Get It On (Bang a Gong)

"Get It On" was released by glam rock band T. Rex in 71.  In 85, it was covered -- as "Get It On (Bang a Gong)" -- by supergroup Power Station (Robert Palmer + two members of Duran Duran), which released only one album in the 80's.  80's covers of 60's and 70's songs are sometimes slower.  Sometimes they're faster.  Sometimes they're softer.  And sometimes, yes, they're even harder.  "Get It On" is one of the hardest 80's covers of a pre-80's song, and was one of the hardest 80's pop songs overall before the mid-80's gave way to the late 80's.  Although "Get It On" is definitely an 80's song, really the only truly dated part of the song is its opening, and that's only in comparison to the rest of the song. "Get It On (Bang a Gong)" truly lives up to its title.  For a second-generation classic rock song in the midst of the 80's, this is one of your best bets.

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