La versión que Pet Shop Boys hicieron en 1988 de ‘Always on my Mind’, canción interpretada originalmente por Elvis Presley en 1972, ha sido votada por los oyentes de BBC Music como la mejor de la historia.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UyQrubg4i5A
El segundo lugar lo ocupa Johnny Cash con la revisión que en 2002 hizo de ‘Hurt’, la canción que Nine Inch Nails publicó en 1994 dentro de su exitoso álbum ‘The Downward Spiral’.
The Stranglers (‘Walk on by’, de Burt Bacharach y Hal David), Jimi Hendrix (‘All along the watchtower’, de Bob Dylan) y Jeff Buckley (‘Hallelujah’, de Leonard Cohen) completan los cinco primeros puestos de esta encuesta.
LAS 50 MEJORES VERSIONES, SEGÚN BBC MUSIC
01.Pet Shop Boys – Always On My Mind
02.Johnny Cash – Hurt
03.The Stranglers – Walk On By
04.Jimi Hendrix – All Along The Watchtower
05.Jeff Buckley – Hallelujah
06.Soft Cell – Tainted Love
07.Joe Cocker – With A Little Help From My Friends
08.Sinead O’Connor – Nothing Compares 2 U
09.Muse – Feeling Good
10.Whitney Houston – I Will Always Love You
11.Marvin Gaye – I Heard It Through The Grapevine
12.Adele – Make You Feel My Love
13.This Mortal Coil – Song To The Siren
14.The Clash – I Fought The Law
15.China Drum – Wuthering Heights
16.Nirvana – The Man Who Sold The World
17.Aretha Franklin – Respect
18.Eva Cassidy – Songbird
19.Leona Lewis – Run
20.Led Zeppelin – When The Levee Breaks
21.Righteous Brothers – Unchained Melody
22.Florence + the Machine – You’ve Got The Love
23.Mark Ronson – Valerie (feat. Amy Winehouse)
24.Jimi Hendrix – Hey Joe
25.The Fall – Lost In Music
26.Gary Jules – Mad World (feat. Michael Andrews)
27.Bryan Ferry – A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall
28.The Specials – A Message To You Rudy
29.Birdy – Skinny Love
30.Fugees – Killing Me Softly With His Song
31.The Pogues – Dirty Old Town
32.Elvis Costello & The Attractions – Good Year For The Roses
33.José González – Heartbeats
34.The Isley Brothers – Summer Breeze
35.Thin Lizzy – Rosalie
36.Talking Heads – Take Me To The River
37.David Bowie – China Girl
38.Urge Overkill – Girl, You’ll Be A Woman Soon
39.Ryan Adams – Wonderwall
40.Nina Simone – Mr. Bojangles
41.Hüsker Dü – Eight Miles High
42.José Feliciano – Light My Fire
43.Earth, Wind & Fire – Got To Get You Into My Life
44.Santana – Oye Como Va
45.James Blake – Limit To Your Love
46.Billy Paul – Your Song
47.Richie Havens – Going Back To My Roots
48.Labrinth – Express Yourself
49.Prince Fatty – Shimmy Shimmy Ya (feat. Horseman)
50.D’Angelo – Cruisin
Fuente: EUROPAPRESS