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what’s a song cover that you think is better than the original?

The first ones to come to mind are Whitney’s version of I Will Always Love You and Allen Stone’s Georgia On My Mind but I would love to hear other contributions as well! I feel like there are a lot of songs where a covered version gets more popular than the original and people end up not realizing that it is a cover (ex. i had a friend that genuinely believed the Jonas Brothers wrote Year 3000). so, what‘a a song that was written by one artist but (figuratively) owned by another?

kazana
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jafant
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Jamie Cullum - Frontin’ 

my Jazz reference song from my Jazz Reference album. 
verve 2004.

 

 

Happy Listening!

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asvjerry
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....and now for something entirely different:

 

...and fun to watch those do what you wouldn't dare.... ;)

noske
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Someone other than myself may have already noticed this (including Trent Reznor) but I'll mention it anyway - Johnny Cash made Hurt his own.

noske
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That Led Zep version of Taurus by the band Spirit.

Rolf Harris also covered LZ’s version but I think its probably best if that is not mentioned in polite company.

When the Levee Breaks - original was written and recorded circa 1929.

A couple dozen other Led Zep things.

stuartk
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@dayglow 

I can't fault the musicianship of House of Lord's cover but as I perceive them, the two versions are very different in terms of the emotional aspect. There's an "epic",  "triumphant" quality to H. O. L's version that is very different from the original, as I hear them. Different generations are often drawn to different flavors of expression. 

 

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