Best Remakes

[ERinger]

There are some songs that should never be remade, but what are the best ones you've heard. I'm talking 60s, 70s, 80s & 90s.

Name the Song, Original Artist, Artist of Remake.

Love Won't Let Me Wait - Major Harris - Luther Vandross

Forever, For Always, For Love - Luther Vandross - Lalah Hathaway

Call Me - Aretha Franklin - Phil Perry

[aintnojoke]

Anyone had a Heart - Dionne Warwick - Luther Vandross
How Come you Don't Call Me - Prince - Stephanie Mills
You Were Always on My Mind - Willie Nelson - Fantasia

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Love Changes - Mother's Finest - Kashif/Meli'sa Morgan
Betcha By Golly Wow - Stylistics - Phyllis Hyman
I've Learned to Respect the Power of Love - Angela Winbush - Stephanie Mills
This Woman's Work - Kate Bush - Maxwell
Killing Me Softly - Roberta Flack - the Fugees
I Feel for You - Prince - Chaka Khan

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All I Do - Stevie Wonder - Kirk Whalum

[Back Again]

In The Rain - The Dramatics - Keith Sweat

Not on the Outside - male group - Allyson Williams

Shh - Prince - Tevin Campbell

[MndBdySoul]

Wishing on A Star- Rolls Royce- Beyonce

[Andre98]

Superstar, The Carpenters, redone by Luther

Don't You Worry 'bout a Thing, Stevie Wonder, redone by Incognito

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Do Me Baby - Prince - Meli'sa Morgan
Til You Come Back to Me - Aretha - Mikki Howard
The Way We Were - Babara Steisand - Gladys Knight
If I were Your Woman - Gladys Knight - Stephanie Mills

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My Funny Valentine - Mitzi Green (??) there have been so many remakes - Chaka Khan

[Juicey1]

WOW.......This is great info. Some of these songs I didn't know were remakes like Superstar.....I thought Luther wrote that.
This Woman's Work.......Maxwell
Anyone Had A Heart........I thought Luther wrote that too....

Now, I do like the country song that Gerald Levert remade and the one that Brian McKnight remade. Can't think of the names of them right now........will come back later.

[tenor1]

I will always love you...Dolly Parton...Whitney Houston

[Juicey1]

WOW.......This is great info. Some of these songs I didn't know were remakes like Superstar.....I thought Luther wrote that.
This Woman's Work.......Maxwell
Anyone Had A Heart........I thought Luther wrote that too....

Now, I do like the country song that Gerald Levert remade and the one that Brian McKnight remade. Can't think of the names of them right now........will come back later.


Crazy Love....Van Morrisson.......Brian McKnight
I'd Do Anything......country singer......Gerald Levert

[aintnojoke]

I Try - Angela Bofilled (sp) - Will Downing
All I Do is Think of You - The Jackson 5 - Troop
I'm going Down - Rose Royce - Mary J
Emotions - Bee Gees - Destiny's Child

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I would say the Whitney remake of "I will always love you" is probably the top seller of them all.

[aintnojoke]

I'm every woman - Chaka Khan - Whitney

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Bridge Over Troubled Water - Simon/Garfunkel - Aretha Franklin

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Unforgettable - Nat Cole - Natalie Cole
Summertime - Abbie Mitchell - Fantasia

[aintnojoke]

Memories - Barbara Striesand - Gladys Knight
Heard it Thru the Grapvine - Gladys Knight - Marvin Gaye
Trouble Man - Marvin Gaye - Chico DeBarge
I Want You (After the Dance)- Marvin Gaye - El Debarge (forgot the jazz band's name)
Stay - Chaka Khan - Erykah Badu
Four Leaf Clover - Atlantic Starr - Erykah Badu

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Aintno, the band was Fourplay.

I also liked their remake of Between the Sheets.

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Inside My Love - Minnie Ripperton - Trina Broussard

[aintnojoke]

Nothing Compares to You - The Family - Sinead O'Connor - Prince
Hello it's Me - Todd Rundgren - Groove Theory

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Wildflower - New Birth - Lisa Fischer

[Whatsupwithat]

misty blue - Dorothy Moore- monica
Makings of you - Curtis Mayfield - Angie Stone

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Never Gonna Give You Up - Barry White - Lisa Stansfield
If You Don't Know Me By Now - Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes - Simply Red

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Sadie - The Spinners - R. Kelly
Ribbon in the Sky - Stevie Wonder - Intro
At Your Best - Isley Brothers - Aaliyah

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If You Play Your Cards Right - Alicia Meyers (One Way) - Syleena Johnson

[aintnojoke]

Who Can I Run To - The Jones Girls - Escape

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Cruisin - Smokey Robinson - D'Angelo

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Get Here - Brenda Russell - Oleta Adams

[Juicey1]

Don't know if this one was mentioned earlier..........

Forever, For Always, For Love..........Luther Vandross.........Nona Gaye

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I'll Be There - Jackson 5 - Mariah Carey
Giving Him Something He Can Feel - Aretha Franklin - EnVogue

[Andre98]

Mercy, Mercy - Marvin Gaye, redone by a lot of folks, even Dana Owens.
But in 1989, a woman named Miliri had a slammin' version that cooks with a nice tempo. I have to find that joint.

The song, (Been wrong before, but..) "It feels so good", Al Jarreau, redone by Mica Paris.
Mica Paris, by the way, originally did "You put a move on My heart" and knocked it out the park, but after Quincy Jones swiped the song and made it with tinny sounding Tamia, that's all you hear in the U.S. Mica Paris also redid with Will Downing "Where Is the Love, the Roberta Flack/Donny Hathaway classic.

I was crushed back in the 70s when I found out both
"Summer Breeze" and "Hello Its Me" was NOT written or performed originally by the Isley Brothers. They did the ultimate version, but Summer Breeze was originally Seals and Crofts, and "Hello Its Me" was Todd Rungren.

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If Only for One Night - Brenda Russell - Luther Vandross

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If This World Were Mine - Tami Terrell/Marvin Gaye - Luther/Cheryl lynn

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I Keep Forgetting - Michael McDonald - Dave Hollister

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My First Love - Rene & Angela - Avant/Ke Ke Wyatt

How I Got Over - Mahalia Jackson - Aretha Franklin

I'll Take You There - The Staple Singers - BeBe & CeCe Winans

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I Don't Want to Lose Your Love - The Emotions - B Angie B

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Don't know if this one was mentioned earlier..........

Forever, For Always, For Love..........Luther Vandross.........Nona Gaye
Lalah Hathaway sang that remake. Her version is better than the original, imo.

[Juicey1]

Mercy, Mercy - Marvin Gaye, redone by a lot of folks, even Dana Owens.
But in 1989, a woman named Miliri had a slammin' version that cooks with a nice tempo. I have to find that joint.

The song, (Been wrong before, but..) "It feels so good", Al Jarreau, redone by Mica Paris.
Mica Paris, by the way, originally did "You put a move on My heart" and knocked it out the park, but after Quincy Jones swiped the song and made it with tinny sounding Tamia, that's all you hear in the U.S. Mica Paris also redid with Will Downing "Where Is the Love, the Roberta Flack/Donny Hathaway classic.

I was crushed back in the 70s when I found out both
"Summer Breeze" and "Hello Its Me" was NOT written or performed originally by the Isley Brothers. They did the ultimate version, but Summer Breeze was originally Seals and Crofts, and "Hello Its Me" was Todd Rungren.

I was kinda crushed too when I found out they weren't the original writers & performers of those songs...........Once day I was looking at tv and they were showing some CD you could order from TV and Seals & Crofts version was played and I was like "Dammit, they done stole Luthers song"........LOL and it was theirs originally all along.........

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Heaven Must be Like This - Ohio Players - D'Angelo

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Didn't I (Blow Your Mind this Time) - The Delfonics - Regina Belle or Lisa Fischer (both versions are good)

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The Makings of You - Curtis Mayfield - Gladys Knight

I like her version better.

[Amazon Stallion]

"You Are My Starship"... Norman Connors... but Kenny Lattimore KILLED IT!

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"Mr. Magic," Grover Washington, Jr... Amy Winehouse... KILLED IT!