Cover songs that are better than the originals.


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.
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I am not saying that these covers are better than the originals, but, I like them and they can stand on their own:

1. Black Box Recorder: "Seasons in the Sun" 
2. Prince: "Creep"
3. Ryan Adams: "Wonderwall"
4. Shonen Knife: "Top of the World"
5. Roy Orbison: "Love Hurts"
6. Righteous Brothers: "Unchained Melody"
7. Sam Cooke: "Unchained Melody"
8. Solomon Burke: "A Change is Gonna Come"
9. Odetta: "Times They are a Changing"
10. Nouvelle Vague: "Guns of Brixton"
11. Cowboy Junkies: "Thunder Road"
12. Be Good Tanyas: "Waiting Around to Die"
13. Rolling Stones: "Sister Morphine"

Disturbed covering 'Land of Confusion", Frigid Pink's "House of the Rising Sun"
Sheena is a punk rocker- Shebang.
My Way- Sidney 
Every dream home a heartache- Fields of the Nephilim.
Help- The Damned.
Walkin' in Jerusalem just like Johnno- Ricky Skaggs.
Deep Purple-Hey Joe
Hello (Lionel Richie)- Sopor Aeternus, who?......thought so....lol
Immigrant Song- Karen O and Mr Rezner.
Ballroom Blitz (sweet)- Tia carrere
Anthrax- God save the Queen. NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
Dollyrots-Brand New Key...
Honky Tonk Train Blues- Emerson and Oscar Peterson (not better than Meade Lux Lewis, just different)
Fazil Say-Rondo Alla turk
Godsmack- Rocky Mountain way
slaw, I have heard quite a bit of Joanne Shaw Taylor but had no idea she did a version of war pigs😉 But I'm sure it is entertaining! I would love to hear it can't find it. Or are you pulling our legs😜
@arcam88,

I saw it on youtube a few years ago. Unfortunately, she has no vinyl releases so I own nothing by her.

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