Thursday 31st July 2014 by Alexandra Pollard | Photos by WENN

'They made it wrong': 8 artists who hate covers of their songs

Artists can be a little possessive sometimes

Banks on Neon Jungle's cover of 'Waiting Game', which they put on their debut album without her permission.

Etta James showing a disdain for tact in her assessment of Beyonce's 'At Last' cover, performed for Obama. It's worth noting that the song was first performed by Glenn Miller, not Etta James.

Gotye on the Glee cast's cover of the ubiquitous 'Somebody That I Used To Know.'

Primal Scream's short but sweet opinion of Frankie Cocozza's X Factor cover. You'd forgotten Frankie Cocozza existed hadn't you?

The Eagles' Don Henley was not happy that Frank Ocean sampled the entirety of 'Hotel California' minus vocals for 'American Wedding.' Not happy at all.

Lorde doesn't enjoy listening to anyone's cover of 'Royals.' But they shouldn't take it personally - she hates her own version too.

Blondie's Debby Harry mustering up the most complimentary response she can to the question: "What do you think of Atomic Kitten's version of 'The Tide Is High'?"

Prince on Sinead O'Connor's cover of 'Nothing Compares 2 U', which was originally written and composed as one of Prince's side projects.

Yesterday (30 July), Banks took to Facebook after many fans asked why she had given Neon Jungle permission to cover her song on their album when she hasn't released her own yet. The answer? "I was never asked."

It's not actually unprecedented, though, for bands to provoke the wrath of other artists by covering their songs. Musicians have a tendency to be fairly protective over their music, and their reactions when a dodgy cover appears can range from the completely justifiable (Banks), to the tactful (Debbie Harry), to the incredibly bitter (It wasn't actually your song in the first place, Etta James).

Here are some of the best, worst and harshest responses to when artists hate covers of their own songs.

'They made it wrong': 8 artists who hate covers of their songs

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