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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@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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"Rockin' Pneumonia"  Professor Longhair
Dylan acknowledged the superiority of Hendrix’s version Watchtower. This is the gold standard.
@arcam88,

I got to thinking hard about this, then when I decided I can't depend upon my memory as much anymore I looked it up....

My mistake, it was Samantha Fish "War Pigs".

My apologies!
"Dancing in the Streets" Grateful Dead "Cornell ’77" ………………….Wow!...…..
There have been several versions of "Sweet Jane" mentioned.

I like Mott The Hoople's version.