The WORST Cover Songs of All Time

[@artvjon]

The worst covers of all time! I only went with officially recorded and released songs for this list, so even if I played a live version, a studio version exists

[@maryannappiagyei4277]

mgk swim good and. vic mensa zombie he cover. Song cranberries. gabbie hanna bo burnham art is dead. Her cover

[@bongwelll]

U2 Hallelujah also.

[@captainalex8003]

What about a video about decent cover songs?

[@chipchippahson]

Sorry not sorry the Limp cover of faith was amazing. Especially live.

[@jongilbertson2106]

I will take any of these horrible covers over any rap song that samples and loops a real song to turn it into another crappy rap.

[@thedogfromraditude5449]

We can’t ignore what Gal Gadot and friends did to John Lennon’s “Imagine.” One of the worst moments in music history.

[@Kittylover074]

*human history

[@heymistercarter.]

It's pretty telling when even Gadot herself commented that she regrets doing that.

[@karacoconutag]

Keep it weezy breezy, the dog from Raditude!

[@collegerebel]

@@heymistercarter. Well at least she's self-aware.

[@billydinkman4918]

One of the worst moments in music history since John Lennon released “Imagine”

[@PIEMAN106]

Funny how this came out not too long after MGK's cover of Frank Ocean's Swim Good

[@artvjon]

Yeah I had already finished this video before that dropped. Heard it was awful, should I react to it or something? Hmm 🤔

[@AdamLeeNichols]

@@artvjon yes. Rank the covers from worst to not as bad as it could be.

[@homer289]

@@artvjon yeah you should react to that, it's pretty bad just because he ruined the vibe and also ruined the music

[@amelia.vickeryy]

@@artvjon mgk’S misery business was also terrible

[@karacoconutag]

It was wrong on so many levels

[@frmw9357]

it ain’t a horrible cover, but i remember when the emo community was torn when tøp covered cancer by mcr, good times

[@artvjon]

I mean I think it’s a horrible cover haha

[@jordanr.2120]

@@artvjon I feel like anyone who tries touching The Black Parade is likely setting themself up for failure.

[@dariswaters1080]

Top's cover of Cancer is cancer itself Saying it loving both bands

[@ariadaynes5444]

I love TOP's cover more in my opinion.

[@pinkghost2515]

I remember listening to that cover and it made me feel somehow more scared than sad. It's not the worst cover but somehow it just didn't work.

[@quentinbringthenumetalchil5125]

Misery Business by Machine Gun Kelly.

[@MissBeatrixKiddo]

He covered that song? I lived this long not knowing that and I'll live the rest of my life pretending I didn't know this.

[@pinkghost2515]

Oh yeah that cover is oooooof. It feels so flat.

[@spicyflubberducker5455]

woooooooahhh

[@starbell9962]

i raise you swing life away by mgk

[@Foxiz]

MGK - Aerials! Sweet freakin' god, that was a painfull experience...

[@123rockfan]

Madonna’s version of Don McLean’s “American Pie” is an absolute blight on music history

[@jetsilveravenger]

I was going to say this but figured someone HAD to have said it first. The video makes it even worse.

[@budthechud9795]

Legendary turd.

[@landofmilkandcookies3092]

It still haunts me

[@ericseitzler81]

Yea just awful and the worst part is when it came out it was on the radio nonstop

[@RohanAgrawalpeepeepoopoo]

I don't even like The Doors, but even I can admit Train did this song so dirty.

[@madeleinep.828]

Can't believe this list doesn't have Bohemian RAPsody by Kanye West. XD

[@Stefan_Gerards]

literally any cover by MGK lmao, the guy just adds nothing new to anything

[@jannik8229]

The MGK & Yungblud cover of Oasis' "Champagne Supernova" is such an awful butchering of one of my favorite songs that hearing it for the first time honestly made my day a lot worse, I hate it with a burning passion.

[@erintwohey7235]

As a massive DGD fan, I’m so sorry for the possible backlash you may get for putting them where you did. The fandom, has a way of tearing apart anyone who they think disrespects Mess and the vocalist at the time of recording the song. I personally don’t mind the cover but can see how you wouldn’t like it. They tend to avoid covers as they don’t like them which is why they have so few in their discography.

[@jandolezal9341]

I'd go with Five Finger Death Punch's cover of Gone Away by The Offspring. I love this song so much and to me this version sounds like they basically remove all the energy and emotions from the original. I also hate how they've changed the meaning of the lyrics from Dexter singing about his girlfriend's death to celebration of US troops. I can't believe it has three times more views on KZbin than the original video.

[@eliteretribution1971]

FFDP’s covering anything sucks. Their cover of Blue On Black was fucking abysmal

[@Lucifronz]

Ahh yeah, that one sucks. I don't actually like Five Finger Death Punch's music at all, though, so it'd be hard for me find a cover of an already great song "better". And... yeah, that soldier theme was odd. Feels like a cheap recycling of an emotional song for some nationalist nonsense. "Support the troops!" Gotta fuel those pointless invasions for oil.

[@thepancakereviewer]

Give ffdp this though, the offsprings new version of the song is way worse.

[@gunnerdom78]

Any song by Five Finger Death Punch is the worst song ever.

[@digitalstatictv]

I was looking through the comments to look for this one, because I really wanted to defend it as it feels like it's got more emotion, actually. Like when you want to listen to something to feel after someone passed away, I love that song. But any other time, the original is such a banger.

[@forensix78]

I like your content. A lot of people try to make content like this, but they forget that the most important element of what makes it good or not is THEM. But your commentary is smart without being arrogant. Captivating delivery. Good humor, and not too safe. Well-researched as well. Keep up the good work!

[@artvjon]

This is a hell of a compliment. Thank you very much, I truly appreciate comments like this!

[@gokusondbz]

I Disagree He Shows Way to Much Hate On RWJ .

[@manifestationsofasort]

My vote goes to Puddle of Mudd's cover of About A Girl. For me, that cover ruined the original. I can't listen to Without A Girl without hearing Wes's janky out of tune vocals in the back of my mind.

[@iliketrains3495]

That would be disqualified from this list as it's recorded covers only, but yeah it's absolutely terrible

[@efficiencygaming3494]

That cover wouldn't qualify for this list, but it's legendary in how bad it is. It's low hanging fruit for any "Worst Covers of All Time" list.

[@jc1424]

idk why people wanna say it "wasn't recorded" they all sat down in a room and it was indeed recorded

[@enyazogd5325]

@@jc1424 they mean recorded in a studio and "released" as an actual song not necessarily "released" but like... available as a SINGLE for people to access and listen to.

[@TotinosOtherBoy]

Idk it was horrific but About A Girl is a great song that i cant let a generic band like POM ruin

[@lucasgoncalves7774]

Weezer's cover of Paranoid Android, why the fuck did Rivers think that BELTING the verses was a good idea?

[@artvjon]

I actually like that cover 🤷‍♂️ at least it’s trying to be different unlike most of the teal cover album

[@caedencloud3504]

Weezer’s Africa is the bane of my existence after coming on multiple times a day every single day at work for over a year

[@aalamvirsinghdhaliwal1701]

That awful MGK cover of Misery Business. Yeesh.

[@manifestationsofasort]

MGK covered Misery Business?? Oh god.

[@paulcarter1197]

MGK and butchering good songs, name a more iconic duo

[@thedogfromraditude5449]

There’s nothing quite like a 30-year old man calling a teenage girl a wh*re and thinking he’s a punk rock legend.

[@FatMilkPL]

It's not good, but I can't say it's awful. His rendition of "Killing in the Name" is way worse

[@jager9022]

Oh my christ, that god awful All Saints - Under the Bridge (RHCP) cover is definitely deserving of this list

[@iliketrains3495]

Yep. That was BAD.

[@obnoxious_alien]

Kayne West's cover of Bohemian Rhapsody is something that makes my skin shiver

[@ryansenft3315]

AGREED! Freddie Mercury was spinning in his grave at that desecration.

[@daniellavaladez7820]

Easily one of the worst cover songs ever. I wish it could be erased from my memory.

[@xXMachineGunPhillyXx]

A few covers I never liked.. Pearl Jam’s “Last Kiss” is their most “mid” single in my opinion. Korn’s version of “One” is definitely not good. And Avril’s version of “Fuel”… UGH. I agree with you on Limp Bizkit as well. I’m usually a total sucker for RHCP’s covers.. but their cover of “Love Rollercoaster” is absolutely awful. I can’t believe it *exists*. 5:02 I also never needed to know this existed 😭😭 so bad

[@JeffScottKing]

Oh my God, I completely forgot about that YFM cover of "Love the Way You Lie." What's funny is that, even though I didn't care for the rest of RWJ's content at the time, I happened to like YFM quite a bit ten years ago. There are still some songs of theirs that I don't hate ("White Boy Wasted," even though I can easily see why people may dislike it, even loathe it, has this nostalgic quality for me), but my God, that "Love the Way You Lie" cover is so awful. Proof positive that some fads from the earlier KZbin days should just stay dead.

[@LocalTorchwoodIntern]

I clicked too cause of YFM and same, as a kid with their father's account so I can play age restricted videos so I indulged in YFM, I still like some songs like you as well (this time its Take over the world for me) but yeah, that cover is so weak compared to the others. Even the goddamn Somebody I used to know cover is better. Also Im surprised the TOP Cancer cover is on this list, it did get a lot of emo kids then to argue bout it.

[@heymistercarter.]

In all honestly, Love The Way You Lie could make a good rock track with the right band/artist covering it. Just... not these guys.

[@efficiencygaming3494]

One that really rubs me the wrong way is the Bad Wolves cover of "Zombie" by the Cranberries. They turned what was originally a powerful and emotional commentary on the conflict in Northern Ireland into a generic anti-war song that doesn't do the original any justice. They changed the lyrics slightly to make it more relevant, but there's no reason why I'd want to listen to it over the original version.

[@iliketrains3495]

Yeah, never liked that cover and it feels so manufactured

[@efficiencygaming3494]

@Shock System And I thought Billboard couldn't get any worse. Seriously, screw them. That stupid cover gets more airplay than it deserves, too. My local alternative station would much rather prefer to play that over the original version.

[@jd1800]

It's not the worst cover, but it's probably my least favorite because I'm forced to listen to it on the radio often because my brother only ever listens to the same two shitty radio stations.

[@JCaylor2099]

That cover was given the blessings of the original singer

[@xXlyricaljewelXx]

Anyone who covers that song needs to be put in prison.

[@skyleague9844]

I’ve been a U2 fan my whole life and had no idea they covered Fortunate Son. Doesn’t sound like i missed much…

[@johnmanis5445]

Ew

[@HerveBoisde]

It’s really not as bad as I expected. And I kinda liked Bono’s harmonica solo at the end 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@DamBaker95]

3:53 Punk goes pop series is like excavating an old coal mine in search for diamonds. Your hand will get dirty, your face smeared and your ears will be ringing with all the dust but when you find that perfect punk cover of a pop song, it's a gem that will be played on repeat for weeks straight.

[@justjoannak]

Agreed

[@dariswaters1080]

Don't forget about 30 seconds to Mars covering Bjork It's almost a second hand embarrassment

[@davidnissim589]

Coolio: Doesn't approve of Weird Al's parody Amish Paradise Also Coolio: Approves of Falling In Reverse's cover so much that he even makes a cameo in the video Make it make sense!

[@kyliepollert8341]

I'm going to go with "Glee"'s cover of "(You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (To Party!)". First of all, did the cast even get the surviving members of The Beasties' permission to cover that song, and second of all, did they even know what that song is about? The Beastie Boys strongly disliked the song, because it was written as a mockery of all the party-themed songs that came out in the mid-80's (Twisted Sister's "I Wanna Rock" and Motley Crue's cover of "Smokin' in the Boys Room"). I don't know what the cast of "Glee" were thinking, but I bet Adam Yauch was rolling over in his grave, when he heard that egregious cover.

[@KhaosKontroller]

Kadinja's cover of Points of Authority by Linkin Park. A band I like butchering one of my top 5 LP songs. The songs feels too stripped down with no electronic elements, and their vocalist doesn't have even half the range Chester did.

[@petergermain8443]

i thought DGD's cover of semi-charmed life was laughably awful at first but it grew on me a lot after a few listens (granted i'm a fan of the band). i think the worst cover song might be misery business by MGK, or bohemian rhapsody by never shout never from punk goes classic rock

[@hailmendoza6106]

this aint a rock song but taylor swifts cover of september by earth,wind & fire was a war crime

[@AdamLeeNichols]

MGK also did a very cringeworthy cover of Linkin Park's Numb. Ugh one of the best 2000s rock songs deserves a lot, lot better.

[@dillonpage3572]

Love Shinedown to death but their singer's cover of Billie's "Bad Guy" was just simply cringe incarnate

[@ShOscar]

You wanna hear a good cover of "Bad Guy"? (At least I think it's good lol) Check out The Interrupters' cover from 2019. It adds a ska twist to the original!

[@maximumtaste]

I'd absolutely love if you did this series on pop goes punk! i was obsessed with that shit when i was 14-15 but the older i get the more i realize how cringe it was

[@Slayerandsprite]

Even during my teenage emo phase, I always thought those albums were cringe. Pop Goes Crunk was the worst offender of them all imo

[@davidnissim589]

There’s some pretty good songs in there lol, I still get a kick out of Upon This Dawning’s version of Call Me Maybe

[@HowManyShrimps-g7z]

Nostalgia's Critic's cover of The Wall

[@TheListenerCanon]

I was wondering someone was going to mention it. It's beyond disrespectful to Roger Waters, Syd Barrett, and all the members of Floyd.

[@stevenbrill9066]

5IVE' S atrocious butchering of We Will Rock You by Queen 5ive are a British Boy Band from London They turned it completely into a rap hip hop song!! I just could not believe That Brian May And Roger Taylor completely ruined their career by agreeing to play on this garbage which I never ever forgave them for absolutely unforgivable

[@KrisRN23935]

You could have made this entire list with just songs from Glee and no one will argue. Personally their cover of "Sing" makes me want to burn all the TVs.

[@pinkghost2515]

One of my least favorite covers from that show is Candles a song originally by Hey Monday. Kurt and Blaine just didn't work with that song as well and totally butchered it. I actually like the show Glee but I know even it can be absolutely ridiculous and terrible at times but goodness that cover was just bad. And I agree Sing was bad too and I think they should have chosen different characters to sing that song. As much as I hate Puck's actor I feel like he would have been a better fit than Finn and Lea/Rachel shouldn't have sung that song at all.

[@magita1991]

Anything that has Matthew Morrison rap is ultimate cringe. Glee did good covers but some where not good

[@derekmatzek9551]

Kinda bummed that Bad Wolves’ awful cover of Zombie didn’t make this list, they turned one of the most unique and simultaneously ugly and beautiful hit song of the 90’s and turned it into a generic FFDP song, good job

[@MarceloVillarrealR]

Come on, Ray has some good jokes haha they aren't all bad.

[@zobothehobo]

something that deserves mention here is taylor swift's cover of lose yourself on the speak now tour. the speak now covers were largely incredible with the notable exception of when she tried to rap lose yourself over her acoustic guitar with seemingly no practice

[@CSXIV]

Madonna's cover of Don McLean's "Americans Pie." This came out around the same time as Weird Al's "The Saga Begins" (a parody of "Star Wars Ep. I: The Phantom Menace," set to the tune of "American Pie."), and Weird Al's parody was more respectful of the original. A Subnormality comic referenced this song to describe a cover "completely trashing on the original." From what I understand, the only person who liked this cover is Don McLean himself-but Don McLean has actually come to hate "American Pie" because it's the only song anyone ever asks him about and has eclipsed everything else he's done.

[@daniellavaladez7820]

G-Eazy’s cover of David Bowie’s “Lazarus” definitely belongs on this list. Just awful.

[@artvjon]

Oh my god, that sounds horrendous

[@Steph24-u3i]

I know a lot of people have said this but, that MGK cover of Misery Business is a turd.

[@evanoconnell2340]

Ngl, I came here mainly to see/hear just how hard you would verbally eviscerate "Gangstas Paradise" and FIR and Ronnie in general (as I was certain they would be on here) and "never once realizing his gargantuan ego blocked his view of every stop sign he ran in the creation of this f'ed up experiment!" was just glorious with, the use of "Certified Hood Classic" to describe both the original and "Amish Paradise" at around 7:16 being the sweet pitless cherry on top. Awesome video as always Jon.

[@stickfigureguy5975]

That George Michael cover by Limp Bizkit literally made me nauseous…

[@marklisowski6549]

An interesting for a SOS would be 7 songs that are interpreted/impacted differently in different countries. (For example, a song originally from the UK or Canada can have a different perception when it is heard in the US, like what is supposed to be a protest song in one country can get regarded a feel-good or party song when heard in another country)

[@MedalionDS9]

To be fair... the Limp Bizkit Faith thing... you had to be there... when Alternative Rock was dying out... along comes Nu-Metal Rap Rock outfit Limp Bizkit and it was a fresh yet funny and intentional pisstake... yes it's not a serious or good cover, but it has its weird fun if you wanna go caveman stupid for the energy... it especially works if you were never a fan of the original. I have great respect for George Michael as a song writer but nobody is above covering, and nobody is above parody.

[@deadman7624]

Yeah honestly lol. It’s just stupid pointless fun

[@laughingfurry]

Trains: I can Tolerate. Limp Bizkit: One of my most hated. Fred sounds so whiney and pathetic. Family Force 5: Meh. All I get is they didn't care, so it's a meh. RWJ/YFM: He's decent when he tries. The cover, he doesn't have the right voice for it. Falling in Reverse: WTF? That sounded terrible. Not the worst I've heard, still pretty bad. U2: Ever wonder why they got haters? Doesn't bother me as badly. Still, sound like amateur hour at karaoke. Dance Gavin Dance: Oh dear god, you gave me my new number 2 hated cover. Worst than Durst. As for what I consider my most hated, I only have two. Madonna's American Pie: Very slow, tone is detached from the lyrics, she sounds drunk when "singing" it. That's one reason why I can tolerate some bad music. Cake's I will survive: My most hated cover. Instruments are a saving grace, but the vocal, dear god. Same as above, but worse. Lyrics are incomprehensible. Profanity is randomly splashed in to sound cool. The singer sounds more like a perpetual victim than a survivor. Complete with droning and monotone voice that is sang louder rather than higher.

[@3Cr15w311]

A few come to mind: Light My Fire (The Doors) by Jose Feliciano, Daniel (Elton John) by Wilson Phillips, (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher And Higher (Jackie Wilson) by Rita Coolidge, Surfin' U.S.A. (Beach Boys) by Leif Garrett, You Are The Sunshine Of My Life (Stevie Wonder) by Jim Nabors, Last Kiss (J. Frank Wilson and The Cavaliers) by Pearl Jam, The Lion Sleeps Tonight (The Tokens) by Robert John, Jumpin' Jack Flash (Rolling Stones) by Aretha Franklin, Sittin' On The Dock Of The Bay (Otis Redding) by Michael Bolton. OK, I'll stop.

[@GabrielTheMagolorMain]

Honestly I like the Ray William Johnson cover. Idk if its with my love for his songs being legit funny to me (which is just my opinion), and some of them kinda slap. It's like a budget Charlie Puth (pre-Nine Track Mind)

[@HazmatCrowl54454]

Honestly Trains cover sounds the same to me, The Doors are just bleck. Also the Faith cover was a publicity stunt really.

[@BananaWamma7]

G-Eazy’s cover of David Bowie’s Lazarus isn’t just bland and boring but straight up disrespectful. Worst cover I’ve ever heard in awhile

[@krystalalien3344]

DISAPPOINTED that Puddle of Mudd's "cover" of About a Girl by Nirvana is not on this list

[@artvjon]

Only picked officially recorded covers not live stuff but yeah

[@exploderwrestlingpodcast2721]

"Zombie" cover by Bad Wolves. I will die on this hill. Turned it into a generic rock track.

[@harizonflamingice3167]

I think my most recent memory as far as terrible covers is that mashup of Baby I Love Your Way/Free Bird that doesn't manage to sound as good as either of them. One of the most bizarre things I've ever heard for sure. Also, there's a Hallmark Christmas film that exists with Pat Monahan as one of the characters, and I swear every time he's on screen, he's winking at the camera. The only reason I know this is because I felt compelled to watch it, and I am of the opinion that Hallmark Christmas films are actually so bad that they're somehow funny, so it's not as painful for me to sit through.

[@sydneyzovluck3819]

Love Will Tear Us Apart- Fall Out Boy Riptide- Taylor Swift (any cover by her lol) Bohemian Rhapsody- Brendan Urie Somebody Told Me- Maneskin Bad Guy- Bastille

[@artvjon]

I like all of those except for the Bastille one!

[@Kittylover074]

I'd put in FOB's cover of Michael Jackson's Beat it

[@sydneyzovluck3819]

Riptide makes me wanna rip my ears off😭😭 and Taylor made it worse by being BLAAAANNNDD!! I also forgot to put Don’t Delete the Kisses by Charli XCX. The autotune is chefs kiss CRINGE!!!

[@iliketrains3495]

Taylor Swift's Riptide wasn't that bad. Especially when compared to Dua Lipa covering Do I Wanna Know.

[@iliketrains3495]

@@sydneyzovluck3819 Wait, Charli XCX covered Wolf Alice? I'm not a fan of Wolf Alice but I'd happily take them over a bottom tier pop singer.

[@violafdc]

the ur fav martian one plss😭😂

[@ArmageddonisUnleashe]

DGD's version of "Semi-Charmed Life" is pretty accurate, actually. Trying to listen to it, I do indeed want something else to get me through this.

[@MrJordwalk]

Suicide Silence - "Them Bones". One of my favourite Alice In Chains songs, Suicide tried to turn this into a Deathcore song and it was fucking awful.

[@sleepyleaps8954]

I would’ve put 311’s version of Love Song by the Cure at the top of this list.

[@lettysharp578]

I remember hearing Falling In Reverses, 'Gangsters Paradise'. Poor Coolio.......

[@artvjon]

Coolio was in on it cashin all the checks lol

[@vicarious4231]

Worst cover songs of all time: Half of 5 finger death punch discography

[@Falxifer95]

I still think Limp Bizkit's cover of The Who's Behind Blue Eyes is worse than their Faith cover. The latter is bad but the former is in the album that was so bad it completely obliterated LB's super stardom.

[@yannickjohn6930]

Faith you can listen to with cheap laughs. Behind Blue Eyes is hella extra, if you can listen to it...

[@hexnight]

ngl, behind blue eyes doesn't sound like limp bizkit's other songs that i've heard. i think i enjoy the more subdued lb more

[@ShadowMonkey69]

These covers are why Lil Uzi Verts chop suey cover i didn't find that god awful. Sure it's not great but compared to some of these it makes it look like a masterpiece

[@Robbity]

I low key think that Your Favorite Martian’s cover of Just a Friend is way worse. Especially when Tally Hall did a cover of it with so much charm. YFM’s cover is devoid of any of the fun that the original and the tally hall versions had.

[@LotteYanson]

Hoo man to do I have plenty more shitty covers that weren’t mentioned here. I actually started a playlist on my Spotify of shitty covers. Here are seven of the worst offenders that weren’t already mentioned here: 1. House of the Rising Sun by Five Finger Death Punch 2. Cancer by Twenty One Pilots 3. Photograph (the Def Leppard song) by Malibu Storm 4. Smells Like Teen Spirit by Malia J 5. Always On My Mind by Pet Shop Boys (this one pains me as I REALLY love them) 6. Such Great Heights by Confide 7. How Soon Is Now by Tatu

[@iliketrains3495]

I will never not be surprised at the fact Morrissey actually likes Tatu's cover of How Soon is Now

[@LotteYanson]

@@iliketrains3495 I had no idea he liked it. To me it’s an absolute butchering of the original

[@iliketrains3495]

@@LotteYanson I've never even heard it lol

[@BlueMoonRaccoon016]

There was also Puddle of Mudd’s cover of About A Girl by Nirvana *shudder*

[@enormouslittlethings6893]

I didn’t know about the majority of these covers, so I’m resentful that I am now aware of, and was subjected to, their existence. 😂

[@UntitledNameGangIsTouringAmmos]

I got a suggestion that should very much be considered if you ever do another one of these, and it's one that I used to heavily defend back when I was like 14 and reminds me why my taste in music back then was so laughably embarrassing. Tom Sawyer -Mindless Self Indulgence (Originally by Rush)

[@ambikawolf664]

I would love to hear more of this! I always thought Jose Feliciano ruined "Light My Fire". It just wasn't 'suited for flamenco guitar.

[@HerveBoisde]

Didn’t he also do a wildly bad cover of Every Breath You Take by the Police at an awards show and there’s footage of Sting wincing in pain throughout the performance?

[@noizyme]

2:49 LB's performance of the song at their recent Lollapolooza appearance was so bad they just stopped mid-song when the audience was visibly unimpressed, lol.

[@ElliYeetYT]

FFDP’s cover of Gone Away is another big contender. That cover was SO BAD.

[@raptors661]

The cover of Rage Against the Machine's Wake Up at the end of the new Matrix movie is a war crime.

[@Peter-bs3qx]

Interesting you chose Faith instead of Behind Blue Eyes! I like the Faith cover, but hate Behind Blue Eyes! I agree with all of your other picks! Great video!

[@freeparking301]

That interlude that sounds like they sampled a god damn See n’ Say is one of the worst moments in music history.

[@Peter-bs3qx]

@@freeparking301 agreed.

[@samac4323]

I enjoy the LB version of BBE but the speak n spell just ruins it

[@Peter-bs3qx]

@@samac4323 even without the speak and spell, Freds whiny monotone voice makes the cover unlistenable imo.

[@DaleHusband]

"No one knows what it's like to be the bad man.....to be the sad man.....BELOW A RED HAT." FTFY

[@RussellSmith91]

Two come to mind: 1) All Saints' cover of Red Hot Chili Peppers' "Under the Bridge" - replacing raw and open emotion with vapid overproduction and cluelessness about the song's original subject matter. Seriously, listen to some of AS' interviews about the song - the quote was something along the lines of "I think the original song was about drugs, or something". Well, bugger me sideways. 2) Muse's version of "House of the Rising Sun" - It must always be said that Matt Bellamy's vocals seem to be 70% inhalation, 15% indecipherable falsetto, and 10% actual singing (also often indecipherable). Add to that a completely unneeded amount of guitar effects, Chris Wolstenholme's typically Bellamy-dictated snoozefest of a bass line, and Dom Howard's drumming rendered ineffectual by terrible production, and... ow, my ears!

[@sk88er_boi57]

as soon as I saw the thumbnail I knew was in for something

[@DanielNotFreddy]

Ronnie Radke was rapping? i thought he was doing a fred durst impression.

[@davidtylr]

Nostalgia critic - the wall.

[@Mageclick]

Can't forget about the man, the legend, Corey Feldman, Working Class Hero

[@timmatthew3887]

Don’t forget Train had the Audacity to cover an entire Led Zeppelin album. To me that’s much more egregious than covering a Doors song.

[@mycawk7171]

And I thought Sheryl Crow's version of D'yer Maker was bad.

[@rtrfan7398]

But Train is one of my favorite bands. They did Hey Soul Sister, Drive By, Play That Song, Drops of Jupiter, Meet Virginia, Calling All Angels and lots of other great songs. Their best cover was Imagine by John Lennon. It had the pitch changed to E-flat and had drums and guitars.

[@austin5259]

I hate Green Day's cover of Manic Monday and Weezer's cover of Africa with a passion

[@WildHeart7777]

Weezers Africa isn’t bad. It’s the same exact song. The original is great. So it’s more like just pointless

[@brianmiller4029]

These boots are made for walking by Nancy Sinatra is iconic. Jessica Simpson's version should not have happened.

[@jackaweplushpro]

YFM’s version of Love The Way You lie is proof that no matter how great YFM is as funny meme songs, they can never hold a candle to unironically good songs

[@DoNotPassGO]

That cover of 'Everybody Wants to Rule the World' that played at the very end of Season 1 of Royals. Don't know who it was by. Don't care. It was overproduced, overly moody, soulless movie trailer music that, while it fit the context of the show, really doesn't have any reason to be listened to beyond that.

[@iliketrains3495]

You mean the Lorde one?

[@DoNotPassGO]

@@iliketrains3495 That was Randy Marsh? Damn.

[@takodabostwick8507]

Rise Against definitely did a better job covering Fortunate Son than U2 did! And I agree with the worst cover songs! Dance Galvin Dance's version of Semi Charmed Life is really bad!

[@whenfatkillsfat803]

Hell, Rachel McAdams did it better in Game Night.

[@FORTBLOX56]

1:49 How did I find out that Light My Fire is 7 minutes now?

[@wilhelmhagberg4897]

"The insufferable, face melting cringe!" LOL

[@dtinagliastudios]

Love The Way You Lie by YFM is a classic IDK what you’re talking about

[@CrisKRA]

Comfortably Numb cover by Scissor Sister, YIKES

[@iliketrains3495]

Totally agree. Terrible cover.

[@SinThya]

before I turned this video on, I already came in expecting the Gangsta's Paradise cover lol

[@k__505]

I thought She's a Rebel was gonna be the Falling in Reverse song in this video but yeah Gangstas Paradise was terrible too

[@kittykittybangbang9367]

They covered green day?

[@AeroRaiser]

Funny enough with Gangsta's Paradise, is Ronnie hated that cover just as much as everyone else.

[@laurisaarinen1126]

I had an idea of a list "great cover songs that no one knows about" like for me it would include Zebrahead's cover of "Wannabe" by Spice Girls and Kelis's cover of "I Don't Care Anymore" by Phil Collins.

[@TheMusicalElitist]

You can't forget Girls Aloud covers of Sex On Fire and I Predict A Riot.

[@miserirken]

Ah yes, i've been loving this Your Favorite Martian (well deserved) slander lately coming from the music community. Yeah boys and girls, keep calling this awful "musician" out till he gets reduced to atoms.

[@introtomadness6940]

I love DGD but yeah that cover is bad. Also I find the lack of the "auditory constipation" that is Puddle of Mudd's cover of "About A Girl" questionable. If you haven't seen it please go watch it, it's something special.

[@Krokador]

At least that was a one off during a show, and not actually part of an album xD

[@nightski380]

Cancer by MCR covered by TØP

[@jasondismuke4837]

I could live with the limp bizcut version of "faith", had they left the Who alone.

[@Hcatz123]

After reading the pinned comment I see why Puddle of Mudd - About a Girl isnt on here

[@queenstixxzz]

I have heard some badass metal and rock versions of gansta's paradise....that was not one of them.

[@henrysoprano7]

omg I didn't even know about this u2 cover of fortunate son, it sounds so awful and cringe omg