{"id":16410,"date":"2023-06-20T16:03:44","date_gmt":"2023-06-20T20:03:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/?p=16410"},"modified":"2023-06-21T20:48:46","modified_gmt":"2023-06-22T00:48:46","slug":"unique-versions-of-songs-1-pop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2023\/06\/unique-versions-of-songs-1-pop\/","title":{"rendered":"Unique versions of songs, part 1: pop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here are some videos of unique versions of songs &#8212; for this 1st post, it&#8217;s pop (and folk) songs. I already posted about a couple of others <a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2017\/06\/talented-musicians\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>ABBA&#8217;s &#8220;Mamma Mia&#8221; sung by a group recording all their parts from home\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=06ZswSBqqsY\">&#8220;Mamma Mia!&#8221; London cast<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>a-ha&#8217;s &#8220;Take On Me&#8221; played by a small orchestra\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=DHbLuIxw3y4\">Brooklyn Duo and Ensemble Connect<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Louis Armstrong&#8217;s &#8220;What a Wonderful World&#8221; played on cello and piano\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=XXQIOCXCK6M\">Brooklyn Duo<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>The Chords&#8217; &#8220;Sh-Boom&#8221; with one person singing all the parts\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=On58Mq52UlY\">Allison Young<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Phil Collins&#8217;s &#8220;You&#8217;ll Be in My Heart&#8221; with one person singing all the parts\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Bb_tAeRp4N4\">Nick Smith<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Betty Everett&#8217;s &#8220;The Shoop Shoop Song (It&#8217;s in His Kiss)&#8221; with one person singing all the parts\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=eSSn7nYRZOI&amp;list=PLY5zPF12srm8MUzhdIn1gsb5fRglkTGUd&amp;index=4&amp;t=0s\">Anne Reburn<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Jackson Five&#8217;s &#8220;I Want You Back&#8221; sung a cappella\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=oD4tT9cVI94\">Vocal Producktions<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Carly Rae Jepsen&#8217;s &#8220;Call Me Maybe&#8221; sung by a choir (starts at 1:30)\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Z9IMUwdhm9I\">3 Penny Chorus and Orchestra<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>John Lennon&#8217;s &#8220;Imagine&#8221; sung a cappella\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=l9PMVi8tpsI\">Accupella<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Lorde&#8217;s &#8220;Royals&#8221; sung a cappella\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=E9XQ2MdNgKY&amp;list=PLU_mcNMHvxilbbOnWFy4v4_nxxkMQ5r7l&amp;index=9&amp;t=0s\">Pentatonix<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Led Zeppelin&#8217;s &#8220;Kashmir&#8221; played by an orchestra with solo cello\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=vgvdZsxc8fM\">Epic Symphonic Rock<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Prince&#8217;s &#8220;Kiss&#8221; sung a cappella\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=E51HAYmC0ek\">VoicePlay<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Steam&#8217;s &#8220;Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye&#8221; sung a cappella\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=hFgMnnyx-AU\">The Nylons<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Toto&#8217;s &#8220;Africa&#8221; played on violin, cello &amp; bass\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=3QHX7Q9rfno\">Simply Three<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Wham!s &#8220;Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go&#8221; sung a cappella\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8TQr7e-Xsc4\">Jared Halley<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Pharrell Williams&#8217;s &#8220;Happy&#8221; sung a cappella\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=K5I51C-U8Og\">BYU Vocal Point<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Bill Withers&#8217;s &#8220;Lean on Me&#8221; sung a cappella\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bXOAbyKLObs\">Straight No Chaser<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And a few medleys:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>ABBA songs with 2 people singing all the parts\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=yR9RSHWpa-o\">Peter Hollens feat. Bailey Pelkman<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>The Beatles songs with 1 person singing all the parts\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ywIbsqV3Nvo&amp;list=PLMD5fIlZdqAyKNGmZBp23PAXcTuPc7s7a&amp;index=58&amp;t=0s\">Jared Halley<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>INXS songs with a bunch of people singing a cappella\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=uIrJoNO6s24\">The Australian A Cappella Collab Project<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Michael Jackson songs with 1 person singing all the parts\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=SxAq2c5CjeI\">Jared Halley<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Billy Joel songs with 1 person singing all the parts\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_X2C_K_WUfk\">Jared Halley<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here are some videos of unique versions of songs &#8212; for this 1st post, it&#8217;s pop (and folk) songs. I already posted about a couple of others here. ABBA&#8217;s &#8220;Mamma Mia&#8221; sung by a group recording all their parts from home &#8220;Mamma Mia!&#8221; London cast a-ha&#8217;s &#8220;Take On Me&#8221; played by a small orchestra Brooklyn [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[42,13,90],"class_list":["post-16410","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-from-the-web","tag-lists","tag-music","tag-pop"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16410","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16410"}],"version-history":[{"count":26,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16410\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21694,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16410\/revisions\/21694"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16410"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16410"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16410"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}