triple j’s Like A Version hit its stride in 2006. Here’s a list of every Like A Version that was broadcast throughout the year. If you’re looking for the complete archive, including every Like A Version from 2004-2023, you can find that here.
Please note: not every song exists online, but streaming links are provided for the majority of performances below.
2006
- Angus & Julia Stone – ‘Tubthumping’ (Chumbawamba cover) – Listen
- Augie March – ‘Still I Dream of It’ (Brian Wilson cover) – Listen
- Beth Orton – ‘O-o-h Child’ (The Five Stairsteps cover) – Listen
- Dirty Three – ‘Maggie May’ (Rod Stewart cover) – Listen
- Fdel – ‘For What It’s Worth’ (Buffalo Springfield cover) – Listen
- Jamie Lidell – ‘What a Fool Believes’ (The Doobie Brothers cover) – Listen
- Jens Lekman – ‘Vem Kan Segla Förutan Vind? (Who Can Sail Without the Wind?)’ (Swedish folk song) – Listen
- Johnny Boy – ‘Sheena Is a Punk Rocker/The Clapping Song (Clap Pat Clap Slap)’ (The Ramones/Shirley Ellis cover) – Listen
- Red Riders – ‘Waterfall’ (The Stone Roses cover) – Listen
- Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings – ‘This Land Is Your Land’ (Woody Guthrie cover) – Listen
- PVT – ‘Woman’ (Wolfmother cover) – Listen
- SubAudible Hum – ‘Africa’ (Toto cover) – Listen
- The Zutons – ‘Runaway’ (Del Shannon cover) – Listen
- The Magic Numbers – ‘Crazy In Love’ (Beyoncé ft. Jay-Z cover)
- The Soundtrack Of Our Lives – ‘Signed D.C.’ (Love cover) – Listen
- The Greenhornes – ‘Nothing Can Change This Love’ (Sam Cooke cover) – Listen
- The Cloud Room – ‘Always On My Mind’ (Elvis Presley cover) – Listen
- The Fumes – ‘I’m Goin’ Down’ (Bruce Springsteen cover) – Listen
- The Brunettes – ‘Toxic’ (Britney Spears cover) – Listen
- Bob Evans – ‘Beautiful To Me’ (Little Birdy cover) – Listen
- Ben Folds – ‘Such Great Heights’ (The Postal Service cover) – Listen
- Custom Kings – ‘The Boys Of Summer’ (Don Henley cover) – Listen
- Urge Overkill – ‘Hello There’ (Cheap Trick cover) – Listen
- Blue King Brown – ‘You Don’t Love Me (No, No, No)’ (Dawn Penn cover) – Listen
- Eskimo Joe – ‘Hey’ (Pixies cover) – Listen
- Death Cab for Cutie – ‘You Woke up My Neighbourhood’ (Billy Bragg cover) – Listen
- Gomez – ‘Breakfast In America’ (Supertramp cover) – Listen
- Françoiz Breut – ‘Plain Gold Ring’ (Nina Simone cover) – Listen
- Muph & Plutonic – ‘Once in a Lifetime’ (Talking Heads cover) – Listen
- Okkervil River – ‘Ex-Girl Collection’ (The Wrens cover) – Listen
- Mick Hart – ‘The Wind Cries Mary’ (Jimi Hendrix Experience cover) – Listen
- Macromantics – ‘Jump’ (Kris Kross cover) – Listen
- The BellRays – ‘Highway To Hell’ (AC/DC cover) – Listen
- The Audreys – ‘That Ain’t Bad’ (RatCat cover) – Listen
- The Resurrectors – ‘Last Nite’ (The Strokes cover) – Listen
- The Kill Devil Hills – ‘Look at Miss Ohio’ (Gillian Welch cover) – Listen
- Koolism – ‘Sign ‘O’ the Times’ (Prince cover) – Listen
- Pony Up! – ‘An Honest Mistake’ (The Bravery cover) – Listen
- Hard-Fi – ‘Bankrobber’ (The Clash cover) – Listen
- Gossip – ‘Fancy’ (Reba McEntire cover) – Listen
- Kelley Stoltz – ‘Dolphins’ (Fred Neil cover) – Listen
- Behind Crimson Eyes – ‘I Touch Myself’ (Divinyls cover) – Listen
Further Reading
triple j’s Like A Version in 2004
triple j’s Like A Version in 2005
