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Alterations  
| This quiz concerns cover versions of older songs recorded by "alternative" and hard rock acts between 1978 and 2002. |
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Tough
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20Q |
537 plays |
Jul 11 07 |
susanjacosta
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| 2 |
Rock Music's Mockingbirds, Part 2  
| In this quiz, you are asked to name the artists who originally wrote and performed songs that became hits for someone else. |
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Average
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10Q |
666 plays |
Oct 31 07 |
treplag
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| 3 |
Rock Music's Mockingbirds 
| Sometimes in popular music a song is written and performed by one artist, but it becomes a hit (or a bigger hit) for someone else. Can you identify the original artist of these pop hits? |
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Tough
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10Q |
987 plays |
Oct 08 07 |
treplag
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| 4 |
Same Tune, Different Song 
| What do you do if you have some great lyrics but can?t think up a great melody to go with it? Well you could use a tune from another song. In the days before copyright lawyers this was a common practice and many tunes have been successfully re-used. |
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Difficult
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10Q |
489 plays |
Apr 09 08 |
ErnestS
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| 5 |
Hair Metal Cover Songs 
| It seems every decade has bands remaking a classic song of yesteryear. Let's see how well you know your hair metal cover songs of the 1980's and 90's |
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Difficult
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10Q |
708 plays |
Dec 09 07 |
Zorbs
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| 6 |
"Yesterday" Cover Versions 
| Welcome to the latest installment of the "Cover Version" series. This quiz we'll delve into the song that Guinness has called "Worlds most covered song." "Yesterday" by The Beatles. Hope you enjoy it. Cheers. |
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Tough
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10Q |
597 plays |
Aug 12 07 |
dantecmdy
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| 7 |
80s Cover Tunes 
| All of the following songs were hits in the 80s, but it wasn't the first time they were recorded. Test your knowledge of these 80s cover tunes! |
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Difficult
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10Q |
2592 plays |
Feb 09 02 |
arob71
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| 8 |
"Like A Rolling Stone" Cover Versions 
| Artists from every music genre have paid tribute to Bob Dylan by covering his songs for over 40 years. This quiz deals with his 1965 classic "Like A Rolling Stone" Think you know who covered it? Good luck. |
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Tough
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10Q |
216 plays |
May 23 08 |
dantecmdy
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| 9 |
"Satisfaction" Cover Versions 
| All you need to hear is the opening riff to this classic number from 1965 and you'll know exactly who it is. "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" by The Rolling Stones is one of most recognizable songs in music history. Think you know who covered it? Enjoy. |
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Tough
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10Q |
267 plays |
Jan 10 08 |
dantecmdy
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| 10 |
Song Remakes 
| So nice they were sung twice, by different artists. |
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Average
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10Q |
675 plays |
May 16 08 |
LostHero22
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| 11 |
"Light My Fire" Cover Versions 
| "Is everybody in?" This quiz is about one of my all time favorite songs, and the artists who covered it. Enjoy. |
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Average
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10Q |
564 plays |
Jan 19 07 |
dantecmdy
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| 12 |
Rock Remakes 
| There have been a lot of rock remakes recently, how well do you remember the original songs? |
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Average
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15Q |
3552 plays |
Jan 14 04 |
laranko5
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| 13 |
Covers and Tributes in Music 
| Artists often pay respect to their influences by recording new versions of past songs. Try this quiz on musical remakes. |
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Very Difficult
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10Q |
396 plays |
Mar 20 07 |
neon000
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| 14 |
Covers in the 90s A-Z
| Lots of old songs got recycled during the 1990s. This is a quiz about those cover versions - in A-Z form! (Well, strictly speaking A-Z minus X. I couldn't find any way to work XTC or X-Ray Spex in.) |
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Tough
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25Q |
3045 plays |
Apr 11 01 |
sandcat
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| 15 |
Rock & Roll Cover Songs 
| Rock & Roll cover songs from the 70's, 80's, and 90's. I'll tell you the songs and who did the remake, you tell me who did the original, which may have been recorded earlier than the 70's. |
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Average
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10Q |
3948 plays |
May 08 03 |
chupacabra
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| 16 |
80's Cover Tunes II 
| Here is my second quiz on remakes from the 80's. |
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Tough
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10Q |
3042 plays |
Mar 26 02 |
arob71
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| 17 |
Where Have I Heard That Before? 
| A quiz about the practice of music sampling. I'll try to keep the quiz on popular hits and popular samplings and stay away from remakes and parodies if I can help it. |
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Difficult
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15Q |
1221 plays |
Jul 18 01 |
Oddball
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| 18 |
Cover Me, Cover You 
| There are songs, that everyone seems to do over and over and over. The same, differently or as a tribute. These songs are called covers. This quiz is about such songs. Good Luck and have fun! |
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Difficult
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25Q |
1455 plays |
Jul 02 02 |
PaulKnows
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| 19 |
The Same Ole Song! 
| This quiz is about songs done by different artists
over the years. See how many you remember. Good luck! |
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Difficult
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25Q |
879 plays |
Oct 07 02 |
musicworks
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| 20 |
Follow-up and Answer Songs of the 50's and 60's 
| Pop tunes of the 50's and 60's often had a less successful follow-up song by the same artist. Other artists sometimes tried to get in on the act by recording an answer song. See what you know about these curious tunes. |
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Difficult
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10Q |
441 plays |
Mar 15 04 |
oscarguy
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| 21 |
UK Cover Version Hits 2004 
| There are nearly always a few hits in the UK charts each week that are cover versions, or songs that sample old hits. Here are just a few from late 2003 and early 2004. |
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Average
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10Q |
759 plays |
Feb 20 04 |
Popsicle01
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| 22 |
Various Cover Songs
| This is a quiz about various cover versions through the years. Good luck! |
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Difficult
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25Q |
939 plays |
Apr 27 02 |
musicworks
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| 23 |
Hit Remakes
| Some songs are so good that different artists or groups have had hits with the same song over the years. Here's a few. Good Luck! |
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Average
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10Q |
2622 plays |
Jan 10 01 |
DONMAC1
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| 24 |
Cover Me! 
| 80s/early 90s metal and hard rock bands LOVED to cover other artists songs. I will give you the original artist and the 80s/90s band and you tell me what song they both did. |
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Difficult
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10Q |
540 plays |
Dec 14 06 |
feelthehand
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| 25 |
Tribute Records 
| Tribute records are mostly patchy affairs. More often than not they diminish the achievements of the artists in question by featuring covers that are slavish retreads of the originals or misjudged reinterpretations. But there's a few cool ones around. |
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Difficult
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20Q |
456 plays |
Dec 15 03 |
hootch
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| 26 |
Second Hand Songs 
| These are all fairly recent songs. Do you know who originally had a hit with each of them? Try it, I dare you! |
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Easy
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10Q |
3930 plays |
Aug 20 03 |
poodog
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| 27 |
Cover Versions 
| Who sang whose song? I tell you the song you tell me who covered it. |
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Average
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10Q |
1269 plays |
Jul 27 01 |
angiel
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| 28 |
Covers UK 
| Late 2004 and early 2005 saw a few more remakes and cover versions enter the UK charts. See if you can remember some of those original hits. |
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Average
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10Q |
555 plays |
Mar 06 05 |
Popsicle01
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| 29 |
Copyright Infringement 
| Sampling is everywhere nowadays and nobody's surprised anymore when an entire song is nicked from somewhere else. But a lot of artists got into trouble for their use of samples. |
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Very Difficult
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10Q |
390 plays |
Nov 19 03 |
hootch
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| 30 |
UK Cover Version Hits 2004 Part 2 
| I have been listening to the UK charts again, and spotted some more remakes. Are you old enough (like me!) to remember the originals? |
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Average
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10Q |
450 plays |
Nov 30 04 |
Popsicle01
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