The Righteous Brothers covered the song on their "Sayin' Something" album (1967). In their version, by the third verse Bill Medley, who says the repeated line "And then ...", has lost patience with the story as told by Bobby Hatfield. A cover version by novelty pop artist Ray Stevens in 1969, reached a peak of #27 on the "Billboard" Hot 100. Stevens was also the voice of "Salty Sam," and (in falsetto) of "Sweet Sue," who screams for help and makes humorous ad-libs (e.g. "there he go again, tyin' me up, same routine", Help, he tied me up again", and "here comes the train, here comes the train"). The track features dubbed-in laughter and cheering from a "live" audience, and includes a brief quote from Rossini's "William Tell Overture" at the end.