Which one is your favorite? - LXVI -

This week we have a song of which a cover version is more well-known than the original.  It is a 1967 song written by John Holt, originally produced by Duke Reid and performed by the Jamaican group The Paragons, with Holt as lead singer. Holt wrote a lot of love songs; in this one, he's willing to wait out the high tide to get his girl back. 

Here is the song for this week;

"The Tide is High"

The song gained international attention in 1980, when a reggae version by the American band Blondie became a US/UK number one hit. Harry and Stein heard the song on a compilation tape they picked up in London; they thought it was too good not to record. 

In 2002 Atomic Kitten returned the song to the UK #1 spot with a more pop-oriented cover. They combined "The Tide Is High" with the freshly composed "Get The Feeling," which was added at the suggestion of Hugh Goldsmith of Innocent Records. This made "The Tide Is High" one of two songs to top the UK chart twice with versions by two different female vocal acts. The other song is "Eternal Flame," which was a hit for Atomic Kitten again as well as the Bangles.

In a 2006 interview with Rolling Stone magazine, Sean Lennon said: "My father had an old Wurlitzer in the game room of our house on Long Island. It was filled with 45s, mostly Elvis and The Everly Brothers. The one modern song I remember him listening to was 'The Tide Is High' by Blondie, which he played constantly. When I hear that song, I see my father, unshaven, his hair pulled back into a ponytail, dancing to and fro in a worn-out pair of denim shorts, with me at his feet, trying my best to coordinate tiny limbs."

Here are the 7 versions I picked for you;

• Gregory Isaacs - "The Tide Is High"

• Blondie - "The Tide Is High"

• Jazz Passengers - "The Tide is High"

• Maxi Priest - "The Tide is High"

• Handmade Moments ft. Cyrille Aimée - "The Tide is High"

• Atomic Kitten - "The Tide Is High"

• Cassandra Beck - "The Tide Is High"

Now the floor is yours, go ahead and make your comments (here, Instagram, Facebook wherever you feel like...).

nb. Please note that I intentionally do not include the original versions of the songs as it would be a little unfair to the artists covering the songs, and I am sure that sometimes you will be surprised to see that the songs you thought were the originals are just covers.