We all know you secretly love Tom Odell's version.
That would not be true.
We all know you secretly love Tom Odell's version.
Nope, originally from the Spencer Davis Group (with Steve Winwood) afaik, and that version - with Pete York at drums - is still the best.
Well, the question was: Which was more popular? And the version that almost everybody knows, is that of the Spencer Davis Group, not the Chicago-Version. The original version reached #10 in the billboard charts, the Chicago-Version reached #49 in the charts. Big difference, I'd say. ;-)If I am not mistaken, Steve Winwood wrote it and yes, it was the Spencer Davis group that recorded it. Regardless, it may be the best version in your opinion, but your opinion is just that, your opinion. That is why I qualified it by IMHO......In my humble opinion!
Another would be (at least in the United States) "Cum On Feel the Noize" which was a huge hit for Quiet Riot, and few, if anyone, knew it was a cover when the song was popular on MTV. Though I suspect in England/Europe, it may have been a different story.
Well, the question was: Which was more popular? And the version that almost everybody knows, is that of the Spencer Davis Group, not the Chicago-Version. The original version reached #10 in the billboard charts, the Chicago-Version reached #49 in the charts. Big difference, I'd say. ;-)
Van Halen Giggalo over Louis Prima but to be honest I did not look up how popular the Prima version was.
Best in terms of "commercially most successful". I should have phrased it differently...Not to beat a dead horse, but you used the word "best" not more popular, so I picked up on that.....
Best in terms of "commercially most successful". I should have phrased it differently...
how about most anything that Three Dog Night did?
Hotn Axton's "Joy To The World"
Paul Williams' "Old Fashioned Love Song"
Harry Nilsson's "One"
Leo Sayer's "The Show Must Go On"
Laura Nyro's "Eli's Coming"
You're not wrong. I wasn't aware of the Quiet Riot cover, just the original version
. But here in the UK, Slade were a number 1 hit and Quiet Riot didn't chart.