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The Montreal band are big fans of paying homage to their heroes.

 

July 7th 2017, at Manchester’s Castlefield Bowl, Arcade Fire treated fans to not one, but two covers – a snippet of New Order‘s ‘Temptation’ and their take on Joy Division‘s ‘Love Will Tear Us Apart’. This behaviour is nothing new for the Montreal band. On their ‘Reflektor’ tour, they made their way through a gigantic list of covers, from Prince to INXS, Chuck Berry to ABBA.

Obviously, Win Butler and co aren’t afraid of taking on their heroes’ work, but where should you start if you want to listen to some of the tunes they’ve tackled? Join us as we run through Arcade Fire’s best covers.

25. Feist – ‘I Feel It All’

After a brief lip-sync to Loverboy’s ‘Working For The Weekend’ (because why not?), Arcade Fire delivered this version of Leslie Feist’s 2008 single in Calgary six years after its release. It still sounds just as bouncy and fun in the group’s hands.

24. Blondie – ‘Heart Of Glass’

The band have aired this one several times at their shows, but at Coachella 2014 they upped their game by bringing out Blondie’s Debbie Harry to help them out with it. Régine Chassagne and Harry’s vocals are a match made in heaven.

23. Stevie Wonder – ‘Uptight (Everything’s Alright)’

In Detroit on the ‘Reflektor’ tour, AF returned to the stage to strains of Stevie Wonder’s ‘Superstition’. That wasn’t the end of their tribute to the local musician, though, as they quickly jumpstarted a cover of his endlessly upbeat ‘Uptight (Everything’s Alright)’, complete with horns and a mess of guitar noise.

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