I’m not a One Direction fan, but Rita Ora’s cover of “What Makes You Beautiful” sounded pretty good. Previously: Rita Ora – Roc The Life
Live Lounge
Alt-J – Too Close (Alex Clare Cover)
As well as performing “Tessellate”, Alt-J also covered Alex Clare’s “Too Close” in their visit to the BBC Live Lounge yesterday. Nice.
Maverick Sabre – Beautiful Girls/Stand By Me (Ben E. King & Sean Kinston Cover)
Maverick Sabre adds a touch of Soul to Sean Kingston’s “Beautiful Girls” and then performed a true Soul classic; Ben E. King’s “Stand By Me”. The performance was part of Maverick Sabre’s session in the BBC’s Hackney Academy Live Lounge yesterday.
Paloma Faith – Feel The Love (Rudimental Cover)
Paloma Faith’s cover of Rudiemental’s recent UK number 1 “Feel The Love” at the Hackney Academy for BBC Radio 1’s Live Lounge yesterday. Buy “Feel The Love”: iTunes UK | iTunes US
B.o.B. – Paradise (Coldplay Cover)
While in the BBC’s Live Lounge today B.o.B. performed a cover of Coldplay’s “Paradise”. Fast forward to 13:10 to hear B.o.B performing one of his favorite band’s recent singles. Buy Coldplay’s “Paradise” on iTunes UK | iTunes US
Usher – Pumped Up Kicks (Foster the People Cover)
Usher’s cover of Foster the People’s “Pumped Up Kicks” from his visit to the BBC Live Lounge yesterday.
Stooshe – Where Have You Been (Rihanna Cover)
In their visit to BBC Radio 1’s Live Lounge at the Hackney Acedemy yesterday, Stooshe performed a mash up of Ben Howard’s “Only Love” and Rihanna’s “Where Have You Been”. Mixing the songs was a nice touch and it made the performance more interesting than the average Live Lounge session.
Alex Clare – We Are Young (Fun. Cover)
Alex Clare’s acoustic cover of Fun.’s current UK number 1 single “We Are Young”. Damn Alex can sing! Fun.’s original version of “We Are Young” is available to buy on iTunes UK & iTunes US.
Lostprophets vs. Labrinth – Earthquake (Video)
Lostprophets and Labrinth joined forces today for to perform Labrinth’s “Earthquake” in the Live Lounge. Apart from the microphones not being loud enough it sounded pretty good.
Delilah – R.I.P. (Rita Ora Cover)
Delilah dropped by the Live Lounge yesterday and performed a smashing rendition of Rita Ora’s current UK number 1 single “R.I.P.”. Infact Delilah’s version ma just be better than Rita’s original! Buy “R.I.P.”: iTunes UK.| iTunes US