Music: When BOTH versions can be considered the original--Our Lips are sealed

[Jumptheshark]

Usually you have a definitive answer for original vs cover. But in some cases you have two versions where BOTH can be considered the original.

Example 1

Our Lips are sealed Go Go's vs Fun Boy three. Why is there a debate here? I imagine most of you have never heard of fun boy 3. The song was written by Jane Wieden of the Go Go's right? Yep-but it was co-written by Terry Hall her then boyfriend from England, Specials and Fun Boy 3. They each had a different take on the song when it came to what style it should be--melancholy vs happy--to a point.

Fun Boy 3

vs
The Go Go's of course


I actually like Fun Boy 3s a little more as it is a little more biting than the go gos

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[BostonBob]

Talk about " jumping the shark ".

 

[Lshap]

For what it's worth, thank you for an interesting trivia question. No "Adaptation" or "Remake" – this might be the only case of a hit song split evenly in two upon conception, like identical twins.

 

[KallioWeHardlyKnewYe]

I honestly never heard of Fun Boy Three and they just came up on a podcast I was listening to last week so this thread is freaking me out a little.

 

[SepticFish]

Wooden Ships was written by Crosby, Stills and Paul Kantner of Jefferson Airplane. Both bands released a version in '69.

 

[Teemu]

This is the original version of Wild Horses, written by Jagger/Richards but released a year before Sticky Fingers.

 

[BigBadBruins7708]

"How Do I Live"

Leann Rimes recorded it first for Con Air, the studio didnt like it and had Trisha Yearwood record it after to sound more country (without her knowing Rimes had already recorded it). Both version were released (Rimes getting pop radio play and Yearwood getting country play). Both Rimes and Yearwood were nominated for the 'Best Female Country Vocal Performance' Grammy for the song at the same time with Yearwood winning

 

[GKJ]

I've heard of that version, don't know if I knew much about the band.

Similarly but not exactly about how everyone thinks that the All the Young Dudes everyone knows is by David Bowie and not Mott The Hoople, even though Bowie did record it for himself.

 

[Jumptheshark]

another one for consideration

Kris Kistofferson WROTE Me and booby Mcgee and was sending the completed song around when Roger Miller released it in 1970

 

[MVP of West Hollywd]

Springsteen was sitting on this song but they kind of realized it'd be lights out if a female did it.