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song: Yesterday
language: German
performers: Knut Kiesewetter, Judita Čeřovská

Knut Kiesewetter grew up in North Friesland in Germany and became a renowned jazz trombonist and composer. Notably he and his jazz band once shared the stage with the Beatles during their stint in Hamburg. He also delved into rock, blues, soul, gospel and folk, and recorded many songs in Frisian and Low German (none of them Beatles covers, unfortunately).



And here's a cover by Czech pop singer Judita Čeřovská:

french and german youtube playlists

By the way, many of the French and German covers I'm getting off YouTube come from these playlists, by YouTuber lejukeboxer1. They include covers of songs the Beatles covered (Twist & Shout, etc.) as well as post-Beatles solo covers.

La France et les Beatles

Québec / Trans-Canada et les Beatles

Beatles auf Deutsch

ein harter tag

song: Hard Day's Night
language: German
performer: Beatles Revival Band

A more straightforward German cover this time. The Beatles Revival Band are still together, remarkably. They released an album of German covers in the 70s, which was also when this tv performance took place, which you would be able to tell even if it didn't say so in the video title.

The bass player kind of gives away the lip synching when he grabs the mic mid-song (not to mention the 6-string guitar sounding like a 12-string).

The German lyrics are posted in the YouTube description.

komm doch

song: Please Please Me
language: German
performer: Harald Rosenberger

Based on my 2-minute perusal of his website and YouTube channel, Harald Rosenberger is an Austrian singer and actor who has a thing for cows. This version of Please Please Me is in the Oberkrainer style - think Shmenge Brothers - and, what else can I say about it? He doesn't hold back. The interpretation and musicianship are impressive, actually.

hello, hello

Hi and welcome. This blog will serve two purposes:

1) to waste my time and yours

2) to compile covers of Beatles songs that have been translated into any and every language on earth.

There are millions of Beatles covers out there: good, bad, and godawful, and translated covers run the same gamut. But before delving into that dangerous world, let's get these non-covers out of the way:

Komm, gib mir deine Hand:


Sie liebt dich:


And a bit of Geh Raus - a mix of real and faux German, with some (faux?) French at the end: