Joe Jackson songs covered by other artists – professional
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This page was last updated 15 Oct 2007. To send additions/corrections go to the contact page.
| Release date | Artist where from? website |
JJ song style / instrumentation |
Album | Order | Remarks | 2007 Jan |
Joseph Swidenbank UK  official site |
It's Different For Girls |
It's Different For Girls (single) |  |
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Download only | 2006 9 Oct |
Sylvain Luc France official site |
Steppin' Out |
Joko |  |
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2006 25 Aug |
Morse, Portnoy and George California, USA official site |
I'm The Man |
Cover To Cover |  |
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2006 6 June |
The Methadones Illinois, USA official site |
I'm The Man |
21st Century Power Pop Riot |  |
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2006 8 May |
Boy Kill Boy UK official site |
It's Different For Girls |
Suzie (CD single) |  |
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Only one of two different versions of this CD single (cat.no. 9856255) has the JJ cover track. | 2005 15 Oct |
Davi não vê Estrelas Portugal official site |
Is She Really Going Out With Him? acoustic |
Back 2 Basics |  |
| 2005 4 Oct |
Frankenstein 3000 Red Bank, NJ official site |
I'm The Man |
America's Hit Remakers |  |
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| 2005 April |
Koufax Ohio, USA official site |
Look Sharp! rock |
Why Bother At All (EP) |  |
Limited edition | |
| 2005 March |
Kid Courageous Australia official site |
Is She Really Going Out With Him? |
Dear Diary (2006) |  |
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Single "Is She Really Going Out With Him?" released in March 2005 (reached #25 in the ARIA singles charts) also contains an acoustic version and the video |
| 2005 25 Jan |
Inara George Los Angeles, CA official site |
Fools In Love acoustic |
All Rise |  |
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| 2005 Jan |
Kuersche Hannover, Germany official site |
Home Town pop/rock |
Live |  |
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2004? |
X Takes The Square Florida, USA official site |
It's Different For Girls |
Not released on any album; only available as a download from their website. |
| 2004 Oct |
Alien Music Club USA official site |
Is She Really Going Out With Him? |
Top Secret |  |
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| 2004 28 Sept |
Elaine K Dublin, Ireland official site |
Is She Really Going Out With Him? pop |
Different For Girls |  |
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| 2004 28 Sept |
The German Art Students Madison, WI official site |
Happy Loving Couples pop |
Different For Girls | |
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| 2004 28 Sept |
Lisa Mychols Los Angeles, CA official site |
Look Sharp! pop |
Different For Girls | |
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| 2004 28 Sept |
Beth Thornley Alabama official site |
Got The Time pop |
Different For Girls | |
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| 2004 28 Sept |
Fabulous Disaster San Francisco, CA official site |
Got The Time rock |
Different For Girls | |
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| 2004 28 Sept |
Fiona Lehn USA official site |
On Your Radio pop |
Different For Girls | |
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| 2004 28 Sept |
Maxine Young UK official site |
It's Different For Girls pop |
Different For Girls | |
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| 2004 28 Sept |
Idle Mirth Cincinnati, OH official site |
Another World pop |
Different For Girls | |
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| 2004 28 Sept |
Essra Mohawk Philadelphia, PA official site |
Steppin' Out pop |
Different For Girls | |
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| 2004 28 Sept |
Whitney McCray Amarillo, TX official site |
Breaking Us In Two acoustic |
Different For Girls | |
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| 2004 28 Sept |
Amy Fox New York, NY(?) official site |
Be My Number Two / Shanghai Sky (medley) vocals + piano |
Different For Girls | |
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| 2004 28 Sept |
Mary Lee's Corvette New York, NY official site |
Home Town pop/rock |
Different For Girls | |
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| 2004 28 Sept |
Alice Lee Boston, MA official site |
Sea Of Secrets pop |
Different For Girls | |
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| 2004 28 Sept |
darkblueworld Los Angeles, CA official site |
Take It Like A Man rock |
Different For Girls | |
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| 2004 3 April |
Agro South Africa official site |
Got The Time metal |
Gouda Than Hell |  |
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| 2003 ??? |
Paolo Santos Philippines |
Be My Number Two acoustic |
Wave Sessions |  |
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| 2003 21 Oct |
Mandy Moore USA official site |
Breaking Us In Two pop |
Coverage |  |
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| 2003 9 Sept |
Curtis Stigers Idaho, USA official site |
Fools In Love jazz |
You Inspire Me |  |
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| 2003 3 June |
Sugar Ray Los Angeles, CA official site |
Is She Really Going Out With Him? pop/rock |
In The Pursuit Of Leisure |  |
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| 2002 30 Sept |
Donots Germany official site |
Got The Time metal |
We're Not Gonna Take It (CD single) |  |
Only available on the single's limited edition with added bonus tracks | |
| 2001 17 Sept |
Farrah UK official site |
It's Different For Girls acoustic |
Tired Of Apologising (single) (2001) |  |
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Released on the B side of the 7" and CD single |
| Me Too (2003) |  |
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Different version of the above | |||
| 2001 14 Sept |
Tori Amos USA official site |
Real Men pop / mostly solo piano |
Strange Little Girls |  |
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This album has been released with several different cover sleeves |
| 2001 21 May |
Undeclinable Netherlands official site |
Is She Really Going Out With Him? rock |
Sound City Burning |  |
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Also released as a single |
| 2000 22 Nov |
Koufax Ohio, USA official site |
Steppin' Out |
It Had To Do With Love (Japanese version) |  |
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The JJ cover is only available as a bonus track on the Japanese release |
| 2000 14 Nov |
The C-Nuts USA official site |
Is She Really Going Out With Him? jazz |
Blitzkrieg Bop And Other Jazz Mutations |  |
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| 2000 12 Sept |
James Michael USA fan club site |
Is She Really Going Out With Him? rock |
Inhale |  |
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| 2000 11 April |
Magnified San Francisco, CA |
Is She Really Going Out With Him? rock |
Stand In Traffic |  |
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| 2000 13 March |
Rebecca Wheatley UK |
It's Different For Girls pop |
Time Stands Still |  |
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| 2000 18 Jan |
Da Vinci's Notebook Washington, DC official site |
Is She Really Going Out With Him? a cappella + some percussion |
The Life and Times of Mike Fanning |  |
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| 1999 9 Nov |
Goldfinger California official site |
Is She Really Going Out With Him? rock |
Darrin's Coconut Ass – Live From Omaha |  |
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| 1999 July |
Anger Portugal fansite |
Look Sharp! metal (?) |
Y2K |  |
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Also released as a single |
| 1998 | Füenf Stuttgart, Germany official site |
Is She Really Going Out With Him? a cappella |
Live |  |
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| 1997 | The Tank California official site |
I'm The Man punk revival |
There Is No 'I' In Band (1999) |  |
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First released in 1997 as a B side of the 7" single "...Standing In Your Way" |
| 1997 10 Oct |
Fantastic Plastic Machine Japan official site |
Steppin' Out lounge pop |
The Fantastic Plastic Machine |  |
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Vocals by Dougee Dimensional |
| 1997 27 May |
Guttermouth Los Angeles, CA official site |
Happy Loving Couples punk revival |
Before You Were Punk – A Punk Rock Tribute To 80's New Wave (various artists) |  |
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| 1997 April |
Perfect Thyroid New York, NY fansite |
Got The Time ska revival |
Musical Barnacles |  |
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| 1997 15 April |
Buck-O-Nine San Diego, CA official site |
I'm The Man ska punk |
Twenty-Eight Teeth |  |
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| 1996 |
Queen Bee Germany official site |
Be My Number Two |
Die eine singt, die andere auch |  |
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| 1996 12 Nov |
Larry Schneider USA ? AMG page |
Be My Number Two easy listening jazz (instrumental) |
So Easy |  |
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| 1995 | Pop Top Five Germany info page |
Is She Really Going Out With Him? a cappella pop |
Was gibt's noch zu sagen?! |  |
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| 1995 Jan |
Pansy Division San Francisco, CA official site |
Real Men high-speed punk rock |
Pile Up |  |
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First released in Jan 1995 as a B side of the 7" single "James Bondage" |
| 1992 9 June |
Hugh Masekela South Africa info page |
Steppin' Out jazz pop (mostly instrumental) |
Beatin' Aroun De Bush |  |
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| 1991 | Ulla Meinecke Germany official site |
Is She Really Going Out With Him? pop (sung in German) |
Löwen |  |
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The song is entitled "Geht die Süße wirklich aus mit ihm?" |
| 1991 | Ulla Meinecke Germany official site |
A Slow Song pop (sung in German) |
Löwen | |
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The song is entitled "Langsames Lied" |
| Kurz nach Acht – Live (1999) |  |
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A live version of the above, recorded in Feb 1999 | |||
| 1990 21 Aug |
Anthrax New York, NY official site |
Got The Time speed metal |
Persistence Of Time |  |
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The single reached no. 16 in the UK charts |
| 1985 | Hector Lavoe Puerto Rico fansite |
Cancer salsa (sung in Spanish) |
Revento |  |
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Hector Lavoe died in 1993 in New York. |
| 1983 | Rita Coolidge USA fansite |
Fools In Love pop |
Never Let You Go |  |
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| 1981 | Miki Wagner USA |
Is She Really Going Out With Him? |
Infatuation |  |