4 Songs Written by The Beatles That Were Expertly Covered by 80s Artists

Four artists released 1980s covers of Beatles songs that brought different styles to the originals while keeping their core appeal. The examples show how the band’s songwriting continued to resonate across country, pop, dance and post-punk.

Roseanne Cash’s 1989 country version of “I Don’t Want to Spoil the Party” added fiddle and became her ninth and final US country No. 1. Phil Collins’s “Tomorrow Never Knows” closed his 1981 debut solo album, while Rockwell released “Taxman” as a UK single that reached the Top 100. Siouxsie and the Banshees recorded “Dear Prudence” in 1983 with Robert Smith on guitar; it became the band’s biggest hit in Britain.