The hit written by Lee Hazelwood took pop to places it had only previously fantasised about

Lynyrd Skynyrd’s song has been covered by artists as wide-ranging, musically and politically, as Kid Rock and Neil Young

It was the first number one hit by a solo Beatle, and had a long and complicated history following its 1970 release

The south London band’s cautionary tale spawned curious cover versions — and a sequel

The group’s 1983 track has been used as a wedding song and as the basis for a rap eulogy

The folk song has been covered by everyone from Ma Rainey to Nick Cave — and it inspired a blistering poem by James Baldwin

As the song hit the big-time, its composer’s daughters had to fight for their father’s writing credit

From glam-rock to reggae, artists have been lured by the song’s siren sax

Soul, country, folk and rock artists have covered the song

Cropping up in South Park, Family Guy and Stranger Things, the song is popular with a generation too young to have known it first time round

After a disappointing release, this anthem for a miserable night out found popularity in alternative nightclubs

The anthem has attracted some surprising covers, including by Snow Patrol and Antony & The Johnsons

The high bar set by Hendrix did not deter other artists to cover the song, including Neil Young, U2 and Devlin

The song took on a life independent of The Doors, with covers by Stevie Wonder, Al Green, Will Young and many others

Jarvis Cocker’s lyrics were as biting as Dylan’s ‘How does it feel?’ for a generation that put authenticity above prestige

Countless artists have covered the hit, from Elvis Presley and The Beatles to Mick Jagger and Prince

The artist’s most popular song on Spotify has been covered by everyone from Philip Glass to the X Factor finalists

The song leans on the melody and mood of Santana’s 1999 hit Maria Maria

The song has been covered not just by other rock bands, but by singers of all genres

Originally called ‘pretentious’ and ‘self-indulgent’, the song has recently undergone a critical reassessment

Franklin turned Otis Redding’s call for wifely submission into a song for women tired of being disrespected by men

Every label rejected the song, but a teenage music studio receptionist heard its potential

Sacked from Hawkwind, Lemmy re-recorded the song with Motörhead — and it sounds ‘like a jet engine has been installed in your head’

The song is an outlier among the more sing-songy, Paul McCartney-penned tracks on 1967’s Magical Mystery Tour

David Lynch used the song in two key moments in the 2017 revival of Twin Peaks