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

Levon Helm "Take Me To The River"

Joe Cocker "With a Little Help from My Friends"

Marvin Gaye - 'I Heard it Through the Grapevine'

Johnny Cash "Hurt"

Linda Ronstadt "Hey Mister That's Me Up On The Jukebox"

Guns N' Roses "Knockin' on Heaven's Door"

Rod Stewart "I Don't Want To Talk About It"

Crosby Stills Nash & Young "Woodstock"

Jose Feliciano "Light My Fire"

"Spanish Moon" (Little Feat) by Gov't Mule...Warren Haynes puts some ass into this classic song meant to be driven hard live....and the Mule delivers. And yes, this is a very bold statement considering the world knows the song from the epic live double-album "Waiting for Columbus", one of the best live albums ever released.   

Feat's "Lonesome Whistle" kills me, as does pretty much any Lowell George vocal.

oooh...this is heresy...cowboy junkies sweet jane

Chantal Chamberland's version of U2's Miss Sarajevo

Inger Marie Gundersen's version of (Sittin' on) The dock of the bay

"Better" is probably the wrong term in the above cases, but they are both very different but valid arrangements of the originals.