It has been covered by other artists including Straight No Chaser, the Ethical Debating Society, Slaughter & the Dogs, L.A. Guns, Mojo Nixon, Emily Osment, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Southern Pacific (band), Sister Hazel, Billy Ray Cyrus, Foo Fighters, Five Easy Pieces, Jo Jo Zep & the Falcons, Dave Edmunds, Hanson, Sheryl Crow, Bryan Adams, Lulu, Click Five, the Grateful Dead, Keith Richards (on his first solo single), Brinsley Schwarz, Jimmy Buffett, Foghat, Paul Brandt, Whitney Wolanin, Kelly Clarkson, the Tractors, Dwight Yoakam, Reverend Horton Heat, Hanoi Rocks, Billy Idol, Cee Lo Green, Luke Bryan, Brian Setzer Orchestra, Joe Perry, Los Lonely Boys, Jane Krakowski, the cast of the Broadway musical "Million Dollar Quartet", the Yobs, Vincent Martella (as the character Phineas Flynn, from "Phineas and Ferb"), the Muppets' band Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem, and a one-off supergroup consisting of Lemmy Kilmister, Billy Gibbons, and Dave Grohl for the 2008 album "We Wish You a Metal Xmas and a Headbanging New Year". It was also covered by Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry for his 2014 EP "Joe Perry's Merry Christmas" by and Sara Evans on her 2014 album "Sara Evans: At Christmas". Cheap Trick released it on their "Christmas Christmas" CD release in 2017.