Artist	Song
Smash Mouth	I'm a Believer
from All Star Smash Hits (2005)
UB40	Red, Red Wine
from Labour of Love (1993)
Johnny Cash	Solitary Man
from Unearthed (2010)
Urge Overkill	Girl, You'll Be a Woman Soon
from Stull EP (1992)
Dave Matthews Band	Sweet Caroline (Live)
from Live Trax Vol. 6: Fenway Park (2007)
Elvis Presley	And the Grass Won't Pay No Mind
from Suspicious Minds (1999)
Frank Sinatra	Song Sung Blue
from Trilogy: Past, Present & Future (2009)
Barbra Streisand	You Don't Bring Me Flowers
from Song Bird (1986)
Deep Purple	Kentucky Woman
from When We Rock, We Rock and When We Roll, We Roll (2005)
Shane MacGowan & The Popes	Cracklin' Rosie
from The Rare Oul' Stuff (2001)
Lulu	The Boat That I Row
from Greatest Hits (2003)
Albert Lee	Long Gone
from Black Claw & Country Fever (1994)
Bobby Womack	Sweet Caroline (Good Times Never Seemed So Good)
from Anthology: Bobby Womack (2003)
Junior Walker & The All Stars	Holly Holy
from The Complete Motown Singles, Vol. 10: 1970 (2008)
The Groovie Ghoulies	Lookout, Here Comes Tomorrow
from Monster Club (2005)
Bunny Rugs & Upsetters	I Am I Said
from To Love Somebody (1974)
Marcia Griffiths	Play Me
from Pied Piper (2010)
John Holt	Soolaiman
from I Can't Get You Off My Mind: 18 Greatest Hits At Studio One (2006)
The Music Machine	Cherry, Cherry
from Turn On (2007)
Gladys Knight	Love On The Rocks
from Original Uptown Divas (2010)
Jane Olivor	Brooklyn Roads
from Safe Return (Live) (2004)
Martin Zellar	If You Know What I Mean
from Born Under (Bonus Tracks) (2006)
David Hasselhoff	Forever In Blue Jeans
from Sings America (2004)
Original Broadway Cast	Crunchy Granola
from Fosse (Original Broadway Cast Recording) (1999)

Comment:

If you ever needed proof that Neil Diamond is one of the greatest songwriters of his — or any other — generation, just listen to five decades of his hits covered by your favorite artists. The Monkees handed Neil his first chart-topper — and had [i]their[/i] biggest smash — with “I’m a Believer,” which scored [i]yet again[/i] when Smash Mouth cut it for [i]Shrek[/i]’s soundtrack. Barbra Streisand’s solo recording of “You Don’t Bring Me Flowers” inspired a DJ to edit her version together with Neil’s — and, [i]wham[/i], the phones lit up like a Vegas casino. When Neil heard the remix, he and Barbra recut the song as a duet — and a #1 hit. Richie Blackmore’s most tasteful — and restrained — guitar solo ever graces Deep Purple’s psych-meets-prog-party cover of “Kentucky Woman.” And Urge Overkill kick-started hipsters’ Diamond rediscovery renaissance with their dreamily seductive cover of “Girl, You’ll Be a Woman Soon,” from the [i]Pulp Fiction[/i] soundtrack. From an inexplicably large number of reggae covers, including UB40’s “Red Red Wine,” to Shane MacGowan and the Popes’ whiskey-over-gravel take on “Cracklin’ Rosie,” we’ve got Diamond covered.

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