“Time After Time”
by QuietDrive (originally by Cyndi Lauper)
from the album When All That’s Left Is You
2006
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I’ve got an admitted weakness for cookie cutter emo and/or punk bands doing cover versions of songs I grew up with, and this is a prime example. I don’t need to say much about this – I’ve already talked about how much I love the original, and I really love this version as well.

I had high hopes of doing this at karaoke, since it’s finally a version where I could take the lead, but when they finally added it it was a slightly different arrangement and totally threw me off. Alas.

I was going to include an acoustic version as well for the super fans (also a weakness of mine), but then saw this fan-made video for the song. I love the sincerity in it, even if the main character should get rid of the douchey hat as soon as possible.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dn0zz5FtRgU