Bruce Springsteen - Independence Day (live) from Live 1975-1985 (1986)
Taj Mahal - Freedom Ride from Largo (1998)
The Damnwells - God Bless America from Air Stereo (2006)
The Beach Boys - Spirit Of America from Good Vibrations (1993)
James Taylor - On The 4th Of July from October Road (2002)
Crosby Stills Nash and Young - American Dream from American Dream (1988)
Michael McDonald - Sweet Freedom (remix) from Sweet Freedom (1986)
Chicago - Free Country from Chicago III (1971)
Kansas - Song For America from Ultimate Kansas (2002)
Matthew Ryan - American Dirt from Matthew Ryan vs. the Silver State (2008)
American Music Club - Patriot’s Heart from Love Songs for Patriots (2004)
Bill Janovitz and Crown Victoria - Fireworks on TV from Fireworks on TV! (2004)
Randy Newman - A Few Words in Defense of Our Country from A Few Words in Defense of My Country (2007)
Richard Julian - Fourth of July from Richard Julian (1997)
Will Hoge - America from The America EP (2004)
Bob Dylan - Chimes Of Freedom (live) from No Direction Home (2005)
Neil Young - Rockin’ In The Free World from Freedom (1989)
Paul Simon - American Tune from There Goes Rhymin’ Simon (1973)
Ray Charles - America The Beautiful from Genius & Soul (1997)
Mark O’Connor - The Star-Spangled Banner from Midnight on the Water (1998)

Popularity: 3% [?]

Heather Nova - Walk This World from Oyster (1994)
Jungle Brothers - I’ll House You from Straight Out the Jungle (1988)
Kool Moe Dee - Let’s Go from Greatest Hits (1993)
Patty Griffin - Tracks of My Tears (Live) from Love From My Lips (2004)
Danny Wilde - Time Runs Wild from Any Man’s Hunger (1988)
Jann Arden - Could I Be Your Girl from Living Under June (1994)
Roc C - Living for the City from Chrome Children Vol. 2 (2007)
Rod Stewart - Some Guys Have All The Luck from Camouflage (1984)
LL Cool J - The Boomin’ System from Mama Said Knock You Out (1990)
A Tribe Called Quest - Da Booty from The Love Movement (1998)
Colin Hay - Lonely Without You from Are You Lookin’ at Me? (2007)
The Doobie Brothers - Rio from Takin’ It to the Streets (1976)
ZZ Top - I Thank You from Degüello (1979)
Salt-N-Pepa - Groove Me from Very Necessary (1993)
Tony Trischka - Run Mountain from Double Banjo Bluegrass Spectacular (2007)
Elvis Costello & Burt Bacharach - In the Darkest Place from Painted From Memory (1998)

Popularity: 10% [?]

Peter Case - Wilderness from Torn Again (1995)
Wilco - War on War from Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (2002)
Neil Finn - Sinner (Live) from KBCO Studio C: Volume 10 (2000)
Timbuk 3 - Wheel of Fortune from Edge of Allegiance (1989)
Yes - State of Play from Talk (1994)
Buddy Rich - Big Mac from The Roar of ‘74 (1973)
Howard Jones - What Is Love? from Human’s Lib (1984)
Otis Redding - Hey Hey Baby from Otis! (1993)
Bruce Hornsby - Hooray for Tom from Halcyon Days (2004)
Stevie Wonder - Have a Talk With God from Songs in the Key of Life (1976)
Richard Marx and Matt Scannell - Give You Back from Duo (2008)
Jonathan Coulton - I Will from Thing a Week II (2006)
Frank Sinatra - September Song from A Voice in Time (2007)
Squeeze - There Is a Voice from Play (1991)
David Byrne - The Other Side of This Life from Grown Backwards (2004)
Sound Providers - For Old Time’s Sake from An Evening With the Sound Providers (2004)

Popularity: 7% [?]

Dr. John - Why Come from Anutha Zone (1998)
Robbie Robertson - Shake This Town from Storyville (1991)
Was (Not Was) - Dressed to Be Killed from Are You Okay? (1990)
The Stovall Sisters - Hang On in There from What It Is! Funky Soul and Rare Grooves (1967-1977) (2006)
Call and Response - Eclipse from Winds Take No Shape (2004)
Freddie Stevenson - Alibi Song from All My Strange Companions (2008)
Del Amitri - Opposite View from Waking Hours (1989)
Pearl Jam - Get Right from Riot Act (2002)
Robert Johnson - Dead Shrimp Blues from The Complete Recordings (1990)
The Lilac Time - Back in the Car Park from Looking for a Day in the Night (1999)
Livingston Taylor - Thank You Song from Livingston Taylor (1970)
Sinéad O’Connor - This Is to Mother You from Gospel Oak (1997)
Toots Thielemans - Giant Steps from Airegin (1996)
Nick Lowe - Cruel to Be Kind from Labour of Lust (1979)
Donny Hathaway - What a Woman Really Means from Atlantic Unearthed: Soul Brothers (2006)
The Smiths - Sweet and Tender Hooligan from Louder Than Bombs (1987)

Popularity: 10% [?]

Billy Preston - The Octopus from The Most Exciting Organ Ever (1965)
The Dirty Dozen Brass Band - What a Friend We Have in Jesus from Funeral for a Friend (2004)
Peter Himmelman - Flown This Acid World (Live) from Stage Diving (1996)
Orba Squara - All Around the World from Sunshyness (2008)
Jungle Brothers - Moving Along from Raw Deluxe (1997)
Jason Spooner - The Flame You Follow from The Flame You Follow (2007)
We Are Scientists - Chick Lit from Brain Thrust Mastery (2008)
ABC - Bite the Hand from Beauty Stab (1983)
Rogue Wave - Missed from Asleep at Heaven’s Gate (2007)
Erich Von Kneip - Elegant and Graceful from A Collection of Abject Musings (2007)
Chris Trapper - A Day Without You from Songs From the Middle of the World (2008)
Silver Sun - Facts of Life from Dad’s Weird Dream (2007)
Beckley-Lamm-Wilson - Life in Motion from Like a Brother (2000)
Richard Shindell - Waiting for the Storm from Somewhere Near Paterson (2000)
Starclock - Glasses from Starclock (2002)
A Tribe Called Quest - Give Me from The Love Movement (1998)

Popularity: 10% [?]

Marshall Crenshaw - Wild Abandon from Mary Jean and 9 Others (1987)
Mike & the Mechanics - Someone Always Hates Someone from Beggar on a Beach of Gold (1995)
Nas - Made You Look from God’s Son (2002)
XTC - The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead from Nonsuch (1992)
Suzanne Vega - Bound from Beauty & Crime (2007)
Paddy Milner - Beware of the Groove from Walking on Eggshells (2005)
Jeff Beck - Freeway Jam from Blow by Blow (1975)
The Cat Empire - Voodoo Cowboy from So Many Nights (2008)
Cutting Crew - I’ve Been in Love Before from The Best Of (1993)
Janis Joplin - Half Moon from Janis (1993)
The Long Winters - Ultimatum from Putting the Days to Bed (2006)
Grand Archives - Swan Matches from Grand Archives (2008)
Stanley Jordan - Song for My Father from State of Nature (2008)
The Call - You Run from Let the Day Begin (1989)
Michael McDonald - Minute by Minute (live) from Live at Retro Rewind (1999)
Danny Elfman - Finale from Big Fish (2003)

Popularity: 11% [?]

Marvin Gaye - What’s Going On from What’s Going On (1971)
Emmylou Harris and Linda Ronstadt - 1917 from Western Wall: The Tucson Sessions (1999)
Bob Dylan - Two Soldiers from World Gone Wrong (1993)
Bruce Springsteen - Gypsy Rider from Magic (2007)
Tom Waits - Soldier’s Things from Swordfishtrombones (1983)
Patty Griffin - Chief from 1000 Kisses (2002)
Steve Earle - Ben McCulloch from Train A Comin’ (1995)
Eddie Vedder and Ben Harper - No More (live) from Body of War: Songs That Inspired an Iraq War Veteran (2008)
Cowboy Junkies - You’re Missing from Early 21st Century Blues (2005)
Jackson Browne - I Am A Patriot from World In Motion (1989)
Wilco with Billy Bragg - When the Roses Bloom Again from The Oxford American Southern Sampler 2000 (2000)
Dixie Chicks - Travelin’ Soldier from Home (2002)
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Fortunate Son from Willy and the Poor Boys (1969)
Johnny Cash - Drive On from American Recordings (1994)
The Band - The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down (alternate version) from A Musical History (2005, song recorded in 1969)
Eva Cassidy- Imagine from Imagine (2002)
Bonus Track for Memorial Day

Popularity: 15% [?]

I was going through a box of CD singles that I’m weeding out of my collection, and I couldn’t help but grin as I thumbed past a ridiculous number of cover songs. Once upon a time I used to absolutely live for cover songs, spending way too much money on import singles. Did I really need a copy of Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine singing the Monkees’ “Randy Scouse Git”? Probably not. But I bought it anyway, and I bought a hell of a lot of others too, believe me. But before I try to make a few bucks off these things, I thought I’d offer Mr. Giles a little assistance by throwing a few of them together and making this week’s Mixtape. (If anyone wants a sequel, just say the word.)

The Beautiful South - I Started a Joke from We Are Each Other (1992)
Levellers - The Devil Went Down to Georgia from One Way (1991)
Judybats - Cars from Daylight (1991)
The Wonder Stuff - Closer to Fine from Full of Life (Happy Now) (1993)
U2 - Paint It Black from Who’s Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses (1992)
Gene - Nightswimming from Where Are They Now? (1997)
R.E.M. - Arms of Love from Man on the Moon (1992)
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians - More Than This [Live] from Madonna of the Wasps (1989)
Tears for Fears - Creep [Live] from God’s Mistake (1995)
Pet Shop Boys - Girls and Boys [Live] from Paninaro ‘95 (1995)
Squeeze - End of a Century [Live] from This Summer (1995)
Tom Jones - Unbelievable [Live] from Burning Down the House (1999)
Nine Inch Nails - Get Down Make Love from Sin (1989)
Menswear - Public Image from Being Brave (1996)
The Candyskins - The Day the World Turned Day-Glo from Mrs. Hoover (1996)
Lightning Seeds - Hang On to a Dream from Joy (1990)

Popularity: 16% [?]

The Waterboys - World Party from Fisherman’s Blues (1988)
Ivan Neville - Ghetto Street from Saturday Morning Music (2002)
Ray LaMontagne - Country Girl from Rarities (year)
Splitsville - Your Way, My Way from Ultrasound (2005)
Red House Painters - Priest Alley Song from Songs for a Blue Guitar (1996)
Stick McGhee - One Monkey Don’t Stop No Show from Atlantic Rhythm & Blues (1947-74) (1991)
The Innocence Mission - Song About Traveling from Small Planes (2001)
Bob Dorough - Hodges from Right On My Way Home (1997)
Cheap Trick - Woke Up With a Monster (live) from Silver (2001)
Chuck Mangione - Chase The Clouds Away (live) from Live at the Hollywood Bowl (1978)
Evermore - Without Your Smile from Dreams (2006)
Fishbone - Unyielding Conditioning from The Essential (2003)
Larry Adler - St Louis Blues from The Virtuoso of the Mouth Organ (2005)
Hans York - Inner Windows from Young Amelia (2008)
John Mayer - Comfortable (live) from Live Bootleg (2000)
The O’Jays - Use Ta Be My Girl from The Sound Of Philadelphia: Gamble & Huff’s Greatest Hits (2008)

Popularity: 13% [?]

Stephen Bishop - Rebecca’s Theme from Blue Guitars (1994)
W.G. “Snuffy” Walden - Angela Smiled from Music By… (2000)
Glen Hansard & Markéta Irglová - Falling Slowly (live) from KBCO Studio C, Vol. 19 (2007)
Moxy Früvous - Psycho Killer (live) from Live Noise (1998)
Robyn Hitchcock and the Egyptians - Madonna Of The Wasps from Queen Elvis (1989)
Heavy D and The Boyz - You Can’t See What I Can See from Heavy Hitz (2000)
Tears For Fears - Raoul And The Kings Of Spain from Raoul and the Kings of Spain (1996)
Ned Massey - Smarter from Almost Drowned (1998)
Claire Bradley - Hallelujah from Off the Clock (2007)
Joe Jackson - Citizen Sane from Rain (2008)
Foster and Lloyd - Turn Around from Foster & Lloyd (1987)
Stan Getz and Chet Baker - Jordu from Stan Meets Chet (1996)
Allen Toussaint - Gone Too Far from The Complete Warner Bros. Recordings (2005)
Mike Errico - Ever Since from All In (2007)
Levon Helm - Blind Child from Dirt Farmer (2007)

Popularity: 13% [?]