“Where is Beatles band?”, asked Samuel K Amphong in an infamous letter to the NME in the late 1970s. Spotify fans could be forgiven for asking the same question in 2010. There is no Beatles music on Spotify. In fact, there is no Beatles music available on any digital music service. This is due to a long-running disagreement between Apple and EMI, which has caused the very annoying Beatles Gap in online music.

However, while there is no Beatles music on Spotify, there are plenty of Beatles songs – cover versions performed by some of music’s biggest stars, and by some less-well known artists. And some of them (whisper it) may even be better than the originals. That can surely be said to be true of Joe Cocker’s With A Little Help From My Friends, but also consider Stevie Wonder’s We Can Work It Out, In My Life by Johnny Cash, and Dear Prudence by Siouxsie And The Banshees.

The Spotiguide Beatles Covers Playlist collects together an hour’s worth of superior Beatles cover versions for your delectation. Are they better than the original? Have a listen and judge for yourself.

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