Category: Cover Version

Here you can view Place Your hands by Reef cover version performed by Britpop Reunion. We’ve performed this track at every single performance we’ve ever done since we formed all the way back in 2014. Everyone loves singing along to this mid 90’s song by Glastonbury, England band Reef even if they always get the lyrics wrong. Folks love to throw their hand in the air as they think the lyrics are “Put your hands up, put your hands up”. But we don’t mind what anyone sings as long as they’re having the time of their life. Britpop musician Andy Starkey even encourages guests to put their hand up in the air. Why not eh?!?  Contact band leader Andy Starkey to hire a 90’s cover band for a wedding, birthday, festival, corporate event or any event live music is required for. We’ll make your event the biggest and best one you’ve ever been to. 

Place Your Hands by Reef Cover Version performed many times over the years.

Firstly here is the track performed live at a 40th birthday party at Nambucca, London. Client Oliver booked Britpop Reunion for his big 40th birthday party and everyone was up dancing from the very first note all the way through to the very last.

 

Next up we have Place Your Hands cover live at a swanky private party. This was a double header for us with us performing both on the Friday night and Saturday night. 

 

Another video at one of our sold out ticketed events

 

 

Put Your Hands up by Reef performed at a Festival to a crowd of 10,000 

Be they large or small we love a good live festival performance. What could be better than having 10,000 festival goers all sing “Put Your Hands Up” back to you live on stage? 

 

 

Finally a cover of the Reef song ‘Place Your Hands’ at a sold out ticketed 90’s event. We were treated like royalty while our Cool Britannia band performed nineties and Britpop songs for ticket paying punters.

 

Facts about the 90’s band Reef.

The Reef song ‘Naked’ was used in an early Nineties commercial for Sony Mini Disc. “I’ll blow you away”.

‘Place Your Hands’ is the lead track from their second album ‘Glow’ released in 1997 yet is their most know song.

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Watch our multiple videos of Common People by Pulp cover version at many different events over the years. Everybody loves this tune when we perform it live at weddings, festivals, birthdays and corporate events. “She came from Greece she had a thirst for knowledge………Singalong with the Common People”. Pulp became household names when they replaced The Stone Roses at Glastonbury in 1995 as guitarist John Squire had broken his collar bone from a biking accident.  Hire the UK’s best professional Britpop Tribute Band ‘Britpop Reunion‘ for your party and live it up 90’s style. Contact band leader Andy Starkey to hire a 90’s cover band to check on price and availability for a live event. 

Common People by Pulp Cover – First live at a private festival

 

 

Next at another festival or two to about 5000/6000 festival goers each time

 

 

 

 

 

Then at an Army Base

 

Then live acoustically at The Cavern Club, Liverpool.

 

Random lyrics from Common People by Pulp.

She came from Greece she had a thirst for knowledge. She studied sculpture at Saint Martin’s College that’s where I caught her eye…..I said in that case, I’ll have rum and coca-cola she said fine. And then in thirty seconds time she said. I wanna live like common people, I want to do whatever common people do. And then dance and drink and screw, because there’s nothing else to do.

Common People was written by:

• Jarvis Cocker (Vocals)
• Russell Senior (Guitar)
• Steve Mackey (Bass Guitar)
• Nick Banks (Drums)
• Candida Doyle (Keyboard)

 

B-Sides over various formats were:

• Common People (full-length version) – 5m51s
• Underwear
• Common People (7-inch edit) – 4m07s
• Razzmatazz (acoustic version)
• Dogs Are Everywhere (acoustic version)
• Joyriders (acoustic version)
• Various dance mixes of Common People

Trivia about Common People.

Did you know that there are two different edits of this song. The single release clocks in at 4 minutes and 7 seconds. The album version is a massive 5 minutes and 51 seconds with another verse at the end. Plus another chorus and a longer end section. 

The entire song only has three chords in it throughout which are C G and F. This make it a pretty easy song for anyone to perform themselves.

Common People speeds up as it progresses along. It starts at 138 bpm and is 157 bpm by the end. 

Britpop Reunion singer Andy Starkey did an interview with Pulp drummer Nick Banks on Radio 4.

 

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Andy Starkey shows you how to play the chords to Common People by Pulp on acoustic guitar in the below tutorial.

 

Watch a live cover of Rocks by Primal Scream video below and see how brides, grooms, guests and even bar patrons go wild for this 90’s tune. You too can book a Britpop tribute band for your event, party, wedding or festival. ‘Britpop Reunion‘ perform songs by Bobby Gillespie of Primal Scream and other 90’s bands too. Contact bass player Andy Starkey from Britpop Reunion to check on price and availability now to hire a 90’s cover band for an event.

Taken from the 1994 album ‘Give Out But Don’t Give Up‘ ‘Rocks’ was a significant change in direct to more of a classic rock sound than previous Primal Scream albums such as ‘Screamadelica’ which had a more dance feel.
As you’ll hear Rocks has very classic Rolling Stones & T-Rex sound and feel to it.

 

 

 

Watch a live cover of Rocks by Primal Scream further info

Rocks was released on the 28th February 1994 and reached number 7 in the UK charts. It is in fact a double A-Side with the lesser known “Funky Jam”. The song ‘Rocks’ by Primal Scream was written by Bobby Gillespie, Andrew Innes and Robert Young.

All singles from the album ‘Give Out But Don’t Give Up’:

• Rocks
• Jailbird
• (I’m Gonna) Cry Myself Blind

Rocks Lyrics:

Verse 1
Dealers keep a dealin’, thieves a keep a thievin’.
Whores a keep a whorin’, junkies keep scorin’.
Trade is on the meat rack, strip joints full of hunchbacks.
Bitches keep a bitchin’, clap just keeps a-itchin’.

Bridge
Ain’t no use in prayin’, that’s the way it’s stayin’, baby.
Johnny ain’t so crazy, ye’s always got a line for the ladies
(Yeah, yeah, yeah).

Chorus
Get your rocks off, get your rocks off, honey
Shake it now now, get’em off downtown
Get your rocks off, get you rocks off, honey
Shake it now now, get’em off downtown

Verse 2
Creeps a keep a crawlin’
Drunks a keep a fallin’
Teasers keep a teasin’
Holy joes are preachin’
Cops a keep a bustin’
Hustlers keep a hustlin’
Death a keeps a knockin’
Souls are up for auction

Bridge
Ain’t no use in prayin’, that’s the way it’s stayin’, baby.
Johnny ain’t so crazy, ye’s always got a line for the ladies
(Yeah, yeah, yeah).

Chorus
Get your rocks off, get your rocks off, honey
Shake it now now, get’em off downtown
Get your rocks off, get you rocks off, honey
Shake it now now, get’em off downtown

 

B-Sides of Rocks across various formats were:

• Rocks
• Funky Jam
• Everybody Needs Somebody

Have Britpop Reunion perform for you and all your guests at your birthday party, festival, wedding or corporate event. We’ll give you a night of 90’s songs that meant and still mean everything to you.

A live performance of Ready To Go by Republica cover version at Silverstone Classic festival to 10,000+ festival goers. This classic 90’s song has lived on over the years having been used on television adverts for many many years since its release including companies such as Halfords. Everyone enjoys singing along to the chorus with us massively “Baby I’m Ready To Go” screaming it back to Andy Starkey on stage. Hire a Britpop band for an event such as a wedding, birthday party, festival or corporate event. Contact band leader Andrew Starkey to check price and availability to hire a 90’s cover band for a live event. 

 

Ready To Go by Republica Cover Version

 

Ready To Go was released in the UK on 15th April 1996. Then again in 1997, 2007 and 2020. There are currently 5 different versions of the song.

Ready To Go was written by:

• Saffron
• Tim Dorney
• Andy Todd
• Johnny Male

Trivia about the band.

Saffron’s real name is Samantha Marie Sprackling. Prior to being a musician she appeared in the music video of ‘The One And Only’ by Chesney Hawkes (Released 1991) and also as the singer/dancer in British Dance group “N-Joi’s” single ‘Mindflux’. Although it’s doubtful she provided the actual vocals for that dance track. Saffron sings about a “Craic” in the song, but what is a craic exactly? It is an Irish terms pronounced “Crack” that means to enjoy yourself / to have a good time.  

Lyrics to Ready To Go by Republica

Verse
You’re weird, in tears, too near and too far away.
He said, saw red, went home stayed in bed all day.

Bridge
Your t-shirt, dish dirt, always love the one you hurt.

Chorus
It’s a craic, I’m back yeah I’m standing on the rooftops shouting out.
Baby I’m ready to go, I’m back and ready to go.
From the rooftops shout it out, shout it out.

Verse
You sleep, too deep, one week is another world.
Big mouth, drop out, you get what you deserve.

Bridge
You’re strange, insane, one thing you can never change.

Chorus
It’s a craic, I’m back yeah I’m standing on the rooftops shouting out.
Baby I’m ready to go, I’m back and ready to go.
From the rooftops shout it out, shout it out.

Bridge
Abused, confused, always love the one that hurt ya, hurt ya, hurt ya, hurt ya.

Chorus
It’s a craic, I’m back yeah I’m standing on the rooftops shouting out.
Baby I’m ready to go, I’m back and ready to go.
From the rooftops shout it out, shout it out.

Ending
It’s a craic, baby I’m ready to go, baby I’m ready to go.
Baby I’m ready to go, Baby I’m ready to go.

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Performed to thousands of festival goers here is Britpop Reunion performing Tubthumping by Chumbawamba cover version video. Also known as “I get knocked down, but I get up again, you ain’t never going to keep me down“. This songs always gets the festival or party going instantly. Hire a nineties tribute group for a festival, birthday, corporate event, party or any live event. Don’t leave it up to chance, book professional musicians for your live event and have a 90’s tribute group entertain you. See how we can handle crowds of any size. Contact band leader Andy Starkey from Britpop Reunion to check on price and availability to hire a Brit pop party band as soon as possible. 

Tubthumping by Chumbawamba Cover Version

The song “Tubthumping” was released in August 1997 from Chumbawamba’s eight studio album album “Tubthumper”. Reaching number two in the UK charts it is in the key of D Major.
Thought of as a throw away song to some this is a massive favourite of all our clients as you will see in the above video with everyone pitching in to chant and sing-along in the chorus. Some folks even make up their own dance routines too at our live performances.

 

 

 

For most people this is probably the only song they’d know by Chumbawamba, yet the follow up single “Amnesia” faired well in the UK charts too hitting the top ten. Do you remember it though? No, us neither 🙂 ….Get it, remember amnesia? Ha-ha…..

Here’s another video of us performing this massive 90’s song

Tubthumping Lyrics

We’ll be singing, when we’re winning, we’ll be singing

I get knocked down, but I get up again,
You ain’t never gonna keep me down

Pissing the night away

He drinks a whiskey drink, he drinks a vodka drink, he drinks a lager drink, he drinks a cider drink.
Sings the songs that remind him of the good times.
He sings the songs that remind him of the better times.

Oh, Danny Boy, Danny Boy, Danny Boy

I get knocked down, but I get up again,
You ain’t never gonna keep me down

Pissing the night away

He drinks a whiskey drink, he drinks a vodka drink, he drinks a lager drink, he drinks a cider drink.
Sings the songs that remind him of the good times.
He sings the songs that remind him of the better times.

Don’t cry for me, next door neighbour

I get knocked down, but I get up again,
You ain’t never gonna keep me down

Chords to Thumthumping are:

Chorus – D G D G D G A

Verse – Em G D A

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Phone footage of the classic 90’s tune