Boy George - "Everything I Own"

On 10th march 1987 in U.K. Ben E.King finally left his first place to the advantage of Boy George and his song "Everything I Own".

Well, when I say HIS song... actually it's a cover. The original version of the song was written by David Gates who sang it with his band Bread in 1972... This song already reached the 5th place on the famous American Billboard Hit100.
Since then, this song was sung by many artists: Jack Jones, Ken Boothe, Olivia Newton-John, N'Sync, Jude...

Ken Boothe's cover also stayed at he first place for 3 weeks on the U.K. charts in september 1974. So, the least I can say is that Boy George did take no big risk when he choosed that song to start his solo career... moreover the reggae mood of this song fits well with what made Boy George so popular in 1982 when he started with Culture Club and their famous "Do You Really Want to Hurt Me?"

P.S.: Videos shown here are not the original ones... Sadly enoug, I was unable to find those... Moreover, it looks like the end of the second video has been "hacked" by another video... So, I'll offer you a little game... Try to guess who's singing at the end of the second vido... But note that I don't have the answer, so I won't be able to tell you if you're right or wrong! ;-)