All Saints, Seal, Leona Lewis and James Morrison cover 80s songs

Published May 5th 2016

For a special BBC album many artists have covered hits from the 80s mostly putting their own spin on the songs. In particular, All Saints’ cover of Madonna’s 1989 hit “Like A Prayer” is catching attention.

Sounds of the ’80s, Vol 2 exists of two CDs featuring the following songs:

Disc 1:
I’m on Fire – James Bay
The Boys of Summer – Stereophonics
Owner of a Lonely Heart by – Seal
Red Red Wine – James Morrison
Another Day In Paradise – Ronan Keating
Everybody Wants to Rule the World – Jamie Cullum
Road to Nowhere – The Feeling
Ain’t Nobody – Foxes
This Woman’s Work – Ella Henderson
How Will I Know – Will Young
Dancing In the Dark – Tom Odell
(Feels Like) Heaven – Manic Street Preachers
Let’s Dance – Guy Garvey 
Sledgehammer – Jamie Woon
Girls Just Wanna Have Fun – Gabrielle Aplin
Heartbreaker – Katie Melua
Like a Prayer – All Saints
Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) – Rae Morris

Disc 2:
Billie Jean – Kodaline 
All Night Long – Jack Savoretti
Through the Fire – Charlie Puth
I Keep Forgettin’ (Every Time You’re Near) – Hurts
Time After Time – Leona Lewis
Sign Your Name – Corinne Bailey Rae
Teardrops – Izzy Bizu 
Once in a Lifetime – Lemar
Baby Can I Hold You – Tom Chaplin
Wonderful Life – Turin Brakes
I’m on Fire – LeAnn Rimes
Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes  Mika
Here Comes the Rain Again – Shaun Escoffery and Andreya Triana
Don’t Dream It’s Over – Nell Bryden
All Through the Night – Stevie McCrorie
Purple Rain – The Waterboys
Borderline – Steve Mason
Everywhere – The Shires & Ward Thomas

Some artists, like Seal, had actually performed their song live on a rare occasion. Others, like Leona Lewis, have been known to sing the song live a few times.

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