by Paul McCartney
(say it carefully and it sort of works!)

At number 19, it's Twist and Shout by Prefab Sprout...

All the Way to Reno, by Brian Eno

Drive My Car by Shalamar.

It's "Love at First Feel" by The Captain and Tennille.

Actually, I'd really like to hear that.

Julian Bream, Cream and Keane with their version of I Dreamed a Dream

it's Alice Cooper with Super Trouper

I'm your man by Steely Dan

Medley: Is This The Way To Amarillo/Camarillo Brillo by Lee Brilleaux
Wichita Lineman by Jim Steinman
Tallahassee Lassie by Shirley Bassey
She Wears My Ring by B.B.King
48 Crash by Crosby Stills & Nash

I Want to Hold your Hand by the Band

I don't like Mondays by the Sundays

Jet Black with Get Back.

Hello, by Yello
Wonderwall by The Fall
and Oh, Superman by The Wu-Tang Clan

Super Trouper by Alice Cooper featuring Al Kooper

Ronnie Lane and Denny Laine with Penny Lane

It's World Shut Your Mouth by the Beautiful South.

It's I must love you too much by Screaming Lord Sutch

Redemption Song by Flanders & Swann

Geno by Dio.

In Neon - by Dion feat. The Kings of Leon

(it's an Elton John song)

by Gladys Knight

by Dave Dee

(If Paradise Is) Half As Nice/Sugar & Spice by Alan Price and The Nice

By The La's

by Can, Steely Dan, and Man. A strange collaboratio-an.

by Lonnie Donnegan

by Tricky

by Right Said Fred and the Grateful Dead

The Blaydon Races by The Faces

by Eminem.

Do-do-do-doooo!

by Screaming Lord Sutch

Get Back by Roberta Flack

by Madonna

[pause]

What? WHAT??

I spent ages on that.

Rave On by Clive Dunn

Stay on These Roads by Teardrop Explodes
A Little bit of Soap by Julian Cope
One of These Nights by Chi-Lites
Surfin Safari by PJ Harvey
Band of Gold by Ben Folds
Tom Hark by Sparks

and Dr Strangely Strange do a strange cover of People are Strange.

Available on Strange Fruit Records.

by Right Said Fred

Diamond Dogs by The Groundhogs
Thank Christ for the Bomb by Buffalo Tom
Big Red Letter Day by Hipsway
The Honeythief by Mick & Keef (poetic licence?)
As Tears Go by by McFly
Obviously by David Bowie (dubious but completes the circle nicely)

By the Who featuring Lulu and Erikah Badu

Laid by Suede

No Regrets by Don Letts

The Seeker by Mika

Stutter by Hot Butter?

by Jimmy Ruffin

'Flash' (aaa-aaah)by The Clash and Johnny Cash
The double A-side 'Daydream Believer' and 'Fever' by Bon Iver
'White Wedding' by Otis Redding

Day Tripper by Joy Zipper

by Lonnie Donnigan
Boy named Sue - Husker Du

by Damien Rice

or
Redskins songs covered by women

The Power Is Yours by The Corrs
Kick Over The Statues by Cerys Matthews
Keep On Keeping On by Celine Dion
Bring It Down (This Insane Thing) by Louise Nurding
Turnin' Loose These Furious Flames by Wendy James
Let's Make It Work by Alexandra Burke

Just come back in from a day out at golf wondering if there might have been enough entries to scratch together a top 5 - and there's bloody hundreds of them! Keep them coming and I'll make an official top 40 out of the best ones.

Here's another couple that have kept me amused as I tacked across some of Stockport's green spaces.

Linger by Badfinger
Lady Madonnna by Sinead O'Connor

by N-Trance

from the GLW (@dawksky) who never normally gets involved in such foolishness

You'll Never Walk Alone by Sly and the Family Stone, feat. Joey Ramone
The Road to Hell by Jacques Brel
Agadoo by The Who, U2 and Deacon Blue

Walk This Way by Darren Day
(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher by Earth Wind and Fire and Wire

... by Spandau Ballet

When I Get To The Border by New Order

Beyoncé with Beyond the Sea

There Goes Rhymin' Simon, by Harper Simon

Uptown Top Ranking by Aretha Franklin
Think by Pink
Tiger Feet by Sweet
Piano Man by Steely Dan
Good Golly Miss Molly by Buddy Holly
Snack Attack by Fleetwood Mac
Rihannon by Neil Hannon
She Blinded me With Science from They Might Be Giants

Double A Side
I'm Black and I'm Proud and The Sound of the Crowd by Girls Aloud

Zombie by Junior Giscombe
I Shot John Lennon by Bad Lieutenant
Linger by (Not Now) Silent Singer

*edit* if ever a band needed a silent singer...

That's all

By the time I get to Phoenix by Busta Rhymes and Stevie Nicks
Witchita Lineman by Michael Nyman

Ashes To Ashes by Bat For Lashes
Diamond Dogs by The Troggs
Thursday's Child by (cough) Euros Childs

If you Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next by T Rex
Metal Mickey by Kenickie

Give My Love To Kevin by The Stars Of Heaven
This Is How It Feels by Eels
Lloyd, I'm Ready To Be Heartbroken by Dokken

...Bjork

Great Balls of Fire - St Winifred's School Choir

by Eddi Reader

by Elvis Costello

by Boo Hewerdine

by The London Jazz Ensemble

Penny Lane by Marti Cane

Don't Fear The Reaper by Sleeper
Get Off My Cloud by Girls Aloud

Jumping Jack Flash by The Clash
The Ghost Of Tom Joad by Depeche Mode

By Ben Folds five

Stubborn Kind Of Fellow by Elvis Costello
Ace Of Spades by The Blades

Street Fightin' Man by Steeleye Span

Take Me to the River by Sutherland Brothers and Quiver

whoops i did it again - jesus and mary chain
my way - josef k
pay yr rates - associates
cars - scars
kids - skids

yes i am scottish

If Love Was Like guitars by MARRS
Anarchy In The U.K. by Holgar Tsukay

AC/DC

Edelweiss: Vanilla Ice

Gilly-gilly-ossenfeffer-katzenellen-boden-by-the-sea: Jay-Z

I'm a Pink Toothbrush: Rush

McArthur Park by Sparks
Wings of a Dove by Love
Hearts & Bones by Tom Jones

Survivor by Bon Iver
Two Hearts Beat As One by Big Fun
Clocks by Black Box

Take a Chance On Me by Peters and Lee

Cemetery Gates by Tom Waits

Aint no Love In The heart Of The City by Scritti Politti
Dancing In The Dark by Gene Clark

Forever In Blue Jeans by The Go Betweens
Hyperbolicsyllabicsesquedalymistic by The Stylistics

This Old Heart of Mine by Sham 69

"Stubborn Kind of Fellow" by Yello
"Pride and Joy" by The Pet Shop Boys
"How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)" by Deacon Blue
"It Takes Two" by The Who
"Ain't No Mountain High Enough" by Roy Acuff
"Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing" by Golden Earring
"I Heard It Through the Grapevine" by Boo Hewerdine
"What's Going On" by Gong
"Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology) by Leapy Lee
"Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)" by Dollar
"Let's Get It On" by Roy Orbison
"Sexual Healing" by The Feeling

This game is easy!

by Kiss

for a special Red Nose Day medley single, the frankly unlikely combination of:

The Ting Tings and Gong with Long, Long, Long/The Ying Tong Song

(for the younger readers - it's a 1956 hit by The Goons)

but I rather liked this one:

She Loves You by Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Roberta Flack

Little Boxes by Fleet Foxes

Town Called Malice - EG and Alice
Do the Strand - The Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band
Try Try Try - Hue and Cry

by Dio & Trio

....Hocus Pocus by Focus... er, hang on...

Big Sur - Blur
True Love Leaves No Traces - Oasis

Tubular Bells - Archie Bell and The Drells
Karn Evil 9 - Courtney Pine
God Save The Queen - Bruce Springsteen
Suspect Device - Damien Rice
Oldest Swinger In Town - Ian Brown

My Ding-a-ling by Sting ( Tantric Mix )

by Rush

Wham

D' yer maker - Kula shaker

Can the Can - Manfred Mann

Tiger feet - The Beat

(Album) 'Hearts & bones' - The rolling stones

(Album) 'There goes Rhyming Simon - Bill Whyman

by James Brown
Where Did Our Love Go by Nick Lowe
Lily The Pink by The Kinks
Heroes And Villains by Bob Dylan
Green Door by Gang Of Four

Tuti fruti by Fela Kuti

Tuti fruti by Fela Kuti

Beatle Bones And Smokin' Stones Tom Jones
Sister Ray Doris Day

it's another medley: Shaddap You Face and Amazing Grace by Ace Of Base

(Save all your) Kisses for Me - Alabama 3

She Sells Sanctuary - Peter Paul & Mary
Back In Black - Shakatak
Bette Davis Eyes - Roni Size
Station to Station - Asian Dub Foundation

Breakfast in Bed - Motorhead
No Fun - Clive Dunn

"People Get Ready" by The Hold Steady

...by David Sneddon.

by The Fixx

"It's The End Of The World As We Know It And I Feel Fine" by Courtney Pine

"Carbonised Eyesockets" by Love and Rockets

"Mega Armageddon Death" by EMF

and of course,

"You Probably Couldn't See for the Lights but You Were Looking Straight at Me" by Clement Attlee

Funeral Pyre - Arcade Fire
Don't Let the Sun Go Down On Me - ELP
Dancing in the Dark - Van Dyke Parks
Golden Slumbers - The Magic Numbers
Oh! Darling - Laura Marling
Take Me Home, Country Roads - The Teardrop Explodes
Glory Days - Isaac Hayes
Doo-wah-diddy-diddy-dum-diddy-do and De-do-do-do-de-da-da-da - P-Diddy with Ken Dodd and his Diddymen

Yer Blues by Muse
The Rake's Song by Raekwon
It's A Sin by Aphex Twin
Down To The Well by Adèle
Calamity Jane by Fountains of Wayne.

Noise Annoys by the Beastie Boys

Rock & Roll by Nat King Cole

T.V. Eye by Hue & Cry

Sunday Girl by Bob & Earl

Don't Be Cruel by Gov't Mule

You Be Illin' by Bobby Dylan

Police & Thieves by Jimmy Greaves

Psycho Killer by Roger Miller

Snack Attack by Cilla Black

Life Is A Minestrone by Lena Zavaroni

No Russians In Russia by Usher

Sorry - double post

Ghost Town - James Brown

Jackie Wilsons dead - Bellowhead

Everyday I write the book - Peter Hook

If I fell - Archie Bell

Straight in at number seven from her Buzzcock's b sides tribute album it's...

Oh Shit by Eartha Kitt.

Another one from the GLW (@dawksky)
Pictures of Lilly - by Milli Vanilli

This weekend I'll try and get together a top 40 and post it. I've got the "Swingin' Cymbal" mp3 somewhere - can any of the Massive do a passable Fluff "Hello pop pickers" Freeman impersonation? Seriously.

Take The Cash by Wishbone Ash.

Cathy's Clown by Arthur Brown.

Start! by Heart.

It's Angel Flying To Close To The Ground by Splodgenessabounds

How Soon Is Now? by Henry Cow.

Rock Me Amadeus by Bjorn Ulvaeus.

Behind a painted smile- Gallagher & Lyle

Shout - Prefab Sprout

Bennie & the Jets - Don Letts

Hey mickie - Tricky

I want your sex - T rex

Little Does She Know by Brian Eno.

White Riot by John Hiatt.

Monster Mash by Johnny Cash.

Remember Walking In The Sand by Bob Kerr's Whoopee Band.

Una Paloma Blanca by Glenn Branca.

My Ding-a-Ling by Sting and the Sultans of Ping

Should I Stay Or Should I Go by Status Quo and ELO
I Eat Cannibals by Super Furry Animals
One Day Like This by Bis and Kiss
Never Let Me Down Again by Tinariwen
The Safety Dance by My Chemical Romance
Bring Your Daughter To The Slaughter by Penguin Cafe Orchestra
Billie Jean by Queen and Ween
Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Yellow Polka Dot Bikini by Paolo Nutini
Love Me Do by Kajagoogoo
Driving In My Car by Lady Gaga and A-ha

Side two of Abbey Road

You Never Give Me Your Money by Melanie
Sun King by Ben E King
Mean Mr Mustard by Cluster
Polythene Pam by Wally Whyton
She Came in Through the Bathroom Window by Matt Monroe
Golden Slumbers by Chumbawumba
Carry That Weight by Dire Straits
The End by The Band
Her Majesty by Odyssey

you can't turn your brain off...
another few that popped into my head today

Size of a Cow - by Bow Wow Wow
I Can't Explain - by Fountains of Wayne and Freda Payne

To Drunk To F**k by Fuzzy Duck

Leader of the Gang - Tygers of Pan Tang

Am currently going through the thread picking out the best - a comprehensive chart run down to follow soon - not 'arf!

once on the Tommy Vance show.

Finnish Black Metal meets the Fabs:

Yellow Submarine by Impaled Nazarene

Love is the Law by Sandie Shaw

Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now by T'Pau

Take Me Home Country Roads - Teardrop Explodes

Everyday I write the Book - Sam Cooke and The Look

Mickey by Tricky

Thanks to everyone who has contributed - the rest of the run down to follow soon.

Open a separate window and get this tune playing -

Now imagine Fluff going through this:

Alright pop pickers? Not arf! Here's the rundown from 40 to 31

New in at 40, 'Home on the Range', Dr. Strangley Strange.
Down 10 from last week's 29 it's the La's with 'Cars'.
A non-mover at 38 is 'Wonderwall' by The Fall and straight in at 37 it's 'Hello' by the Swedish mavericks Yello.
Another new entry 'Billie Jean' by Ween and Queen is at 36.
Dropping 6 to 35 is 'Start!' by Heart and 'Hey Mickey' by Tricky climbs to 34.
Darren Day is trying to 'Walk This Way' at number 33 and falling 12 to 32 it's Ben Folds 5 with 'Staying Alive'.
At 31 Trio and Dio combine to cover Duran Duran's 'Rio'.

"You only tell me you love me when you're drunk" By Trouble Funk

Never Ending Story by Richard Hawley

Highway To He'll by Patti Labelle

If You Tolerate This Then You Children Will Be Next by

Cliff/Mew/Dollar/A/Kiss/Them/Bjork/PIL/M/Lil Wayne/Steps

Light my Fire from Maddy Prior

You can Ring my Bell covered by Ralph McTell, accompanied by Kathryn Tickell and Edie Brickell, with a guest appearance on Celtic harp from Alan Stivell.

Slave to the Rhythm by the Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain (they actually already do perform this) with Fern Britton and Atomic Kitten

Linger from a reunited Richard and Linda

Money's Too Tight to Mention to close the set on Saturday night.

The Love I Lost by Sigur Ros

The Girl with the Laugh In Her Voice meets the Mothers Of Invention

Florentine Pogen by Alma Cogan

Another brick in the wall - The Fall
Us and Them - REM
Money - A Taste Of Honey