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Song covers that are better than the originals

I was listening to Billy Idol's cover of LA Woman, and I thought to myself that his version is way better than the original. So I thought I'd post a few covers that I enjoy more than the originals and see what others can add. My top five in no particular order:

LA Woman - Billy Idol
Just a Gigolo - David Lee Roth
Feelin Alright - Joe Cocker
Roll Over Beethoven - The Beatles
MacArthur Park - Donna Summer
slanski62
larryi
4,100 posts
 
Yet one more to add to the list:

Odetta covering Dylan's "Times they are a-Changin"
chatta
314 posts
 
"Love hurts" original version by The Everly Brothers (1960) and cover by Nazareth..great one.
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mitch4t
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Aretha Franklin covers Bread's "Make It With You"

Aretha Franklin covers Dionne Warwick's "I Say A Little Prayer"

Neil Sedaka covers his own "Breaking Up Is Hard To Do"

Sergio Mendes covers the Beatles "Fool On The Hill"

Pancho Sanchez covers Cal Tjader's "I Showed Them"
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achilles
135 posts
 
The Verve's version of the Stones' Bittersweet Symphony
Jimi Hendrix's version of Drivin' South (I don't recall the original's performer)
Obviously Hendrix's version of Dylan's All Along The Watchtower
The Allman Brothers Band's version of Stormy Monday
Grateful Dead's version(s) of Johnny Cash's Big River
Manfred Mann's version of Bruce Sprinsteen's Blinded By the Light
nickjn
111 posts
 
Enter sandman by Metallica (original ver by Pat Boone)
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