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Coffee Break: Covers

Kurt Cobain performs with Nirvana on 'MTV Unplugged' in 1993.
Kurt Cobain performs with Nirvana on 'MTV Unplugged' in 1993.MTV

by Christy Taylor

August 13, 2021

It's a Cover 2 Cover weekend here on The Current. Starting at 10 am today and for the rest of the weekend, you'll hear covers you know and some that you don't know mixed in with the music you expect on The Current. Check out last year's list of the top 89 covers for inspiration.

For today's 9:30 Coffee Break, let's play songs that you wouldn't think were covers. What surprising covers do you want to hear?

Respond with your song ideas in the comments below.

Have an idea for a Coffee Break topic? Submit your idea for a future theme and browse past Coffee Breaks in our archive.

Songs played

Cyndi Lauper - Girls Just Want to Have Fun (Robert Hazard)
UB40 - Red Red Wine (Neil Diamond)
Talking Heads - Take Me To The River (Al Green)
Joan Jett and The Blackhearts - I Love Rock N' Roll (The Arrows)
Elvis Presley - Hound Dog (Big Mama Thornton)
Blondie - Hanging On The Telephone (The Nerves)
Nirvana - The Man Who Sold the World (David Bowie)