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Haddaway - What Is Love (Jaymes Young Cover)
By Jason Grishkoff
June 12, 2013

Haddaway

What Is Love (Jaymes Young Cover)

Sounds like: Bastille, Kodaline, Ed Sheeran
Haddaway released "What Is Love (Baby, Don't Hurt Me)" way back in 1993, and I bet you still have the song buried somewhere in your head.While the Eurodance track seems like it was probably best-suited for a Eurovision contest, it probably got the majority of its attention from Saturday Night Live's Night At The Roxbury series. At least, that's where I got my intro to the song.Flash forward 20 years, and a relative newcomer by the name of Jaymes Young has decided to put his own spin on the track. The end result is a gentle and heartfelt cover that reminds me a lot of Bastille.Two thumbs way, way up on this one.