GEN Z KID Reacts To GEN X/Milenial Songs You Didn’t Know Were Covers (SHOCKING!)

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• GL

  @glennallen239 · 1 year ago (edited)

  Whiney Houston's Song   I Will Always Love You. was actually first Written and recorded by Dolly Parton.

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• AL

  @allibrown8960 · 1 year ago (edited)

  The biggest compliment for any songwriter is to have many people cover their song.  It's a testament to how great producers thought the song was.

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• NO

  @NOLAgenX · 1 year ago (edited)

  We in the U.S. grew up listening to Casey Kasem’s weekly Top 40 countdown. I think it was syndicated in another 30 countries IIRC. We never felt lied to because he was all about the trivia, and always said when a song was a remake and when the original was released. So we just saw it as one of the truths about the music industry. <br><br>We always felt that it must have been really good to get covered/remade. Many times he would play the original version as well. Great music exposure in the 80’s!

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• OU

  @outcastshay · 1 year ago

  Hurt by Johnny Cash is originally by Nine Inch Nails

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• SA

  @salvatorepatrone4819 · 1 year ago (edited)

  Songwriters make more money for writing when a song hits than the performer. A big bonus if your own version didn’t get there.

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• AP

  @AP-gb3eh · 1 year ago

  We older people grew up knowing that Songwriters are a necessary part of the music industry. Vocalists interpret the lyrics and musicians flesh out the melodies. If you can do it all good for you but it’s north expected

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• AM

  @amandas.6500 · 1 year ago

  I had no clue Girls Just Wanna Have Fun was a cover!

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• KI

  @kimberlyneely4029 · 1 year ago

  Covers are such an amazing compliment! &nbsp;The Bee Gees best song To Love Somebody has been covered over 200 times!!!!

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• EB

  @ebiii5686 · 1 year ago

  Most celebrity artist do not have writing or publishing credits, those guys are behind the scenes.

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• J.

  @j.m.3460 · 1 year ago (edited)

  Lol I’m not sure this is a reaction to which songs are covers as much as it is your learning about the concept of cover songs for the first time 😂💛

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• TA

  @tammylewis2566 · 1 year ago

  I don&apos;t mind when a band covers a song. &nbsp;The songwriter gets paid.<br>I do mind when someone steals a rift and tries to pass it off as theirs.

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• BR

  @BrentCoy · 1 year ago

  You should check out the artist Patti Smith. Popular songs such as Smells Like Teen Spirits, Everybody Wants 2 Rule The World, Gloria, &amp; Because The Night were all written &amp; performed by her.

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