Artists Who Covered Their Own Songs?

What are some artists/bands that covered AKA recorded different versions of their own songs?

There are many exceptions to this game that I'd like to point out first:
1. Entire cover albums don't count.
2. Reprisals of songs within albums don't count, but if they're found on subsequent albums then they can.
3. Live versions of songs don't count, neither on dedicated live albums or mixed with studio material.
4. The group members can change as long as the name of the group stays the same.
5. If they covered a song written by someone else more than once, I'll allow it.

I really can't think of many. The only one is Signed D.C. by Love. Originally on their debut album, but done again in 1969 with different musicians with I believe the only remaining member being Arthur Lee.

 

One after 909 - the almighty Beatles

 

The Byrds recorded three versions of "Why":

*B-side of "Eight Miles High"/Fifth Dimension version
*RCA Studios version (unreleased until 1987)
*Younger Than Yesterday version

 

Gregg Allman covered Whipping Post with his solo band

 

Originally on Youthanasia, re-recorded on United Abominations.

 

Fairport have done loads.

Chris Hillman has done various versions of his songs over the years.

Gordon Lightfoot has done one or two (not including the Gord's Gold records).

Jethro Tull re-did a bunch of their winter songs on the Christmas Album.

 

Originally a B-side/demo from the Youthanasia days, also on Hidden Treasures as a more finished version, I think.

 

Don McLean recorded "Castles In the Air" twice. There was the original bluegrass-y version off "American Pie" in 1970 and a slowed down version released in 1981.

Both versions charted, 10 years apart.

 

Ray Price and George Jones did countrypolitan versions of some of their early honky tonk hits. That may have been pretty common among country artists of that era.

 

Frazier Chorus-Typical/Sloppy Heart/Storm
Xymox-Blind Hearts/Soul Free
State of The Union-Fall From Grace
Bigod 20-Retortion
Absurd Minds-A Man Received The Answer
Lightning Seeds-Open Goals/Waiting For Today To Happen/Punch & Judy/Why Why Why/Telling Tales
The Mock Turtles-And Then She Smiles
A few Pet Shop Boys/Trans-X.
Front 242-No Shuffle

 

Bonnie Dobson - Morning Dew

These Albums ...

At Folk City - Prestige 1962

Bonnie Dobson - RCA 1969

Morning Dew - Polydor 1976

Take Me For A Walk In The Morning Dew - Hornbeam 2013

 

Devo re-recorded Girl U Want for 1995's Tank Girl soundtrack. Allegedly the movie's producers wanted to use Soundgarden's grunge cover of the song but they wanted too much money for it. So the producers went back to Devo and asked them to record their own grunge version of Soundgarden's version. In effect, a cover of a cover.

 

This is a strange one that I think counts.

For a movie, Sia did a version of "Elastic Heart" with The Weeknd (not a writer on it) for a movie soundtrack and released it as a single. Two years later she made a solo version for her own album and had a much bigger hit with it.

 

Paul McCartney re-recorded songs on the Broadstreet-album.

And he did Baby's request on Kisses on the Bottom

 

Suede recorded two versions of Europe Is Our Playground: first the version on Trash, and then a new version on Sci-Fi Lullabies.
Blur rerecorded the Parklife track To The End with Francoise Hardy.