When I was a kid in the 1980s, I was introduced to I’m Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down through Paul Young’s cover of it. Back then I had no idea it was originally performed by Ann Peebles.
So for your consideration, here is the original (well a 1989 performance by Peebles of her 1970s song); a cover by Graham Parker and the Rumour; and finally Paul Young’s version (a horrible Top of the Pops lip synch performance).
As she co-wrote it, I think Peebles is the default winner-but I have always been partial to Young’s version. As I get older, my appreciation of Graham Parker’s version increases however; particularly as the 1980s Young version becomes increasingly dated with every passing year.
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