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Pet Shop Boy's peerless take on Elvis Presley's 'Always On My Mind' has been voted 'top cover version' in a new BBC poll.
To mark the BBC's lavish 'God Only Knows' cover for Children In Need, the list was compiled by both BBC listeners as well as DJs from Radio One, 1Xtra and 6Music including Steve Lamacq, Simon Mayo and Trevor Nelson.
Johnny Cash's Rick Rubin-produced cover of Nine Inch Nails' 'Hurt' reached second place and the Strangler's unique interpretation of Burt Bacharach's 'Walk On By' is third.
Below: Watch Pet Shop Boys 'Always On My Mind'
Other notable entries in the chart include Muse's 'Feeling Good' at number nine, Florence and the Machine's 'You've Got The Love' at 22, James Blake's 'Limit To Your Love' at 35 and Ryan Adams 'Wonderwall' at 39. Our only minor quibble with the list is why D'Angelo's 'Cruisin' isn't higher - shouldn't it at the very least be higher than Leona Lewis covering Snow Patrol?
The full BBC list is below:
1. Pet Shop Boys - Always On My Mind
2. Johnny Cash - Hurt
3. The Stranglers - Walk On By
4. Jimi Hendrix - All Along The Watchtower
5. Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah
6. Soft Cell - Tainted Love
7. Joe Cocker - With A Little Help From My Friends
8. Sinead O'Connor - Nothing Compares 2 U
9. Muse - Feeling Good
10. Whitney Houston - I Will Always Love You
11. Marvin Gaye - I Heard It Through The Grapevine
12. Adele - Make You Feel My Love
13. This Mortal Coil - Song To The Siren
14. The Clash - I Fought The Law
15.China Drum - Wuthering Heights
16. Nirvana - The Man Who Sold The World
17. Aretha Franklin - Respect
18. Eva Cassidy - Songbird
19. Leona Lewis - Run
20. Led Zeppelin - When The Levee Breaks
21. Righteous Brothers - Unchained Melody
22. Florence + the Machine - You've Got The Love
23. Mark Ronson - Valerie (feat. Amy Winehouse)
24. Jimi Hendrix - Hey Joe
25. The Fall - Lost In Music
26. Gary Jules - Mad World (feat. Michael Andrews)
27. Bryan Ferry - A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall
28. The Specials - A Message To You Rudy
29. Birdy - Skinny Love
30. Fugees - Killing Me Softly With His Song
31. The Pogues - Dirty Old Town
32. Elvis Costello & The Attractions - Good Year For The Roses
33. José González - Heartbeats
34. The Isley Brothers - Summer Breeze
35. Thin Lizzy - Rosalie
36. Talking Heads - Take Me To The River
37. David Bowie - China Girl
38. Urge Overkill - Girl, You'll Be A Woman Soon
39. Ryan Adams - Wonderwall
40. Nina Simone - Mr. Bojangles
41. Hüsker Dü - Eight Miles High
42. José Feliciano - Light My Fire
43. Earth, Wind & Fire - Got To Get You Into My Life
44. Santana - Oye Como Va
45. James Blake - Limit To Your Love
46. Billy Paul - Your Song
47. Richie Havens - Going Back To My Roots
48. Labrinth - Express Yourself
49. Prince Fatty - Shimmy Shimmy Ya (feat. Horseman)
50. D'Angelo – Cruisin
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