| recordings |
|---|
| 1967-10 | Tighten Up | | Archie Bell & the Drells | 3:11 |
| 1968-08-26 | Tighten Up | cover and live | James Brown | 7:12 |
| 1983-02-17 | Tighten Up | cover and live | R.E.M. | 4:09 |
| 1993-07-26 – 1993-07-28 | Tighten Up | cover and instrumental | Bernard “Pretty” Purdie | 14:15 |
| 2001 | Tighten Up | cover and live | Yo La Tengo | 2:00 |
| 2004-03-15 | Tighten Up | cover, instrumental and live | Prince & The New Power Generation | 6:32 |
| 2006-11-11 | Tighten Up | cover, instrumental, live and partial | Prince | 4:11 |
| 2006-11-12 | Tighten Up | cover, instrumental, live and partial | Prince | 2:49 |
| 2008-07-22 – 2008-07-25 | Tighten Up | cover, live and medley | Soulive | 10:27 |
| 2011-04-30 | Musicology / Tighten Up (instrumental) | cover, instrumental and live | Prince | 3:33 |
| 2011-05-05 | Musicology / Tighten Up (instrumental) | cover, instrumental, live and partial | Prince feat. Whitney Houston | 4:39 |
| Here We Go Again~tighten Up | cover | Yellow Magic Orchestra | 1:09 |
| Tighten up | cover | Yellow Magic Orchestra | 2:46 |
| Tighten Up | cover | Yellow Magic Orchestra | 3:09 |
| Tighten Up | | Soulive | 7:53 |
| Tighten Up | | Archie Bell & the Drells | 2:38 |
| Tighten Up | | Archie Bell & the Drells | 3:04 |
| Tighten Up | | Archie Bell & the Drells | 3:09 |
| Tighten Up | | Archie Bell and the Drells | 2:47 |
| Tighten Up | | Archie Bell & the Drells | 3:09 |
| Tighten Up | cover | R.E.M. | ?:?? |
| Tighten Up | cover | R.E.M. | 4:12 |
| Tighten Up | cover | Yellow Magic Orchestra | 5:46 |
| Tighten Up | cover | Yellow Magic Orchestra | 2:52 |
| Tighten Up | cover | Yellow Magic Orchestra | 3:06 |
| Tighten Up | cover | Yellow Magic Orchestra | 3:41 |
| Tighten Up | cover | Yellow Magic Orchestra | 5:44 |
| Tighten Up | live | James Brown | 7:11 |
| Tighten Up | cover | The Bamboos | 3:53 |
| Tighten Up | cover | Steve Wynn | 2:54 |
| Tighten Up | | Archie Bell & the Drells | 2:38 |
| Tighten Up | | Archie Bell & the Drells | 2:47 |
| Tighten Up (A & M mix 1980 - The Jeff Ayeroff and John Beverly Jones Remix) | cover | Yellow Magic Orchestra | 3:10 |
| TIGHTEN UP (A&M MIX) | cover | Yellow Magic Orchestra | 3:09 |
| Tighten Up (Japanese Gentlemen Stand Up Please!) | cover | Yellow Magic Orchestra | 3:42 |
| Tighten Up (Japanese Gentlemen Stand Up Please!) (US 12" version) | cover | Yellow Magic Orchestra | 5:44 |
| Tighten Up (live in studio) | cover and live | R.E.M. | 4:09 |
| Tighten Up (live version) | cover and live | R.E.M. | ?:?? |
| Tighten Up (live) | cover and live | James Brown | 7:22 |
| Tighten Up (remix) | cover | Yellow Magic Orchestra | 6:35 |
| Tighten Up (Robert Gordon remix) | cover | Yellow Magic Orchestra | 6:10 |
| Tighten Up (The Robert Gordon remix (Japanese Gentlemen Stand Up Please!)) | cover | Yellow Magic Orchestra | 6:09 |
| Tighten Up (The Robert Gordon remix) | cover | Yellow Magic Orchestra | 6:09 |
| タイトゥン・アップ: Japanese Gentlemen Stand Up Please | cover | サリー久保田グループ feat. 清浦夏実 | 2:52 |
