 Live performances of the song are included on the live portion of The Byrds' "(Untitled)" album, as well as on the "Live at the Fillmore - February 1969" and "Live at Royal Albert Hall 1971" albums.The two earliest cover versions of "So You Want To Be A Rock 'n' Roll Star" were by the Royal Guardsmen, on their 1967 album "The Return of the Red Baron", and the British band the Move, who included the song on their 1968 EP, "Something Else from The Move".Hookfoot, the British group who served as Elton John's backing band for a number of years, also released the song as a single in 1974.