This versatile song has also been performed as a country tune and a soul heartbreaker

The group’s 1976 hit captures the joy and sadness of being a teenager

Written by Richard Berry, the song went from obscurity to notoriety to respectability

Ethel Merman, Frank Sinatra and Lady Gaga are among those who have performed the 1934 classic

Full of force and majesty, Shirley Horn’s version remains paramount

Thought to be one of the top 10 most covered songs, it has lent itself to jazz piano, funky soul and reggae

Cover versions by male artists often amp up the hysteria, while women are more sympathetic to the original

The original has been sampled, covered and parodied by everyone from Bob Marley to the comedian Weird Al Yankovich

The song is based on Patrick Kavanagh’s poignant poem of unrequited love, written for a woman half his age

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

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