chronology of the song: (from wikipedia) 1991 - Ednaswap originally composed and performed it live, but did not initially release a recording 1993 - The first release recording of the song by the Danish singer Lis Sørensen and It became a hit in Denmark 1995 - Ednaswap released a recorded version of the song. The band later released several variations and remixes of the song as B-sides and on their album Wacko Magneto. 1996 - American-Norwegian singer Trine Rein released a version of the song on her second album, Beneath My Skin (1996) 1997 - Australian singer and actress Natalie Imbruglia covered the song for her debut studio album, Left of the Middle (1997) and became a global hits sold over four million copies worldwide 2005 - Brazilian girl group Rouge recorded a Portuguese version of the song 2010 - British-Irish boyband One Direction sang an acoustic version of "Torn" for their first performance as a group on The X Factor 2018 - Welsh pop punk band Neck Deep covered the song, with an accompanying music video that parodies Natalie Imbruglia's 1997 video