Got something fun to fill your summer mixtapes with today; 51 hand picked versions of Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down) somewhat recently made famous by Nancy Sinatra (though originally by Cher) viaKill Bill.
Playing faves I’m starting with a great 60s Chinese beat/funk version byBetty Chung, an over the top brass and kettle drum version by Petula Clark, a lounge cut from Xavier Cugat as well as a sweet little lullaby by ex-Belle & Sebastian, Isobel Campbell.
Girls aren’t the only one’s getting bumped off, dudes whose days are numbered include Terry Reid, the Beau Brummels, Stevie Wonder,Frank Sinatra, The Frampton Brothers, Paul Weller, Cliff Richard,Murder By Death, Gabor Szabo, Coil and Vanilla Fudge, who transform their cut into some sort of epic prog-rock journey.
Instrumentally speaking we have a surf guitar version from Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet and music fit for an elevator by Paul Mauriat.
Hope you like the latest Jack White incarnation The Raconteurs, because we got em in spades.
Besides the nods above to China and the UK we also have a virtual food court’s worth of international cuts; Italy (Equipe 84, Dalida, Mina, I Corvi,Ornella Vanoni, Milena Cantu and a little Italo-Disco from Ivan Cattaneo), Russia (Lili Ivanova), France (Sheila, Mareva Galanter avec Jacno, Sylvie Vartan), Poland (Ania Dabrowska), Cambodia (Pan Ron),Germany (Rainald Grebe), Brazil (Maritza Fabiani), Vietnam (Diem Lien & Nguyen Khang) and lastly er..Hawaii?UK? Well, a nice way to go out on a bang (doh!) from the Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain.

Betty Chung - Bang Bang
Petula Clark - Bang Bang
Xavier Cugat - Bang Bang
Isobel Campbell - Bang Bang

Terry Reid - Bang Bang
Beau Brummels - Bang Bang
Stevie Wonder - Bang Bang
Frank Sinatra - Bang Bang
Frank Sinatra - Bang Bang (Alt version)
The Frampton Brothers - Bang Bang
Paul Weller - Bang Bang
Paul Weller - Bang Bang (Live)
Cliff Richard - Bang Bang
Murder By Death – Bang Bang
Murder By Death – Bang Bang (The Switchboard Sessions)
Gabor Szabo - Bang Bang
Coil - Bang Bang
Coil - Bang Bang (Live)
Vanilla Fudge - Bang Bang

Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet - Bang Bang (Live)
Paul Mauriat - Bang Bang

The Raconteurs - Bang Bang (Live)
The Raconteurs - Bang Bang (Pukkelpop 2006)
The Raconteurs - Bang Bang (Lollapalooza 2006)
The Raconteurs - Bang Bang (Munich 2006)
The Raconteurs - Bang Bang (The House Of Blues 2006)
The Raconteurs - Bang Bang (Soma 2006)
The Raconteurs - Bang Bang (Lowlands 2006)
The Raconteurs - Bang Bang (Ann Arbor 2006)
The Raconteurs - Bang Bang (Leeds 2006)
The Raconteurs - Bang Bang (Atlanta 2006)
The Raconteurs - Bang Bang (Electric Ballroom 2006)
The Raconteurs - Bang Bang (Nottingham 2006)

Equipe 84 - Bang Bang
Dalida - Bang Bang
Mina - Bang Bang
I Corvi - Bang Bang
Ornella Vanoni - Bang Bang
Milena Cantu - Bang Bang
Ivan Cattaneo - Bang Bang
Lili Ivanova - Benk Benk
Sheila - Bang Bang
Mareva Galanter (avec Jacno) - Bang Bang
Sylvie Vartan - Bang Bang
Ania Dabrowska - Bang Bang
Pan Ron – Snaeha
Rainald Grebe - Bengt Bangt
Rainald Grebe bei Nightwash - Bengt Bangt (Live)
Maritza Fabiani - Bang Bang
Diem Lien And Nguyen Khang - Khi Xua Ta Be
Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain - Bang Bang

Enjoy!
LS

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Tags: BANG BANG, CHER, Nancy Sinatra, THOSE OF YOU LUCKY ENOUGH TO HAVE YOUR LIVES TAKE THEM WITH YOU. HOWEVER LEAVE THE LIMBS YOU'VE LOST. THEY BELONG TO ME NOW.

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