Smalltown Boy - Cover Versions

Cover Versions

• In 1996, it was covered by The Nylons on their album Run for Cover. This version featured only vocals and percussion.
• In 1996, Depressive Age, a German metal band, covered the song on their Electric Scum album.
• In 1996, Tori Amos incorporated "Smalltown Boy" with "Tubular Bells" in a live performance of her song "Father Lucifer" on the "Late Show with David Letterman".
• The Wounded, a Dutch Doom/Gothic Metal band, also covered "Smalltown Boy" on their debut album The Art of Grief in 2000.
• In 2000, Rosetta Stone covered "Smalltown Boy" on the 80's cover album, Unerotica.
• French alternative rock band Indochine often perform "Smalltown Boy" in concert and a live recording of the song is available on the single release of their song "Marilyn" from 2002.
• Paradise Lost, a Gothic Metal band from England, covered "Smalltown Boy" and released it as a bonus track on their 2002 Symbol of Life album.
• In 2006, The Fire covered "Smalltown Boy" and they registered the videoclip. This cover is on the album Loverdrive.
• In 2006, Supermode released "Tell Me Why", containing melodic samples from "Smalltown Boy" and lyrics from another Bronski Beat track titled "Why?".
• In 2007, José González covered "Smalltown Boy" and released it as a B-side on the single for his own "Down the Line".
• In 2008, Atrocity, a German metal band, covered the song on their Werk 80 II album.
• In 2009, And One covered "Smalltown Boy" and it was released on the Bodypop 1.5 album along with other iconic 80's tracks.
• In 2009, Delain, a symphonic female-fronted metal band, covered "Smalltown Boy" on the re-release of their album, April Rain.
• In 2010, Sharon Corr covered the song for her debut solo album Dream of You.
• Herman Düne, formally known as Andre Human Dune, have covered "Smalltown Boy" and their version was featured in a British TV drama, Skins, in the ninth episode of the third series.
• In 2011, Electrelane covered the song live on the few shows of their summer reunion tour.
• In 2012, the German band Oomph! incorporated melodies from Smalltown Boy into their song "Kleinstadtboy" on the album Des Wahnsinns fette Beute (Fat Booty of Madness). An english translation of the lyrics reveals a sarcastic mockery of homophobia and macho posturing in the music scene.
• In 2012, Little Boots began playing "Smalltown Boy" at concerts and recorded a version included on Ministry of Sound's Uncovered compilation album.
• In 2013, Delain, a symphonic female-fronted metal band, included a new version of their cover on their first compilation album, Interlude.