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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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jazdoc
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Great thread...

Some of my favorite remakes include:

The Bad Plus "Smells Like Teen Spirit"
Johnny Cash "Hurt"
Fine Young Cannibals "Suspicious Minds"
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mattkimb96
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Axel Rudy Pell's rock rendition of In the Air Tonight is outstanding...and an excellent recording as well. Phil Collins would be pleased!
tomryan
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Santana's version of Peter Green's (Fleetwood Mac) "Black Magic Woman".
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chaz801
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Roberta Flack Killing me softly remade by the Fugees. The female singer Lauren Hill sounded as good as Roberta did way back when. One of my favorite remakes.
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ghosthouse
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Just heard "The Pretenders" do Dylan's "Forever Young". Very moving. Can't say it's a favorite - but really good.
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