triple j continued to bring us more Like A Versions in 2009. You can find every Like A Version from the year, from Phoenix to Bon Iver, The Flaming Lips to Sia, in the list below.
If you’re looking for the complete archive, including every Like A Version from 2004-2023, you can find that here.
2009
- Phoenix – ‘Playground Love’ (Air ft. Gordon Tracks cover) – Listen
- Sia – ‘I Go to Sleep’ (The Pretenders cover) – Listen
- The Cat Empire – ‘Sunny Afternoon’ (The Kinks cover) – Listen
- The Flaming Lips – ‘Borderline/Can’t Get You Out Of My Head’ (Madonna/Kylie Minogue cover) – Listen
- Tiki Taane – ‘Use Somebody’ (Kings of Leon cover) – Listen
- The Temper Trap – ‘Dancing In the Dark’ (Bruce Springsteen cover) – Listen
- Something With Numbers – ‘Sex From the Bong’ (Kings of Leon/Cypress Hill cover) – Listen
- The Hold Steady – ‘History Lesson – Part II’ (Minutemen cover) – Listen
- Sparkadia – ‘Summer Rain’ (Belinda Carlisle cover) – Listen
- Wolfmother – ‘Wuthering Heights’ (Kate Bush cover) – Listen
- Wolf & Cub – ‘Mambo Sun’ (T. Rex cover) – Listen
- Regular John – ‘Hybrid Moments’ (Misfits cover) – Listen
- My Morning Jacket – ‘Sayonara (The Japanese Farewell Song)’ (Club Nisei Orchestra cover) – Listen
- Oh Mercy – ‘Lovefool’ (The Cardigans cover) – Listen
- Urthboy – ‘London Calling’ (The Clash cover) – Listen
- The Kills – ‘Crazy’ (Patsy Cline cover) – Listen
- Washington – ‘Santeria’ (Sublime cover) – Listen
- Chuck Ragan & Laura Jane Grace – ‘Greenback Dollar’ (The Kingston Trio cover) – Listen
- Eagles Of Death Metal – ‘Brown Sugar’ (The Rolling Stones cover) – Listen
- Ben Harper And Relentless7 – ‘Under Pressure’ (David Bowie and Queen cover) – Listen
- Bertie Blackman – ‘In The Air Tonight’ (Phil Collins cover) – Listen
- Alkaline Trio – ‘The KKK Took My Baby Away’ (Ramones cover) – Listen
- Gomez – ‘From St. Kilda To Kings Cross’ (Paul Kelly cover) – Listen
- Dananananaykroyd – ‘Whip It’ (DEVO cover) – Listen
- Bon Iver – ‘The Park’ (Feist cover) – Listen
- Lisa Mitchell – ‘Romeo And Juliet’ (Dire Straits cover) – Listen
- Jet – ‘Sooner Or Later’ (N.E.R.D cover) – Listen
- Mat McHugh & The Black Bird – ‘Only You’ (Yazoo cover) – Listen
- Little Birdy – ‘Do Right Woman, Do Right Man’ (Aretha Franklin cover) – Listen
- Mélanie Pain – ‘God Save the Queen’ (Sex Pistols cover) – Listen
- Metronomy – ‘We Are The People’ (Empire of the Sun cover) – Listen
- Mia Dyson – ‘This Magic Moment’ (The Drifters cover) – Listen
- Metric – ‘The End Has No End’ (The Strokes cover) – Listen
- Bob Evans – ‘Not Fair’ (Lily Allen cover) – Listen
- Grinspoon – ‘When You Were Mine’ (Prince cover) – Listen
- Dappled Cities – ‘My Girls’ (Animal Collective cover) – Listen
- Jae Laffer – ‘They Thought I Was Asleep’ & ‘When I First Met Your Ma’ (Paul Kelly covers) – Listen
- Mariachi El Bronx – ‘I Would Die 4 U’ (Prince and the Revolution cover) – Listen
- Illy – ‘Where Is My Mind?’ (Pixies cover) – Listen
- Ladyhawke – ‘Message to My Girl’ (Split Enz cover) – Listen
- Josh Earl – ‘Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)’ (Beyoncé cover) – Listen
- Kisschasy – ‘Alex Chilton’ (The Replacements cover) – Listen
- Philadelphia Grand Jury – ’99 Problems’ (Jay-Z cover) – Listen
Further Reading
triple j’s Like A Version in 2005
triple j’s Like A Version in 2006
triple j’s Like A Version – The Complete List
