List of Covers by Paul Weller
Song | Composer | Record(s) | Original by |
Abraham, Martin and John | Dick Holler | Performed 11. November 1993 on a session for Virgin Radio in the UK and 14, December 1993 on WEQX radio session in Latham, N.Y.; available as mp3 |
Dion and The Belmonts; also covered by Marvin Gaye and Smokey Robinson |
Ain't No Love in the Heart of the City | Michael Price/ Dan Walsh |
Brushed CD single; Grand Gala Du Disque Special 1995 (live, available on bootleg); Disc Three (Button Downs) of the "Fly on the Wall" compilation |
Bobby Bland |
All Along the Watchtower | Bob Dylan | Studio 150; Free Compact Disc, given away with "The Guardian |
Bob Dylan |
All Or Nothing | Steve Marriott/Ronnie Lane | Paul Weller, Noel Gallagher, Gem Archer, Kenny Jones, Ian Maclagan & Alan White, Steve Marriott Memorial Concert | Small Faces |
All You Need Is Love | John Lennon/PaulMcCartney | Japanese TV show, recorded at Greenwich Royal Naval College, 1st June 1999. | The Beatles |
Bang Bang | Sonny Bono | He's the Keeper CD single; Disc Three (Button Downs) of the "Fly on the Wall" compilation |
Sonny and Cher; also covered by Vanilla Fudge |
Become Like You | Steve Marriott/Ronnie Lane | Paul Weller, Noel Gallagher, Gem Archer, Kenny Jones, Ian Maclagan, Steve Marriott Memorial Concert | Small Faces |
Birds | Neil Young | Radio Bremen 4 session, Jan. 27th, 1994; Studio 150 (studio version) |
Neil Young |
Black Is the Colour | Traditional | Studio 150 | Christy Moore (among others) |
Black Sheep Boy | Tim Hardin | More Wood (Little Splinters); Sessionman (bootleg); Unplugged in the Studio & More (bootleg); Volume Nine (book and accompanying compilation CD); Disc Three (Button Downs) of the "Fly on the Wall" compilation; bonus track on the "Wild Wood" DeLuxe edition |
Tim Hardin |
Blue Moon | Richard Rodgers/Lorenz Hart | Forum, London, 6./7.12.2006 (Steve White on vocals) | numerous versions |
Burnin' Bridges | Live At The Royal Albert Hall, London 3rd June 2004 (with Carleen Anderson) | ||
Can't Get Out Of Bed | The Charlatans | Versus Cancer, MEN Arena, Manchester, 30th March 2007 (with The Charlatans) | The Charlatans |
Circles | Pete Townshend | Substitute - Who tribute album | The Who |
(Will It Go Round in) Circles | Bruce Fisher/BillyPreston | Sessions 96/97 (bootleg); Perfect Gentleman (bootleg, erronously titled Up in the Sky); another version appeared on Jools Hollands CD |
Billy Preston |
Close to You | Burt Bacharach/Hal David | Studio 150 | The Carpenters |
Coconut Grove | John Sebastian/Zal Yanovski | The Bottle CD single and 7" | Lovon' Spoonful |
Come Together | John Lennon/ Paul McCartney |
Come Together CD single (with The Smokin' Mojo Filters); AA side of the "Early Morning Rain" 7" red vinyl single; Studio 150 live EP |
The Beatles |
Corrina, Corrina | (Traditional) | Live at Kings College, 13.10.1993; Studio demo; The Bottle CD single and 7"; bonus track on the "Stanley Road" DeLuxe edition |
Taj Mahal |
Dark End Of The Street | Radio session (with Bobbie Gillespie); Paul Weller & Primal Scream - Live At Maida Vale 3 February 2006 |
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Daydream | John Sebastian | Daydream (bootleg) | Lovin' Spoonful |
(Falling Like) Dominoes | Abdullah Sigidi/Mbaji/Harold Clayton | Live Wood | Donald Byrd |
Don't Go to Strangers | Arthur Kent/ David Mann/Redd Evans | Thinking of You CD single and 7"; BBC Electric Proms, Roundhouse, Camden, 25.10.2006 (with Amy Winehouse); Jools Holland Show 2007 (with Amy Winehouse) |
Vaughn Monroe; Joni Mitchell (among others) |
Don't Let Me Down | John Lennon/ Paul McCartney |
Revolution No. 9 LP; Disc Three (Button Downs) of the "Fly on the Wall" compilation |
The Beatles |
Don't Make Promises | Tim Hardin | Studio 150 | Tim Hardin |
Dr. Robert | John Lennon/ Paul McCartney |
With Nick Heyward, WEQX concert for the hungry | The Beatles |
Duffy's hammond | Paul Weller & Primal Scream - Live At Maida Vale 3 February 2006 | ||
Early Morning Rain | Gordon Lightfoot | Studio 150; 7" red vinyl single |
Gordon Lightfoot |
Everlasting Love | Buzz Cason/Mac Gayden | Performed in Croyton on Dec. 6th, 2001 | Love Affair |
Family Affair | Sly Stewart | Studio 150 (limited edition with bonus DVD); Wishing on a Star CD single and 7" |
Sly and The Family Stone |
Feeling Alright | Dave Mason | More Wood (Little Splinters); Above the Clouds CD single; Live: Ipswich Regent (bootleg); "Childline" Charity Album in the UK; Disc Three (Button Downs) of the "Fly on the Wall" compilation |
Traffic |
Fever | John Davenport/ Eddie Cooley |
Together with Everything But The Girl, ICA 1983 | Peggy Lee |
Fortunes Drive | Carleen Anderson(?) | With Carleen Anderson; Royal Albert Hall, Teenage Cancer Trust gig, 09.02.02 |
Carleen Anderson(?) |
Get Yourself Together | Steve Marriott/Ronnie Lane | Paul Weller, Steve Ellis, Noel Gallagher, Gem Archer, Kenny Jones, Ian Maclagan, Steve Marriott Memorial Concert | Small Faces |
Girl from Ipanema | Antonio Carlos Jobim (english lyrics by Norman Gimbel) | Together with Everything But The Girl, ICA 1983 | Astrud Gilberto/Joao Gilberto/Stan Getz |
Heatwave | Brian Holland/ Lamont Dozier/ Eddie Holland |
Live at Liverpool Royal Court - 14th February 2005; Paul Weller & Primal Scream - Live At Maida Vale 3 February 2006 |
Martha Reeves and The Vandellas |
Hercules | Allen Toussaint | Sessionman (bootleg) Studio 150 (studio version) |
Aaron Neville |
Here Comes The Nice | Steve Marriott/Ronnie Lane | Paul Weller, Noel Gallagher, Gem Archer, Kenny Jones, Ian Maclagan, Steve Marriott Memorial Concert | Small Faces |
Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush | Jim Capaldi/Dave Mason/Steve Winwood/Chris Wood | Jim Capaldi tribute, The Roundhouse, London 21.01.2007 |
Traffic |
High Heeled Sneakers | Robert Higginbotham | Live at 100 Club 1995 (bootleg) | Georgie Fame; also covered by The Three Souls |
How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You) | Brian Holland/ Lamont Dozier/ Eddie Holland |
live in Paris, 14.11.2002 | Marvin Gaye |
I Can See For Miles | Pete Townshend | With Roger Daltrey; Royal Albert Hall, Teenage Cancer Trust gig, 09.02.02 |
The Who |
I Don't Need No Doctor | Joseph Armstead/Nickolas Armstead/Valerie Simpson | Jools Holland Show 2007 (with Amy Winehouse) | Ray Charles |
I Don't Wanna Know | John Martyn | Played live during the 2001 acoustic tour; available on Slow Time Mondays (bootleg) |
John Martyn |
I Forgot to Be Your Lover | William Bell | Sessions 96/97 (bootleg); Perfect Gentleman (bootleg, erroneously titled Have I told You Lately That I Love You) |
William Bell |
I Heard It Through the Grapevine | Norman Whitfield/Barrett Strong | BBC Electric Proms, Roundhouse, Camden, 25.10.2006 (with Amy
Winehouse); Jools Holland Show 2007 |
Marvin Gaye (among others) |
I Walk on Gilded Splinters | Dr. John | Stanley Road; Midnight with an Oasis (bootleg); Unplugged in the Studio & More (bootleg); Live at 100 Club 1995 (bootleg) |
Dr. John |
I Shall Be Released | Bob Dylan | Officially released on the 2nd issue of Out of the
Sinking Unplugged in the Studio & More (bootleg); Sessions 96/97 (bootleg); Slow Time Mondays (bootleg); Disc Three (Button Downs) of the "Fly on the Wall" compilation |
Bob Dylan |
I'd Rather Go Blind | B. Foster/E. Jordon | Changingman CD single; I'd Rather Go Blind (bootleg); Disc Three (Button Downs) of the "Fly on the Wall" compilation |
Etta James; also covered by Rod Stewart |
I'm Only Dreaming | Steve Marriott/Ronnie Lane | bonus track on the "Wild Wood" DeLuxe edition; Paul Weller, Noel Gallagher, Gem Archer, Kenny Jones, Ian Maclagan, Steve Marriott Memorial Concert |
Small Faces |
If I Could Only Be Sure | Porter/Mekler | Studio 150; Studio 150 live EP (live version) |
Nolan Porter |
If You Think You're Groovy | Steve Marriott/Ronnie Lane | Shepherd's Bush Empire, 4.12.1994 | Small Faces |
Instant Karma | John Lennon | John Lennon tribute on Channel 4; Disc Three (Button Downs) of the "Fly on the Wall" compilation |
John Lennon |
Jesamine | Marty Wilde | Played live during the 2001 acoustic tour | The Casuals |
John Barleycorn | Traditional | The Imagined Village (with Martin and Eliza Carthy) | |
Just Like the Rain | Richard Hawley | Heineken Greenspace 2, Valencia, Spain 26.10.2007 (with Richard Hawley) |
Richard Hawley |
Let It Be Me | Gilbert Becaud/Mann Curtis/ Pierre Delanoe | Played live during the 2001 acoustic tour; Wishing on a Star CD single and 7" (studio version) |
Among others Frankie Avalon, Glen Campbell, Bobby Caldwell, Petula Clark, Bob Dylan, Dave Edmunds |
Losing Boy | Paul Weller & Primal Scream - Live At Maida Vale 3 February 2006 | ||
Love | John Lennon | John Lennon Day on BBC6music 2005 | John Lennon |
Magic Bus | Pete Townshend | Live Wood; Live at the Royal Albert Hall 1992 Sessionman (bootleg); Live: Ipswich Regent (bootleg); bonus track on the "Wild Wood" DeLuxe edition |
The Who |
May You Never | John Martyn | Played live during the 2001 acoustic tour; available on bootlegs from the Karlsruhe and Dublin gigs and on Slow Time Mondays (bootleg) |
John Martyn |
Meet Me On The Corner | Rod Clements | Teenage Cancer Trust, The Sage, Gateshead, 16th September 2006 (with Billy Mitchell & house band), available on the "Bandstand" DVD |
Lindisfarne |
Mighty Quinn | Bob Dylan | Jools Holland Show 2007 (with all star band) | Bob Dylan; Most well known cover by Manfred Mann |
My Whole World Is Falling Down | Jones/Crutcher | You Do Something to Me CD single; Unplugged in the Studio & More (bootleg); Disc Three (Button Downs) of the "Fly on the Wall" compilation |
William Bell |
Needles and Pins | Jack Nitzsche/Sonny Bono | Thinking of You CD single and 7" | The Searchers; also Covered by Ramones |
Night and Day | Cole Porter | Together with Everything But The Girl, ICA1983 | |
Not Fade Away | Buddy Holly/Norman Petty | Midnight with an Oasis (bootleg) | also covered by The Rolling Stones |
Oh Happy Day | Traditional | bonus track on the "Wild Wood" DeLuxe edition; several bootlegs |
Edwin Hawkins Singers |
Ooh La La | Ron Wood/Ronnie Lane | Ronnie Lane tribute concert, Royal Albert Hall, London, 8.4.2004 | Faces |
Ohio | Neil Young | The Weaver CD EP; Live: Ipswich Regent (bootleg) Live: Alabama Halle Munich 1994 (bootleg) Live Chestnut Cabaret Philadelphia, 11.05.1992; Disc Three (Button Downs) of the "Fly on the Wall" compilation; bonus track on the "Wild Wood" DeLuxe edition |
Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young |
One Way Road | Noel Gallagher | With Noel Gallagher; Royal Albert Hall, Teenage Cancer Trust gig, 09.02.02 Studio 150 (studio version); Studio 150 live EP (live version) |
Oasis |
Out on the Weekend | Neil Young | bonus track on the "Wild Wood" DeLuxe edition | Neil Young |
Paper Sun | Jim Capaldi/Steve Winwood | Jim Capaldi tribute, The Roundhouse, London 21.01.2007 |
Traffic |
Pearly Queen | Jim Capaldi/Steve Winwood | Jim Capaldi tribute, The Roundhouse, London 21.01.2007 |
Traffic |
Piece of My Heart | Jerry Ragovoy/Bert Berns | With Simon Fowler; Sheffield Leadmill 06.06.1995 | Erma Franklin; most well known cover by Janis Joplin |
Power to the People | John Lennon | Versus Cancer, MEN Arena, Manchester, 30th March 2007 (with The Charlatans) | John Lennon |
Reason to Believe | Tim Hardin | Unplugged in the Studio & More (bootleg) | Tim Hardin; also covered by Rod Stewart |
Red Balloon | Tim Hardin | Midnight with an Oasis (bootleg); Remember How We Started (bootleg); 2 Meter Session |
Tim Hardin |
Sexy Sadie | John Lennon/ Paul McCartney |
Out of the Sinking CD single; Disc Three (Button Downs) of the "Fly on the Wall" compilation |
The Beatles |
Sitting in Limbo | Jimmy Cliff | Performed 16.October1992 in Paris (available as mp3) |
Jimmy Cliff |
Slide Away | Noel Gallagher | Played live during the 2001 acoustic tour; available on bootleg | Oasis |
So Sad About Us | Pete Townshend | Live at the Royal Albert Hall, 27. November 2000 (with Pete Townshend) |
The Who; also covered by The Jam |
So You Say You Lost Your Baby | Gene Clark | Collaboration with Noonday Underground | Gene Clark |
Spiritual Babe | Ronnie Lane | Ronnie Lane tribute concert, Royal Albert Hall, London, 8.4.2004 | Ronnie Lane |
Stand | Sly Stone | Camcorder recording of the Royal Albert Hall gig
23rd November 1993 (available as mp3); also played at Cambridge Corn Exchange |
Sly Stone |
Stars of CCTV | Brixton Academy, 15.05.2006 (as a guest of Hard-Fi) | Hard-Fi | |
Talk Tonight | Noel Gallagher | Midnight with an Oasis (bootleg); The White Room Album (free MC by the Q magazine) |
Oasis |
The Bottle | Gil Scott-Heron | Studio 150; The Bottle CD single and 7"; Studio 150 live EP (live version) |
Gil Scott-Heron |
The Circle | Ocean Colour Scene | Sessions 96/97 (bootleg) | Ocean Colour Scene |
The Kids Are Alright | Pete Townshend | Teenage Cancer Trust, 2004 (with Roger Daltrey) | The Who |
The Poacher | Ronnie Lane | Sessions 96/97 (bootleg); From Cardiff to Maida Vale (bootleg); Ronnie Lane tribute concert, Royal Albert Hall, London, 8.4.2004 |
Slim Chance (Ronnie Lane) |
The Swamp Song | Noel Gallagher | Midnight with an Oasis (bootleg); 5th Season (bootleg) |
Oasis |
Thinking of You | Nile Rodgers/Bernard Edwards | Studio 150; Thinking of You CD single and and 7"; Studio 150 live EP (live version) |
Sister Sledge |
Tin Soldier | Steve Marriott/ Ronnie Lane |
Sessionman (bootleg); Live at Brixton Academy video; Paul Weller, Steve Ellis, Noel Gallagher, Gem Archer, Kenny Jones, Ian Maclagan, Steve Marriott Memorial Concert |
Small Faces |
Tobacco Ash Sunday | AOL session 2006 | Harsh Reality | |
To Love Somebody | Barry Gibb/Robin Gibb | Paul Weller & Primal Scream - Live At Maida Vale 3 February 2006 | Bee Gees |
Ummh! | Bobby Hutchinson | Live at Brixton Academy video | Bobby Hutchinson |
Waiting on an Angel | Ben Harper | Performed 23. November 1997 in London on the Mark Goodier Show BBC Radio1 (available as mp3); Disc Three (Button Downs) of the "Fly on the Wall" compilation |
Ben Harper |
War | Norman Whitfield/ Barret Strong |
Live Wood | Edwin Starr |
We All Need Love | The Charlatans | The Wiltern Theatre, Los Angeles, 16.09.2005 (with Tim Burgess) | The Charlatans |
We'll Meet Again | Ross Parker/Hughie Charles | Live, RBB Sendesaal, Berlin, 29.10.2004 (Steve White on vocals) | Vera Lynn; covered by Johnny Cash among others |
What's Going On | Cleveland/Gay/Benson | Sessionman (bootleg); Live Royal Albert Hall 13.10.92 (bootleg) Daydream (bootleg) Live Chestnut Cabaret Philadelphia, 11.05.1992 |
Marvin Gaye |
Wishing on a Star | Billie Rae Calvin | Studio 150; Wishing on a Star CD single and 7"; Studio 150 live EP (live version) |
Rose Royce |
Work to Do | The Isley Brothers | Performed at his first solo show at Dingwalls in London on 1. November1990, at the Town And Country in London on 5. December1990 (Cosmos bootleg), on 8. November1990 in Italy and at Docks, Hamburg 1990 (available as mp3); also on 4 Trax EP 7" bootleg |
The Isley Brothers |
If you know of further covers or any additional details concerning the songs already listed please send an e-mail.
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