Radio 1 have pulled together a thick brigade of popular artists for a retrospective covers compilation.
Famous faces from today's pop/rock tangent were assigned a year each from the last 40 and then asked to pick a song that fell in those 12 months.
As you can see below,
The Fratellis were assigned 1968 - and have chosen to have a bash at Jimmy Hendrix'
'All Along The Watchtower'.
Gagging for the full'un? Bahlow:
1967: Flowers In The Rain (The Move) covered by The Kaiser Chiefs
1968: All Along The Watchtower (Jimi Hendrix Experience) covered by The Fratellis
1969: Cupid (Johnny Nash) covered by Amy Winehouse
1970: Lola (The Kinks) covered by Robbie Williams
1971: Your Song (Elton John) covered by The Streets
1972: Betcha By Golly Wow (The Stylistics) covered by Sugababes
1973: You’re So Vain (Carly Simon) covered by The Feeling
1974: Band On The Run (Wings) covered by Foo Fighters
1975: Love Is The Drug (Roxy Music) covered by Kylie
1976: Let’s Stick Together (Bryan Ferry) covered by KT Tunstall
1977: Sound & Vision (David Bowie) covered by Franz Ferdinand
1978: Teenage Kicks (The Undertones) covered by The Raconteurs
1979: Can’t Stand Losing You (The Police) covered by Mika
1980: Too Much Too Young (The Specials) covered by Kasabian
1981: Under Pressure (Queen & David Bowie) covered by Keane
1982: Town Called Malice (The Jam) covered by McFly
1983: Come Back And Stay (Paul Young) covered by James Morrison
1984: Careless Whisper (George Michael) covered by The Gossip
1985: The Power Of Love (Huey Lewis & The News) covered by Pigeon Detectives
1986: Don’t Get Me Wrong (The Pretenders) covered by Lily Allen
1987: You Sexy Thing (Hot Chocolate) covered by Stereophonics
1988: Fast Car (Tracy Chapman) covered by Mutya Buena
1989: Lullaby (the Cure) covered by Editors
1990: Englishman In New York (Sting) covered by Razorlight
1991: Crazy For You (Madonna) covered by Groove Armada
1992: It Must Be Love (Madness) covered by Paolo Nutini
1993: All That She Wants (Ace Of Base) covered by The Kooks
1994: You’re All I Need To Get By (Mary J Blige) covered by Mark Ronson
1995: Stillness In Time (Jamiroquai) covered by Calvin Harris
1996: No Diggity (Blackstreet) covered by Klaxons
1997: Love Fool (The Cardigans) covered by Just Jack
1998: Ray Of Light (Madonna) covered by Natasha Bedingfield
1999: Drinking in LA (Bran Van 3000) covered by The Twang
2000: The Great Beyond (REM) covered by The Fray
2001: Teenage Dirtbag (Wheatus) covered by Girls Aloud
2002: Like I Love You (Justin Timberlake) covered by Maximo Park
2003: Don’t Look Back Into The Sun (The Libertines) covered by The View
2004: Toxic (Britney Spears) covered by Hard-Fi
2005: Father & Son (Yusuf & Ronan Keating) covered by The Enemy
2006: Steady As She Goes (The Raconteurs) covered by Corinne Bailey Rae
The record marks the BBC station's 40th year on air.
http://www.drownedinsound.com/articles/2311287
Apart from No DIggity being covered by klaxons which could well be highly amusing, this looks like one of the worst covers albums ever......