• 1979: Danish punk band Sods (later
Sort Sol), covered the song on their debut album,
Minutes to Go. • 1981: Suicide's lead vocalist
Alan Vega re-recorded the song for his second solo album,
Collision Drive. • 1983:
Soft Cell (
Marc Almond &
Dave Ball) perform Ghost Rider live at various shows featuring guest vocalist Clint Ruin (aka
JG Thirlwell, including a performance for UK television programme
The Tube which also features
Gary Barnacle on saxophone. • 1987: American musician
Henry Rollins, formerly of the
hardcore group
Black Flag, recorded the song for his debut album,
Hot Animal Machine. • 1987:
Electronic rock group
The Cassandra Complex performs "Ghost Rider" live and it appears on their live album
Feel the Width. • 1988: Alternative rock band
R.E.M. released a cover of the song on the B-side to their 1988 single "
Orange Crush". It later appeared on the band's 1993 compilation album
The Automatic Box. • 1990: Detroit garage rock band
The Gories included the song on their second album. • 1994: Henry Rollins also re-recorded the song with the
Rollins Band for the
soundtrack to the film
The Crow. • 2008: Industrial rock band
The Young Gods did a cover version of the song on their album
Knock on Wood. • 2010: British rapper
M.I.A. sampled the song on "
Born Free". • 2010:
Gavin Friday and
David Ball covered the song for the
Alan Vega 70th Birthday Limited Edition EP Series • 2014: British musician
Anna Calvi covered the song on her
Strange Weather EP. • 2018: The American two piece Rock band
Big Business (band) recorded the song for their
Tour E.P. 4 • 2019: Japanese alternative rock band
The Novembers covered the song, releasing it as both a single, and a track on their album
ANGELS. • 2022:
Andy McCoy plays a loose version of the song live on tour as an interlude to his version of
Hanoi Rocks song "Taxi Driver". According to YouTuber Joe Smith, the performance of the song is "Andy's comment on US school shootings". == Accolades ==