{"id":112482,"date":"2016-02-02T12:18:40","date_gmt":"2016-02-02T10:18:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/112482\/7-ukelele-covers-that-will-melt-your-heart\/"},"modified":"2016-03-10T12:17:13","modified_gmt":"2016-03-10T10:17:13","slug":"7-ukelele-covers-that-will-melt-your-heart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2016\/02\/02\/7-ukelele-covers-that-will-melt-your-heart\/","title":{"rendered":"7 Ukulele Covers That Will Melt Your Heart"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The ukulele has become the go-to instrument to put a quirky spin on any song. It\u2019s no wonder some of the world&#8217;s most famous songs have been turned into heart melting ukulele covers. Here are our top seven cover\u00a0songs to celebrate International Play Your Ukulele Day.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>1. Nkosi Sikelel iAfrika \u2013 SA National Anthem<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h3><em>Performed by Dylan RN<\/em><\/h3>\n<div class='tie-fluid-width-video-wrapper tie-ignore-fitvid' style='margin-bottom: 30px;'>\n\t\t\t<iframe style='width: 100%; min-height: 300px; aspect-ratio: 16\/9;' src='https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/kszH_Zo8LcQ' loading='lazy'><\/iframe>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<h2><strong>2. Kids \u2013 MGMT <\/strong><\/h2>\n<h3><em>Performed by The Ooks of Hazard<\/em><\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Ooks Of Hazzard - Kids (MGMT Cover)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HgpsXURZFo4?start=31&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<h2><strong>3. My Girl \u2013 The Tempations<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h3><em>Performed by Mike Miragliuolo<\/em><\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"My Girl by the Temptations (ukulele cover)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pgTFPIt1FC0?start=49&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2><strong>4. Blitzkrieg Bop &#8211; The Ramones<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h3><em>Performed by Gus and Fin Rock\u2019n\u2019Roll Radio Ukelele Show<\/em><\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"GUS and FIN UKULELE COVER - BLITZKRIEG BOP\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kNFpOh2seqo?start=75&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>5. Bohemian Rhapsody \u2013 Queen<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h3><em>Performed by Jake Shimabukuro<\/em><\/h3>\n<div class='tie-fluid-width-video-wrapper tie-ignore-fitvid' style='margin-bottom: 30px;'>\n\t\t\t<iframe style='width: 100%; min-height: 300px; aspect-ratio: 16\/9;' src='https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/PB3RbO7updc' loading='lazy'><\/iframe>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<h2><strong>6. Get Lucky \u2013 Daft Punk<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h3><em>Performed by Ukulenny<\/em><\/h3>\n<div class='tie-fluid-width-video-wrapper tie-ignore-fitvid' style='margin-bottom: 30px;'>\n\t\t\t<iframe style='width: 100%; min-height: 300px; aspect-ratio: 16\/9;' src='https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/L2yDHaWZKmU' loading='lazy'><\/iframe>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<h2><strong>7.\u00a0Radiohead \u2013 Creep<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h3><em>Performed by Melissa y Eureka<\/em><\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Radiohead - Creep (ukulele cover)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BGFJxu37_xs?start=57&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"stream-item stream-item-below-post-content\">\n<div class='tenancy_slot tenancy_slot_1 jannah_ad' style='display: none;' data-query-id='a076a13e1025f960a3bd02cca112ecc4'><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s International Play Your Ukulele Day and for some inspiration, we\u2019ve gathered seven cool covers utilizing the instrument.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7783,"featured_media":115398,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,2],"tags":[9643,6633,9644,9645,974,9646,9647,9648,2429,2362,9649,9650,9651],"class_list":["post-112482","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","category-news-headlines","tag-bohemian-rhapsody","tag-culture","tag-daft-punk","tag-mgmt","tag-music","tag-musical-instrument","tag-queen","tag-radiohead","tag-songs","tag-south-africa","tag-the-ramones","tag-the-temptations","tag-ukulele"],"amp_enabled":true,"category_labels":{"Category":"News","SubCategory":"Local news"},"tag_labels":["bohemian rhapsody","culture","daft punk","mgmt","music","musical instrument","queen","radiohead","songs","South Africa","the ramones","The temptations","Ukulele"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112482","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7783"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=112482"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112482\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/115398"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=112482"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=112482"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=112482"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}