NewsOctober, 28 Pet Shop Boys 'best cover version'The Pet Shop Boys are the cover stars of a radio poll to find the best take of someone else's song. The electronic duo's version of Always On My Mind, which has been a hit for Elvis Presley and Willie Nelson among others, topped a poll of the best 50 cover versions. They beat Johnny Cash's version of Hurt by Nine Inch Nails and The Stranglers cover of the soul classic Walk On By to the top spot. Jimi Hendrix's performance of Bob Dylan's All Along The Watchtower and Jeff Buckley's Hallelujah - originally recorded by Leonard Cohen - completed the top five. The organisers of the BBC radio poll asked listeners for their favourite cover version before a team of experts whittled them down to 50 to be put to the public vote. Jeff Smith, head of music for Radio 2 and 6 Music, said: "The Pet Shop Boys have an enviable catalogue of hits and there have been lots of great versions of this classic song. "Whittling down the long list for the vote was tough, but it's great to see that this track still resonates with people today." The Pet Shop Boys got the 1987 Christmas number one with the track, 15 years after Elvis first took it into the top 10. Other entries in the top 50 include Sinead O'Connor's version of Nothing Compares 2 U, which was written by Prince, and Soft Cell's version of the Northern Soul classic Tainted Love. Less well-known entries include north-east punks China Drum with their version of Kate Bush's Wuthering Heights and Husker Du's version of The Byrds' Eight Miles High, although the Californian folk-rockers version of Bob Dylan's Mr Tambourine Man did not make the top 50. The Top 50 cover versions 1. Pet Shop Boys - Always On My Mind 2. Johnny Cash - Hurt 3. The Stranglers - Walk On By 4. Jimi Hendrix - All Along The Watchtower 5. Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah 6. Soft Cell - Tainted Love 7. Joe Cocker - With A Little Help From My Friends 8. Sinead O'Connor - Nothing Compares 2 U 9. Muse - Feeling Good 10. Whitney Houston - I Will Always Love You 11. Marvin Gaye - I Heard It Through The Grapevine 12. Adele - Make You Feel My Love 13. This Mortal Coil - Song To The Siren 14. The Clash - I Fought The Law 15. China Drum - Wuthering Heights 16. Nirvana - The Man Who Sold The World 17. Aretha Franklin - Respect 18. Eva Cassidy - Songbird 19. Leona Lewis - Run 20. Led Zeppelin - When The Levee Breaks 21. Righteous Brothers - Unchained Melody 22. Florence + the Machine - You've Got The Love 23. Mark Ronson - Valerie (feat. Amy Winehouse) 24. Jimi Hendrix - Hey Joe 25. The Fall - Lost In Music 26. Gary Jules - Mad World (feat. Michael Andrews) 27. Bryan Ferry - A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall 28. The Specials - A Message To You Rudy 29. Birdy - Skinny Love 30. Fugees - Killing Me Softly With His Song 31. The Pogues - Dirty Old Town 32. Elvis Costello & The Attractions - Good Year For The Roses 33. Jose Gonzalez - Heartbeats 34. The Isley Brothers - Summer Breeze 35. Thin Lizzy - Rosalie 36. Talking Heads - Take Me To The River 37. David Bowie - China Girl 38. Urge Overkill - Girl, You'll Be A Woman Soon 39. Ryan Adams - Wonderwall 40. Nina Simone - Mr Bojangles 41. Husker Du - Eight Miles High 42. Jose Feliciano - Light My Fire 43. Earth, Wind & Fire - Got To Get You Into My Life 44. Santana - Oye Como Va 45. James Blake - Limit To Your Love 46. Billy Paul - Your Song 47. Richie Havens - Going Back To My Roots 48. Labrinth - Express Yourself 49. Prince Fatty - Shimmy Shimmy Ya (feat. Horseman) 50. D'Angelo - Cruisin
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