We have to put them somewhere.

What is amazing to me is how versatile this little cowboy song is, how it can inspire so many international, genre-stretchy versions (most with their own little individual touches) and all without losing its original je ne sais quoi. Good job, Sonny Bono.

  1. Cher’s original – 1966
  2. Sheila – 1966 – French – went to #1 on the music charts in France
  3. Dalida – 1966 – Italian – went to #1 on the music charts in Italy
  4. Stevie Wonder – 1966
  5. Petula Clark – 1966 – British – a popular revisioned version that spawned imitators (see Betty Chung and The Minions versions below).
  6. Gábor Szabó – 1966 – Hungarian (interesting international version)
  7. Nancy Sinatra – 1966 – the most influential early cover, prominent in the movie Kill Bill and an arrangement from which a lot of other covers are derived.
  8. Vanilla Fudge – 1967 – the first rock music cover
  9. Djorde Marganovic – 1967 – Serbian
  10. Terry Reid – 1968 – British – first tour de force with multiple movements
  11. Betty Chung – 1968, Chinese
  12. Sonny – 1973 – from Sonny & Cher Live Vol. 2 
  13. Frank Sinatra – 1981
  14. Cher – 1987 – reinterpreted like a Bon Jovi song
  15. Domina Noctis – 2002 – Italian goth metal
  16. Paul Weller – 2003 – British – unique, good cover
  17. The Raconteurs – 2006
  18. Clara Moroni (alias Cherry) – 2006 – Italian
  19. Parabelum – 2007– French – from the movie Rebelles
  20. Arnold T – 2007
  21. Ania Dąbrowska – 2010 – Polish
  22. Charlotte Church – 2010 – Welsh
  23. 2Cellos with Sky Ferreira – 2012 – Croatian – beautiful cover
  24. The Parlour Suite – 2012 – billed as dream-pop or surf-pop
  25. Nico Vega – 2014 – indie
  26. Sopor Aeternus – 2014 – German
  27. David Guetta with Skylar Gray – 2014 – French (with a great video)
  28. Lady Gaga – 2014
  29. Mark Boone Junior with Kevin Bowe – 2014
  30. Time and the Dragon – 2014
  31. Lara Phillips – 2015
  32. Kaleo – 2015-2018? – Icelandic
  33. Daniela Andrade – 2016 – Canadian
  34. Dua Lipa – 2017 – British / Albanian
  35. Louden Swain – 2017
  36. Monophones – 2018 –  good Retro-Soul
  37. Scubba – 2018 – jazz fusion
  38. Lily Frost – 2018 -Canadian
  39. Grace – 2019 (My Titan Shot Me Down)  from the movie Titanfall 2
  40. De Kalafe e A Turma – 2019 – Brazilian
  41. Little Fawn – 2020
  42. Highpass – 2020 – Russian dance
  43. Outsideinside – 2020
  44. Ania Waraszko – 2021 – Polish
  45. Freddy LeGrand – 2021 – Dutch electronic
  46. Thibault Cauvin – 2021 – French instrumental guitar (very nice!)
  47. Joe Kox and Nivek – 2021
  48. The Everlasters feat. Emcee Agora – 2021 – electronica
  49. Jack’s Basket Room – 2022 – Finnish
  50. Caroline Palacheck – 2022 from the movie The Minions
  51. G.E.M – 2022 – Chinese, from the movie The Minions
  52. Cara Frew – 2022 – South African
  53. The Swangles – 2022
  54. L’FREAQ – 2022 – alternative (quiet, lush version)
  55. Lila Frascara – 2024 – Argentina, Latin / jazz-fusion
  56. Hyperslay – 2024 – techno
  57. Raye – 2024 – British from the Netflix show Black Doves
  58. Travis Garland – 2024
  59. Kaitlin Butts – 2024 – Eletronica/Dance, Country

This list does not include performances on televised talent shows.