Originally written by TheBoyDeadly · 16 August 2007
Radio 1 have pulled together a thick brigade of popular artists for a retrospective covers compilation.
Famous faces from today's pop/rock tangent were assigned a year each from the last 40 and then asked to pick a song that fell in those 12 months.
As you can see below, The Fratellis were assigned 1968 - and have chosen to have a bash at Jimi Hendrix' 'All Along The Watchtower'.
Gagging for the full'un? Bahlow:
1967: Flowers In The Rain (The Move) covered by The Kaiser Chiefs 1968: All Along The Watchtower (Jimi Hendrix Experience) covered by The Fratellis* 1969: Cupid (Johnny Nash) covered by Amy Winehouse 1970: Lola (The Kinks) covered by Robbie Williams 1971: Your Song (Elton John) covered by The Streets* 1972: Betcha By Golly Wow (The Stylistics) covered by Sugababes 1973: You’re So Vain (Carly Simon) covered by The Feeling 1974: Band On The Run (Wings) covered by Foo Fighters 1975: Love Is The Drug (Roxy Music) covered by Kylie* 1976: Let’s Stick Together (Bryan Ferry) covered by KT Tunstall 1977: Sound & Vision (David Bowie) covered by Franz Ferdinand* 1978: Teenage Kicks (The Undertones) covered by The Raconteurs 1979: Can’t Stand Losing You (The Police) covered by Mika 1980: Too Much Too Young (The Specials) covered by Kasabian* 1981: Under Pressure (Queen & David Bowie) covered by Keane 1982: Town Called Malice (The Jam) covered by McFly 1983: Come Back And Stay (Paul Young) covered by James Morrison 1984: Careless Whisper (George Michael) covered by The Gossip 1985: The Power Of Love (Huey Lewis & The News) covered by Pigeon Detectives* 1986: Don’t Get Me Wrong (The Pretenders) covered by Lily Allen* 1987: You Sexy Thing (Hot Chocolate) covered by Stereophonics 1988: Fast Car (Tracy Chapman) covered by Mutya Buena 1989: Lullaby (the Cure) covered by Editors 1990: Englishman In New York (Sting) covered by Razorlight 1991: Crazy For You (Madonna) covered by Groove Armada* 1992: It Must Be Love (Madness) covered by Paolo Nutini 1993: All That She Wants (Ace Of Base) covered by The Kooks 1994: You’re All I Need To Get By (Mary J Blige) covered by Mark Ronson 1995: Stillness In Time (Jamiroquai) covered by Calvin Harris 1996: No Diggity (Blackstreet) covered by Klaxons* 1997: Love Fool (The Cardigans) covered by Just Jack 1998: Ray Of Light (Madonna) covered by Natasha Bedingfield 1999: Drinking in LA (Bran Van 3000) covered by The Twang* 2000: The Great Beyond (REM) covered by The Fray 2001: Teenage Dirtbag (Wheatus) covered by Girls Aloud 2002: Like I Love You (Justin Timberlake) covered by Maximo Park* 2003: Don’t Look Back Into The Sun (The Libertines) covered by The View* 2004: Toxic (Britney Spears) covered by Hard-Fi 2005: Father & Son (Yusuf & Ronan Keating) covered by The Enemy* 2006: Steady As She Goes (The Raconteurs) covered by Corinne Bailey Rae
* = Tracks DiS wants to hear
The record marks the BBC station's 40th year on air.
DiScuss.