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This week's cover song challenge - "The Ballroom Blitz"
Rules are the same as last week's "Black Betty" showdown. The original version is presented followed by cover versions by other artists. What's the best cover? Do any actually surpass the original?

This week we're looking at Sweet's "The Ballroom Blitz"

From wikipedia on the song http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ballroom_Blitz:

"The Ballroom Blitz" (on some releases "Ballroom Blitz") is a song written by Nicky Chinn and Mike Chapman and originally recorded by the English rock band Sweet (then known as The Sweet). It was released as a single in 1973, where it reached #1 in Australia and entered at #2 in the UK singles chart. In North America, it was a 1975 hit, reaching #1 in Canada<1> and #5 in the United States, making it one of the year's biggest chart successes. "The Ballroom Blitz" appeared on the U.S./Canadian version of The Sweet's 1974 album Desolation Boulevard. This song was inspired by an incident in 1973 when the band was performing at the Grand Hall in Kilmarnock, Scotland and were driven offstage by a barrage of bottles

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The original by Sweet:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qswKeWhjaUc

Best known cover by Tia Carrera from "Wayne's World":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGI1bkiLBEE

Best know cover by actual musicians - Krokus:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEnE5DHrJkE

Batmobile has covered this song live many times:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZiUIW0WHgBQ

Nina Hagen in '85 (Check out the hair!):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3a8SkRu-cqs

The Long Tall Texans have you covered for your psychobilly needs:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5N-mhZcOrgg


So anyone come close to the original?

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