You know the rule: Do it better, or do it different.<\/p>\n
When it comes to this gender-flipped version of “She’s the One<\/a>” by the U.K. disco duo Rhonda… well, it’s different.<\/p>\n<\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p>That clip is from 1978, the same\u00a0 year that Rhonda released “He’s the One” as an A-side single. Presumably it was a stop on their promotional media tour, although it failed to lift the disc up the charts. (The audience doesn’t seem all that into it either, although the front-and-center couple sure give it the old college try.)<\/p>\n<p>We should give Rhonda props, though. This was 1978 after all, when Springsteen covers were not yet commonplace, and certainly not a deep cut like this one.<\/p>\n<p>For that reason alone, it never quite disappears, surfacing from time to time on tribute albums and cover compilations. 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