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What's your favorite remake of a song

I know most remakes fall short of the original, but I suspect that it's usually due to the fact that the original was known and popular. The remake usually pales by comparison, but I've heard a few things lately that I really liked, and wondered what others have enjoyed...
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slothman
311 posts
 
Pat Travers' cover of Born Under a Bad Sign from Crash and Burn.
vortex
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I second Blood Sweat and Tears' "God Bless the Child"
Rare Earth's remakes of "Get Ready" and "(I Know) I'm Losing You" (I also really like Rod Stewart's version)
Santana's "She's Not There"
Grand Funk Railroad's "Feelin' Alright"
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kehut
668 posts
 
I'll second Rebecca Pidgeon's version of Spanish Harlem on Chesky Records. It was released by Ben E. King in 61 Though I think it was written by Phil Spector and Jerry Leiber . Quite nicely done.
qdrone
1,039 posts
 
Mott The Hoople's cover of The Velvet Undergrounds Sweet Jane.
chadnliz
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Nirvana's unplugged cover of the Meat Puppets
"Lake of Fire", also their versions of Bowies song was great aswell.
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