triple j’s Like A Version segment began in 2004 with performances from Missy Higgins, Pete Murray, Goodshirt, Gorgeous and loads more. Here’s a list of every Like A Version aired on the station that year.
If you’re looking for the complete archive, including every Like A Version from 2004-2023, you can find that here.
2004
- Donavon Frankenreiter – ‘Stay Young’ (Gallagher and Lyle cover) – Listen
- Clare Bowditch – ‘Hallelujah’ (Leonard Cohen cover) – Listen
- Betchadupa – ‘Sweet Dreams’ (Split Enz cover) – Listen
- Bluebottle Kiss – ‘Grapefruit Moon’ (Tom Waits cover) – Listen
- Bertie Blackman – ‘Tyrone’ (Erykah Badu cover) – Listen
- Shihad – ‘Ace of Spades’ (Motörhead cover) – Listen
- The Pictures – ‘Milkshake’ (Kelis cover) – Listen
- The Living End – ‘Walls’ (Icehouse cover) – Listen
- The Cat Empire – ‘Hotel California’ (The Eagles cover) – Listen
- The Beautiful Girls – ‘I’ve Just Destroyed the World’ (Willie Nelson cover) – Listen
- The Camels – ‘Can’t Take My Eyes Off You’ (Frankie Valli cover) – Listen
- Serena Ryder – ‘Illegal Smile’ (John Prine cover) – Listen
- Starky – ‘Show a Sign of Life’ (The High Strung cover) – Listen
- Missy Higgins – ‘Moses’ (Patty Griffin cover) – Listen
- Pete Murray – ‘Sugar Mountain’ (Neil Young cover) – Listen
- Salmonella Dub – ‘Get Up, Stand Up’ (Bob Marley & The Wailers cover) – Listen
- Lazy Susan – ‘Are You Old Enough’ (Dragon cover) – Listen
- Love Outside Andromeda – ‘Andy Warhol’ (David Bowie cover) – Listen
- Little Birdy – ‘These Boots Are Made for Walkin” (Nancy Sinatra cover) – Listen
- Jebediah – ‘Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head’ (B. J. Thomas cover) – Listen
- John Butler Trio – ‘Message in a Bottle’ (The Police cover) – Listen
- Grinspoon – ‘The Drugs Don’t Work’ (The Verve cover) – Listen
- Goodshirt – ‘Gouge Away’ (Pixies cover) – Listen
- Gorgeous – ‘Little Suicides’ (The Golden Palominos cover) – Listen
- Darren Hanlon – ‘Don’t Stop’ (Fleetwood Mac cover) – Listen
- End Of Fashion – ‘Quicksand’ (David Bowie cover) – Listen
- Dan Kelly & The Alpha Males – ‘Sitting By the Riverside/Summer Wine’ (The Kinks/Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazelwood cover) – Listen
- Damien Rice – ‘When Doves Cry’ (Prince and the Revolution cover) – Listen
- Ash – ‘Teenage Kicks’ (The Undertones cover) – Listen
- Big Heavy Stuff – ‘Hyperballad’ (Björk cover) – Listen
Further Reading
triple j’s Like A Version – The Complete List
triple j Announces Hottest 100 of Like a Version
Watch MUNA Take on Céline Dion’s ‘My Heart Will Go On’ for Like A Version
