Editing Classical Gas (section)

==Cover versions and later versions==
* As Williams was a writer for ''[[The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour]]'', star [[Glen Campbell]] covered the song multiple times on the show.
* [[Midnight String Quartet]] covered the song on their 1968 album ''The Look of Love and Other Rhapsodies for Young Lovers''. In Canada, this version was co-charted with the Mason Williams version and they reached number two on the ''[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]'' magazine charts.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/028020/f2/nlc008388.5838.pdf |title=The RPM 100 |website=Collectionscanada.gc.ca |access-date=October 1, 2016}}</ref>
*In 1968, the [[Alan Copeland]] singers recorded a song that combined "Classical Gas" with [[Scarborough Fair (ballad)|"Scarborough Fair"]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/master/1503006-The-Alan-Copeland-Singers-Classical-Gas-Scarborough-Fair| title=Discogs entry for he-Alan-Copeland-Singers-Classical-Gas-Scarborough-Fair| website=[[Discogs]]| year=1968}}</ref>
* [[The Ventures]] recorded a cover for the album ''More Golden Greats'', released in 1969.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Ventures – More Golden Greats |url=https://www.discogs.com/The-Ventures-More-Golden-Greats/master/188099 |website=Discogs.com|year=1970 |access-date=August 16, 2019}}</ref>
* [[Paul Mauriat]] and his Orchestra recorded a cover for the album ''[[Gone Is Love]]'', released in 1970.
* [[Hugo Montenegro]] and his Orchestra recorded a cover for the album ''The Best Of Hugo Montenegro'', released in 1970.
*Deep Feeling, UK prog-rock band, recorded the song on their 1971 album, ''Deep Feeling''.
* [[Rick Wakeman]], the British [[progressive rock]] [[keyboardist]], performed a version for piano on the 1971 album ''[[Piano Vibrations]]''.
*A college marching band plays the song at a basketball game in the 1971 film ''[[Drive, He Said]]''.
* The progressive rock band [[Beggars Opera (band)]] recorded a cover which was released on their "Get Your Dog Off Me!" album in 1973
* Under the name Synergy, [[Larry Fast]] recorded an electronic version for the album ''Sequencer'' in 1976.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/Synergy-Sequencer/release/2737844 |title=Synergy (3) - Sequencer (Vinyl, LP, Album) |website=Discogs.com |year=1976 |access-date=October 1, 2016}}</ref> This version has served as the theme song for the [[WUSB (FM)]] radio program, ''Destinies-The Voice of Science Fiction'' since 1983.
*[[The Shadows]] recorded a version for their 1979 album ''[[String of Hits|String Of Hits]]''.
*Argentine virtuoso guitarist [[Cacho Tirao]] (member of the [[Astor Piazzolla]] quintet) recorded the song along with Jorge Padín and Manolo Juárez for their 1980 album ''Encuentro''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5lve_nTCos |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211222/G5lve_nTCos |archive-date=2021-12-22 |url-status=live|title=Cacho tirao - Encuentro (Inédito)|publisher=[[YouTube]]|access-date=August 16, 2019}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
* Dutch violinist [[Judy Schomper]] and flautist [[Berdien Stenberg]] (then still performing under her real name of Steunenberg) recorded a version for their 1980 LP ''Secret Gardens'', performed on [[violin]] and [[Western concert flute|concert flute]].
*In 1983, Hong Kong Cantopop singer/music producer [[George Lam]] put Chinese lyrics to the music and turned it into a Cantopop song, entitled “Love Story” in Chinese. It can be found on the album bearing the same title. 
*Chet Atkins recorded the song for his 1986 album "Street Dreams".
*[[Vanessa-Mae]] recorded the song for her 1994 album ''[[The Violin Player]]''.
* [[Zlatko Manojlović]], Serbian guitarist, included the song on his 1995 album ''Zlatko''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/Zlatko-Zlatko-1995/release/2030797 |title=Zlatko - To One Woman (CD, Album) |website=Discogs.com |year=1995 |access-date=October 1, 2016}}</ref>
* [[Tommy Emmanuel]] recorded the song with the [[Australian Philharmonic Orchestra]] on his 1996 album, ''[[Classical Gas (Tommy Emmanuel album)|Classical Gas]]''.
* Australian actor and musician [[Daniel Amalm]] released a cover of "Classical Gas" in 1996 that peaked at number 31 on the Australian [[ARIA Singles Chart]] that May.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Daniel+Amalm&titel=Classical+Gas&cat=s|title=Australian-charts.com – Daniel Amalm – Classical Gas|publisher=[[ARIA Charts|ARIA Top 50 Singles]]|access-date=January 30, 2021}}</ref>
* [[California Guitar Trio]] released a cover version on their 1998 album ''Pathways'' <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/release/1050424-California-Guitar-Trio-Pathways |title=California Guitar Trio - Pathways|publisher=[[Discogs]]|website=Discogs.com|access-date=April 17, 2024}}{{cbignore}}</ref>