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YouTube Cover Song Face-Off: LMFAO’s “Party Rock Anthem”

經由 Mashable! Brian Anthony Hernandez 著 (日期為 2011/9/11)

Each week, Mashable picks a popular song, finds 10 covers of it and asks you to vote for your favorite.

Every year since 1985, Billboard has named a song of the summer, and this year the coveted title goes to LMFAO's "Party Rock Anthem," an infectious dance hit that has accumulated more than 195 million views on YouTube.

It's no surprise that fans of the song shuffled their way in front of cameras to record covers of the tune. Vote for your favorite rendition in the poll below.

And if you know any YouTube cover artists who should be on our radar, please let us know in the comments.

Tyler Ward

Kimmi Smiles, Maribelle Anes & Louna Maroun

Karmin

TheSpaceDragons

Chloe T

Janet And The Hunt

Abdul Thaqif

Walk off the Earth & All About Maggie

Tim Whybrow

Pandora's Box

LMFAO

To listen to more covers used in past YouTube Cover Song Face-Offs, click here.

Which "Party Rock Anthem" Cover Is Your Favorite?

Last Week's Face-Off Winner

The well-executed cover of Beyonce's "Best Thing I Never Had" from Josh Rice — a.k.a. J Rice online — snagged 45% of the votes in last week's face-off. J Rice covered the song because out of all of the tracks on Beyonce's 4 album "this song really jumped out at me," he told Mashable. "I think a lot of people look back at past relationships and are grateful they didn't work out."

Like many people who are gaining fame covering songs on YouTube, J Rice began uploading videos of himself singing in his bedroom (see video number 12 below for a clip of his first upload from 2007). Now, his videos have been viewed north of 16 million times and he has several albums on iTunes. So what's next?

"I aspire to stay humble, while growing to be a household name," says J Rice, who wants to perform duets with fellow YouTube heavyweights Boyce Avenue and Adele. "The best feeling is when someone connects with one of my original songs or says it helped heal them, so it would be a great feeling to do that on a bigger scale," including doing shows overseas.

Here's a collection of J Rice's best covers and his latest original song, "Thank You For The Broken Heart."

"Best Thing I Never Had" Cover by J Rice

"Skyscraper" Cover by J Rice & Jessica Sanchez

"How to Love" Lil Wayne by J Rice

"Angel" Cover by J Rice & Conor Maynard

"Jar of Hearts" Cover by J Rice

"Hold it Against Me" Cover by J Rice

"Hold My Hand" Cover by J Rice & Kurt Schneider

"Domino" Cover by J Rice

"Born This Way" Cover by J Rice

"Someone Like You" Cover by J Rice

"Thank You For The Broken Heart" Original by J Rice

http://bit.ly/CoversPART2 -- Available on iTunes! Or AMAZON: http://amzn.to/covers2 TY4TBH t-shirts now available worldwide! http://jrice.spreadshirt.com --US & Asia http://jrice.spreadshirt.net --Europe A little Background on this video: I shot this with a friend of mine who had never shot a video before. (His specialty is still photos) We spent 2 different days out in 25F degree weather. I did all the video editing. For the next music video we're planning on stepping it up and getting actors/actresses to act out the story a bit. Thanks for watching and go add my friend who shots this on facebook -- http://www.facebook.com/chipspraguephotography "The covers Vol. 1" on iTunes- http://bit.ly/JRiceTheCoversiTunes "The Covers, Vol. 1" on Amazon http://amzn.to/TheCoversVol1Amazon Download My Original music on iTunes -http://bit.ly/itunes2010 Get the same recording gear I use! - (that metal round thing) http://bit.ly/JRiceStudioGear "Thank You for the Broken Heart" Written by J Rice Produced by Big City Verse 1: everything I know about love I learned from you and everything I know about pain I learned from you you were my only you were my first you showed me lonely and you took me in when I was hurt but the most important thing you ever gave me was the one that hurt the most so... Hook: Thank you for the broken heart and thank you for the permanent scar cuz if it wasn't for you I might forget how it feels to let go how it feels to get a brand-new start Thank you for the broken heart Verse 2: I still remember when you called and said that he didn't mean anything how could you expect me to look at you the same way you were my only but not my last you showed me lonely and you made me put you in the past but the most important thing you ever gave me was the one that hurt the most so... (Hook) Bridge: and every time I find myself alone in pieces (I find myself) I'll just remember when you hurt me and I made it Chorus 2: So thank you for the broken heart And thank you for the permanent scar cuz if it wasn't for you I wouldn't be here with the love of my life all my pain disappeared I've come so far so thank you for the broken heart