10 Songs You Had No Idea Were Covers!?

[@steveharris7323]

The Bobby Fuller Four made the definitive version of I Fought The Law.

[@kiwihib]

It was a big hit in my country.

[@jimnech5066]

@@kiwihib You are correct!

[@andrewhudson8966]

The Crickets didn’t emerge after Buddy Holly’ death,they already existed and most of the songs we associate with Buddy were released under the name The Crickets

[@bennybenicasa]

The song "I Fought the Law" emerged after Buddy Holly's death. The Crickets recorded and toured for a few years after he died, which is when the song was written by Curtis and then recorded with another vocalist. This is what was probably (or should have been) meant by the narrated dialogue. Unfortunately, the dialogue totally ignored the biggest hit recording of the song by the Bobby Fuller Four.

[@MrStrobey]

Thank you. It was always Buddy Holly AND The Crickets.

[@bennybenicasa]

@MrStrobey Actually, they were calling themselves the Crickets until Coral just put "Buddy Holly" on the label of one of the singles... and after Holly died, it was just the Crickets again.

[@andrewhudson8966]

@ issuing records under the name Buddy Holly was a marketing ploy to have more than one single out at a time

[@andrewhudson8966]

@ Buddy was obviously the main man,but records were released under the name The Crickets,namely the single That’ll Be The Day and the first lp was The Chirpin’Crickets.Then as a marketing ploy to have more than one single out at a time records were released under Buddy’s name alone,eg Peggy Sue.I could be wrong but I don’t think any records were released as Buddy Holly and the Crickets while Buddy was alive.

[@Woodstock23466]

Black magic Woman by Santana 1970. The Original is from Fleetwood Mac 1968

[@ptournas]

Yes, I remember watching them do that at the Boston Tea Party in late 1969 and January of 1970. Boy, do I miss Peter Green and Danny Kirwan!

[@philipethier9136]

Don't forget that Carlos changed it up by adding elements from Gabor's "Gypsy Queen". A guy in England writes a song. A guy from Hungary writes another song. A guy from Mexico puts them together and creates an American classic.

[@rafaeleduardorodriguez7677]

Peter Green to be more precise, when Fleetwood Mac Was a rock-blues band

[@bobbakerbaker6181]

He didn't even mention that the Bobby Fuller Four that made I Fought the Law a hit

[@robiandolo]

That's the version I remember.

[@TRICK-OR-TREAT236]

THAT WAS THE BEST VERSION BY FAR.

[@ChrisM-fz6xx]

That's what I was going to say . Bobby Fuller Four was a much better version than any of them .

[@missjoshemmett]

Thank you...that was great!

[@robiandolo]

@@bobbakerbaker6181 Sinny Ci Curtis also wrote Love Is All Around, the theme from the Mary Tyler Moore show. And that was a hit 3 times.

[@l.salisbury1253]

Cyndi Lauper's "girls just wanna have fun" was written/demoed by Robert Hazzard in '79...

[@joshherron2921]

I think everyone knows Leonard Cohen wrote this song ....

[@ironshoes1720]

I was today old when I first heard Jeff Buckley's version. 🤦🏻‍♂️ Cohen's original is the only worthy version. The others are pale copies and attempts at imitating the real deal. 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@roberttempleton3047]

Black Magic Woman was made famous by Santana but actually the song was written in the late 60s by Peter green and performed by Fleetwoon Mac

[@donnagutierrez5740]

Janis’’ song Me and Bobby McGee was written and sung by the late great Kris Kristopherson.

[@fontheking5]

Yes, but it was first recorded by Roger Miller actually in 1969 and then Kenny Rogers later in 69

[@rustyking8783]

And in the original Bobby McGee was a girl not a boy.

[@laymansview5246]

Joplin and Kristopherson used to live together.

[@philipethier9136]

The :"original" was Barbara McKee, who worked for a record company. Record exec Fred Foster overhead a conversation at the company offices. "Who was at the meeting"? "Just me and Bobbie McKee". Foster loved the sound of that answer and suggested Kris write a song around it. Kris did not know Barbara and misheard the name as McGee. Later, while waiting for a train to pass, he remembered the phrase and started to work up a song. I believe Kris said that Gordon Lightfoot did the best rendition of the song.

[@ptournas]

@@donnagutierrez5740 Kristofferson, who didn't yet know she had recorded it, heard it shortly after she died. He loved her rendition, but said he couldn't sing the song without breaking up for a long time after that. A lot of comments have mentioned that the name Bobby McGee came from a studio secretary who was actually called Bobbie McKee, who Fred Foster suggested Kris write a song using her name, but Kris misheard the name. An interesting side note is that she was the secretary to Boudleaux Bryant, the husband in the the husband and wife songwriting team who wrote many hit songs for many artists, including almost all of the Everly Brothers early hits!

[@AlternateHistory100]

How about "Red, Red Wine", which is a Neil Diamond song covered by UB40?

[@thegrandmasabrina]

Also, Neil Diamond wrote I'm a Believer which was sung by the Monkees and later by Smashmouth

[@bennyrobertson]

And country singer Roy Drusky, the first version I ever heard.

[@RichardTaylor-m3o]

Jimmy James and the Vagabonds charted in the UK with the song in the late sixties.

[@bjorntoulouse7523]

UB40 thought they were covering a Tony Tribe original, they were shocked when they found out it was a Neil Diamond song.

[@AlternateHistory100]

@@bjorntoulouse7523 They should have done their homework!

[@josephcooter5763]

Hate to break it to you but You forgot the Bobby Fuller Four's version of I faught the Law. That's the version of the song that is best remembered.

[@jryland6]

ABSOLUTELY!!!!! ⭐️❤

[@musiclover9361]

It's not the best-remembered version where I live.

[@josephcooter5763]

@@musiclover9361 where are you from. Here in the state it's kind of Bobby Fuller's version.

[@musiclover9361]

@josephcooter5763 "here in the state": what does that mean sir; to which state are you referring and are you insular?

[@josephcooter5763]

@@musiclover9361 The United States

[@scottvk75]

The Bobby Fuller Four had a big hit with I Faught the Law in 1966. That's when I first heard the song.

[@AlternateHistory100]

You beat me to the punch on that one.

[@shawnratashak1296]

That's the version I first remembered hearing.

[@jryland6]

Me, Too!!!!!!

[@joepollard3228]

I didn't know that anybody had recorded it before the Bobby fuller four.

[@bennybenicasa]

I can't believe the narrated dialogue completely ignored the biggest charting hit recording of "I Fought the Law" which was cut by the Bobby Fuller Four. True: most people who know the song aren't aware that the Crickets (without Holly) did it first, but more people know the late Fuller's version than the Clash's (also awesome) rendition.

[@SergioBracali]

Really there is someone who doesn't know that Hallelujah was written by Cohen and All along the watchtower by Dylan?

[@BarerMender]

And Georgia on my Mind by Hoagy Carmichael?

[@SergioBracali]

@@BarerMender I didn't know that 😔

[@奈良佐保川]

Bobby Womack!

[@donalddixoninlou]

Good grief! I knew about all of these songs. Thought I was going to learn something new...........

[@NinerGuy49]

“Yes, yes. You’re very smart. Now shut up.” -The Princes Bride

[@donalddixoninlou]

@@NinerGuy49 LOL

[@dancingnature]

My favorite cover song is Marvin Gaye’s-I Heard It Through The Grapevine . The original which was also a big hit the previous year is by Gladys Knight and the Pips

[@BiggusDikkuss]

Yeah but CCR kicked ass with their take on it and made it an epic assault on the senses.

[@ujimajame4601]

Though Gladys Knight & The Pips had the first hit with the song, it was actually originally recorded by Smokey Robinson & The Miracles as an album cut, then cut on Marvin Gaye, rejected by Berry Gordy, then redone on Gladys Knight & The Pips. The Gaye release as a single only happened because a deejay picked it off Marvin Gaye's album!

[@peterbaruxis2511]

@@BiggusDikkuss Oh yes. Have you heard CCR I Put A Spell on You?

[@ChrisM-fz6xx]

You could make an entire List of Bob Dylan Covers . Everyone from the Byrds to Guns and Roses have covered Dylan . Bryan Ferry made a fantastic Cover of All Along the Watchtower . I had Dylan's version of his own song before Hendrix used it .

[@TheSpydersBand]

The best compliment our cover band ever got was when someone came up after we performed an original song and asked us who performed the original version.

[@rslitman]

"I Fought the Law": Original version - The Crickets Hit version - The Clash Iconic version - The Bobby Fuller Four "Twist and Shout": Original version - The Top Notes Hit version - The Beatles Iconic version - The Isley Brothers

[@prairiewolfo9274]

John D Loudermilk’s Tobacco Road has been covered almost too many times to list them all. A list would include Lou Rawls, Edgar Winter, Spooky Tooth and Rare Earth, but there are several others. Six Days on the Road, written by Earl Green and Carl Montgomery, seems to have attracted an even longer list of covering artists.

[@mrbniederer]

Props to you for remembering Spooky Tooth!

[@susiq58]

I love Lou Rawls rendition.😊

[@johnreilly9452]

Without You by Nilsson (but his version is the definitive version as far as im concerned) in the 70s and then over sung by Mariah Carey in the 90s the original is by the band Badfinger.

[@robertpolnicky7702]

I akways wondered why badfinger didn't make that their own hit.

[@michelottix4428]

​@@robertpolnicky7702 Listen to the Badfinger version and you know why. Harry Nilsson nailed it! This song shouldn't be covered any more!

[@gregkoch8691]

Hearts cover of it on the “magazine” album is stellar. The Wilson sisters harmonies are amazing

[@sailordave1000]

Blinded By The Light was a cover originally made by Bruce Springsteen.

[@paulstetzel9786]

I came here to say that, but you beat me to it.

[@Gipsymom]

Dave Mason also recorded "All along the Watchtower" and I love his version too.

[@mikephelps5116]

"Do You Love Me" by the Dave Clark Five, originally by the Contours, written by Motown chief Berry Gordy Jr

[@robertsiebenrock3997]

Twist and shout, wirk it on out, you can do it, i have no doubt!

[@robertsiebenrock3997]

I love rock and roll, but i won't stop doin the stroll!

[@capzap9841]

Speaking of Janice and Big Mamma Thornton, Ball and Chain was a big mamma song that Janice did.

[@makeit-takeit6707]

The Isley Brothers version of Twist and Shout tops The Beatles version hands down. No bout a doubt it.

[@tommiesmith3191]

A song first recorded by The Topnotes.

[@makeit-takeit6707]

@tommiesmith3191 The Isley Brothers version tops the Topnotes too. Also, John Lennon damn near ripped his vocal cords to pieces singing lead on the Beatles version. Ronnie Isley had it down pat, just naturally.

[@grolfe3210]

@@makeit-takeit6707 Lennon had a bit of a weak voice that was not up to singing rock. With rock tracks like Revolution listen to the rock intro and then he comes in with such a weak lyric it is laughable!

[@ujimajame4601]

It was The Isley Brothers' version that inspired The Beatles to record it, as they had done with songs by The Shirelles ("Boys" and "Baby It's You"), The Marvelettes ("Please Mr. Postman"), Smokey Robinson & The Miracles ("You Really Got A Hold On Me"), Barrett Strong ("Money") and The Donays ("Devil in Her Heart") which featured future member of The Elgins Yvonne Vernee.

[@francoisraphaelhelstone7761]

I finally got my right Now I know where the soul feeling lies with Ms. Franklin.

[@Mr.Mann1971]

Love Is the Answer was a huge hit for England Dan and John Ford Coley, but it was written and previously released by Todd Rundgren and Utopia. Both versions are great.

[@bricefleckenstein9666]

This list SHOULD have started with Three Dog Night - every single Top 40 hit they had was written by someone else. *11* of them. The world's greatest cover band, JUST like they claimed themselves.

[@missjoshemmett]

But the songs they covered were by unknown writers and it gave them their big break. Randy Newman, Paul Williams, etc. This was Cory's plan and it worked!

[@footbru]

@@missjoshemmett I think Leo Sayer might disagree. Randy Newman unknown? Paul Williams?

[@chriskroll4166]

​@@footbruyeah but who the hell cares bro move on.

[@footbru]

@@chriskroll4166 I care. You seem to care. There are worthy covers - like Jeff Buckley - and there are nothing covers.

[@bricefleckenstein9666]

@@missjoshemmett Some were by folks that were little or unknown at the time. Some were NOT.

[@johnbernstein3916]

The Beatles covered the Version done by the Isley Bros

[@ptournas]

I loved the Isley Brothers version. I remember requesting it every week at a Saturday night dance I used to go to as a kid, before the Beatles version came out.

[@jeffbroders9781]

And did it the best.

[@phillipharrison7283]

There's about 20 Dylan covers that became top hits, 'Mr Tambourine Man', 'Blowing In The Wind', 'This Wheels On Fire', 'The Mighty Quinn', 'If you gotta go, go now', 'With God on our Side' (3 by Manfred Mann of the 60s), 2 versions of 'A Hard Rains Gonna Fall' by Leon Russell and Roxy Music. etc......

[@MrSpaceBlues]

And Jimi Hendrix cover of All along the Watchtower

[@peterbaruxis2511]

@@MrSpaceBlues And "Like a Rolling Stone." Listen to his spoken intro live at Monterey. I swear the first time I heard it I recognized the song from just that little bit of guitar in the very beginning.

[@pastorjackmac]

Should of included C'mon feel the Noise originally by Slade, covered by Quiet Riot

[@cenwork]

Slades version is far better and more known (in Europe) than Quiet Riots version

[@peterbaruxis2511]

@@cenwork I saw Slade do that live, the studio version was absolute killer- Q.R. left me very disappointed with it.

[@TourGuideGoneTroppo]

Sailing by Rod Stewart was originally by Sutherland Bros

[@Polyphemus47]

I've always preferred the original. Stewart covered quite a few songs that I loved by other, original artists.

[@thesedreamsarefree]

Downtown Train and Tom Traubert's Blues both recorded by Rod Stewart both originally by Tom Waits and Bruce Springsteen's famous love song to his home town Jersey Girl also written by Tom Waits to the woman who became his wife. Springsteen did add a couple of verses to his version.

[@ritalowrie1296]

I’m not sure if it fits here but Disturbed cover of SOUND OF SILENCE. It was originally released by Simon & Garfunkel nearly 50 years ago.

[@chriskroll4166]

Yeah but that song sucks so bad it's not even worth mentioning.

[@catto66]

Disturbed cover of sounds of silence is phenomenal, but to say Simon & Garfunkel’s version sucks shows you know fuck all about music not to mention it reached number one on the charts not bad for a song that sucks

[@chriskroll4166]

@@catto66 well put. Not bad for a song that sucks. I couldn't have said it better myself. You can't take that back. 😁

[@ritalowrie1296]

@@catto66 - [ ] ​​⁠How can YOU say I know fuck all about music? You know fuck alI about me. I did not say Simon & Garfunkel’s version sucks. Paul Simon even praised David Draiman for his cover of this song.

[@ruijulio9507]

Everyone knows that Hallelujah is a Leonard Cohen song. Personally, I never even heard the Jeff Buckley version.

[@DukeJohnson-o1c]

Wilson Pickett recorded Hey Jude at the urging of Duane Allman at Muscle Shoals, it became quite a hit for him. Johnny Cash covered Trent Reznor's Hurt and turned it from the pain of an addict into a confession of profound inadequacy in the presence of the God of his faith... Cash died soon after having recorded it.

[@TAM.w39]

Emma Franklyn original ' piece of my heart' was a massive hit in the Caribbean especially in jamaica.Janis Joplins version is for rock music lovers.

[@phild8095]

We were starting a band and one of the guys wanted to do exact copies, I brought up several of the songs on Led Zeppelin One, several Rolling Stones songs, and could go on and on. We jammed a couple times, but never played out. The exact copy guy was such a disturbing influence me and the lead guitarist walked out one night.

[@GillieWilson-ze2df]

Hound Dog was actually stolen by Lieber and STOLLER from John Brim, and the lyrics changed from You Ain't Nothin But a Rattlesnake . A hard blues about a cheating guy . But Brim did not copyright it .

[@EarlEHours]

CCR covered Susy Q by Dale Hawkins from 1957, one of the best songs to come out of the 50's. James Burton played lead guitar on the original.

[@richardsoane6192]

Hey Joe is a classic example where many artists covered the song and some claimed it as their own due to delays in copyrighting it. That said Jimi's guitar playing and the slick production made his version stand out... If you ask guitarists who did the best cover many would say without hesitation Jimi Hendrix's cover of all along the watchtower. I have all the versions listed below but Jimi's was just leaps and bounds ahead.

[@paulstapleton2724]

You must have had your head in a bucket your whole life if you did not know these were covers.... Nothing to see here that has not been seen before.

[@pjg58x]

None of these were a surprise to me. I Lee that they were all covers. The surprise is that you didn’t mention that the Bobby Fuller Four were the first to have a big hit with I Fought the Law back in 1966, well before the Clash version.

[@thatguy5942]

how about "louie louie" by richard berry/the kingsmen and "jet airliner" by steve miller/ paul pena?

[@cdchoux]

He could have mentioned the second part of "Tainted Love" was "Where did our love go" by the Supremes. I could name dozens of more popular cover songs but Linda Ronstadt was the Queen of Covers. Blue Bayou, You're No Good, When Will I Be Loved, Just One Look, That'll Be The Day, Heat Wave and Hurt So bad.

[@peterbaruxis2511]

L.R. was classically trained vocally.

[@Polyphemus47]

Being an ancient pop music lover, I knew all but one of these by the originals (I Love Rock & Roll). "Little Darlin'" by The Diamonds is a cover of the song by The Gladiolas, with the writer, Maurice Williams as a vocalist in the group. "Stay" by The 4 Seasons and many others, is also a Williams song. "Working My Way Back to You", covered by The Spinners, was a 4 Seasons original. "Go Now" by the Moody Blues was first recorded by Bessie Banks "Needles and Pins" by The Searchers was written by Jack Nitzsche and Sonny Bono, first charted by Jackie DeShannon. Her single only made it to #84 in the US, but was a #1 on the CHUM chart in Canada. And on and on...

[@peterbaruxis2511]

"Little Darlin'" by The Diamonds- OMG yes, never knew Maurice Williams wrote it. IDK if I ever heard "Stay" by Four Seasons- I grew-up hearing it by Maurice Williams & The Zodiacs. Now I'm thinking about "My True Story" by The Jive Five- I think I'm gonna be up all nigt again. I actually like what The Ramones did with "Needles and Pins." needles and pinsa.

[@robertsiebenrock3997]

Georgia on my mind was ahead of Florida who wasn't far behind!

[@maxquigley9524]

I've never heard The Clash perform I Fought The Law. It was a huge hit by The Bobby Fuller Four in 1966. Did you forget? I have it on 45 RPM record. No finger has ever touched the faces. It's still like new.

[@wainbanfield6775]

"Woodstock" written by Joni Mitchel, covered by Mathews Southern Comfort, covered by CSNY.

[@diosdadoapias]

Hallelujah assung by Cohen is in a deep low voice. The cover is in high notes. People love higher notes than low tones.

[@cyw7814]

Never heard the Clash's punk version of "I fought the law and the law won" Bob Dylan was a fantastic songwriter... Jimi Hendrix was a fantastic performer.

[@kimiewatashi2396]

Every covers of "All along the watchtower" and "Little Wing" are become masterpieces of Rock.

[@elcordobes-i1h]

You missed a whole lot of even better covers : - I will always love you (Whitney Houston cover for Dolly Parton) - One way ticket (Eruption cover for Neil Sedaka) - Angel of the morning (Juice Newton cover for Merrilee Rush)

[@syednaveedrazvi8031]

How about Too Hot to Handle by the Black Crows which is actually a cover for Otis Redding's original?

[@budtaylor7923]

The greatest cover of Otis Redding is Aretha Franklin's version of Respect.

[@Prober61]

Johnny Cash's cover of Hurt is a heartbreak.

[@henninghansen9616]

Funny story: Torn was originally recorded in danish as "Brændt" (burned) by Lis Sørensen in 1993, translated from english by Elisabeth Gjerluff Nielsen.

[@thebrowneesfilm2]

Love the One You’re With”. Isley Brothers. Original Stephen Stills.

[@fontheking5]

A very little known fact in music history, and a great pop \ rock secret : Smokies biggest hit song " Living next door to Alice " from 1976, was first recorded by the Australian band " New world " in 1972, 😮😮😮 their version is a less upbeat and more 70:s pop than Smokies famous version. Both Smokie and New world both shared the same songwriters : Nicky Chinn and Mike Chapman, hence their take on this song

[@beyondthechorus]

Beautiful song!

[@jamesinwood4170]

I knew of Leonard Cohen version of hallelujah well before Buckley- Cohen’s that’s the one that sticks out to me- LC didn’t get much contemporary play - - his song Suzanne did- I bet alot of folks heard that one.

[@GracieAnn-e9k]

The song Hallelujah was also in Shrek & the West Wing. It's funny but often when we hear a certain song, we think of the movie or show it was in.

[@racon_s8148]

"Till There Was You" is a show tune written by Meredith Willson, popularised by his 1957 stage production The Music Man and its 1962 movie musical adaptation, and further popularised by the Beatles cover. The song became the first Top 40 hit for Anita Bryant in 1959, prior to being recorded by the Beatles in 1963.

[@Warjacki]

Paul McCartney was introduced to Peggy Lee's 1958 version by a cousin of his. Only years later did he learn that it came originally from "The Music Man".

[@357HFC]

It is music, we all love The Music.

[@fairportfan2]

The video of "I Love Rock'nRoll" was originally released on MTV {and became popular} in black and white.

[@Slainte-Mhath]

Ah Derrrr and Cohens Hallelujah was unknown in America because his record company wouldn't release the Album. It was a hit in the UK and only available in the US on import,

[@alotafun1]

Not forgetting Joe Cockers version of the Beatles "Little Help from my Friends"

[@peterbaruxis2511]

Please stop, it's four in the morning.

[@jimbosvidbits6166]

Bobby Fuller Had a big hit with "I Fought The Law" in the 60s

[@bennyrobertson]

The Beatles' "Till There Was You" was from the Broadway musical "The Music Man".

[@MrMin0taur]

In the UK particularly I want candy is the Bow Wow Wow cover, not the Strangeloves original

[@woodworm001]

I hadn't realised until recently that Heart's 'Alone' was a cover (i-Ten)

[@peterbaruxis2511]

Interesting. I like Heart's so much I'm inclined to deny my curiousity & let it be.

[@russellrapport5435]

Santana's version of Black Magic Woman is never listed as a great cover. Most have no idea it was written by Fleetwood Mac's Peter Green.

[@gregmaltby5979]

Manfred Mann's Earth Band's cover of Bruce Springsteen 's Blinded by The Light. Even hardened Springsteen fans forget that he wrote and recorded that song that's how good Manfred Mann's version is.

[@rs8461]

I always forget there is a cover of it

[@edrimeikis9270]

They also covered Spirit in the Night and For You.

[@JohnHazelwood58]

"DId you know ...?" < YES! Common knowlege if you are into music and an European! XD Question: Did you know that "God Gave Rock'n'Roll To You" by KiSS was a cover of the band "Argent"...? o_O

[@allangow4746]

These selections are 1st class. Bobby Fuller and Bob Dylan stand beside these as definitive, in my opinion.

[@richardmackay2409]

Hendrix's "hey Joe" is another good example...

[@garethjenkins6273]

Written by Billy Roberts, the Leaves were the first act to put it down on vinyl, just before fellow LA bands Love and the Byrds. Hey Joe then became a staple of many US Garage Punk bands. My personal favourite versions are by the Shadows of Knight and by the Golden Cups, a Japanese Group Scenes band.

[@michaelwalter8952]

Juice Newtons version cover of Merrilee Rush’s Angel of tge Morning

[@lastguyminn2324]

Not to mention Newton's version of "Queen of Hearts," originally a hit in the UK for Dave Edmunds.

[@tommiesmith3191]

First recorded by Evie Sands in '67.

[@BarerMender]

"When I Die, by Blood Sweat & Tears," 1968, was composed by Laura Nyro, who recorded in 1967, although she sold it for $700 to Peter Paul and Mary, who recorded it in 1966. "Walk Right In," by the Rooftop Singers, which ruled the charts for weeks in 1963, was written by Gus Cannon in 1929 and recorded by Cannon's Jug Stompers at RCA Victor. "Woodstock," Crosby, Stills, Nash, & Young, 1970, was composed in 1969 and recorded in early 1970 by Joni Mitchell.

[@Milewskige]

"Hey Joe" was also a cover also.

[@jimthompson606]

Ray Charles was from Georgia.

[@MarcoMart-c9s]

Bryan Ferry immortalized John Lennon's 'Jealous Guy'. His live version on Live Aid with David Gilmour on guitar was iconic

[@peterbaruxis2511]

Ferry's "Like a Hurricain" (Neil Young) is not too shabby either.

[@stevelaconte8802]

Elvis was the king of rock n roll but also a king of covers also

[@Randolini]

I always thought the King of Rock 'n' Roll was Chuck Berry. He wrote most of his great hits and played some good licks on the red 335.

[@raymondsmart6204]

Check out the Zoot's version of Eleanor Rigby

[@kenchristie9214]

Ides Of March "Suite For Eleanor" is better.

[@Wildersport]

Funny! I'm watching this and I got to hallelujah. I'm intimately familiar with the Leonard Cohen version and I've never even heard of this Buckley guy... So for me, Cohen's version is the definitive version. And yes, I know there are lots of covers of the song.

[@rustyking8783]

I'm pretty sure 6 of the 8 songs on Led Zeppelin's first album were covers.

[@tomtrana3449]

Even “Black Mountain Side” is covered. In the original by Bert Jansch "Black Water Side"

[@KevyNova]

A cover is when you give credit to the original author. When you give yourself credit, it’s stealing, and that’s what Zeppelin did, but you are correct, there’s only two original songs on their debut album.

[@chriskroll4166]

​@@KevyNovathere were three originals on the first album. Your time is going to come. Good times bad times and communication breakdown. You were off by one. Do your homework next time you comment. Then I won't have to correct you. It's funny because all you Zeppelin experts when you comment always get s*** wrong.

[@GaryWarren-j9s]

Big Mama's Ball and Chain

[@KevyNova]

@@chriskroll4166 you’re right. It’s been probably 15 years since I listened to that album and was going off memory. Still there are more stolen songs than originals on it. But the riff in Your Time Is Gonna Come is taken from Traffic’s Dear Mister Fantasy, if I’m remembering correctly.

[@jaimerosado3896]

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. Bob Dylan probably made more money off of other people’s version of his songs than his own versions.

[@robertewalt7789]

He was not a great singer, but a Nobel Prize winning song writer. I’m looking forward to the movie about him in a week or so.

[@ricklee5845]

I disagree. If you know the bulk of his work you know that most of his songs would have flopped if covered by other artists.

[@vinobody]

@@robertewalt7789 with time he developed a peculiar style of singing . He was not technically a great singer, but he had a style and voice that I dig.

[@robertewalt7789]

@ His voice was good in songs such as “Lay, Lady, Lay.” But not so good at the beginning. His song writing was of course great.

[@johnjarusik7383]

37 seconds in i had to stop. If Elvis had an original song it was written by someone else. Everything else he did was covers (previously recorded by someone else). I thought this was common knowledge. If this was the first example i couldn't stick around for the rest.

[@bob521i]

You didn't miss much!

[@Dozeyish]

You don't seem to know as much as you think. Tainted love original by Gloria was,and still is a Northern soul classic. Nobody north of Birmingham listens to the soft cell cover.

[@baronvonlichtenstein]

Hey Joe was a cover by Billy Roberts Hendrix did. Crimson and Cover was a song Jett did originally by Tommy James and the Shondells. "Girls just want to have fun," "All through the night" and "Money changes everything" were covers Cyndi Lauper did of other acts.

[@budtaylor7923]

Money Changes Everything was written and recorded by a band from Atlanta called The Brains. I remember them from my college years.

[@baronvonlichtenstein]

@@budtaylor7923 I know. I heard it in high school and was annoyed when Cyndi Lauper covered it because it changed the meaning a bit to have a woman sing it

[@SundraTanakoh]

Ray Stevens' MISTY is another cover that needs to be listened to also.

[@mickcallus6398]

Is Motorhead by Motorhead a cover if it was written by Lemmy but first recorded by Hawkwind (when Lemmy was still with them)...?

[@garycollard1981]

Love that original version

[@MelMelx365]

I learned a lot from this video

[@beyondthechorus]

That's cool! We are happy to know that the video added this way and helped! Thank you!

[@johnw8984]

What about Proud Mary by Tina Turner

[@cdchoux]

Originally recorded by CCR.

[@tonymoloney3223]

What about summer breeze by the isley brothers?? That was written and sung by seals and crofts! 😂😂

[@fishercat503]

Piece of My Heart was suggested to Janis Joplin by Jack Cassady the bass player for Jefferson Airplane.

[@missjoshemmett]

You could have saved a lot of time by saying, "All the first records released in 1963/1964 British Invasion were covers of old Black American Blues singers/songwriters." My personal fav cover is The Animals' House of the Rising Sun.

[@ptournas]

Many, but not all. "She Loves You", "Ferry Cross the Mersey", "Little Children", "Mrs Brown You've Got a Lovely Daughter", "Bits and Pieces", definitely not black American blues. And the first recording of "House of the Risin' Sun" was done by Clarence Ashley with a white hillbilly group.

[@jeffsavage7135]

Joan tried to get The Runaways to cover I Love Rock and Roll, but they (or their management) refused. She never gave up knowing it would be a hit.

[@raindeerprojekt4119]

You could just do a Countdown of Dylan songs. Love Sick, Surprises most folks

[@bricefleckenstein9666]

Not any of us that recognize Dylan for his songwriting.

[@missjoshemmett]

Usually, If You Gotta Go, Go Now (Or Else You Gotta Stay All Night) gets the most gasps for me!

[@robertpolnicky7702]

One i always wondered about the song turn around look at me had glen campbell and Jerry capehart on some albums and just jerry capehart on others. So did glen have anything to do with it. One real big surprise to me was the pusher written by hoyt axton. Where i thought john kay wrote it.

[@bricefleckenstein9666]

Hoyt wrote a BUNCH of songs - including a couple of the best known Three Dog Night songs.

[@mikephelps5116]

I recall the Kingston Trio had a hit with Axton's Greenback Dollar in the very esrly 60s. The song had the word "damn" in it which was censored by putting a guitar strum over it.

[@deniskramer3562]

I think you forgot the Beatles song "With a little help from my friends" sung by Joe Cocker.

[@hawkeyepierce59]

It's wellknown cover....a very good one....as same as his cover"Letter"...

[@iangilroy592]

Also. She came in through the bathroom window.

[@cargotrailereric6738]

I like Johnny cashes version of nine inch nails “hirt”

[@speedracer2336]

Song was originally sang in 1954, Elvis had a big hit with it in early 70s!

[@zzcanasta]

​@@speedracer2336 That's a different song with the same title, written by Jimmie Crane and Al Jacobs. It was was covered first by Roy Hamilton, which is the 1954 version. Elvis recorded his cover in 1976.

[@peterbaruxis2511]

#10 knew it #9 didn't know #8 Knew it (listen to how Buddy Holly"s & Bobby Fuller Four's chorus adds two beats in the second line that The Clash omits.) #7 didn't know tainted love Knew it where did our love go For a second I thought you meant Mark Almond? No f'ing way. #6 Knew it J. Ragavoy #5 Knew it ohh ohh ohh ohh wooah #4 knew it (who doesn't know that?) #3 didn't know #2 didn't know not to mention LIS SØRENSEN - BRÆNDT, In Danish! among others. But Natalie-yes, yes. yes. #1 no comment