Charlatans Cover Song

November 13, 2009 4:17 PM

I heard a cover of a Charlatans (UK, depending on geographic location) song in Banana Republic earlier this week. Problem is I can't remember which song. The cover had a motown, 70's funk tinge. Anyone know the song or performing artist?
posted by Keith Talent to Media & Arts (7 answers total)

"The Only One I Know" would lend itself to a Motown/70s Funk cover. Not sure if that's the song you heard a cover of though.

I'll tell you what the Shazam app on the iPhone (also available on Blackberry and Android I think) is perfect for this type of stuff. It listens to the music playing and goes and see if it can find its sound signature in its database. Even with background noise it comes back with the right song a lot.
posted by birdherder at 4:36 PM on November 13, 2009

It could be any number of their songs. Starting at the beginning, Indian Rope, perhaps?
posted by howling fantods at 4:50 PM on November 13, 2009

Best answer: I'm picking that you heard "The Only One I Know" off Mark Ronson's album "Version". Tim Burgess still doing the singing though.
posted by meech at 4:51 PM on November 13, 2009

Best answer: Actually Robbie Williams singing.
posted by meech at 4:56 PM on November 13, 2009

Best answer: The Mark Ronson/Tim Burgess version at Glastonbury 2007.
posted by howling fantods at 4:58 PM on November 13, 2009

Yep, Mark Ronson's version of "The Only One I Know" (I hadn't realized it was Robbie Williams either, though!). Thanks for the reminder that I've been meaning to pick this up.
posted by scody at 5:00 PM on November 13, 2009

Response by poster: Thanks all, I saw that flick too, says something about how forgettable it was.
posted by Keith Talent at 5:14 PM on November 13, 2009