There is an active thread about terrible cover songs so I thought I'd start one about cover songs that are better than or have completely eclipsed the originals. I'll start:
Randy Newman wrote Momma Told Me Not to Come for Eric Burdon who recored it with the Animals and Newman recorded it too. I have the Newman version and like it but Three Dog Night really seem to capture the mood of the song best in my opinion.
+1 Talking Heads - Take me to the River Alison Krauss/Viktor Krauss - Big Log Amy Winehouse - Valerie Pink - Me and Bobby McGee Travis - Baby One More Time (yet another Brittany Spears song)
As far as Stairway to Heaven, it hard to believe that a cover could be better than the original, but Heart's version comes close.
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