80’s Music - Covers

80’s Music - Covers

Many songs from the 80's are covers. Do you know the origin of these songs?
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Writer Panoramix  Category Music   Keywords The 1980s 
Game creation: 2020-05-11 | Photo credit: Pixabay - Pexels | Photo credit (thumbnail): Pixabay - Pexels
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The 1980s saw many popular songs being revisited and reinterpreted. This challenge is to identify the original versions of these iconic hits from the decade. You'll need to go back in time to discover the artists who initially created these tracks before they became successful in the 80s.

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  • Who covered the song "Sea of Love" in 1984?

    Boyz II Men | Traveling Wilburys | The Honeydrippers | The Stray Cats
  • Who covered the song "Why Can't We Live Together" in 1984?

    Sade | Tina Turner | Diana Ross | Destiny's Child
  • Who covered the song "Lucifer Sam" in 1986?

    The Jesus and Mary Chain | Sonic Youth | Bauhaus | Love and Rockets
  • Who covered the song "It Ain't What You Do It's The Way That You Do It" in 1982?

    The Members with The Belle Stars | The Specials with The Bodysnatchers | Fun Boy Three with Bananarama | General Public with The Go-Go's
  • Who covered the song "A Groovy Kind of Love" in 1988?

    Terence Trent D'Arby | Phil Collins | Smokey Robinson | Boyz II Men

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