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There are a lot of songs out there—every artist runs the risk of doubling up on a title or two. Here are some of our favorite songs with the same titles. As you read this list, my fellow editor Steve is writing a song called "Stairway to Heaven" for his band Attractive Eighties Women. And it's not a cover.
1. “Jolene” by Dolly Parton, Ray LaMontagne, The Weepies
The verdict: Definitely Dolly
2. “Brandy Alexander” by Feist, The Walkmen
The verdict: Feist
3. “I Want You” by Bob Dylan, Tom Waits, Kings Of Leon, Mugison, Rachael Yamagata
The verdict: Kings Of Leon. Just kidding! Dylan.
4. “All At Once” by Jack Johnson, Pete Yorn
The verdict: Don’t really care. Jack Johnson?
5. “Cabbagetown” by Shawn Mullins, Conor Oberst
The verdict: Conor Oberst (even though Mullins is from Atlanta, home of Cabbagetown).
6. “Hallelujah” by Ryan Adams, Leonard Cohen/Jeff Buckley
The verdict: It’s hard to beat Buckley’s cover of Cohen’s great song.
7. “Wish You Were Here” by Pink Floyd, Incubus
The verdict: Take a wild guess.
8. “Blossom” by Nick Drake, Ryan Adams
The verdict: Nick Drake
9. “Indian Summer” by Mandy Moore, Pedro The Lion
The verdict: I’ll answer this with a question: Who would win in a fight?
10. “Borderline” by Alison Krauss, Madonna
The verdict: How mad would you be if I picked Alison? Okay fine. Madonna.
11. “Breathless” by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Dan Wilson
The verdict: NICK CAVE
12. “Wanderlust” by REM, Frank Black
The verdict: REM
13. “Cannonball” by Damien Rice, Brandi Carlile
The verdict: Tough call but I’m going with Damien Rice.
14. “Empty” by The Cranberries, Ray LaMontagne
The verdict: Cranberries (I let high-school Kate decide.)
15. “Go” by Hanson, Daniel Johnston, The Innocence Mission
The verdict: OMG Hanson
16. “Hummingbird” by BB King, Wilco
The verdict: We’re not THAT Wilco obsessed.
17. “Mistress” by Red House Painters, Sufjan Stevens
The verdict: Sufjan
18. “On The Radio” by The Concretes, Regina Spektor
The verdict: The Concretes. Wait for the chorus.
19. “Too Drunk To Dream” by The Magnetic Fields, Whiskeytown
The verdict: I can’t believe there are two songs called “Too Drunk To Dream.” Whiskeytown.
20. “A Good Man Is Hard To Find” by Sufjan Stevens, Tom Waits
The verdict: Both! Yay!
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"Wanderlust" is also a Bjork song.
Jolene - also a kick-ass Cake song.
Cannonball - also by the Breeders.
I fear your comments will be this and nothing else. :)
Some also include:
3) "I Want You" - Marvin Gaye
9) "Indian Summer" - Chris Botti
15) "Go" - Common feat. John Mayer
18) "On the Radio" - Donna Summer, Nelly Furtado (although Furtado has an elipsis)
Now, are you still so sure with this new information? Are you -sure- mid-period Dylan is better than Marvin Gaye's best period?
7) "Wish You Were Here", also by Rednex
"wish you were here" also by Ryan Adams.
and yes, dylan's best period always beats marvin gaye... is that even a question?
I think "Brandy Alexander" was originally a song written and sung by Ron Sexsmith and Feist later covered. So technically, Ron won that round!
Haha - I was just going to join in with my "hey you forgot...." when I see someone beat me to it.
As soon as I read "Cannonball", The Breeders version blared in my head, yet it wasn't in the list. That song takes me right back to a road trip to Florida when I was 18. For that it will always be my favourite, plus it rocks!
What about "Good Man" by Josh Ritter and King Straggler
Oh, glad someone got "Good Man"- I love Ritter.
What about "These Days" Nico and Rascal Flatts. (Obviously Nico gets the win)
An unrelated "Jolene" is also a track on Dylan's new album.
Cake's "Jolene" is one of my top 5 favorite Cake songs ever (I think I like Cake much more than everyone else for whatever reason.)
I really don't know how anyone could mention "Cannonball" without immediately recognizing how epic the Breeder's song is. And it introduced me to the Pixies in a round-about way.
This whole list is kind of ruined by the Breeders exclusion.
Wow, yeah the Breeders Cannonball is a huge omission, also Cake's Jolene is a great song (but not quite up to par with Dolly's sheer desperation).
Chicago's Eleventh Dream Day has a laid-back rocker called "Go" that not only is EDD's best song, but also beets out all comers in that song name category (get it, "Beet" was the name of the album...aww never mind. But seriously check out EDD's "Beet" an overlooked classic in my book especially for someone who loves lyrics)