The song was covered by Mary Chapin Carpenter

Mary Chapin Carpenter

Mary Chapin Carpenter is an American folk and country music artist. Carpenter spent several years singing in Washington, D.C. clubs before signing in the late 1980s with Columbia Records, who marketed her as a country singer...

 on her 1992 album Come On Come On and was released as a single the next year, peaking at 16 on Billboard's

Billboard (magazine)

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 Hot Country Singles & Tracks. This version of the song is also included on the soundtrack of the 2006 computer animated film Everyone's Hero

Everyone's Hero

The soundtrack, released on the Columbia Records/Sony Music Soundtrax labels, features tracks by the star of the film Raven-Symoné, Grammy-winners Wyclef Jean, Brooks & Dunn, Mary Chapin Carpenter, and various other artists....

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Chart positions

"The Bug" debuted at number 63 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of August 21, 1993.

Chart (1993)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks	16
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	24