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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
kbarkamian
647 posts
 
And I suppose Johnny Cash wrote Hurt?
magfan
1,583 posts
 
The Roth cover of 'Just a Gigolo' pales besides the Louis Prima version with Sam Butera and the Witnesses.

And that was without Keely Smith.
dayglow
1,893 posts
 
"Can't Find My Way Home" - House of Lords
martykl
3,578 posts
 
An oddity:

Todd Rundgren's "Pretending To Care" has been covered many times (notably by Jennifer Warnes), but always left me with the sense that someone could/should do more with it.

Then, I heard an absolutely great version by one Fred Froom (maybe related to Mitchell Froom, I thought). I did an internet search for Fred. It appears that he has recorded one track only: Todd Rundgren's "Pretending To Care".

At least it was a good one.

Marty
edorr
714 posts
 
Mad World - Gary Jules (and Adam Lambert for that matter)
Wonderwall - Ryan Adams (I would call that a tie with the original)
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