freedom Fry, Darlingside, Mandy Jones

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"uh oh, oopsy on the shag front" - Sia

Covers by: General Soundbwoy, Dolapdere Big Gang and Linet, Moulin Rouge Original Broadway Cast, Hachiku, Adam Lambert, Rain Paris, Sondre Lerche

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We can't help doing a movie review! It's entrepreneur summer and movies are a business, right? So listen to us talk about the Baz Luhrmann directed music biopic, ELVIS. We'll be back next week with more of the covers you...crave?

SPOILERS FOR THE FILM ELVIS ARE DISCUSSED IN THIS EPISODE.

We said it'd never happen, so obviously it had to happen! Entrepreneur Summer 3: Back in Business! We're talking all summer long about musicians with businesses and we're kicking it off with the king of island escapism Jimmy Buffett and the hit that kicked off his entire array of business ventures: "Margaritaville".

Covers by: Alan Jackson ft. Jimmy Buffett, Reggae Machine, Richard Cheese, The Holophonics, Sammy Hagar and Toby Keith, Artichoke

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We spend a long, long time discussing Elton John's "Rocket Man (I Think It's Going To Be A Long Long Time)" with returning guest Ruby Swan (Ruby Swan on YouTube)! We also talk about "Cold Heart" by Elton John, Due Lipa and PNAU, and of course we talk about "Where's The Shoorah".

Covers by: William Shatner, Kate Bush, Me First and the Gimme Gimmes, David Fonseca, Heaven 17, Elton John with Due Lipa and PNAU

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Cover Me talking about hits from the 80s? We've heard of stranger things. We're talking about "Running Up That Hill" by Kate Bush and Freaky Friday this week on Cover Me!

Covers by: Natalie Gauci, The Whole Bolivian Army, Bentley Jones, John, First Aid Kit, Car Seat Headrest

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Your own personal episode of Cover Me is here! That's right, this episode about Depeche Mode's "Personal Jesus" is just for you! Nobody else is getting this in their feed!

Covers by: Johnny Cash, Lollipop Lust Kill, Richard Cheese, Skip Soldier, Nina Hagen, Skapeche Mode, Shefita

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Dad rock is back on the menu! We talk about the Billy Joe Royal song written by Joe South and made a hit by Deep Purple and others, "Hush".

Covers by: Deep Purple, Merrily Rush, Santo & Johnny, Milli Vanilli, Kula Shaker, Captain Jack, Bjorn Berge

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Why bother talking to great lawyers about lepers and crooks when you could talk to literally anyone else about Bob Dylan's "Ballad of a Thin Man"? We go in-depth on Bobby D's hit diss track from 1965 this week on Cover Me!

Covers by: THE SPORTS, Kula Shaker, Deep Schrott, The Gunpoets, Brother Ali

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Trying to strike up a conversation with a black-haired flamenco dancer, but you don't know what to say? This podcast probably won't help with that, but you will learn a lot about "Mr. Jones" by Counting Crows!

Covers by: Max Thorn, Off The Beat, Counting Crows, Hidden in Plain View, John Lester Quartet, George White Group ft. Angie

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Hurdy gurdy hurdy gurdy hurdy gurdy hurdy gurdy! We're talking Donovan's "Hurdy Gurdy Man" this week.

Covers by: Eartha Kitt, Butthole Surfers, Color Filter, L.A. Guns, Wild Colonials, Antietam with Catherine Irwin, Will Oldham, Tara O'Bannon, Anna Krippenstapel

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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

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You wanted the best, you got Kiss instead!

Covers by: Scooter, Freq Nasty and Amaziree, Queen of Japan, Maria Mean, First to Eleven, YUNGBLUD

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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

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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

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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!