Rock And Roll Remakes Wednesday #7

You may be as shocked as I was as to the number of cover versions of the Burt Bacharach and Hal David classic "(There's) Always Something There to Remind Me".

I was most familiar with the version done in the 1980s by Naked Eyes, and was under the impression it was originally done by Sandie Shaw. Her version was one of the earliest and went to #1 in her native England and hit the Top 100 in the US.

However, the first released version was done by Lou Johnson, and charted a few notches higher than Shaw's later version.

So, in a nutshell...

Lou Johnson recorded it first and charted higher than Shaw in the US. But Shaw had the biggest hit with it in the UK. However, Naked Eyes had the highest charting US version, though they didn't chart with it in their native England.

Here are each of the above-mentioned versions, as well as a few others for good measure.


Lou Johnson's original:




Club mix by Tin Tin Out featuring Espiritu:




The "almost original" by Sandie Shaw:




An acoustic Latin take by Jose Feliciano:




The highest charting US version by Naked Eyes:




Modern rock (ska) version by The Hippos: