Cover Versions
The song has been covered a number of other times, notably by Peter Gabriel in 1976 on the musical documentary All This and World War II, and by Ben Harper for the soundtrack of the film I Am Sam. Vanilla Fudge, the debut album by Vanilla Fudge, also contains a cover of "Strawberry Fields Forever" titled "ELDS"; the album in fact spelt out an acrostic of the song as an homage, with preceding tracks titled "STRA", "WBER" and "RYFI." Todd Rundgren's version of the song was released on his 1976 album Faithful. The song was also covered by Jim Sturgess and Joe Anderson for the 2007 movie Across the Universe. Los Fabulosos Cadillacs recorded a ska version of the song featuring Debbie Harry for their album Rey Azúcar, which was a hit throughout Latin America.
"Strawberry Fields Forever" has also been covered by Trey Anastasio, The Bee Gees, The Bobs, Justin Currie, Noel Gallagher, Richie Havens, David Lanz, Cyndi Lauper, Eugene Chadbourne, Campfire Girls, Hayseed Dixie, Laurence Juber, Zlatko Manojlović, Marilyn Manson, Me First and the Gimme Gimmes, Plastic Penny, Mother's Finest, Odetta, Andy Partridge, The Residents, Miguel Ríos, The Runaways, The Shadows, Gwen Stefani, Tomorrow, Transatlantic, The Ventures, Cassandra Wilson, XTC, and Ultraviolet Sound.
The song returned to the charts 23 years later when British dance group Candy Flip released an electronic version of the song. The song was generally well-received, Allmusic describing it as "funkier and more club-happy than The Beatles' original" and was a commercial success on both sides of the Atlantic, reaching number three in the UK pop charts and number eleven on the US Modern Rock Tracks chart.
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