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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peterf6 Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 74 posts 07-25-2022 at 02:06pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Thanks for this thread and all these new and old things to listen to! I love covers, so it's hard to choose one. I've always been very partial to Shawn Colvin's version of Steve Earle. Also, while it's hard to best Neil Young, this cut by Jill Sobule and John Doe from the Cinnamon Girl benefit album is pretty awesome. (And a fun coincidence that @frazuli2 just posted another version right before me!)
helpfull16yearslate Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 4 posts 07-25-2022 at 05:22pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Dancing On My Own - Robyn cover by Kings of Leon Stay - Rihanna cover by 30 Seconds To Mars Wicked Game - Chris Issak cover by Nadezhda Aleksandrova Roxanne - The Police cover by Morgan James Some I thought were missed by many ... all just my humble opinions of course. I hope you enjoy and/or rediscover these goodies. Much love!!! ✌ .ƹ.
sejodiren Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 192 posts 07-25-2022 at 09:59pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete "Let’s all take a moment to appreciate the insane musicianship, not in the least the amazing vocals…
jhajeski Details Discussions Posts This discussion 119 posts 07-26-2022 at 03:36am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Jimi Hendrix’s Star Spangled Banner.
noske Details Discussions Posts This discussion 783 posts 07-26-2022 at 05:03am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Eric Carmen lifted Rachmaninoff's 2nd piano concerto. Some may remember the song All by Myself. Also Never gunna fall in love again. That was Rach's symphony No 2. Different genres, so no comparison.