List of Covers by The Jam
Song | Composer | Record(s) | Original by |
And Your Bird Can Sing | John Lennon/ Paul McCartney |
Extras | The Beatles |
Back in My Arms Again | Brian Holland/ Lamont Dozier/ Eddie Holland |
The Modern World 7"; The Jam Master Series (compilation) |
Diana Ross and the Supremes |
Batman Theme | Neal Hefti | In the City; Beat Surrender (compilation); David Watts and Polkadots (bootleg); "Those Hidden extras" 7" bootleg |
also covered by The Who |
Big Bird | Booker T. Jones/ Eddie Floyd |
Dig the New Breed | Eddie Floyd |
David Watts | Ray Davies | All Mod Cons; Snap; Live Jam; The Very Best of The Jam; Greatest Hits The Bitterest Split (bootleg); Set the Skied Ablaze (bootleg); Ready Steady ... Gone (bootleg); David Watts and Polkadots (bootleg); David Watts 7"; Direction, Reaction, Creation (box set, disc 5); Markthalle Hamburg 6.3.1981 |
The Kinks |
Dead End Street | Ray Davies | Direction,
Reaction, Creation (box set, disc 5) |
The Kinks |
Disguises | Pete Townshend | The Jam EP; Extras; Funeral Pyre 7" |
The Who |
England (I miss You Now) | 7" bootleg; London 100 club (bootleg) |
Cockney Rejects | |
Every Little Bit Hurts | Ed Cobb | Direction,
Reaction, Creation (box set, disc 5) |
Brenda Holloway; also covered by The Small Faces |
Fever | John Davenport/ Eddie Cooley |
Extras; The Bitterest Pill 7" and 12"; The Jam Master Series (compilation); Orange Jam (bootleg) |
Peggy Lee |
Get Yourself Together | Steve Marriott/ Ronnie Lane |
'Get Yourself
Together' was first released in the Wembley live version
on the free ep 'Live' that came with the first edition of 'Snap'. Extras; Ready Steady ... Gone (bootleg); It's a Mod Mod Mod Mod World (Bootleg) |
The Small Faces |
Give Me Just A Little More Time | R. Dunbar/E. Wayne | Various
bootlegs; We Are The Mods!, Vol. 1 |
Chairman of the Board |
Heat Wave | Brian Holland/ Lamont Dozier/ Eddie Holland |
Setting Sons; Live Jam; The Jam Master Series (compilation); David Watts and Polkadots (bootleg) Markthalle Hamburg 6.3.1981 (bootleg) |
Martha Reeves and The Vandellas; also covered by The Who |
Hit the Road Jack | Percy Mayfield | Orange Jam (bootleg) | Ray Charles |
I Got You (I Feel Good) | James Brown | Extras | James Brown |
In the Midnight Hour | Wilson Pickett/ Steve Cropper |
This Is the Modern
World Beat Surrender,(compilation); Not Born in the USA (bootleg) |
Wilson Pickett |
Move on Up | Curtis Mayfield | Extras; Live Jam Beat Surrender 12" The Jam Master Series (compilation); Sounds from the Street (bootleg); Ready Steady ... Gone (bootleg) Orange Jam; Tokyo 1982 (bootleg); It's a Mod Mod Mod Mod World (bootleg) |
Curtis Mayfield |
Much Too Much | Pete Townshend | Recorded 1 April 1977 at the Roundhouse "Those Hidden extras" 7" bootleg | The Who |
My Minds Eye | Steve Marriott/ Ronnie Lane |
The Small Faces | |
Rain | John Lennon/ Paul McCartney |
Direction,
Reaction, Creation (box set, disc 5) |
The Beatles |
Reach Out I'll Be There | Brian Holland/ Lamont Dozier/ Eddie Holland |
Recorded at the Music Machine, London 12 December 1980; "Those Hidden extras" 7" bootleg; We Are The Mods!, Vol. 2 |
The Four Tops |
Slow Down | Larry Williams | In the City; Not Born in the USA (bootleg) |
also covered by The Beatles |
So Sad About Us | Pete Townshend | Extras; Direction, Reaction, Creation (box set, disc 5); b-side of Down in the Tube Station 7" |
The Who |
Stand By Me | Jerry Lieber/ Mark Stoller/ Ben E. King |
Direction,
Reaction, Creation (box set, disc 5) |
Ben E. King; also covered by John Lennon |
Stoned Out of My Mind | Eugene Record/ Barbara Acklin |
Extras; Beat Surrender 12" |
The Chi-Lites |
Sweet Soul Music | Cooke/Redding/Conley | The Modern World 7"; The Jam Master Series (compilation) |
Arthur Conley |
Uptight | Henry Cosby/Sylvia May/ Stevie Wonder |
1975
demo, appeared on various bootlegs, for example London 100 club; England (I Miss You Now) 7" (bootleg) |
Stevie Wonder |
War | Norman Whitfield/ Barrett Strong |
Just Who Is the 5
O'Clock Hero 12"; The Bitterest Pill 12"; Beat Surrender 12"; Direction, Reaction, Creation (box set, disc 4); Tokyo 1982 (bootleg); BBC Sessions (unreleased) |
Edwin Starr; also covered by Frankie Goes To Hollywood |
If you know of further covers or any additional details concerning the songs already listed please send an e-mail to martin.beck@debitel.net .
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