In popular music, a cover version or cover song, or simply cover, is a new performance or recording of a previously recorded, commercially released song by someone other than the original artist or composer. The article seems to use remake and cover interchangeably: In R&B, remakes are common,[15] often seen as tributes to the original artist.

In the United States, as of November 2016, the song "Hallelujah", written by Leonard Cohen, has seen 8 different versions enter the Billboard Hot 100, with 3 of those reaching the Top 40. I'm not sure whether this is the U.S. record for this particular feat, or whether any additional versions of the song have charted since then.

2015年6月17日 · Generally speaking it's called "karaoke". There are many companies that sell rap karaoke tracks. These are re-creations or cover versions of hit songs, not the actual original instrumental tracks. Karaoke companies pay licensing fees to the songwriters and publishing companies that own the copyrights to the songs being covered.

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2021年4月2日 · Finally, a cover has the original lyrics and roughly the same melody, but new vocals and instrumental (it's a karaoke cover if you use the original instrumental). In any of these cases, if you make money off the song, the original songwriters are considered your cowriters, and are entitled to a share of your profits, even if you don't keep ...

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Problem with the billboard is that it was the B side of the "Cry Baby" single (placed #42) and the last recorded track (she died few days later) on the LP "Pearl" (placed #1) so it's hard to give it a rating of its own. It's been one of the more iconic performances and a lot of other singers made cover versions, though.

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2015年6月17日 · In 1976, the American white rock band Aerosmith made another cover-version of this song, and this version became a standard among rock bands. So with this example you can see how the theme and the music progressed from a black source that pre-dates rock and roll and carries through to the classic rock era.

2015年3月3日 · As you noted, there were also stone sculptures created, similar to the metallic sculptures, which were used for some versions of the album cover. The stone heads were apparently quite a bit taller, at about 7.5 meters . I haven't been able to find any information on the whereabouts of the stone sculptures.