Original version or cover version?

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Gary Wright - My Love Is Alive


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Chaka Khan - My Love Is Alive

[JRCarter]

"Party All The Time"

The original by Eddie Murphy:



There's actually a heavy metal cover by a band called Children of Bodom:



And a cover by Aubrey O'Day:

[JRCarter]

"It's a Shame":

Original by the Spinners:



Cover by Raphael Saadiq

[Curtis Metcalf]

"It's a Shame":

Original by the Spinners:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5VaRSEvq8U

Cover by Raphael Saadiq

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fSbyjf8aNg

I hadn't heard the Raphael Saadiq cover so thanks for that. It's good but the original is the clear winner here.

[Battle]

John Williams doing a disco version of his Close Encounters of the Third Kind





Gene Page's version is what happens when a brother covers a film soundtrack while hanging out at Studio 54.

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"Love on a Two Way Street"

The original version by the Moments a.k.a. Ray, Goodman and Brown:



The cover by Stacy Lattisaw:



A cover by Gloria Estefan:



An instrumental cover by Grant Green:

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>>>JRcarter


Wait a minute... Do you mean Ray, Goodman and Brown as Ray Parker, Jr?  

Are you sayin' that Ray Parker Jr was formally from the Moments???


Oh, and it's a hard choice between Stacy and The Moments...

[Reginald Hudlin]

No, Ray Parker Jr. was NOT in the Moments (or Ray, Goodman and Brown).  Overlapping eras, different men.

[Battle]

No, Ray Parker Jr. was NOT in the Moments (or Ray, Goodman and Brown).  Overlapping eras, different men.

Oh, thanks for clearing that up!

[JRCarter]

"Send For Me":

The original by Atlantic Starr:



Cover by Gerald Alston:



Cover by Will Downing:



Cover by Maysa Leak:

[Battle]

Ruby & The Romantics - Our Day Will Come

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The Supremes - Our Day Will Come

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Classic IV - Our Day Will Come

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Isaac Hayes - Our Day Will Come

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Cher - Our Day Will Come

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Julie London - Our Day Will Come

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Frankie Valli - Our Day Will Come

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The Carpenters - Our Day Will Come

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Amy Winehouse - Our Day Will Come

EDIT - This song has literally passed through several periods of American pop musical styles from 1963  to 2011

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"Jesus is Love"

Original by the Commodores:



Cover by Heather Headley and Smokie Norful:



Cover by Melvin Williams:



Cover by Monifah & Harlem Boys Choir:



Cover by Chrisette Michelle:

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"Who's Lovin You"

Original by Smokey Robinson and the Miracles:



Cover by the Jackson 5:



Cover by Terence Trent D'arby a.k.a. Sananda Maitreya:



Cover by a 13-year-old Lauryn Hill:



Cover by Brenda and the Tabulations:

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Jackson 5

[Battle]

Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell - If This World Were Mine

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Bob & Gene - If This World Were Mine


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Luther Vandross - If This World Were Mine