Name: 十大翻唱歌曲！讓原唱歌手事業起死回生的驚人選曲！ (Top 10 Cover Songs That Revived the Original Artist’s Career)
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today we're counting down our picks for the top 10 cover songs that played a part in boosting the career of the artist who originally wrote it.

今天我們要來倒數，選出 10 首對原創藝人職涯有助益的翻唱歌曲。

Mony Moany Billy Idol Considering that Tommy James and the Shondells enjoyed their best period in the mid to late 60s, they they enjoyed something of a resurgence in the 1980s.

Mony Moany Billy Idol 考量到 Tommy James and the Shondells 在 60 年代中期到後期是他們最輝煌的時期，他們在 80 年代迎來了再度興盛。

In the hunt for the next big hit, modern artists were looking backwards and as a result three of the band's biggest songs were covered to great success on the charts.

在尋找下一個熱門歌曲的過程中，當代藝人回頭尋找經典，結果這支樂團有三首最紅的歌曲被翻唱並在排行榜上獲得巨大成功。

Billy Idol's live version of Monymony was actually the second time he had released it.

Billy Idol 現場演唱版本的 Monymony，其實是他第二次發行這首歌。

His studio version charted modestly in 1981, but

他在 1981 年發行的錄音室版本在排行榜上表現平平，但

it was the live version that hit number one on the Billboard charts.

卻是現場演唱版本登上 Billboard 排行榜冠軍。

This brought quite a lot of attention to Tommy James and the Shondells, leading to a boom in ticket and album sales.

這為 Tommy James and the Shondells 帶來了極大的關注，進而帶動了門票和專輯銷售的熱潮。

Venus Bananarama Shocking Blue were one of the spearheading members of the Netterbeat movement in the Netherlands back in the 1960s.

Venus、Bananarama 和 Shocking Blue 是 1960 年代荷蘭 Netterbeat 運動的先驅團體之一。

They're best known abroad for hits like Send Me a Postcard and in particular Venus, which became a number one single in the us.

他們在國外最知名的歌曲包括〈Send Me a Postcard〉，尤其是〈Venus〉，這首歌成為美國的單曲冠軍。

Even though the group disbanded before Banana Rama covered the track, it became an even bigger global success.

雖然 Bananarama 翻唱這首歌時，該團體已經解散，但這首歌卻取得了更大的全球成功。

Not only were the royalties no doubt plentiful, but

it also introduced an entire generation to a band called that could have very easily been forgotten about.

這也讓一個差點被遺忘的樂團介紹給了整整一代人。

For as much as the Banana Rama version works fantastically well, there's just something special about the rawness of the original.

Bananarama 的版本非常棒，但原版的那種原始感就是有種特別之處。

Bette Davis Eyes Kim Karnes there's real genius behind Kim Karns cover of the Jackie deshann penned Bette Davis Eyes.

〈Bette Davis Eyes〉Kim Carnes 巧妙翻唱 Jackie DeShannon 所寫的〈Bette Davis Eyes〉，展現了真正的天才。

Her hair is hollow gold her lips are sweet surprise.

她的頭髮是中空金，她的嘴脣是甜蜜的驚喜。

The song didn't do too much commercially for deshann when it was released, however, with the synth pop Overcoat, it became one of the biggest selling songs of 1981, thanks to Carnes cover her hands are never cold.

這首歌在 DeShannon 發行時商業上並沒有太大的成功，然而，隨著合成器流行音樂的〈Overcoat〉，這首歌成為 1981 年銷量最高的歌曲之一，這都要歸功於 Carnes 的翻唱，她的手從來不冷。

Deshann had a good standing within the music industry as a songwriter, but

DeShannon 身為詞曲創作者，在音樂界已有不錯的地位，但

this undoubtedly brought her reputation to an entirely new level, not to mention the sheer amount of money the song generated.

這首歌無疑讓她的聲譽提升到全新的層次，更不用說這首歌帶來的龐大收益了。

Listening to the two versions back to back, it sometimes is hard to believe that they're the same tune.

把這兩個版本並排聽，有時候真難相信它們是同一首歌。

Tainted love soft Sell Originally recorded by Gloria Jones In 1964, tainted love was the B side to the unsuccessful single My Bad Boy's Coming Home.

〈Tainted Love〉Soft Cell 原版是 Gloria Jones 在 1964 年錄製的，當時是單曲〈My Bad Boy's Coming Home〉的 B 面，但沒有成功。

For years after, the song remained dormant like so many other forgotten gems.

之後許多年，這首歌就像許多其他被遺忘的寶石一樣，一直沉寂著。

Somehow it became a sleeper hit in the northern soul scene in the uk, eventually falling into the hands of Soft Sell's Mark Allman, the band managed to give the track a sinister overcoat seems to go out turning it into a much darker and moodier piece.

不知怎麼地，它在英國的 Northern Soul 場景中意外走紅，最後落入了 Soft Cell 的 Mark Allman 手中，樂團成功地為這首歌披上了一層陰森的外衣，讓它變成了一首更黑暗、更有情緒的作品。

Just one year after its 1981 release, Jones decided to put out a studio album with a re recorded version.

在 1981 年發行後僅一年，Jones 決定推出一張包含重新錄製版本的錄音室專輯。

Overall, Jones work was highlighted greatly by Soft Sell's tributes, and

總體來說，Jones 的作品因為 Soft Cell 的致敬而大放異彩，

these days she is known by the title the Queen of Northern Soul.

如今她被譽為 Northern Soul 女王。

I think we're alone now tiffany, Tommy James and the Shondells had by all accounts hit their peak in the 1960s, and

我想我們現在是孤單的，Tiffany，Tommy James and the Shondells 根據所有說法，在 1960 年代達到了巔峰，

yet the 80s were perhaps their most lucrative decade ever.

而 80 年代或許是他們最有價值的十年。

When pop star Tiffany released the COVID of the band's seminal track I Think We're Alone now, it spent two weeks in the number one spot on the Billboard charts.

當流行巨星 Tiffany 發行了這首樂團經典歌曲〈I Think We're Alone Now〉的 COVID 版本時，它在 Billboard 排行榜上佔據了兩週的冠軍。

All of a sudden a band were very clearly in their legacy act phase were having an entirely new generation exposed to their music.

突然之間，一個樂團正處於他們的傳承階段，卻讓全新一代接觸到他們的音樂。

Coincidentally, the song was eventually knocked off the top spot by another Tommy James cover, Billy Idol's version of Mony Moni.

巧合的是，這首歌最終被另一首 Tommy James 的翻唱歌曲取代，也就是 Billy Idol 翻唱的〈Mony Moany〉。

It's truly one of the most unlikely of resurgences.

這真的是最不可能再度興盛的其中一個例子。

Come On Feel the Noise Quiet Riot slayed are glam rock royalty in the UK despite having limited chart success in the us.

Come On Feel the Noise，Quiet Riot 在英國的搖滾樂壇大放異彩，儘管他們在美國的排行榜成績有限。

However, when Quiet Riot decided to release a cover of Come On Feel the noise in 1983, it was a top five hit.

然而，當 Quiet Riot 在 1983 年決定發行〈Come On Feel the Noise〉的翻唱版本時，它成為了前五名的熱門歌曲。

It also allowed Slade to achieve their first ever top 40 hits on the Billboard charts, marking something of a comeback after declining sales in the late 70s.

這也讓 Slade 在 Billboard 排行榜上創下了他們首次進入前 40 名的紀錄，這標誌著他們在 70 年代末銷售下滑後的一次東山再起。

For years the group, like so many others, had failed to crack the US market.

多年來，這個團體和其他許多團體一樣，都未能打入美國市場。

There's no denying that being associated with the chaos of Quiet Riot helped them tremendously.

毫無疑問，與 Quiet Riot 的混亂聯繫在一起，極大地幫助了他們。

Cats in the Cradle Ugly Kid Joe Harry Chapin's relatively short career saw him carve out quite a consistent run of chart success before his untimely death in 1981 due to a car crash.

〈Cats in the Cradle〉 Ugly Kid Joe Harry Chapin 短暫的職業生涯中，他在 1981 年因車禍意外去世前，創下了一系列相當穩定的排行榜成功紀錄。

My child arrived just the other day he came to the world in the usual way.

我的孩子就在前幾天來到這個世界，他以一貫的方式來到這個世界。

However, when Ugly Kid Joe got their hands on Cats in the Cradle a decade after its original author died, they brought his music a new level of exposure.

然而，在原作者去世十年後，當 Ugly Kid Joe 接手〈Cats in the Cradle〉時，他們將他的音樂提升到了新的曝光高度。

Who would have thought that turning this old song into a full on rock anthem and taking the apostrophe out of its title was going to work so well?

誰能想到，將這首老歌變成一首完整的搖滾讚歌，並去掉標題中的撇號，會如此奏效呢？

Ugly Kid Joe well and truly knocked this one out of the park.

Ugly Kid Joe 確實把這首歌演繹得淋漓盡致。

Sure, it's a far cry from what Chapin probably envisioned for the song, but it was popular nonetheless.

當然，這與 Chapin 可能為這首歌設想的樣子大相徑庭，但它仍然很受歡迎。

Hallelujah Jeff Buckley Leonard Cohen was already a music legend by the time the 1990s arrived.

哈利路亞 傑夫·巴克利 藍納·考恩 在 1990 年代來臨之際，他已經是一位音樂傳奇人物了。

However, when Jeff Buckley burst onto the scene with a truly stunning cover of Cohen's signature track, Hallelujah.

然而，當傑夫·巴克利以一首令人驚豔的翻唱歌曲〈Hallelujah〉，重新演繹了考恩的招牌歌曲時。

It goes like this, the fourth, the fifth, the minor fall, and the major lift.

它大概是這樣，低音、高音、小調的低落，以及大調的揚升。

Not only did Buckley succeed in pulling off a version that is often pointed to as a gold standard for how to interpret someone else's work, he also shone quite a lot of new light on Cohen's huge back catalog.

巴克利不僅成功地演繹了一個常被視為詮釋他人作品的黃金標準的版本，他也為考恩龐大的過往作品集增添了許多新的光彩。

The lyrics of the song resonated quite deeply with modern audiences, stoking curiosity about the poet who first put them on paper.

這首歌的歌詞深深地引起了當代聽眾的共鳴，激發了大家對這位將歌詞寫在紙上的詩人的好奇心。

The song has since become a standard, and

it's Buckley's version that truly broke it through into the mainstream.

而真正讓它進入主流的，正是巴克利的版本。

Two Spirit in the Sky Doctor and the Medics Being a one hit wonder is far more than most musicians will ever manage.

對於「Spirit in the Sky」的 Doctor and the Medics 來說，只紅一首歌比大多數音樂人能達成的成就還要多。

For Norman Greenbaum, Spirit in the sky was that one hit, a multi million selling 1969 track that pretty much ensured his financial security.

對 Norman Greenbaum 而言，「Spirit in the Sky」就是他的代表作，這首 1969 年的歌曲銷量數百萬張，幾乎確保了他的財務安全。

And the medics took the song back to the top of the charts in 1986, the retired Greenbaum received yet another surge in public interest and royalty checks.

And the medics 在 1986 年將這首歌重新帶回排行榜冠軍時，退休的 Greenbaum 又獲得了公眾的興趣和版稅收入的再次湧現。

He returned to the music industry around that period as a manager and as a promoter.

他大約在那段時期以經紀人和推廣人的身份重返音樂界。

But all in all, this was one of the most valuable one hit wonders in music history.

但總而言之，這是在音樂史上最有價值的單曲冠軍之一。

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你可以選擇接收偶爾的影片通知，或所有影片的通知。

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如果你使用的是手機，請確保進入你的設定並開啟通知。

After Midnight Eric Clapton JJ Kale had meandered around the music industry through most of the 60s, but

在 60 年代大部分時間裡，JJ Cale 一直在音樂界打轉，但

However, when he was alerted to the fact that guitar God Eric Clapton had recorded a version of his track After Midnight, it changed everything.

然而，當他得知吉他之神 Eric Clapton 錄製了他歌曲 After Midnight 的版本時，一切都改變了。

The 33 year old Cale finally had a recording contract in front of him.

33 歲的 Cale 終於拿到了一份錄音合約。

As a result, he put out his debut album, naturally, in 1971, and

結果，他於 1971 年推出了他的首張專輯，而且

despite minimal chart success, he made his money through other artists covering him.

儘管排行榜上的成功不大，但他透過其他藝人翻唱他的歌曲賺進了錢。

The famously reclusive Cale penned several tracks that became hits for other musicians, allowing him to live out his life under the radar.

以隱居聞名的 Cale 創作了幾首成為其他音樂人熱門歌曲的曲子，讓他得以在不引人注目的情況下度過一生。

But what do you think is the single greatest cover version of all time?

但你認為史上最偉大的翻唱歌曲是哪一首？