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List of cover versions of Miracles songs

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This is a list of covers of Miracles songs that have been recorded and released. According to several websites, the Miracles are one of the most covered groups in recorded history and the most covered Motown group ever.[1] Their music and songs have influenced artists all over the world – in every major musical genre – over the last 50 years.[2]

"(Come 'Round Here) I'm the One You Need"

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1967 The Cowsills The Cowsills
1970 The Jackson 5 ABC

"(You Can) Depend on Me"

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1960 The Supremes Let the Music Play: Supreme Rarities 1960–1969
1962 Mary Wells Looking Back: 1961–1964
1964 Brenda Holloway Every Little Bit Hurts
1965 The Temptations The Temptations Sing Smokey
1967 Barbara Mason

"(You Can't Let the Boy Overpower) The Man in You"

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1968 Chuck Jackson Arrives!

"A Fork in the Road"

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1984 Rebbie Jackson Centipede

"After All"

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1961 The Supremes The Supremes
1970 The Marvelettes The Return of the Marvelettes

"Baby, Baby Don't Cry"

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1969 Gerald Wilson and His Orchestra Eternal Equinox

"Bad Girl"

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1961 Mary Wells Bye Bye Baby I Don't Want to Take a Chance
1963 The Orlons Not Me
1973 Jackie Jackson Jackie Jackson
1982 Dazz Band On the One

"Can You Love a Poor Boy?"

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This song, originally recorded by The Miracles, appears on their 1966 album, Away We A Go-Go. It was written by Stevie Wonder

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1967 Gil Bernal
1998 Softones
2000 Bobby Vee
2001 Ronnie Walker

"Choosey Beggar"

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1979 Debby Boone Debby Boone
2004 Chazz Dixon Hitsville: The House That Berry Built

"Darling Dear"

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1970 The Jackson 5 Third Album

"Determination"

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1965 The Contours

"Do It Baby"

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1976 Jimmy Ponder Illusions
197? Red Holt

"Doggone Right"

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1970 Bobby Davis & The Sensations

"From Head to Toe"

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1966 The Escorts Single a-side
1967 Chris Clark Soul Sounds, also single a-side
1982 Elvis Costello Single a-side

"Going to a Go-Go"

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1982 The Rolling Stones Still Life
2010 Phil Collins Going Back

"Got a Job"

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1961 The Marcels

"Happy Landing"

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1964 The Temptations You've Got to Earn It (1962–1968)

"Here I Go Again"

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1986 Oran "Juice" Jones Juice
2000 Little Willie G. Make Up for the Lost Time
2004 Chazz Dixon Hitsville: The House That Berry Built

"I Don't Blame You At All"

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1970 Rosetta Hightower Rosetta

"I Gotta Dance to Keep From Crying"

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1964 The High Numbers
1965 Jimmy James & The Vagabonds

"I Like It Like That"

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1966 Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels
2000 Bobby Vee

"I Second That Emotion"

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1968 Diana Ross & The Supremes and The Temptations Diana Ross & the Supremes Join the Temptations
1970 Kiki Dee
1978 Thelma Jones
1982 Japan
1994 Tammy Wynette Without Walls
2004 Michael McDonald Motown Two

"If You Can Want"

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2001 The Dirtbombs Ultraglide in Black

"I'll Try Something New"

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1966 Spyder Turner (as an excerpt into "Stand by Me")
1966 Barbara McNair Here I Am
1969 Diana Ross & The Supremes and The Temptations Diana Ross & the Supremes Join The Temptations
1982 A Taste of Honey Ladies of the Eighties

"I've Been Good to You"

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1964 Brenda Holloway Every Little Bit Hurts
1966 The Temptations Gettin' Ready
1982 Marshall Crenshaw Marshall Crenshaw

"Love Machine"

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1979 Thelma Houston Ride to the Rainbow
1982 Wham! Fantastic

"Mickey's Monkey"

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1965 Martha & the Vandellas Dance Party
1965 The Hollies Hollies
1966 The Supremes
1966 The Defenders
1977 Mother's Finest Another Mother Further

"Mighty Good Lovin'"

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1969 Edwin Starr
196? Chris Clark

"More Love"

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1973 Foster Sylvers Foster Sylvers
1980 Kim Carnes Romance Dance
1990 Mica Paris Contribution
1994 Paul Young Reflections

"My Girl Has Gone"

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A Top 20 1965 hit (Top 10 R&B).

Year Covered by Album
1969 Bobby Taylor Taylor-Made Soul
1970 Ken Parker

"Ooo Baby Baby"

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1966 The Five Stairsteps
1973 Todd Rundgren (as part of his "Soul Classics Medley") A Wizard, A True Star
1978 Linda Ronstadt Living in the USA
1981 Sylvester Too Hot to Sleep
1989 Zapp Zapp Vibe

"Oh Be My Love"

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1965 Barbara Lewis The Many Grooves of Barbara Lewis
1972 The Supremes Floy Joy

"Shop Around"

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1961 Mary Wells Bye Bye Baby I Don't Want to Take a Chance
1964 The Astronauts
1965 Bobby Vee
1968 Don Bryant
1969 Clarence Reid
1976 Captain & Tennille Song of Joy
1983 The Spinners
2008 David Archuleta
2013 Angela Miller American Idol Season 12 Top 8

"The Love I Saw in You Was Just a Mirage"

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1970 The Jackson 5 Third Album

"The Tears of a Clown"

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1971 Petula Clark Petula '71
1979 The Merton Parkas Face In the Crowd
1980 The Beat
1995 La Toya Jackson Stop in the Name of Love
2002 Nnenna Freelon Tales of Wonder
2004 Peter Cox
2010 Phil Collins
2010 Marc Cohn Listening Booth
2014 Boyzone Dublin to Detroit

"The Tracks of My Tears"

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Year Covered by Album
1967 Johnny Rivers
1969 Aretha Franklin Soul '69
1970 Gladys Knight & the Pips
1973 Bryan Ferry These Foolish Things
1975 Linda Ronstadt Prisoner in Disguise
2004 Gavin DeGraw
2004 Michael McDonald Motown Two
2007 Boyz II Men Motown: A Journey Through Hitsville USA
2009 Rod Stewart Soulbook

"Way Over There"

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1961 The Marvelettes Please Mr. Postman
1965 The Temptations The Temptations Sing Smokey
1968 Edwin Starr Soul Master

"We've Come Too Far to End It Now"

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1974 The Escorts (US vocal group) 3 Down 4 to Go

"What's So Good About Goodbye"

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1965 The Temptations The Temptations Sing Smokey

"Who's Lovin' You"

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1961 The Supremes Meet the Supremes
1964 Brenda Holloway Every Little Bit Hurts
1965 The Temptations The Temptations Sing Smokey
1966 Brenda & the Tabulations Dry Your Eyes
1969 The Jackson 5 Diana Ross Presents The Jackson 5
1987 Terence Trent D'Arby Introducing the Hardline According to Terence Trent D'Arby

"You've Really Got a Hold on Me"

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Year Covered by Album
1963 The Beatles With The Beatles
1964 The Supremes A Bit of Liverpool
1965 The Zombies Begin Here
1965 The Temptations The Temptations Sing Smokey
1965 Sonny & Cher
1966 Percy Sledge
1967 Small Faces
1968 Barbara McNair The Ultimate Motown Collection
1969 The Jackson 5 Motown Sings Motown Treasures
1971 Laura Nyro and Labelle Gonna Take a Miracle
1973 Michael Jackson Hello World: The Motown Solo Collection
1976 Cher and Gregg Allman Two the Hard Way
1977 Eddie Money Eddie Money
1984 Mickey Gilley
2003 Cyndi Lauper
2009 Rod Stewart

List of Miracles songs covered and sampled by other artists

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The Miracles, Motown's first group, are the most covered Motown group of all time.[1] Their music and songs have influenced artists all over the world – in every major musical genre – over the last 50 years.[2] Almost all of their hits were self-written, making them unique among Motown acts. Many of the Miracles' songs have been major hits or important recordings for other artists. Among these are:

(This is an incomplete list, as songs by the Miracles continue to be covered by more artists each year)

  • "Going to a Go-Go" – The Rolling Stones, Phil Collins, The Hags, and Secret Affair.
  • "I Second That Emotion" – Japan, Michael McDonald, Kiki Dee, The Manhattan Transfer, Jerry Garcia, Diana Ross & the Supremes with the Temptations, 10db, Tammy Wynette, José Feliciano, Emilie, Stuck In The Middle, Thelma Jones.
  • "(Come 'Round Here) I'm The One You Need " – The Jackson 5, The Cowsills, The GP's
  • "If You Can Want" – The Dirtbombs, Barbara McNair, Chazz Dixon.
  • "Nowhere To Go- Kanye West (as the basis of his song "About An Angel"), Beanie Sigel (as "Got Nowhere"), Freeway
  • "Much Better Off" – J Dilla.
  • "You've Got The Love I Need" - J Dilla, Raekwon.
  • "A Legend In Its Own Time" – J Dilla (as an exercept of his song "One Eleven").
  • "Oh Be My Love"- Barbara Lewis, The Supremes, Barbara McNair.
  • "I Don't Blame You At All" - Rosetta Hightower.
  • "Mighty Good Lovin"-Edwin Starr, Chris Clark.
  • "You're So Fine and Sweet" - The Undertakers.
  • "I Like It Like That" - Bobby Vee, Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels.
  • "Would I Love You" - Len Barry.
  • "Happy Landing" - The Temptations.
  • "Special Occasion - Jim Gilstrap.
  • "I'll Try Something New" – Diana Ross & the Supremes with the Temptations, Barbara McNair, A Taste of Honey, Spyder Turner (as an excerpt from his cover of "Stand By Me")
  • "My Girl Has Gone" – Etienne Daho, Bobby Taylor, Edwyn Collins, Ken Parker.
  • "Yester Love" – Gerald Wilson & His Orchestra.
  • "The Love I Saw In You Was Just a Mirage" – The Jackson 5, Vance Gilbert, The Uniques
  • "Love Machine" – Wham!, Thelma Houston
  • "Determination" – The Contours.
  • "Choosey Beggar" – Chazz Dixon, Debby Boone.
  • "I've Been Good To You" – Marshall Crenshaw, Brenda Holloway, Joe Meek, The Temptones, Ray, Goodman & Brown (The Moments), The Ones, The Temptations.
  • "Mickey's Monkey" – Mother's Finest, Martha and the Vandellas, The Supremes, The Hollies, The Young Rascals, John Mellencamp, Lou Christie, Cannibal & the Headhunters, The C.A.Quintet, The Defenders, Chris Catena, The Sugar Beats, The Mac Truque.
  • "More Love" – Kim Carnes, Paul Young, Barbara McNair, Mica Paris, The 5th Dimension, Rick Webb, Foster Sylvers.
  • "Ooo Baby Baby" – Linda Ronstadt, Brenda Holloway, Shalamar, Ruby Turner, Sylvester, Spirit Traveler, Five Stairsteps, Zapp, Laura Nyro, Ella Fitzgerald, Honey Cone, Human Nature, Fingazz
  • "Shop Around" – Captain & Tennille, Don Bryant, The Astronauts, The Allusions, and Georgie Fame, Neil Merryweather and Lynn Carey, among numerous others.
  • "The Tears of a Clown" – La Toya Jackson, The Beat, The Rocking Chairs, The Re-Bops, Nnenna Freelon, The Flying Pickets, Caligula, Human Nature, Enuff Z'Nuff, Eumir Deodato, Brian Ray, Marc Cohn, Phil Collins.
  • "The Tracks of My Tears " – Linda Ronstadt, Aretha Franklin, Johnny Rivers, Gladys Knight & the Pips, Mongo Santamaría, Martha and the Vandellas, Bryan Ferry, Björns Vänner (as Ser Jag Ut Att Må Bra?), Dolly Parton, Boyz II Men, Human Nature, among many others
  • "Darling Dear" – The Jackson 5.
  • "Who's Lovin' You" – The Jackson 5, En Vogue, Terence Trent D'Arby, Brenda Holloway, The Supremes, The Temptations, Honey Cone, Stevie B., Archie Bell & the Drells, Nikka Costa.
  • "You've Really Got a Hold on Me" – Percy Sledge, Barbara McNair, The Beatles, The Temptations, The Supremes, The Zombies, Aidan Smith, Sonny & Cher, Mickey Gilley, Eddie Money, Cyndi Lauper, The Bobs, Greg Brown, Small Faces, Bobby McFerrin, Derrick Harriott, UFO8, Mike and The Mechanics, and She & Him among many others.
  • "I Gotta Dance to Keep From Crying" – The Who, Jimmy James.
  • "From Head to Toe" – Elvis Costello, Chris Clark
  • "A Fork in the Road " – Rebbie Jackson
  • "Way Over There" – The Royal Counts, The Temptations, Edwin Starr, The Marvelettes, New Man, Eddie Adams Jr.
  • "(You Can't Let the Boy Overpower) The Man In You" – Chuck Jackson
  • "What's So Good About Goodbye" – Giant Sunflower, The Temptations, Quix*O*Tic
  • "More, More, More of Your Love" – Bob Brady & the Con Chords
  • "Doggone Right" – Bobby Davis.
  • "After All" – The Supremes, The Marvelettes.
  • "Swept For You Baby" – The Sylvers, The Blenders, The Tamlins (as Sweat For You Baby).
  • "The Hurt is Over" – The DT's
  • "Whatever Makes You Happy"- Jacki Gore, Steve Washington.
  • "Save Me" – The Undertones
  • "(You Can) Depend On Me" – The Temptations, The Supremes, Mary Wells, Brenda Holloway, Barbara Mason.
  • "Baby Baby Don't Cry" – Gerald Wilson and His Orchestra, Projekt.
  • "Can You Love a Poor Boy" – Bobby Vee, Softones, Gil Bernal, Ronnie Walker.
  • "Bad Girl" – Dazz Band, Jackie Jackson, Mary Wells, The Orlons.
  • "That's What Love Is Made Of" – Michael Jackson, Bobby Vee, Choker Campbell, The Magicians.
  • "We've Come Too Far To End It Now"-The Escorts
  • "Here I Go Again" – Chazz Dixon, Carey Bell, A.J. De Bravo, Little Willie G., Oran "Juice" Jones.
  • "Point It Out"' – The Supremes and The Temptations.
  • "Got A Job" – The Marcels
  • "Whole Lotta Shakin' In My Heart (Since I Met You)" – The Hellacopters, Marv Johnson.
  • "Give Me Just Another Day" – Young Jeezy (as the basis for his song, "Mr 17.5"), Schoolboy Q, Wade Waters, Christina Milian, Rick Ross, Marco Polo feat. Torae, and others.[63]
  • "Do It Baby"- Jimmy Ponder, Red Holt (of Young-Holt Unlimited).
  • "Who's Gonna Take The Blame" – Capone N. Noreaga (as the basis of their song "Live On Live Long").
  • "Come On Do The Jerk" – The Righteous Brothers [64], The T-Bones [3]
  • "Don't Let It End ('Til You Let It Begin) - Betty Everett, [4] The Studio Group [5]
  • "I Didn't Realize That The Show Was Over - Epik High (as an excerpt from their song "Encore") [6]

References: Allmusic, The Covers Project, Second Hand Songs, "Who Sampled" website.

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b "Motown Legends Today : Tamla Motown News". Funandmusic.biz. Retrieved May 24, 2011.
  2. ^ a b "GONNNA TAKE SOME MIRACLES The Miracles on Blurt Online". Blurt-online.com. August 28, 2009. Archived from the original on July 8, 2011. Retrieved May 24, 2011.
  3. ^ "The T-Bones - Come on do the Jerk (1965)". YouTube.
  4. ^ "Don't Let It End ('Til You Let It Begin)". YouTube.
  5. ^ "Don't Let It End ('Til You Let It Begin". YouTube.
  6. ^ "Epik High - 막을 올리며 (Encore) [ENG SUB]". YouTube.