Question for the Music Cognoscenti

[malaise]

Can an artiste and the production team who produc a cover rename the song?

There is a lovely cover of Nina’s classic - That’s all I want from you playing all day on a local station but I get angry every time the DJs call it A Little Love

[3825-87867]

1. Depends!

If they're republicans, they can rename anything they want!

[ProfessorGAC]

2. Just Guessing Here...

...but they probably can as long as they properly credit the songwriter(s) and not pretend it's an original work simply by renaming it.
I think it's a little silly, legit or not. If a song was considered important enough to cover it, I'm not sure it makes sense to give it a new name. They'd lose any marketing edge they might have through name recognition & nostalgia.

[malaise]

3. I see it as total disrespect to the great Nina Simone

because none of the youngsters singing it ever heard about Nina.

Thank you

[malaise]

4. Here's the cover

[malaise]

7. Look what I found

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/That%27s_All_I_Want_from_You

[UniqueUserName]

5. Just kicking the thread. Don't know the answer. Everyone should listen to Nina Simone /nt

[malaise]

6. It's a beautiful song

A true classic