List of artists who have covered Van Morrison songs



Van Morrison (born George Ivan Morrison on 31 August 1945) is a Northern Irish singer-songwriter who has been a professional musician since 1960. He has won six Grammy awards and was inducted into the Songwriter's Hall of Fame in 2003. Morrison began to write and record his first original songs while frontman for the band Them and in the years since has written hundreds of songs, many of them covered by popular and major artists.

In 2012, Paste compiled a list of covers by Glen Hansard, Jeff Buckley, The Doors, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Elvis Costello, Ben E. King, Solomon Burke, Michael Bublé, Sinéad O'Connor and Bruce Springsteen as their pick of the 10 Best Covers of Van Morrison Songs.

This article is a selective list of prominent musicians or entertainers who have recorded their own version of a song which Van Morrison originally wrote and recorded. There are also some notable or frequently performed live versions included.

The Allman Brothers Band

 * And It Stoned Me
 * Into the Mystic

John Anderson

 * Brown Eyed Girl

Michael Ball

 * Have I Told You Lately

The Band

 * Caravan with Van Morrison – (The Last Waltz)
 * 4% Pantomime (co-written with Robbie Robertson)

Eric Bell

 * Gloria
 * Madame George

Michael Bolton

 * Crazy Love

Bon Jovi

 * Gloria (Medley)

Boney M.

 * I Shall Sing

Bono

 * Moondance

Chris Botti

 * Moondance

David Bowie

 * Gloria

Greg Brown

 * Moondance

Jackson Browne

 * Into the Mystic

Michael Bublé

 * Crazy Love
 * Moondance

Jeff Buckley

 * Madame George
 * Sweet Thing
 * The Way Young Lovers Do

Jimmy Buffett

 * Brown Eyed Girl

Solomon Burke

 * Fast Train
 * Only a Dream

Sam Bush

 * Hungry For Your Love

Busted

 * Brown Eyed Girl

David Campbell

 * Jackie Wilson Said (I'm in Heaven When You Smile)

Kim Carnes

 * Warm Love

Vikki Carr

 * Crazy Love

Paul Carrack

 * Crazy Love
 * Into the Mystic

Dina Carroll

 * Someone Like You

Jen Chapin

 * Into the Mystic

Ray Charles duet with Van Morrison

 * Crazy Love

C. J. Chenier

 * Comfort You

The Chieftains with Van Morrison

 * Boffyflow and Spike
 * Celtic Ray
 * Have I Told You Lately
 * Irish Heartbeat

Joe Cocker

 * Into the Mystic

Shawn Colvin

 * Someone Like You

Billy Connolly

 * Irish Heartbeat

Rita Coolidge

 * Crazy Love

Elvis Costello

 * Full Force Gale
 * Wild Night

Counting Crows

 * Caravan

Cristina

 * Blue Money

Billy Ray Cyrus

 * Brown Eyed Girl

The Dead

 * Gloria
 * Into the Mystic

Dexys Midnight Runners
Jackie Wilson Said (I'm in Heaven When You Smile)

Jackie DeShannon

 * And It Stoned Me
 * Flamingos Fly
 * I Wanna Roo You
 * Santa Fe
 * Sweet Sixteen co-written with Van Morrison
 * The Wonder of You with Van Morrison

Bo Diddley

 * I've Been Working

Cara Dillon

 * Crazy Love

Joe Dolan

 * Have I Told You Lately

Bob Dylan

 * And It Stoned Me with Van Morrison
 * Carrying a Torch
 * Crazy Love with Van Morrison
 * One Irish Rover with Van Morrison
 * Foreign Window with Van Morrison
 * Tupelo Honey

Pee Wee Ellis

 * I Will Be There (with Van Morrison)

Energy Orchard

 * Gloria
 * Madame George
 * One Two Brown Eyes (Van Morrison with Them song)

Everclear

 * Brown Eyed Girl

Marianne Faithfull

 * Madame George

Georgie Fame

 * Moondance

Chris Farlowe

 * Sitting on Top of the World (with Van Morrison)

Bryan Ferry

 * Crazy Love

Tom Fogerty

 * Real Real Gone

Jerry Garcia Band

 * And It Stoned Me
 * Bright Side of the Road
 * Crazy Love
 * He Ain't Give You None
 * Tupelo Honey

Art Garfunkel

 * I Shall Sing

Kathie Lee Gifford

 * Moondance

Gov't Mule

 * And It Stoned Me

Grateful Dead

 * Gloria

Green Day

 * Brown Eyed Girl

Sammy Hagar

 * Flamingos Fly

Richie Havens

 * Tupelo Honey
 * Wild Night

Goldie Hawn

 * I Wanna Roo You

Roy Head

 * Bit By Bit
 * You've Got the Power

Jimi Hendrix

 * Gloria

Robyn Hitchcock

 * Fair Play (live)
 * Linden Arden Stole the Highlights (live)

John Lee Hooker

 * T.B. Sheets
 * The Healing Game with Van Morrison
 * Gloria with Van Morrison

Hothouse Flowers

 * Bright Side of the Road

Engelbert Humperdinck

 * Have I Told You Lately

Iggy Pop

 * Gloria
 * One Two Brown Eyes (Van Morrison with Them song)

Colin James

 * Into the Mystic
 * I Will Be There
 * It Fills You Up

Aled Jones

 * Whenever God Shines His Light

Paul Jones

 * Philosopher's Stone

Rickie Lee Jones

 * Gloria

Tom Jones

 * Carrying a Torch
 * I'm Not Feeling It Anymore
 * It Must Be You
 * Some Peace of Mind
 * Sometimes We Cry with Van Morrison

Phil Keaggy

 * When Will I Ever Learn To Live in God

Ronan Keating

 * Brown Eyed Girl

Brian Kennedy

 * Crazy Love
 * Irish Heartbeat with Shana Morrison
 * Queen of the Slipstream

Ben E. King

 * Into the Mystic

Frankie Laine

 * Brand New Day

Ute Lemper

 * Moondance

Jerry Lee Lewis with Don Henley

 * What Makes the Irish Heart Beat

Ramsey Lewis and Nancy Wilson

 * Moondance

Miriam Makeba

 * Brand New Day
 * I Shall Sing

Barry Manilow

 * Have I Told You Lately

Barbara Mandrell

 * Have I Told You Lately

Martina McBride

 * Wild Night

Michael McDonald

 * Into the Mystic

Bobby McFerrin

 * Moondance

Maria McKee

 * My Lonely Sad Eyes
 * The Way Young Lovers Do

Brian McKnight

 * Crazy Love

John Mellencamp

 * Wild Night

Jonathan Rhys Meyers

 * Moondance

James Morrison

 * And It Stoned Me

Jim Morrison with The Doors

 * Gloria

Bill Murray with Eric Clapton

 * Gloria (Crossroads Guitar Festival – 2007)

Aaron Neville and Robbie Robertson

 * Crazy Love

Liam Neeson

 * Coney Island

Ted Nugent

 * Gloria

Sinéad O'Connor

 * Have I Told You Lately with Van Morrison and The Chieftains
 * You Make Me Feel So Free

Robert Pattinson

 * I'll Be Your Lover, Too

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

 * Gloria
 * I'm Tired Joey Boy
 * Mystic Eyes

Esther Phillips

 * Brand New Day
 * Crazy Love
 * Into the Mystic

Della Reese

 * Have I Told You Lately

Martha Reeves

 * Wild Night

Helen Reddy

 * Crazy Love

Buddy Rich

 * Domino

Cliff Richard

 * Whenever God Shines His Light with Van Morrison

Johnny Rivers

 * Brown Eyed Girl
 * Into the Mystic
 * Slim Slo Slider
 * Wild Night
 * Songwriter

Kenny Rogers

 * Have I Told You Lately

Bob Seger

 * I've Been Working

Bon Scott with The Spektors

 * Gloria

Shakira

 * Bright Side of the Road – (President Barack Obama's Neighborhood Ball, 2009)

Patti Smith

 * Gloria

Phoebe Snow

 * Madame George

Dusty Springfield

 * Tupelo Honey

Rick Springfield

 * Gloria

Bruce Springsteen

 * Brown Eyed Girl
 * Gloria

Joe Stampley

 * Brown Eyed Girl

Lisa Stansfield

 * Friday's Child (Van Morrison with Them Song)

Steel Pulse

 * Brown Eyed Girl

Rod Stewart

 * Crazy Love
 * Have I Told You Lately

The Swell Season (Glen Hansard with Markéta Irglová)

 * And the Healing Has Begun (Glen Hansard)
 * Astral Weeks
 * Into the Mystic (Glen Hansard with Markéta Irglová)
 * Sweet Thing

13th Floor Elevators

 * Gloria

Grady Tate

 * Moondance

Corey Taylor

 * I'll Be Your Lover, Too

Toots and the Maytals

 * I Shall Sing

U2

 * Brown Eyed Girl
 * Gloria
 * Into the Mystic
 * Moondance

The Wallflowers

 * Into the Mystic

The Waterboys

 * And the Healing Has Begun
 * Sweet Thing

Russell Watson

 * Have I Told You Lately

Widespread Panic

 * And It Stoned Me
 * Send Your Mind

Andy Williams

 * Have I Told You Lately (also live at the Royal Albert Hall, 2007)

Vanessa L. Williams

 * Someone Like You

Cassandra Wilson

 * Tupelo Honey

Warren Zevon

 * Into the Mystic

Solomon Burke

 * At the Crossroads

Tom Fogerty

 * You Move Me

Johnny Winter

 * Feedback Out on Highway 101