2012 was another big year for triple j’s Like A Version. We heard Jinja Safari’s cover of R. Kelly’s ‘Ignition (Remix)’, Alex Turner of Arctic Monkeys covering Patsy Cline’s ‘Strange’, and loads more. Here’s a list of every Like A Version aired on the station that year.
If you’re looking for the complete archive, including every Like A Version from 2004-2023, you can find that here.
2012
- The Living End – ‘Drugs’ (Ammonia cover) – Listen
- Josh Pyke – ‘Endless Summer’ (The Jezabels cover) – Listen
- alt-J – ‘Slow Dre’ (Kylie Minogue/Dr Dre cover) – Listen
- Angus Stone – ‘Hold On’ (Alabama Shakes cover) – Listen
- Active Child – ‘Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)’ (Eurythmics cover) – Listen
- Arctic Monkeys/Alex Turner – ‘Strange’ (Patsy Cline cover) – Listen
- Ball Park Music – ‘Do You Realize??’ (The Flaming Lips cover) – Listen
- Band Of Skulls – ‘I Follow Rivers’ (Lykke Li cover) – Listen
- Austra – ‘None Of Dem’ (Röyksopp ft. Robyn cover) – Listen
- Big Scary – ‘Hurt Me’ (The Jezabels cover) – Listen
- Chance Waters – ‘Little Lion Man’ (Mumford & Sons cover) – Listen
- Bleeding Knees Club – ‘Oblivion’ (Grimes cover) – Listen
- Citizens! – ‘The Best’ (Tina Turner cover) – Listen
- Bluejuice – ‘Video Games’ (Lana Del Rey cover) – Listen
- Chairlift – ‘Party’ (Beyoncé ft. André 3000 cover) – Listen
- Bon Iver – ‘Coming Down’ (Anaïs Mitchell cover) – Listen
- Electric Guest – ‘Ritual Union’ (Little Dragon cover) – Listen
- Deep Sea Arcade – ‘Let Forever Be’ (The Chemical Brothers cover) – Listen
- Emperors – ‘Shake It Out’ (Florence + The Machine cover) – Listen
- City and Colour – ‘Settle Down’ (Kimbra cover) – Listen
- Jinja Safari – ‘Ignition (Remix)’ (R. Kelly cover) – Listen
- Ladyhawke – ‘White Rabbit’ (Jefferson Airplane cover) – Listen
- Hilltop Hoods – ‘So What’Cha Want’ (Beastie Boys cover) – Listen
- Lanie Lane – ‘Gold on the Ceiling’ (The Black Keys cover) – Listen
- Julia Stone – ‘Feeding Line’ (Boy & Bear cover) – Listen
- Sticky Fingers – ‘Rhiannon’ (Fleetwood Mac cover) – Listen
- Last Dinosaurs – ‘Sing It Back’ (Moloko cover) – Listen
- Metric – ‘Always On My Mind’ (Willie Nelson cover) – Listen
- Lisa Mitchell – ‘Midnight City’ (M83 cover) – Listen
- Loon Lake – ‘Angels’ (The xx cover) – Listen
- The Bamboos – ‘Lost’ (Frank Ocean cover) – Listen
- Mutemath – ‘Fallin” (Alicia Keys cover) – Listen
- The Medics – ‘Blowin’ in the Wind’ (Bob Dylan cover) – Listen
- The Maccabees – ‘Girl, You’ll Be A Woman Soon’ (Neil Diamond cover) – Listen
- The Temper Trap – ‘Don’t Fight It’ (The Panics cover) – Listen
- Tim Minchin – ‘Here Comes the Flood’ (Peter Gabriel cover) – Listen
- The Herd – ‘A Change is Gonna Come’ (Sam Cooke cover) – Listen
- You Me At Six – ‘Paradise’ (Coldplay cover) – Listen
- Xavier Rudd – ‘I Need A Dollar’ (Aloe Blacc cover) – Listen
- Gossip – ‘What’s Love Got to Do with It’ (Tina Turner cover) – Listen
- Husky – ‘Need You Tonight’ (INXS cover) – Listen
- Yung Warriors – ‘Black Boy’ (Coloured Stone cover) – Listen
- Hermitude – ‘Get Free’ (Major Lazer ft. Amber Coffman cover) – Listen
- Missy Higgins – ‘Hearts A Mess’ (Gotye cover) – Listen
- Matt Corby – ‘Lonely Boy’ (The Black Keys cover) – Listen
- Thundamentals – ‘Brother’ (Matt Corby 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
