There is something about the sound of a ukulele that instantly makes you want to smile. This song, originally sung by pianist Bruno Mars and written by Ari Levine, Philip Lawrence, and Andrew Wyatt for his album “Unorthodox Jukebox,” has been covered many times in different genres. In this blog post, we will explore some of our favorite cover versions that have been performed on the famous four-string instrument!
 Bruno Mars: “When I Was Your Man”
This is the original version of the song from Unorthodox Jukebox. This acoustic rendition fits perfectly with the ukulele and made for a truly unique cover! It’s perfect for when you’re in that mood where an upbeat song will do just fine…or if you missed out on tickets to see him live 😉
The Ukulele Cover of “When I Was Your Man”: One YouTube user, TheUkulelerdude, decided he wanted to take his own spin at this popular tune by adding lyrics from another one of Bruno’s songs – When We Were Young. He does such a fantastic job performing it as well, and we think this might be our new favorite version of the song!
Bruno Mars – When We Were Young: Another YouTube user, Suzie Ukulele, performed a beautiful rendition of this song. She added her own lyrics to fit with when I was your man and it sounds so good!!! In fact, if we were ranking these covers from our favorites to least favorites this would be one of our top three!
 Ed Sheeran: “Shape Of You”
This cover is just as unique as all the others on here which makes us love it even more 😉 The stylistic interpretation he adds works really well for him (obviously!) and you can tell that he has put in some serious thought into making sure his cover stands out amongst all the rest!
Celine Dion: “My Heart Will Go On”
This is a very famous song that makes it hard to do something different, but that didn’t stop this YouTuber from trying. They made the violin really prominent in their cover and we think it sounds beautiful! It’s definitely worth checking out if you loved Titanic as much as we did 😉
‘Chop Suey!’ by System of A Down. (a lot better than when I was your man)
The title just about says everything for itself… This artist has taken Chop Suey and given it an acoustic twist – along with some awesome lyrics too! We can’t say how many times we have listened to this song because its so good 🙂 Our favorite part is when the singer belts out “when I was your man” at about two minutes in.
Maren Morris: ‘When I Was Your Girl
This artist has been on our radar for a while now and we are so glad that she’s finally put out an album! We’ve always loved her voice, but this song really shows how versatile it is too as there are some pretty heavy feelings to be had… or maybe just because he broke up with you? You decide 😉 But either way – it’s definitely worth listening to if you’re looking for something different.
Bob Dylan (A Hard Rain Is Gonna Fall)
One of Bob’s most well-known songs ever written and sung by him too 🙂 A hard rain is gonna fall, and it’s not just because he has so many other songs that we love too though….
Boney M. – Rasputin
This song was on the radio when my grandma used to take me out for walks in my stroller like a little kid 🙂 I think it’s about someone who becomes infatuated with others by hurting them but like all good things, there are some exceptions…
The Beatles- Yesterday
I heard this song when I was your man ukulele first time when I was old enough to go into shops without an adult around haha! You can’t listen to these guys without feeling anything which is always nice 🙂 Beautiful lyrics too: “Yesterday” might have been another sleepless night, nobody told me when I was your man ukulele
Lil Wayne – The Motto
This is a cool song because it’s sort of the opposite to yesterday 😉 “Yesterday I woke up in my bed and felt like doing something different” he says. These lyrics make you want to live life instead of worrying about what has already happened or how we can’t change anything 🙂 If you’re not living for today then why bother?
Taylor Swift- Shake It Off
I just heard this song last week but love it! You have to shake off all the negativity from others that might get in the way if you are living authentically so they can’t hurt us anymore. Hopefully, this will help people who are going through hard times to know that they can do it!
