<P> In 2008, Mariah Carey recorded a version of the song intended for inclusion on the soundtrack album of the film Tennessee, but the album was never released . Her recording was eventually released on YouTube in 2010 . </P> <P> Barry Humphries, in the lecherous persona of his character Sir Les Patterson, released a version of the song on the 1985 LP 12 Inches of Les . </P> <P> In 1990, country novelty musician Ray Stevens produced a comedic version of the song . After a conventional balladic first verse with piano and strings, a Foghorn Leghorn character breaks in demanding "a little fire in it!" Stevens launches into an upbeat "hillbilly" bluegrass tempo, interspersing each line with mocking jokes of those lines: the first line "Take the ribbon from your hair," is followed by a ripping sound followed by a woman yelling, Spike Jones - style, and so on . Another comedic version was recorded by novelty group Big Daddy, which was performed in the style, and with musical references to The Coasters . A parody was called "Help Me Make It Through the Yard" by Pinkard & Bowden, in which the lyrics are altered to tell about the plight of a man coming home drunk: Take the rosebush from my hair, / Lord, it has a lot of thorns, / What's the sprinkler doing on / At this hour of the morn?...</P> <P> In Austria, a German language version of the song was recorded by S.T.S. . Its title in German was "Gö, Du Bleibst Heut Nacht Bei Mir". The song was also covered by UK singer Charlie Landsborough on his 2009 album' Nothing Lasts Forever' . Another German Version ("Hilf Mir Durch Die Nacht") exists by Volker Lechtenbrink . </P>

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