Better Than the Original: The Joy of the Cover Version
(2015)

Released: 2015-11-06

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Through ten carefully chosen cover versions that whisk us from the British Invasion to a noughties X Factor final, this film journeys over five decades to track how artists as varied as The Moody Blues, Soft Cell, Puff Daddy and Alexandra Burke have scored number 1s with their retake on someone else's song. Each of the ten classic cover versions has its own particular tale, tied not only into its musical and cultural context but also the personal testimony of the artists, producers and songwriters whose lives were changed in the process.

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Meera Syal

as Narrator

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Fred Fabre

Camera Operator

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James Johnson

Online Editor

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Jan Younghusband

Commissioning Editor

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Graham Kirkman

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

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Stephania Minici

Production Executive

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Jo Sinkins

Production Manager

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Celina Parker

Development Producer

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Mei Ye Li

Production Coordinator

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