COVER ME - The Best Cover Songs You Don't Know - '80's Version

When one artist takes another artist's music, stripes it down, reworks it and injects something of themselves into it. The end result is usually distinctly interesting and a worthy cover song is born. Here are four worthy '80's cover songs you may not know.

Below you'll find the original followed by it's cover version.

Clicking any song title will pop up it's video.

"This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody)"
by Talking Heads (1983)

"This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody)"
by Shawn Colvin (1994)
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"Borderline"
by Madonna (1984)

"Borderline"
by Jody Watley (2006)
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"Bizarre Love Triangle"
by New Order (1986)

"Bizarre Love Triangle"
by Pete Yorn (2009)
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"Life In A Northern Town"
by The Dream Academy (1985)

"Life In A Northern Town"
by Sugarland (2008)

Clicking any song title will pop up it's video.

All songs are available for download @ iTunes.

You can link to previous 'Cover Me' posts by clicking below.

Cover Me - The Best Cover Songs You Don't Know - Part I
Cover Me - The Best Cover Songs You Don't Know - Part II
Cover Me - The Best Cover Songs You Don't Know - Part III