Lesley Gore did the original, I’ve found, back in 1963.

LYRICS:

You don’t own me, I’m not just one of your many toys
You don’t own me, don’t say I can’t go with other boys

And don’t tell me what to do
And don’t tell me what to say
And please, when I go out with you
Don’t put me on display, ’cause

You don’t own me, don’t try to change me in any way
You don’t own me, don’t tie me down ’cause I’d never stay

Oh, I don’t tell you what to say
I don’t tell you what to do
So just let me be myself
That’s all I ask of you

I’m young and I love to be young
I’m free and I love to be free
To live my life the way I want
To say and do whatever I please

And don’t tell me what to do
Oh don’t tell me what to say
And please, when I go out with you
Don’t put me on display

I don’t tell you what to say
Oh don’t tell you what to do
So just let me be myself
That’s all I ask of you

I’m young and I love to be young
I’m free and I love to be free
To live my life the way I want

<BLOCKQUOTE><font>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by den buck:
<STRONG>….and it was covered by Dusty Springfield, Klaus Nomi (don’t think I want to hear that one), Joan Jett and the Blow Monkeys (on the soundtrack of Dirty Dancing…). This information is from the excellent book "the Originals" by a Belgian guy called Arnold Rypens, which gives information of about 7500 original songs, and their covers.

Dinosaur Jr. is mentioned covering:
Feel a whole lot better (Byrds)
Hot Buritto #2 (Flying Burrito Brothers)
Show me the way (Peter Frampton)

He also has a website: The Originals Homepage</STRONG><HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

*Muttering under breathe: book, I didn’t need no stinkin’ book… why in my days, we had to walk 3 miles in the snow both ways to figure out who covered a song, and we liked it…*

Thanks for mentioning "You don`t own me";should have put that to my Musical recycling thread.
Shudder To Think once did a song called "Own Me" which is based on the Leslie Gore song,so might want to check on that out;it`s on their "Pony Express Record" album.They put their own lyrics to it and kind of wreck the original.
I will check out that site,den buck;thanks for mentioning it.

<BLOCKQUOTE><font>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by den buck:
<STRONG>A small word of warning: the originals website is just an addition to the book (which is only available in Holland and Belgium, as it is written in Dutch). The site only contains updates and additions to the book, so you might not find certain originals and covers…</STRONG><HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Ah… that explains alot. Thanks for that info (I was beginning to think the site just plain sucked).

<BLOCKQUOTE><font>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by den buck:
<STRONG>Hi ELJ,
The nice thing about this book is that it isn’t just a list of originals and covers, but it also has a lot of background stories about the songs and artists who performed them. Back in the good old days when I was young we were having long nights of discussions about topics like this indeed…. [img]images/smiles/converted/wink.gif[/img]</STRONG><HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Yeah, I checked out the site. I tried a few artists and it did fairly well no some but poorly on others: I think it had a grand total of 3 cover songs recorded by SP and Pearl Jam combined (there’s actually close to 60).