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?

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cquinn Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 15 posts 07-15-2022 at 04:40pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete
normb Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 168 posts 07-15-2022 at 11:45pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Molly Hatchet’s “Dreams I’ll Never See” over The Allman Brothers Band’s “Dreams.” only because I’m about 5 years too young to have fully appreciated the Allman Brothers for another decade of so.
slaw Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 21,439 posts 07-16-2022 at 12:14am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Good one @normb .
ulrichburke Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 2 posts 07-16-2022 at 12:16am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Well.... you might have to listen to this to hear what I mean. There's a gorgeous transsexual singer/composer called Sopor Aeternus. Every so often, she does a cover version - and makes it utterly her own! This is her doing 'Holding Out for a Hero', originally by Bonnie Tyler. Think of the camp disco track, then listen to this.... I think Sopor's a hugely undervalued artist - hopefully after listening to this, you'll agree with me. She's also got a wonderful, totally deadpan sense of humor going through everything she does! I've met her a few times, guess I'm biased. Love to know what you think. Yours respectfully Chris.
juanmanuelfangioii Details Discussions Posts This discussion 958 posts 07-16-2022 at 12:25am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Bryan Ferry/Roxy Music : Jealous Guy.