It's Raining "Umbrella" Covers!

Posted Aug 15th 2007 1:46PM by TMZ Staff

It's the undisputed summer song of 2007, so it was only a matter of time until "Umbrella" got the "My Humps"/Alanis Morissette treatment. This time, the refreshing remix comes courtesy of that fresh-faced Mandy Moore.


Pepsi Smash has put together a series of covers for their website, including Rihanna's take at "Redemption Song," a Daughtry stab at "Sunday Bloody Sunday" and Bowling for Soup, who tackle Fergie's "London Bridge." While they're all fun, it's Moore's haunting cover of the Barbadian's hit that TMZ staffers have found to be hella (ella ella eh eh eh) good. (A similar cover on MySpace from singer Scott Simon is just as entertaining.)

Moore's no veteran to stripping down a pop uber-hit -- she did the same thing to her own saccharine "Candy," gutting out a bluesy version during her live shows.

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1. Mediocre at best talent compounded by the fact that she is annoying as hell = NO SALE!

Posted at 2:01PM on Aug 15th 2007 by Fatalie Means

2. What?

Posted at 2:02PM on Aug 15th 2007 by SayWhat

3. I love Mandy's re-make

Posted at 2:02PM on Aug 15th 2007 by shells

4. Her cover SUCKS. Scott Simon's is much much much better. All she's doing is singing the lyrics in a souless zombie way. Booooooooooooo!

Posted at 2:08PM on Aug 15th 2007 by phungwin

5. She's a talented actress and decent singer, but her mouth should not be on the mic...literally...her lips touching the mic.

Good remake by Simons.

Posted at 2:10PM on Aug 15th 2007 by Serene

6. Ok, I just watched that video of her cover of Umbrella, and it sucks just like the original. They play that song way too much. I wouldn't mind telling them what they could do with their UMBRELLA!!!!

Posted at 2:14PM on Aug 15th 2007 by Kellie

7. I thought it sounded like a Bad Karaoke performance myself. Leave "Umbrella" to Rhianna

Posted at 2:15PM on Aug 15th 2007 by angee

8. Oh come on. Everyone knows that the song for 2007 is "Chocolate Rain". That is going to be my wedding song.

Posted at 2:48PM on Aug 15th 2007 by Rondo

9. Marie' Digby did an acoustic cover first and better. Check it out on Youtube or iTunes.

Posted at 3:58PM on Aug 15th 2007 by silver

10. ROFL...Umm...no. she is better off doing a cover of "chocolate rain"!!!

Posted at 4:29PM on Aug 15th 2007 by callinitout

11. Stop ruining the song! Bitch! Doesn't she have anything better to do?

Posted at 4:59PM on Aug 15th 2007 by bebe

12. My favorite part is how she's all "I usually don't listen to Top 40, but this song is just too melodic."

So, she spews out Top 40 crap, but she's too good to listen to it? Does that mean she doesn't listen to her own music?

Wait, technically she can cos her records never make the Top 40.

Posted at 5:22PM on Aug 15th 2007 by Stef

13. I think it's an improvement.

Posted at 5:50PM on Aug 15th 2007 by lisa m

14. Scott Simons version of Umbrella is so much better than Mandy Moore's or Rhiannas!

Posted at 5:56PM on Aug 15th 2007 by Mel

15. She is not Barbadian, please learn your island culture. She is Bajan (bay jan).

Posted at 6:40PM on Aug 15th 2007 by samalama

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