33 Songs You Didn’t Know Were Covers (Part 5) | REACTION

[@jamelakajamal]

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[@johncampbell756]

The Carpenters are always better. Bon Jovi was my surprise. Richard Harris was Dumbledore in the first two Harry Potter films.

[@et2petty]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/oaaphY2rZ9Nsnbs paul williams "Weve only just begun"

[@thunderballz74]

Jamal Jamal!! I seen the title video got clicked...then I seen my hand coming back to me.....hahaha I did not know I had clicked!!!! Love your vids bro,!!!!!

[@abel-paulbonin3312]

Can't Stop Lovin' You was also covered by Keith Urban

[@rlawrence9838]

You looked like you'd never heard of the song "oh carolina" by shaggy (thoughi just found out it was a cover): that was number one in England: I always wondered if it did anything in America though.

[@ewrekzz7360]

A lot of lesser-known artists and songwriters were happy to have the royalty payments and a larger more well-known artist do a cover. It was quite commonplace in the 50s through the 80s.

[@hollysmith9979]

The carpenters also for me but I did know some of them being older....enjoy you Jamel😊❤

[@mikewaters5192]

The Carpenters, in particular Richard Carpenter, were great arrangers. Taking songs and making them their own, clearly with great success. Peace ✌️

[@juliusnepos6013]

yeah

[@sgholt]

I was 9 years old in 1967 :) I knew a lot of those covers.... :) brought back memories...I always went back to the source when I decided to play guitar...thanks Jamel

[@barriehull7076]

Had to look it up myself Jamel, Delia Juanita Warrick (September 25, 1942 - October 18, 2008),[1] known professionally as Dee Dee Warwick, was an American soul singer. Born in Newark, New Jersey, she was the sister of singer Dionne Warwick, the niece of Cissy Houston, and a first cousin of singers Whitney Houston and Leontyne Price. Wikipedia. Knew Rod Stewart's was a cover, having most of his LPs, with and without the Faces from the 70s.

[@Rawwbot]

I thought nothing could shock me but "Tremeloes - Silent is Golden" to be a cover? Knock me over with a feather .... David Hasselhoff - Ive been looking for Freedom ..... *Jaws smashing thru the tabletop*

[@peterdennis4394]

For those who don't know, Richard Harris (MacArthur Park), was the actor who played Dumbledore in the first two Harry Potter films.

[@juliusnepos6013]

Yeah

[@sarablack2547]

Ta I thought that was Irish actor Richard harris.i knew about Harry potter.he sang in Camelot.he played king Arthur.

[@shapeach]

Jamal you are so wonderful!! love your channel and everything you do and keep doing.!! 🥰🌹

[@cudwieser3952]

Dee Dee Warwick is Dionne's younger sister.

[@abrahamesparza01]

Most people don't know. That's why they ask you to react to the covers

[@baronvg]

That Bonnie Tyler one blew my mind because it was the same music but different lyrics lol

[@dalejohnson4256]

This has been SO MUCH FUN! If you ever continue this series, may I recommend comparing how many American (and British!) pop and southern rock groups covered songs written by Black American blues artists of the early 20th century. That's a fascinating rabbit-hole all by itself!

[@Kati626]

Had no idea about bon jovi!!! Didn’t know about the Carpenders but not surprised- they were all about show casing her amazing voice. Like they took songs and went Bam 💥 look what I can do with that!

[@randywest7252]

There are so many more not included like Dedicated to the one I love, The track of my Tears, There's kind of a Hush,See you in September just to name a few.

[@brianjohnston5325]

That Bon Jovi one surprised me...there were a few other shockers as well. I maybe knew a quarter to a half of these were covers. These videos are always eye opening

[@joniroxanne96]

Same here. As someone who grew up with the likes of them, my jaw literally dropped! #HoldUp

[@onsesejoo2605]

Watching this series through, what strikes me is the music that counts afterall. No colour or gender, age or genre of music. Bless them who have the ears to pick a good song.

[@sdstewart1962]

"We've Only Just Begun" was written for a commercial (by Paul Williams, who also sang it in the commercial), believe it or not. I always thought it was fleshed out as a full song and went straight to the Carpenters, but it looks like somebody else recorded it in-between. Here's a link to the original commercial: kzbin.info/www/bejne/b2i7apurrpyjfrM

[@kdm71291]

I remember that.

[@garyhumphries348]

The carpenter's and Marvin Gaye and no body will ever be as smart as Marvin was on things to come later in life,my #1 Soul Singer

[@__-gc1ir]

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[@victoriajones5274]

The Carpenters were a shock to me also

[@karlsmith2570]

Hey Jamel, Don't Feel bad Brotha I was very surprised that those 5 Carpenters songs were covers as well Now I knew that Taco's "Puttin On The Ritz" was a cover because I remembered hearing the original Irving Berlin version quite a bit when I was younger

[@__-gc1ir]

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[@hr35rasmus]

Hi Jamal, UK watcher here, love your reactions, esp UK the rock music from my younger days…….with the recent death of the Queen, you should do a review of Jesseye Norman, a US born opera singer and one of the BEST in the world, sing ‘When I am Laid in Earth’ composed by Henry Purcell in 1689, yep 1689……I defy you to not to feel emotion or shed a tear, you will be amazed………..and it’s short only 3 or 4 mins long……….enjoy……😁

[@sonnyd1222]

Jamel, I consider myself an encyclopedia of classic rock knowledge, but there were alot of these I didn't realize were covers. So, you're not alone, sir! ✌️😉🎶❤️

[@williammack3350]

This is the first time I watched this list, liked your reaction toward "Sing" by Sesame Street. Lol. "Beggin" was shocking to me, more for the fact that the earlier cover by Madcon wasn't that far ago. This did show me I'm missing out on songs from the 60s.

[@juliusnepos6013]

Same the sesame street one had always caught me off guard especially the first time I saw it

[@ianbresser586]

And “Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft” by the Carpenters is a cover of a song by Klaatu.

[@juliusnepos6013]

Also Superstar

[@Kellie_Curtis-Holmes]

Hi Jamel, not sure if anyone else has mentioned this, but the guy singing lead vocals on A Groovy Kind Of Love (The Mindbenders) is actually Eric Stewart who you'll know well from 10CC xxx

[@KathySandru]

Hey, Jamel - The first video started without an intro so quickly because Bruce Springsteen wrote the original "Fire" that was covered by The Pointer Sisters. Looks like that was a copyright strike.

[@UKMitchy]

Some real surprises there. It made me thing of 'I Only Want To Be With You' sung by Dusty Springfield in 1963. I knew it had been covered by the Tourists (Annie Lennox) and Volbeat (Swedish heavy metal band). There are at least 50 to 60 other covers.

[@MrErrandboy]

The carpenters for me also and I grew up listening to them on the radio when those songs first came out and I still didn’t know they were all covers lol!

[@imaginationsmusic1985]

The Bon Jovi one shocked me! Also they didn't mention Petra who also did a cover of "God Gave Rock And Roll" To be fair "Puttin On The Ritz" definitely sounds like something from the 20s/30s

[@RandomNonsense1985]

And they forgot to put the Gene Wilder/Peter Boyle/Young Frankenstein version in their video. That's the best version of Puttin On the Ritz by far!

[@rmlusa9827]

Little Richard also sang Rip It Up Elvis Slippin' n Sliding Eddie Bo They sang each other's known for songs They were the popular songs of the time.

[@Musicvegan01]

Not exactly a cover, but maybe similar to the Bon Jovi song (different lyrics put to the music of another song). Parts of "Do Ya Think I'm Sexy" by Rod Stewart is based on 2 earlier songs, which are "Taj Mahal" by Jorge Ben & "Put Something Down On It" by Bobby Womack. A lot of times the original was not a hit or maybe it was just an album track and not a single, but the remake was a big radio hit. So many people don't know it's a cover. Also probably not a lot of people today are listening to hit songs from the 1910s through 1940s. Songs that are called "standards" or "Great American Songbook" have been recorded by hundreds and even thousands of acts. So have many Christmas songs, such as "Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer" & "Silent Night".

[@corihulet739]

I had to look it up. Turns out Dee Dee Warwick is Dionne's sister. This is the first I've heard of her!

[@BlueToast97]

'You Give Love a Bad Name' by Bon Jovi was the one that surprised me the most. That and 'Sing' originating on Sesame Street.

[@grantrichards4950]

I wasn't too surprised about The Carpenters. There are a lot of artists that never wrote their own music. They did covers or songs that were written for them. Sinatra and Elvis come to mind. Also, many, if not most groups, start as cover bands. Heart and The Beatles are good examples.

[@waynebeasley331]

Brother, I'm a songwriter. And I hang out In my home town of Tulsa Oklahoma. If I'm Lucky some Youngin' will do one of mine. While I'm In house. It's a beautiful thing every song has a birth!

[@kdm71291]

The best way I can surmise my experience with this is that some I knew were covers, some I didn't, some I had never heard period....sometimes the reason is that either the original OR the cover is better....or just better known. Yes, The Carpenters was the most shocking, but I knew some of them were covers.......but they DID have some of their own, too!

[@397coney7]

Some I knew were covers, others shocked me😂. I didn’t know they can make money off cover songs. Maybe they split earnings with original performers? If you’re into classic rock covers……check out Mike Masse, he has a KZbin channel with the same name. He also tours around the world. I saw him in concert twice in Charlotte,NC. Both excellent!

[@Majerly_Annoyed]

You are the GOAT with these videos!!!! Love them!

[@seventhirteen137]

I noticed that hard rock/metal covers weren't included. There's a ton of great ones out there. Disturbed's Sound of Silence, Manson's Tainted Love and Sweet Dreams for example

[@TracyfromNC]

I knew McArthur Park was a cover. Shocked that Debby Boones hit song was a cover. Really shocked how many Carpenters songs were covers. I feel ya.

[@Shiby23]

That Bon Jovi one threw me WAYYYYY OFFFF. Idk if my parents that are 60+ realize that.

[@DoctorVell]

FYI - Richard Harris (MacArthur Park) played the first Dumbledore in the Harry Potter movies.

[@josephhobbs3009]

My brother not a lot of people know that Originals especially some of the older pieces but as far as the Carpenters are concerned my first wife was shocked when I showed her some lyrics sheets with a copyright names and the people who wrote those lyrics! She was absolutely shocked. Another band was Captain and Tennille! Once again love the show peace

[@robertlang4955]

I still think one of the "best" version of Putting On The Ritz was in the movie "Young Frankenstein". 😆

[@Ifyernotawakeyet]

Puhhhih ahh the rrriizz!

[@chrisa4695]

According to Wikipedia, the Bon Jovi song was originally written for Bonnie Tyler by prolific song writer Desmond Child. When the song was not a success he kept the melody and wrote different lyrics with Jon Bon Jovi & Richie Sambora of Bon Jovi.

[@sharonglover7221]

I heard some of the originals first, but I forgot the artist until I saw this. There were many that I had never heard of, cover or original. There were some I knew for sure which were cover and knew the original. Dee Dee Warwick is not Dionne Warwick, but I believe they are related. These are very interesting. Thanks for doing this.

[@davidhunt3689]

Not anywhere as many Singer/Songwriters as people think. They bash some for not writing but keep trap shut when it's one of their favorites.

[@__-gc1ir]

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[@poggo7]

With Whitney she covered 40 and and had 51 originals but she only co wrote a few of them, they were mostly written for her. The other songs were samples, remixes and stuff like that. To be fair though she always did a better job with them.

[@donparker8246]

Fun fact: Never Can Say Goodbye was written by actor Clifton Davis. Remember the show Amen? He played the minister.

[@Deathbird_Mitch]

Fun Fact: The Richard Harris that originally did "MacArthur Park" is the Richard Harris that played DUMBLEDORE.

[@Ifyernotawakeyet]

Kinda partial to Jurassic Park by Weird Al😄😄

[@eabcool]

yeah i didn't know the Carpenter's covered so many songs. it's interesting how many songs in history were covered shortly after the original.

[@ladylynnmaree]

I'm with you... The Carpenters shocked me 😲 But I have seen Sesame Street sing that song but never linked it to being the original. And damn 1965 was a good year for originals

[@__-gc1ir]

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[@shapeach]

didn't know Linda Ronstadt and Buddy Holly It's so easy to fall in love!! ❤️

[@terereynolds698]

Wow, I always thought the Carpenters were the original singers to their songs, I actually thought both Karen and Richard wrote them, this totally blew me away.

[@shycloud43556]

I was not expecting Sesame Street to be on here

[@bluewarters7058]

Love all the folks my boy phill Collins all these where hits before I was born and I'm a caffe/hippie baby from 85 but grew up on all of it

[@__-gc1ir]

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[@davidwilson3568]

i don't mind a cover at all as long as its done well. even the beatles did covers.

[@juliusnepos6013]

Yeah

[@joniroxanne96]

#ShockingCover: I was about to say "A Groovy Kind of Love" was shocking... But goddammit, as someone who grew up with the likes of *Bon Jovi* -- *that* one got me; and it got me good! 🤯 I feel like the Carpenters are more a cover band that anything. 😅 You can say Taco really went back in time for inspiration! 🙃

[@hobblone3887]

The one that got me was" working my way back to you"; i likespinners version,but i was a teen when 4 seasons came out.

[@lisas7741]

Just wanna say about half the Carpenters songs here I knew were covers, the others I didn’t. I soooo knew that Sing was from Sesame Street, because I had the album it was on AND saw them sing it on the show (yes I am that old, I’m literally 3 weeks older than Big Birds “birthday” meaning his real age not the age he is on the show.) I knew that was gonna fuckin shock you!

[@lissalois1822]

I knew most of these. The Harlem Shuffle and That’s My Desire by Bob and Earl are two great songs they recorded

[@lucilleavakian833]

Ray of Light was a shock to me. I did not realize the Carpenters were covers either.

[@chab1rd155]

I agree...the carpenters shocked me too

[@trevorjames6185]

Yeah, the Rolling Stones did a lot of covers throughout their career. The Carpenters I didn't expect or the Madonna song.

[@tomski120]

The thing is the Carpenters made the songs their own lol ( except solitaire Neil Sedakas original is pretty awesome)

[@robertvirtue8070]

Jamal you did Ray Stevens cover of I'm My Own Grandpa . for me. It was originally done @ 1952 by Lonzo and Oscar . It sold over 3 million records.

[@corytrevorson1411]

George Benson Masquerade.

[@bluewarters7058]

Jamel you have down memory lane I'm with the shit my guy these songs I'm putting on my list

[@__-gc1ir]

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[@julietenning7981]

I've been lucky enough to be old enough to have heard the original first and then the covers. I also didn't know till now that I was nor suffering from my personal Mandela effect, as I didn't realize some of these songs HAD covers..

[@paulprendergast3184]

All the Carpenters songs were covers. Superstar was a cover of original Delaney and Bonnie song written by Delaney Bramlett and Leon Russell

[@__-gc1ir]

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[@deborahcornell171]

Can't believe they didn't mention Tina Turner's version of "I Can't Stand The Rain". Miss Tina more than did that song justice.💙☮💙

[@francisrandall2108]

Thank you bro really appreciate this keep it up

[@__-gc1ir]

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[@CRabbit42]

I knew Donna Summer's "MacArthur Park" was a cover. Both it and the original on my list of top 20 songs I absolutely can't stand. They're tied for #1.

[@georgeprice4212]

There’s another version of “I Can’t Stop Lovin’ You” that most might not know about, as it was never issued as a single: Southern Rock band, Outlaws, cut it on their 1980 “Ghost Riders” album.

[@robertphelps1574]

Feeling Good was originally recorded and released by Anthony Newley

[@__-gc1ir]

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[@snakeinthegrass7443]

For me, most times I dont realize the song's a cover. I don't know of the original. That David Hasselhoff one cracked me up, though. How some people think they can just master one thing after another is amazing. Wow that was embarrassing! Lol

[@__-gc1ir]

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[@Ifyernotawakeyet]

And the original was much better! Some people need to keep their day job!

[@shapeach]

shocked by the Ojays Now that we found love!!

[@doobiedave9686]

Bob Jovi You Give Love A Bad Name was the one that surprised me, that and the fact that Taco covered a song from 1929. 🙏✌️

[@__-gc1ir]

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[@sandraturner4539]

The Carpenters was a shock.

[@__-gc1ir]

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[@DocIdaho]

Dee Dee Warwick was Dionne’s sister, 2 years younger

[@__-gc1ir]

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[@gotham61]

The Freddie Allen version of We've Only Just Begun is not actually the original. Paul Williams wrote it for a TV commercial for Crocker bank, and sang it himself. Search for " Classic Commercial - "The Crocker Bank" - 1970" Here on KZbin to hear the original.

[@cababieri]

ray of light caught me by surprise!

[@conniecoffee8372]

Sorry so late watching this but been out splitting wood filling our woodshed up for the winter. Love the Carpenters but thought they were their songs.

[@gary17509]

Back in the day, we really didn't care whether the artist singing had written the song - it was just generally accepted that good songs would be sung by many different artists.

[@__-gc1ir]

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[@alricaneshama]

@Jamel_AKA_Jamal I knew most of these because pf my mom and my grandma. That 1929 song. She heard me listening to it and said, isn't that a great cover? I was like no, it's the original. She sat me down at 7 yrs old and blew my little mind wide open.

[@KiantraHall]

I know im but Third world reggae band did a remake of the Ojays now that we found love too 😊

[@MzzzKLA83]

Cover songs have always happened. The question is which do you prefer or sounds better then the original or other covers

[@roybiggs7239]

In many cases the covers were better and different from the originals. In the Carpenters case, they had a lot of support from other artists. Like Leon Russell's 'A Song For You '.

[@sheilanelson3187]

Dee Dee is Dionne’s sister.

[@Corellyn]

In my opinion, the best cover of "I Can't Stand the Rain" was by the always fantastic Tina Turner. I'm only a few years older than you, but I grew up loving the music of the 50's and 60's. I knew a lot of these, and prefer the originals for many of them. I think people ask you to react to the version of the song they're most familiar with.

[@liamshaughnessy6246]

Feeling good lol!😀😇😆😅🤣🙂

[@Nicole_Jewell]

You give love a bad name was the one that shocked me most.

[@chrisa4695]

I never heard of most of these songs or artists in the first half. Dee Dee Warrick is Dionne’s sister. I didn’t KNOW that Phil Collins’ Grover kind of love was a cover but suspected it was because it sounds old. The songs that I recognized I knew were covers with the exception of the Carpenters. I never listened to them much. The Bon Jovi one is the most shocking. I still can’t believe it. I need to individually verify it. Sometimes the original is a flop and the cover becomes a hit.

[@cas4040]

I feel like a quarter of these I’ve never heard the cover and only the original.

[@johnkimleylabasan7170]

Dee Dee Warricck is the Sister of Dione Warwick and the Maternal Aunt of Whitney Houston

[@johammerstein3605]

I think the covers were the bigger hits in most cases.

[@liamshaughnessy6246]

Heck yeah!😀😇😄😆🙃

[@braintrustslayton8755]

A lot of times...the originals are not known (esp..if from 2 or 3 generations back). Other times (like with the song "locomotion") the version we know feels better than its predecessor.

[@csongorszendrey2180]

I'm a huge original/cover guy. That said a real original is Genesis "The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway."