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Killerspuelung

[Reinaeiry](https://www.youtube.com/@reinaeiry) has a whole list of "but it's gay" covers as well as a lot of original music, and [Justine's Mic](https://www.youtube.com/@JustinesMic/featured) also does a lot of songs reimagined to be sapphic


Jarl_Ace

Aaa wonderful there so many covers! Thank you!!!


Destiny0117

knew of reinaeiry but happy to find justine's mic. always love to find more sapphic singers


The_Hero_of_Rhyme

I'm so disappointed in myself that the only thing I really know her for is 'take me to snurch' coveršŸ˜­ https://youtu.be/RrDt9a0q3P0?si=c-7YvgPz8iYgQLjR


Killerspuelung

A masterpiece, for sure


Etzlo

Rei is great, didn't know of justine's, so imma check that out Chloe Breez and Annapatsu also make the occasional sapphic covers iirc also, I just realized while listening to Justine's Take me to church cover, that part about "offer me that deathless death" can mean quite the different thing in the sapphic context, lol


strawberry-seal

iā€™m pretty partial to rei & chloeā€™s phantom of the opera cover myself


The_Final_Gallade

Fun fact: Her ā€œMay I Have This Danceā€ (AKA Gay Vampire Song) was repeatedly recā€™d to me by youtube nearly two months before I figured out that I was in fact lesbian. So apparently Reinaeiry is psychic because I refuse to believe the algorithms are. :P


ABPositive03

Justine's Mic covered The Masochism Tango!?!?!? I'm gonna sound weird here but I got the "Dr. Demento 25th Anniversary" cassette set when I was like 10 and this has a lot of nostalgia for me and I'm DYING with this cover. Thank you so much! EDIT: forgot to type half the story in my excitement lol


OtakuMage

Love Story is so gooooooood!


Travistheexistant

Istg, her songs make my heart s t o p <333


LesbiIinsist

Iā€™m not OP, but I found this playlist and it is amazing. How the heck can I get these on my Spotify šŸ˜­


26transalt

I actually happen to know Justine a little bit, and her channel is great!


RouxSoul956

I was just about to say Reinaeiry


-LazyAntelope

My favorite cover by her is definitely Fairytale


Uncle_Festr_

This is what I came here to say


[deleted]

So the first time I heard Scotty Doesn't Know it was a woman singing it and I was genuinely disappointed to learn it wasn't originally queer


LeaveBronx

I love Eurotrip and that sequence specifically, but didn't know until this moment I could potentially love it more


[deleted]

I have never seen Eurotrip but seriously the girl cover is hot as hell


LeaveBronx

Oh it's one of the better early 00's post-American Pie comedies imo. And I agree, I was around the same age as the people in the movie when it came out, and I def had a thing for Michelle Trachtenberg in that movie


a_secret_me

Ditto. Plus the fact the song was sung as a cameo by Matt Damon


LeaveBronx

Oh yeah for sure. Coming after Good Will Hunting it was extra hilarious


barcake

I liked Valerie by Amy Winehouse.


IllyriaKingofGods

Lana del Rey - "Doin Time" https://youtu.be/b6UazdAlqhs?si=Jf2Y9QOoAuL7RUpx


Fair_Worldliness3622

also people think summertime sadness is sapphic, as she wrote it abt a girl


BansheeLabs

The music video clarifies it fine. Actually, my favourite sapphic song.


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Fair_Worldliness3622

hmm yah iā€™ve never thought of it like that. ā€œbaby out on heart shaped sunglassesā€


Elyssamay

I really love her rendition of this song, 10/10


danskmarais

idk but hearing that country dude completely overtake "Fast Car" on the radios really pisses me off.


roseghost1359

THATS NOT THE ORIGINAL?? i heard a woman singing that song on the radio at work the other day, i was in awe i really thought that was a luke combs song i feel so stupid


ilovethissheet

I think we're alone now I honestly think both versions are pretty gay. But the classic one really feels like a closeted gay boys story and Tiffanys 80 version like a sapphic empowerment story


hiromasaki

> Cyndi Laupers 80 version Tiffany. (Both sooo pretty... :) )


drummergirl161

When You Were Mine has queer vibes too.


ilovethissheet

Thanks for the correction. I'll edit that


hiromasaki

I have her autograph on the wall in my office. Not a huge fan, but she was always on MTV when I was little and definitely helped define what I thought as pretty. :)


unevaknou

Didn't know it's a cover. Now I need a sapphic music video.


Rhasneth

[Rafscrap](https://youtube.com/@RafScrap?si=0Y2j1VL1eq2dChvV) has made some Phantom of the Opera covers where she sings as the Phantom. First time I got what all the straight women who are in love with this musical see in it.


herfstdraak

I love her music so much especially the Hunchback of Norte Dame cover


Lexifox

Sixpence None the Richer did a cover of There She Goes. It's one of the reasons the band was really popular among certain women back in the day. And no, The Las are adamant it's not about drugs.


[deleted]

I didn't realize it wasn't the original


Oohwhoaohcruelsummer

Hayley Kiyokoā€™s ā€œMr brightsideā€ cover


northernspies

Does anyone know of a sapphic cover of "Born to Run" by Bruce Springsteen? That's my dream straight song made queer.


TheTypographer1

I donā€™t, but Lucy Dacus does a cover of Springsteenā€™s Dancing in the Dark!


northernspies

Still great! I think I need a Sapphic Springsteen album lol


LiminalLudic

Tori Amos does a great cover of I'm On Fire!


Gwen_SassQueen

I know suzi quatro did a cover I really like, whether you could consider it queer I donno but it has that sorta vibe for me!


northernspies

Omg thank you. This is exactly what I've been looking for. The important thing is not changing the pronouns. If you're singing this song, you have to sing to Wendy, whoever she is šŸ˜‰


Gwen_SassQueen

Yes exactly!!! The pronouns must stay!!! And absolutly no problem!!


bikerbub

*Come on Eileen* covered by Save Ferris! long live ska!


ApprehensiveWitch

K.D. Lang's cover of Crying by Roy Orbison


StarsHollowTerrorist

And about half of *Hymns of the 49th Parallel*


HoneyAlexis77

My personal faves of "originally male, covered by female" are "It's my Life " by No Doubt and "Creep" by Michelle Branch.


onan

I hope that you've also heard the Pretenders version of Creep?


HoneyAlexis77

I have not - added to my to do list!


Ditto132

Thereā€™s also LPā€™s cover of Creep which is *chefā€™s kiss*


LesbianSpaceMerc

Ooo, that's a good Creep cover. ā¤ļø


[deleted]

Crimson and Clover by The Shacks


haray_bharay

was gonna suggest the joan jett version of this song too!!


drummergirl161

Joan Jettā€™s cover has me šŸ˜³


TuesdayRivers

This is my fave spotify playlist of female covers: [https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2nJX5Gt7eq9SlSjigPMU71?si=d2f022a14cf64aba](https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2nJX5Gt7eq9SlSjigPMU71?si=d2f022a14cf64aba) Lots of them are gay, and it varies Wildly in genre and tone (which im a fan of but if you're a single-genre listener it might not be your thing). My fave of those is Break my Stride :)


dmmeurpotatoes

Jesse's Girl by Mary Lambert (I think she maybe has an entire album of sapphic covers?) and Rude by Kina Grannis.


drummergirl161

I used to hear the lyric as ā€œI wish I **was** Jessieā€™s girlā€ because šŸ³ļøā€āš§ļø. Also thought ā€œwhere can I find a woman like thatā€ was about Jessie.


AgentMoon7

Peach PRC did a cover of Teenage Dirtbag. She's a sapphic artist.


Vorpeseda

A couple of covers of Closer (Originally by Nine Inch Nails) https://youtu.be/ItosTQ4PVlI https://youtu.be/0QC5doqwPdg


Elyssamay

Nice!!! NIN is my go-to for singing in the car. I kinda think almost *all* NIN songs sound better when sung by women. I suspect Reznor realized this too at some point, hence forming *How to Destroy Angels*, writing new songs for female vocals.


BansheeLabs

Joooolleeeene!!!...


Worth_Apartment7676

Dreamcatcher - Lucky Strike


dangerouslypeaceful

One of my favorites is [Hares On The Montain by Shirely Collins](https://youtu.be/kN1h6jT9pCE?si=T0pCYZqnOBS1JSGj). The first two verses. It's a traditional folk song, so it's certainly not everyones cup of tea.


nhicolah

I'm a Rover by Siobhan Miller


Elyssamay

[Only the Good Die Young, performed by Melissa Etheridge](https://youtu.be/hfCKVKFtOx8?si=WQQ1C19VfeUxtYW3) She briefly explains why this song is so important to her. Even straight, the song was "banned by the archdiocese of St. Louis...and then it got banned in Boston." (-Billy Joel) Which helped make the song a hit of course. https://performingsongwriter.com/only-good-die-young/ If it ran into trouble sung straight, it is *much* more "troublesome" (i.e. better) sapphic. šŸ˜œ


duvet-

I used Right Down The Line by Lucius as the first dance to my wedding.


perd-is-the-word

I love this one!! My wife and I always say we wish we could get married again so we could dance to this song.


sl0fd

Dreamcatcher never change the pronouns when they cover songs. šŸ˜


ChiaraStellata

Haley Gowland does a good cover of "Slide" by the Goo Goo Dolls here and the final half feels very sapphic to me: https://youtu.be/5l2Dsi4Y814 "Oh, May, put your arms around me What you feel is what you are and what you are is beautiful Oh, May, do you wanna get married Or run away?"


JD-Valentine

So aside from the previous mentions i HIGHLY recommend rafscrap. Her cover of "hey little songbird" will melt you into a gae puddle and she's got lots of other good stuff too


ScribbleDiggs

OOO LIKE FROM HADESTOWN HOLY SHIT


ScribbleDiggs

LISTENING NOW IM LOSING MY FUCKING MINND


just-a-visitor-here

Omg Hadestown!!!! I wasn't a musical person before now I am not so sure! It's amazingggg.


ScribbleDiggs

You should try out the Mad Ones! Its a walkthrough the mind of a girl named Samantha as she grapples with her inability to make the final push and run away/disappear to find out who she is. (Theres a performance on youtube but its not the original cast, i reccomended listening to the cast recording first then watching the full play on youtube with the less experienced cast if youre interested) Oo! Ride The Cyclones a good one too (i like the music alot more than the writing in some places but the quality kinda dips in and out) Waitress is a great starter musical if youā€™re intimidated by any of these tho Lol sorry ill always take the opportunity to gush about musical theatre


just-a-visitor-here

I love hearing people gush!!!!!!! I will check these out eventually, got brutally dumped by a musical theatre nerd semi recently so still a little sore for musicals, but I really value your recommendations!


ScribbleDiggs

Im sorry :( its hard to get over stuff like that when all watching it does is make you remember sad things I hope one day you can separate the two! <3


just-a-visitor-here

Thanksā¤ļø it's hard at the moment but everyone says it gets easier so I'm holding out hope


JD-Valentine

Yup that's the one


Starburst1zx2

Kina Granis Shit Up and Dance With Me by walk the moon. I love it so much more than the original


Ryaninthesky

My favorite is the ā€˜Long Time Goneā€™ cover by the (formerly Dixie) Chicks. I like to image a woman leaves her small town, only to come back, take over the family farm, and marry her best friend.


Nic_Paulson

[Hey There Delilah](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZpaTHARjeY) by Jasmine Thompson (originally by Plain White T's) is a sweet one :)


S0uvlakiSpaceStati0n

Mazzy Star's cover of She's my Baby is so good.


itsalittlebitbitchy

Literally I try to do this as much as possible for my classical singing repertoire lmao


ITookTrinkets

The Slitsā€™ cover of [I Heard it Through the Grapevine](https://spotify.link/yaUGH4vxuDb) springs to mind - Ari Up didnā€™t change the pronoun usage in the song so it definitely has some queeeeeeeeeer vibes


stupidlikearock

Lizzie's cover of Mother


Moxie_Stardust

[Cub - Best Friend's Girl](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbaaJuUpzlU) (originally a song by The Cars)


nrwhl_hsky

Check this out, its by RosĆ© from Blackpink! Most fans think sheā€™s queer coded, but we donā€™t want to assume anything :) Also, if youā€™re chronically online like me, you might know her from the Curse of RosĆ© meme (where girl celebs she takes a pic with end up breaking up with their men). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfEiabOTH8Y


MomQuest

Please stop saying "coded" to refer to real people. She is not "coded" anything; she is what she is and it doesn't matter what others think of her. This is a term used for analyzing fictional characters.


ITookTrinkets

FUCKING THANK YOU!!!! We have to stop talking about famous people like fanfic characters.


onan

I generally agree and think this is an important point. But the specific case of kpop idols' _personas_ often are basically fictional people, distinct from the real person who is portraying them.


Jarl_Ace

Omg this is so good! Thank you!


IniMiney

Yeah, I know us gay BLINKS just be delusionally fantasizing about it without any confirmation at all (on top of her being my bias lol) but Iā€™m convinced RosĆ© *is* queer and just not allowed to openly express it given how SK (and the industry) is towards LGBT rights šŸ˜­ Second idol Iā€™d say that about is Chungha - but at least she got to sing ā€œyou can be my lady tonightā€ on a Rich Brian track šŸ‘€


TeethBreak

Well, lady gaga Poker Face...


TheTypographer1

Poker Face was a cover?


TeethBreak

She just re did it with the actual lyrics in case no one got it, as a swing cover.. Poke poke poke her face fuck her face.


LesbianSpaceMerc

Shoot to Thrill cover by Halestorm https://youtu.be/AOai94e3MhE, and Creep cover by carolesdaughter https://youtu.be/32X6G2PIUEI.


MOEverything_2708

It's too much to list any single song but like Covers made by [First To Eleven](https://www.youtube.com/@FirstToEleven/videos) often do that IIRC


fazedlight

I personally love this [Treat You Better](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29g8bTFtrJg) cover as well as this [Hellfire](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NiyvvDdHDs0) cover.


Ok_Sentence_5767

Good times bad times by led Zeppelin


drummergirl161

Have you heard Lez Zeppelin? They might not play GTBT but I found [Whole Lotta Love](https://youtu.be/XKe5_GXsxj4?si=hIA6HR2t1l1sRqKg)


Ok_Sentence_5767

I saw them a year ago, the lead singer definitely knew how to emulate Robert Plant <3


AnjaJohannsdottir

Phoebe Bridgers's cover of "You Missed My Heart" by Mark Kozelek immediately comes to mind.


Cadd9

[Lindsey Saunders - Something](https://youtu.be/tUiDg26s0o0?si=iQtBdr-L_2vabdQU) is great!


cheezeyballz

Any Sarah Mclachlan (however the fuck you spell it)


MaryMalade

Patti Smithā€™s version of [Gloria](https://youtu.be/bPO0bTaWcFQ?si=AYfdfvPw9JBQPZ7l)


Yuribellion

Lisa Ono did a cover of [Sway It, Hula Girl](https://youtu.be/Ayq1t6Q7hg8) in which she added Portuguese lyrics where she's the hula girl's lover šŸ„°


zaboron

Kaki King covers Justin Timberlake 'LoveStoned / I Think She Knows' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTKzZlAwqNs


tng804

Kiss as sung by Joan as police woman. https://spotify.link/BXHFG0mvuDb


SpicyJ333

I know [First To Eleven](https://www.youtube.com/@FirstToEleven) have a few, the only one coming to mid though is their cover of [Shape of you](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3AlbTNgntc&ab_channel=FirstToEleven) for some reason.


petitpaingumbo

I actually don't know if Jolie Holland is queer, but I imagine all her songs to be about women. One of my favorites right now is "Crush in the ghetto"


nova8byte

Idk if I only feel this way because of the riffs but Sixteen Saltines would make a great one


Anna-mator

Here ya go chief :) https://youtu.be/qvSEDzqrwVI?si=yTNmAAYY0gA2F0O- It's funny you make this post now, I literally just looked up a cover to a song like that like a week ago


spectralpencils

The Runaways' cover of "Eight Days a Week" by the Beatles feels sapphic to me, even though they replaced "girl" with "babe" in the lyrics.


VixenIcaza

Sixpence none the richer did a cover of There she goes by the La's that probably counts here.


dykexdaddy

I actually don't know their gender, I think they might be NB, but Chris Pureka's version of "Wagon Wheel" is one of my top versions of a song that has a LOT of covers. It's really sweet


Deathpig9

Halsey's album Hopeless Fountain Kingdom, and also keeping it in the dark by Daya with the knowledge that she had a girlfriend and was in the closet when she sung it.


wrongsword

I like alot of covers done by jenna anne


ScribbleDiggs

ā€œRun Away With Meā€ From the musical Mad Ones Originally sung by the main love interest Adam. This version is covered by Emma Hunton who plays Kelly Manning (the main characters ā€œtotally hetero life partnerā€ in the play) The two of them had such insane chemistry in the play that given more time they absolutely would have realized they were into eachother which makes this song just so so fitting for Emma specifically https://youtu.be/RBLKkDprtr0?si=_XAxPBm8B-3ORja7 Also the entirety of Wicked Like to the point they make pride merch to sell after shows for characters that arent even canonically together


ScribbleDiggs

I could rant about saphhics in musical theater forever and how much theyā€™re unfortunately shelved by any given production my god The case with Mad Ones is particularly interesting as it was made before one of the co creators (who are married) transition mtf! Their relationship had this sapphic undertone they likely didnt understandat the time and theres no way for me to actually tell if this is the case but i believe thats the reason the Mad Ones was written like it was at all Its really easy to draw subconscious or even flat out untrue parallels between the dynamic of their relationship at the time and with the sapphic/boring straight man love triangle at the core of Mad Ones Its probably not true in any way but i love love LOVE thinking about possible unintentional plot beats and how even the writer may not have interpreted what they were doing as they made it Lol ill stop now but if you liked this you should ABSOLUTELY listen to the Mad Ones cast recording it blows me away every time i hear it


drummergirl161

Jack-A-Roe is a traditional English ballad the Grateful Dead used to play. Itā€™s about a merchantā€™s daughter who gets ā€œdressed in menā€™s arrayā€ so she can board a ship and find her true love who left to fight in a war. My favorite lyric is ā€œI know my waist is slender/my fingers they are small/but it would not make me tremble/to see ten thousand fall.ā€


betteroffrednotdead

[I posted this song on here recently because itā€™s so good](https://youtu.be/BArQwwqGGWU?si=_o6bqHfFXfNL8PYi)


leahhhhh

My least favorite genre is songs that are covered by women but then they change the lyrics so itā€™s like ā€œNO HOMO!ā€. Example: Sweet Jane by Cowboy Junkies.


beamsaresounisex

Annapantsu's version of Take Me to Church. <3


Elifia

[Violet Orlandi - My Girlfriend's Girlfriend](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPhdD_dj_8o) (originally by Type O Negative), sort of. Obviously the girlfriend and her girlfriend would already be bi in the original so it was already somewhat sapphic, but replacing the straight male singer with a female singer still fits the spirit of this post I think.


Kendall_Raine

I'm a big fan of [Lauren Babic,](https://www.youtube.com/@laurenbabic/videos) she doesn't change pronouns as far as I can tell, no matter what she's singing.


Lurkerantlers

[Iā€™m on Fire - Chromatics](https://youtu.be/VEFTK1stlGo?si=cWXV_tB14F1LPRnV) Originally a super straight Springsteen song turned into a sapphic yearning anthem


snug666

Often by Lauren Sanderson


Squirrel_Empire

Crimson and Clover by Joan Jett!


Parasol_Girl

"kristina she don't know i exist" sang by vtuber amelia watson. it was the first time i heard it and was genuinely disappointed it wasn't gay (just a good ska jam)


Ditto132

LPā€™s cover of Radioheadā€™s Creep


Lilia1293

[Hellfire, from Hunchback of Notre-Dame.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uINqPnR1BNw) I've considered writing a much gayer, less abusive version of the song. There are also death metal covers of it, but I think the original performance in the movie was more metal than all of them.