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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In 1992, Elektra Records celebrated their 40th anniversary with Rubaiyat, a 2 disc set that had all their current artists covering their older artists.

See the Amazon ad for the tracklist, it's pretty diverse.
Bonnie Raitt doing Guilty by Randy Newman

Bonnie Raitt doing Dylan's It's All Over Now Baby Blue from some soundtrack to a movie I never saw. Steal this Movie...maybe.

Absolutly great covers
"somewhere" by tom waits - it's from west side story
"a case of you" diana krall, prince does a nice one too
"like someone in love" by bjork
"nothing compares 2 u" sinead oconnor's version of the prince song
Sounds damn close to the original but with a heavy metal flavor and sped up. It kicks a$$ and is just good fun to listen to :-)