Tuesday, 17 June 2025

Cover Charge #15: Prince to Sheryl Crow

Cover Charge is simple: A covers B, B covers C, C covers D and so on, until I loop back to where I started, Ouroboros-style.

Last time: The Jesus and Mary Chain to Prince

Maybe it's just me but I can't really imagine Prince just churning out any Straight Bat covers; it would either have to be an Own Stamp or he wouldn't bother. That's certainly the case with this purple reworking from 1999 (when surely Prince should have been partying, right?)

And here's the original Everyday is a Winding Road, from Sheryl Crow's eponymous second album. Neil Finn is on backing vocals, fact fans. Oddly, this was released as a single in the UK only in 1995, where it limped to #43 in the charts, but released globally in 1996 when the parent album came out, and that time made it all the way to #12 in the UK.

Next time: Sheryl gets her fingers dirty.

The Cover Charge "chain" to date.

2 comments:

  1. He certainly gave it, as you put it so well, Own Stamp. As a result, I'm not so keen on the cover this time, but it was unexpected!

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    1. Yes, this is one where I prefer the original.

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