What’s the best cover of an original song you know?

For me some of the best I know are “Heroes” by Oasis (originally by Bowie) and “Hurt” by Johnny Cash (originally Nine Inch Nails)

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crude-beep t1_iug1rw8 wrote on October 31, 2022 at 1:17 AM

Nirvana covering Lake of Fire by the Meat Puppets always gets me.

uuhhhhggg t1_iug2fsy wrote on October 31, 2022 at 1:22 AM

This question gets asked once every three days on here please make it stop

IdiotsThrowaway1984 t1_iugvwju wrote on October 31, 2022 at 6:12 AM

Surprised no one has mentioned All Along The Watchtower yet (Covered by Jimi Hendrix, originally by Bob Dylan)

Donkey-Harlequin t1_iug1dx9 wrote on October 31, 2022 at 1:14 AM

Mad world by Gary Jules. Cover of the Tears for Fears version.

HollandMarch1977 t1_iug79o0 wrote on October 31, 2022 at 2:00 AM

I am a Bob Dylan super fan, but my go-to version of Don’t Think Twice It’s Alright is by John Martyn.

I love In the Morning by David Kitt. The song was originally by the Bee Gees.

I’ve been listening to Green River by Eilen Jewell a lot recently. I prefer it to the Creedence original.

Tainted Love by Soft Cell is a cover. The original was sung by Gloria Jones and is pretty forgettable.

P.S. How can a cover not be of an original song? Are you just trying to exclude versions of folk songs?

WowbaggerElProlonged t1_iug9jpg wrote on October 31, 2022 at 2:18 AM

Istanbul Not Constantinople by They Might Be Giants.

sorengray t1_iuh8su3 wrote on October 31, 2022 at 9:31 AM

Is that a cover?

LunnaarEclipss t1_iugqa53 wrote on October 31, 2022 at 4:57 AM

I think feeling good by muse is better than the original, although the original is good. But the instruments make Muse’s better

SomekindaStory t1_iugha8f wrote on October 31, 2022 at 3:22 AM

https://open.spotify.com/track/0cF1lczKulNDnAAHumz0JJ?si=834fa43ff5034522

theCun2sions t1_iuglbdo wrote on October 31, 2022 at 4:01 AM

The weight by Aretha Franklin

mbauermusic t1_iugxjhz wrote on October 31, 2022 at 6:36 AM

Joe Cocker's "Mad Dogs and Englishmen" album is a ton of great live covers. His live version of "With a Little Help from my Friends" (yeah, it's not on the original album) has to be my favorite though. Shows how good the Beatles were as songwriters, and is a super creative arrangement.

sorengray t1_iuh8reo wrote on October 31, 2022 at 9:30 AM

I don't really like Oasis and I don't really like Ryan Adams, buuut... Ryan Adams cover of Wonderwall is a revelation.

https://open.spotify.com/track/4siFdX3QLfjtzg1HHgCPW7?si=OEwplm38QrKLgzfV_ujiZg&utm_source=copy-link

operationmug t1_iuhjoq5 wrote on October 31, 2022 at 11:50 AM

Rammstein version of 'Stripped' by Depeche Mode is awesome.

TheIncredibleDjango t1_iuhmtuu wrote on October 31, 2022 at 12:21 PM

Faith No More’s version of War Pigs (especially Live at Brixton Academy) and also their version of Easy.

TheIncredibleDjango t1_iuhnwt1 wrote on October 31, 2022 at 12:31 PM

Nobody has said it so I’ll hat Johnny Cash’s version of “Hurt” by Nine Inch Nails

Executeorder69_ t1_iui1pwe wrote on October 31, 2022 at 2:23 PM

You are always on my mind

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Nightgasm t1_iug9vat wrote on October 31, 2022 at 2:21 AM

Alone by Heart. Original was by I-Ten in the early 80s. Very synthy with a male singer. Then actors John Stamos and Jami Gertz made it a duet for a TV show. A few years later Heart covered it and it blew up and is now the go to song for any aspiring female singer who wants to show she can belt. Neither of the first two versions had belting like Ann Wilson does in it.

Mysterious_Tax7076 t1_iug5d4g wrote on October 31, 2022 at 1:45 AM

The whole Weezer Teal album.

Another one I listened to today (and it's way old R&B) is Bobby Womack's cover of Wah Wah Watson's "Love Ain't Something (That You Get for Free).