Top 20 Cover Songs That Sound Completely Different Than the Original

[@WatchMojo]

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[@williambilyeu9801]

Vanilla Fudge did a far different version of "You Keep Me Hangin' On."

[@raymondtitano3819]

My favorite cover of all time is Chaka Khan's "I Feel For You". Runners-up: Spinners' "Working My Way Back To You" and Juice Newton's "Angel of the Morning".

[@javelinmaster2]

I think Lily Allen's version of Somewhere only we know (originally sung by Kean) deserves more recognition

[@jamesrobert680]

Disturbed Sound Of Silence

[@AkankshaTeehee]

Fight for your right to party by Andrew Paul, originally beastie boys

[@kennethlivingston9108]

Tainted Love, Soft Cell's cover of Gloria Jones is one of my favorite songs from the 80's!

[@karolloveskorn]

I like the Bangles’s version of Hazy Shade of Winter.

[@kirtfulcher6288]

good call, forgot that one!

[@lhall92201]

One of my favorite songs of all time. Perfect version for the movie "Less Than Zero"

[@stefanschmidt217]

Try listening to Gerard Way's version too😊

[@MrNeroDiablo]

retty average list AAF smooth criminal is very close to the original, yet Cake's I will survive doesn't get a mention? John Butler Trios happy? Nothing from Steve and the seagulls or Post Modern Juke Box? Jebadiah's Go? The Wiggles, elephant?

[@AllOrNothinProductions]

I agree I was shocked this wasn't on the list. Way better version, and they could have shown Susanna Hoff back in the day. What a loss for everyone who watched this.

[@rafaelamadeus5155]

1.David Bowie's "The Man Who Sold the World" covered by Nirvana. 2.Tears for Fears' "Mad World" covered by Gary Jules and Michael Andrews (Adam Lambert also covered this song during American Idol). 3.Eurythmics' "Sweet Dreams" covered by Marilyn Manson.

[@staciehart2358]

4. Come Together, Beatles, covered by Aerosmith.

[@angelaoneal5169]

Marilyn Manson's Sweet Dreams is freaking epic!

[@TornSparrow1974]

Cash's version of Hurt NEVER fails to give me chills. Brilliant cover..

[@SoullessGinger1313]

There is a live duet version with Trent Reznor and David Bowie that is also excellent. It is here on KZbin if you want to check it out.

[@kirtfulcher6288]

I would have put it #1, Cash *owned* that song, Trent is quoted as saying as much.

[@robertsalazar6973]

Trent described the cover as ..."silence..goose-bumps...Wow...that song isn't mine anymore...different but every bit as pure" That is some praise.

[@cpcathy]

Except my alt radio station would play it at 7 a.m. not good to start work with.

[@Dremag_Gaming]

@@robertsalazar6973 I remember reading how he first felt about this version and I guess wasn't sure about it until later on.

[@malemanchris]

The Bangles' far superior version of Hazy Shade of Winter makes most people forget it's a Simon & Garfunkel tune.

[@rwwilson21]

I heard that when Johnny Cash requested to cover "Hurt," Nine Inch Nails didn't hesitate and instantly agreed.

[@BurrShotHam711Jenna]

i heard Trent Reznor got chills from hearing it

[@loveolicity4542]

@@BurrShotHam711JennaI think I also heard that Reznor has also said that it’s no longer a NIN song.

[@DravenGal]

I don't know if this is true, I've only read it, but supposedly Paul Simon went up to David Draiman at an event and told him SoS was "...his song now." It's not hard to believe, though. 😊

[@LazySusan999]

Hallelujah, can't believe you put that little tease in at the end. Jeff Buckley's was the best, and like Johnny Cash, he died shortly after recording it.

[@fuckyerma]

​@@LazySusan999 Jeff recorded it for Grace which was released in '94, he died in '97 so it was a wee while longer than Cash and Hurt.

[@lhall92201]

UB40's cover of Elvis Presley's Can't Help Falling In Love is beautiful.

[@bloodymarvelous4790]

UB40's entire catalog is an endless stream of poorly executed soulless covers, vastly inferior to the originals, and not at all helped by the whiney voice of lead singer Matt Doyle. I despise UB40 to the point that I turn the radio off when they come on. They and Peter Andre cemented my loathing for white reggae.

[@sharonandrews8382]

@@bloodymarvelous4790Huh… I completely disagree… I love their catalog. One of my favorites is their cover of Neil Diamond’s Red, Red Wine. I guess it’s true, one man’s trash is another man’s treasure. 🤷🏼‍♀️ Btw, I love your Deadpool Pikachu!

[@kornsin]

Alien Ant Farm's cover of Smooth Criminal is amazing. I have it on Rock Band and when I need a break from work I play it on drums to forget about everything for a few minutes.

[@HerbalMoon17]

My favorite!

[@EmmaBadOne]

I play it on real drums and it's a blast!

[@kornsin]

@EmmaBadOne I bet it is fun as all get out on a real kit!!

[@marvolomethod]

8:55 Dolly Parton heard this while driving and had to stop the car and cry , true story , she was soooo moved

[@darrinlohmeyer6640]

RESPECT by Aretha is a cover of Otis Redding

[@tonyf6837]

I came to say this. I was quite surprised it wasn't #1

[@fnjesusfreak]

So's "Hard to Handle" by the Black Crowes.

[@carmaigdeforest7284]

Yes! And while stylistically, the two versions are similar (i.e. southern soul music) Aretha totally transforms, and owns, the song. (no small feat considering how great Otis's original is). So many on this list are covers whose arrangement and performance are radically different from the original -- Aretha managed to transform and heighten the original song with much more subtle arrangement differences which is arguably an even greater accomplishment

[@TakeTheBox03]

my girl by the temptations is also a cover of otis redding

[@carmaigdeforest7284]

@@TakeTheBox03 Actually Otis's version is a cover of the Temptations hit which was written for the Temptations by Smokey Robinson. Which isn't to say Otis's cover isn't great.

[@dibdab101]

Wonderwall - Ryan |Adams (originally Oasis) Hallelujah - Jeff Buckley (originally Leonard Cohen) I fought the law - The Cash (originally Sonny Curtis) Feeling Good - Muse (originally Nina Simone) no surprises - Regina Spector (originally Radiohead) The Killing Moon - Pavement (originally Echo and the Bunnymen) your song - Ellie goulding (originally Elton John) Jolene - The White Stripes (originally Dolly Parton Mrs Robinson - The Lemonheads (originally Simon and Garfunkel) Sweet Dreams - Marilyn Manson (originally Eurythmics) Running up that hill - Placebo (originally Kate Bush)

[@erinreed9696]

YEEESSS!!! I Agree! When it comes to covers...Wonderwall - Sweet Dreams - and Runnin' Up That Hill are just PHENOMENAL! 🥰🎶🎧

[@JP_Wu]

Running up that Hill - Within Temptation* (originally Kate Bush)

[@elijansma9071]

Five Finger Death Punch's covers of both "Bad Company" (originally recorded by Bad Company) and "House of the Rising Sun" (originally recorded by The Animals) are some of my personal favorites

[@Superbio]

The Warning - Enter Sandman. Pepsi Center CDMX w/orchestral string section arrangement, specially.

[@HighHeelKnight]

"Girls Just Want To Have Fun" should be number 1. Not only does Cyndi Lauper's version sound different, but the MEANING behind her version is vastly different that the original.

[@halomasamune2762]

Last Resort should have been number 1, by Falling in Reverse. An amazing take Papa Roach's original.

[@dietotaku]

@@halomasamune2762 i'm loving this list and the comments for introducing me to so many covers i never knew existed!

[@LoneReaper115]

One that is very surprising is Cake covering "I Will Survive"

[@JeanieD]

YASSSSS!

[@Tygertyger8008]

The Scary Pockets version featuring Mario Jose is also very good.

[@annecox944]

Vanilla Fudge did a cover of "You Keep Me Hangin' On" a year after the Supremes original and it was quite different.

[@TheRprecupjr]

I completely agree. If this list is supposed to be "covers that sound totally different" Vanilla Fudge's is significantly more different than Kim Wilde's

[@Riutanharju]

Eva Cassidy - Fields of Gold (originally Sting).

[@philiprice7875]

you can put most of Eva's discography on this list (OMG she improved imagine and what she did to somewhere over the rainbow)

[@DavidR.-fk4kc]

The following songs can also be included: "The Man Who Sold the World" -David Bowie, then Nirvana "Sweet Dreams" -Eurythmics, then Marilyn Manson "Mrs. Robinson" -Simon and Garfunkel, then The Lemonheads "Come and Get Your Love" -Redbone, then Real McCoy

[@Andrwme]

And Seether's cover of George Michael's "Careless Whisper"

[@screamingparrot2436]

Nirvanas cover of The Man who sold the world is awesome

[@ScottyDoezntKnow]

Also... Last Resort by Falling in Reverse. A complete 180 from Papa Roach's original, and just as good.

[@eyesoars9212]

Santana's 'Black Magic Woman' is a cover of the Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac's song.

[@daleperkins4901]

The Warning's spectacular reimagining of Metallica's Enter Sandman. The very first track on Metallica's Black List album.

[@tbury2516]

The best band in the world right now!!! DPA!

[@SBRemotes]

Spectacular is the word.

[@averyvincent1868]

Annie Lennox - every track of her album "Medusa." In particular, Annie gave us brilliant covers of Bob Marley's "Waiting in Vain," Procol Harum's "A Whiter Shade of Pale," and The Lover Speaks' "No More 'I Love You's.'"

[@JeanieD]

Fantastic album, I almost forgot (even though it’s in my collection). ❤

[@anthonydaniel1727]

"You Keep Me Hangin' On" by Vanilla Fudge - #6 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1967 - Slow, heavy rock - the album version is best, from their debut album.. This cover version also went to #18 in the UK. Between the release of their 3rd and 4th albums, the single re-charted in 1968, again going to #6. This gives Vanilla Fudge quite a distinction for a list such as this.

[@pamosborn1956]

Yes! I had the album & loved that version.

[@DJTinyTim13]

For “You Keep Me Hanging On”, you describe Kim Wilde’s version as “disco” from the 80’s. Disco was on its way out in rapid fashion by 80-81, and long gone by the time Wilde released her cover in 86. Also, it’s not disco. That would be synth-pop at best - and at its best!

[@millennialfalcon8958]

I'm partial to Placebo's cover of "Running up That Hill" Or Kate Bush's "Rocket Man'

[@turnoffthetv]

A solid list - Tori's covers including SLTS and Famous Blue Raincoat are phenomenal. Some epic missing tracks: Hey Ya - Obadiah Parker; Burning Down The House - The Cardigans and Tom Jones; The Boys of Summer - The Ataris; Bad Moon Rising - Mourning Ritual; Dear God - Sarah McLachlan; Skyfall - Era9

[@RagenRibbonz]

Tori’s Famous Blue Raincoat is one of my fave covers of all time.

[@AbbyNormL]

The absolute best cover of a song, IMO, is the cover of Metallica’s “Enter Sandman” performed by the collaboration of the three sisters band from Mexico called “The Warning” and the Italian-Canadian singer Alessia Cara. It was featured on the 2021 release of Metallica’s “The Metallica Blacklist” album. It also has a very good music video.

[@Tygertyger8008]

A cover that I prefer to the original? I'm so glad you asked! There are in fact several, but the queen of them is the Post-Modern Jukebox/Morgan James cover of "Break Free" (originally by Ariana Grande).

[@dranet47]

Elton John's covers of both Pinball Wizard (The Who) and Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds (Beatles) are both amazing.

[@joshclardy]

Chris Cornell's cover of "Nothing Compares 2 U" should absolutely be on this list. Beautifully haunting and it brings me to tears almost every time I listen. RIP Chris Cornell

[@nightshadowgack7736]

His version is 10 times better than any other one

[@snowcattish]

I am a rock chick. I loved Hurt by NIN. But I heard Johnny Cash's version and saw the video and it literally brought me to tears. Even Trent Reznor says that it is no longer his song that Johnny Cash "owns" Hurt now.

[@richardmark9161]

Cyndi Lauper‘s True Colors is one of my all-time favorite songs but I also love the Phil Collins version of it. Very different.

[@HelenPalmenteri]

Iron and Wine does a great cover also.

[@vickiwaatti1076]

I am so happy about Blinded by the light being #1. I have always LOVED this song. Yes, I know the lyrics sound funny when he sings it but, you have to remember the the group was British and they pronounce things differently. So go ahead and make joke about it. Bruce Springsteen's version is a folky type song. (yes I know he wrote the song) where as Manfred Mann's earth band's version is so rock and roll and just feels differently when you listen to it. This song has been my favorite song for as long as I can remember!

[@Emily-cw7tj]

Wrapped up like a dooch another rubber in the night 💩 😂

[@kimgatlin8371]

Like Springsteen enunciates so well! Love him, just can't always understand him.

[@MsMichelleHW]

Cher has two: I found someone (Laura Branigan), Walking in Memphis (Marc Cohn). Walking in Memphis was also covered by Lonestar which made it onto the billboard charts in both the country and pop genre. And the Sony & Cher’s I got you babe was covered by Etta James and UB40. All three have a very different sound/approach to the song.

[@SDsailor7]

The Warning just recently covered Alana Morrisette "you aught to know" and did a masterful job. Check it out people

[@risy95]

Norther Kings are one of my personal favourites. Although they aren't thay popular, they made a lot of covers and some of them sound COMPLETELY different.

[@christophermerlot3366]

I'll add: This Flight Tonight--Nazareth (Joni Mitchell) Diamonds and Rust--Judas Priest (Joan Baez) These Boots are Made for Walking--Megadeth (Nancy Sinatra) SOS--Portishead (ABBA)

[@yojlik]

Tori Amos' cover of Slayer's "Raining Blood" is fucking incredible! so haunting

[@Rivanking2112]

her whole album of covers is top tier

[@JessePerez-vr7nn]

Thank You Watchmojo for featuring Tori Amos again!!! She's such an amazing musician that doesn't get the credit she rightfully deserves!

[@calvinstraveldreams]

The thing about that version is that if the original is about rebellion against a corrupt system (with a heavy subtext of nihilism), the latter is about what happens in the aftermath, and how these revolutions often fail-or succeed in producing something far worse than what came before…especially when there is a lack of understanding of human nature…

[@RagenRibbonz]

@@calvinstraveldreams what? That’s not what Tori’s cover implies.

[@Tlotoxl]

The cover of ABBA’s S.O.S by Portishead is incredible Also worthy of a place in a second edition of this list: Led Zeppelin’s cover of Memphis Minnie’s When the Levee Breaks Florence and the Machines performance of the Foo Fighters Times like These when they filled in for the Foos at Glastonbury when Dave Grohl broke his leg Metallica - Star Wars Imperial March And the Muppets cover of Bohemian Rhapsody 😅😅

[@msugrl33]

Johnny's cover of "Hurt" is just so haunting as well as the video. Good list!

[@TheOffertonhatter]

"You can't hurry Love" by Phil Collins and "Always on my mind" by The Pet Shop Buys spring to mind. I love both covers.

[@MCFrutek]

"Black Betty" Ram Jam , original is credited to. Huddie "Lead Belly" Ledbetter

[@christophermerlot3366]

Wham ba lam!!!

[@Al3xChap1n]

“Run” Originally by Snow Patrol, covered by Leona Louis. Both versions stand tall and strong on their own.

[@incredulousdisbelief9841]

Cinnamon Girl - Type O Negative, originally by Neil Young Summer Breeze - Type O Negative, originally by Seals & Croft Patience - Chris Cornell, originally by Guns N'Roses Aw hell every cover by Chris Cornell is incredible, and he did dozens of them over his career.

[@19slshaw63]

Chris did Girl U Want as a slow groove contrasting with DEVO 's upbeat original version

[@leblackbox]

Maybe I'm Amazed covered by The Faces (lead vocal Rod Stewart) originally by Paul McCartney. Both versions are brilliant.

[@futurecanadian]

REM - Toys in the Attic (Aerosmith) ... Los Lobos - Bertha (Grateful Dead) ... The Brian Setzler Orchestra- In The Mood (Glenn Miller Band)

[@reefrunnerart]

Tori Amos' cover of Smells Like Teen Spirit is fucken angelic...

[@SBRemotes]

The Warning - Enter Sandman(Metallica) or You Oughta Know(Alanis Morissette)

[@SDsailor7]

The Warning cover of Metallica's enter sandman is a whole new song that keeps the spirit of the original.

[@UltimateGamerCC]

"Sweet Dreams" - Marilyn Manson; Originally by Eurythmics

[@Mafed_Graystone]

I prefer "Tainted Love" - Original by Soft Cell

[@FaeryMoon555]

Both are awesome!!

[@sasardenberg]

​@@Mafed_Graystone Soft Cell's a version. Original by Gloria Jones.

[@UltimateGamerCC]

@@Mafed_Graystone that's also a good one.

[@UltimateGamerCC]

@@sasardenberg Cover*

[@catherinewilliams9680]

One of my favorite covers is EWF's cover of Got to get you into my life for the Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club band soundtrack.

[@Baffled_King]

You never fully appreciate Mad World until you hear it covered in such a heartfelt way as done by Gollum....

[@Imonlyhappy.whenitrains]

You missed a few, some suggestions for your next inevitable update: Hallelujah - Jeff Buckley (originally Leonard Cohen) Pour Some Sugar on Me - Ninja Sex Party (originally Def Leppard) Fast Car- Luke Combs (originally Tracy Chapman) Twilight- Jessica Lea Mayfield and Seth Avett (originally Elliott Smith) Really you could pick any Pentatonix cover too, I love their version of Can't Help Falling in Love With You

[@JeanieD]

Cake’s version of “I Will Survive” is awesome - I was never as big of a fan of the Gloria Gaynor version. Actually, Cake is my favorite cover band ever.

[@rebeccamcdermott9259]

Disturbed's version of Sound of Silence is my favourite cover version. It's one of the best cover versions for me. They've done quite a few really good cover versions.

[@DarkSkorpio666]

True, both original and Disturbed cover are great and IMO one of the best covers ever. I'm severly hurt anytime I hear this remix of Disturbed cover playing in the radio...

[@tanakasensei3450]

I love how Disturbed's version of Land of Confusion is vastly different from the Genesis version

[@Dan82W]

The band Nevermore has a really good cover of the sound of silence. It’s definitely in their style of metal but it’s worth checking out.

[@TomWood-fb3wg]

I saw them live doing the cover, and it was awesome 😮

[@Landofnothing]

3:05 Oooh so she's the culprit! That godawful slowed down breathy cover version of songs is this woman! There's so many covers that sound just like this and they all sound basically the same.

[@raymondtitano3819]

Yep, and they seem to be in the trailers for every. freaking. film.

[@havanadaurcy1321]

Raining Blood should have been slowed imo, it is much too fast.

[@kimberlym.2547]

I see Tori Amos in the thumbnail, I click. She performed a live mashup of Smells Like Teen Spirit with Don McClean's American Pie shortly after she got the news that Kurt Cobain had died. I recommend looking up that live performance.

[@kena.9200]

Tori covered the Cure’s Lovesong. Awesome. Check it out.

[@StaciePoole-ng2ky]

Why do you never put any Pentatonix covers in your lists? They have killer covers!

[@DravenGal]

VoicePlay too! Their recent cover of Thriller is AWESOME! And Home Free has many fantastic ones too! But that's a good idea for a WatchMojo list, acappella covers!😊

[@lhall92201]

They could literally just do a list of Pentatonix's best covers ❤

[@craftycreationsofdarksided2642]

I suggested Pentatonix Hallelujah in the main thread.

[@bloodymarvelous4790]

Probably because Pentatonix don't have any original material, so there's nothing special about it.

[@averyhymon3480]

Got to get you into my life covered by Earth,Wind and Fire is tops! To miss that one is a big fail!!

[@TonyDickens-r6x]

Best cover ever.....all along the watchtower - jimi hendrix

[@nimrat9999]

no Tainted Love?... shame...

[@morgie39]

Ooh yes, that's a great one

[@christophermerlot3366]

A song wonderfully imagined 3 times!.

[@Emily-cw7tj]

​@@christophermerlot3366at least 3 times maybe 4 times 😊

[@jmiller1918]

Came here to mention Coil's version.

[@SoullessGinger1313]

Civil Twilight did a haunting arrangement of Come as You Are, originally by Nirvana. It is probably my favorite Nirvana cover, though seeing Tori Amos playing her version of Smells Like Teen Spirit live was goose bump inducing. I have always liked Faith No More's version of War Pigs over the Black Sabbath original - more angry punch to the vocals. The late Jeff Buckley's cover of Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah is my favorite of the many covers of this song, though I will always love Cohen's emotion. Hearing a new arrangement of a song you love lets you listen with fresh ears and sometimes appreciate the song more. I love both versions of Hurt for different reasons (and the one with David Bowie even more),

[@dannycomellas]

7:01 want something that sounds way different: the Nevermore version

[@adamparr6464]

The Sound Of Silence was covered by the Power Metal band NEVERMORE before DISTURBED did. I recommend anyone check out that version.

[@sonicrules666]

One of my favourite bands ever, it's a faster dark metal song, it's a very dark song anyway so all the darkness in both versions still fits the song, Nevermore are an amazingly talented band

[@adamparr6464]

Everyone really tries (more often than not) when they cover Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah”, they follow his tempo.

[@FaeryMoon555]

My souls FAVE!! One of My celebration of life songs, as well!!

[@boscotheman82]

They actually follow Jeff Buckley's cover

[@chibiiris]

I started watching this before I went to bed and finished it today after work. During my travels I had two covers that played that were fitting to this video. One that was on the list was Hurt and the other was Hotel California by Reel Big Fish vs Eagles

[@josephwest124]

#17, "You Keep Me Hangin' On". Not even a mention of "already covered in a different way by Vanilla Fudge in 1968." The Vanilla Fudge version was originally recorded and released just months after the Supremes' version (in the summer of 1967) but it wouldn't hit the Top 10 in the US until the summer of 1968. As was noted in interviews, the group listened to the song's lyrics and noticed how really dark they were and so they slowed down the tempo (which they did frequently) and put a more aggressive edge to the song. The sound they had on the song was one of the many precursors of heavy metal. (Listen to the Fudge's version of the song, then compare it to Hendrix's "Purple Haze" or Led Zeppelin's "Whole Lotta Love" or Iron Butterfly's "In-a-Gadda-Da-Vida.")

[@pjlopez5370]

Anyone who has watched Battlestar Galactica knows that All Along The Watchtower is an enteral song that predates Bob Dylan

[@Emily-cw7tj]

True 😂

[@jackiegreiner8303]

Hallelujah is beautiful, but my all time favorite cover is Disturbed's Sound of Silence. It feels like Paul Simon wrote that song for David Draiman. It's haunting and beautiful and I've watched the video of the performance on Conan at least 2 dozen times. It's the perfect combination of the original soft sounding sad melody and the heavy metal voice of Draiman near the end.

[@WineDyn]

Walk This Way (Run D.M.C. version of Aerosmith) needs to be on the list. One of the first Rock/Rap collaborations and it transformed the original.

[@FaeryMoon555]

Callum Scott's cover of Robyn's song Dancing on my Own.

[@nightshadowgack7736]

you can add patience by Chris Cornell and also FFDP version of Gone away

[@maddenrs]

What about Oingo Boingo's version of You Really Got Me by Van Halen covering The Kinks or Van Halens version of Pretty Woman by Roy Orbison?

[@aaronholcomb237]

"Love Hurts" by Nazareth is another Roy Orbison cover that sounds different from the original.

[@Laurielism]

Adding some Aussie flavour: Lose Yourself - Kasey Chambers/Eminem Help - John Farnham/The Beatles Elephant - The Wiggles/Tame Impala And a non-Aussie one that is too good not to mention: When The Party's Over - Bring Me The Horizon/Billie Eilish

[@WarrenBridges-um5cg]

@Laurielism "Eleanor Rigby" ZOOT featuring Rick Springfield on guitar/Beatles 1970.

[@rokky6931]

Trent Reznor said that Hurt was not his song anymore. That Johnny Cash took over the song

[@maestro80smusic93]

Always Something There To Remind Me - Naked Eyes cover of a Dionne Warwick song

[@Scülly0626]

I loved Five Finger Death Punch's cover of "Bad Company". Also Disturbed's cover of "Land of Confusion."

[@Seansmusicvault]

Missing Persons' cover of "Hello I Love You" is great example of making a song your own. Same with Rubén Blades' latin-fused cover of XTC's The Man Who Sailed Around His Soul. That's some tasty salsa right there.

[@SDsailor7]

The Warning drummer Paulina Villarreal cover of "Creep" by Radiohead is the best, the emotion she puts into the song will make you cry. Check it out.

[@sspotless]

A very good list, thank you! ++ > Chris Cornell covering GNR's "Patience" - better or not - definitely a drastically different song. > Type O Negative - Cinnamon Girl. original by Neil Young

[@PenguinGuy867]

MacArthur Park by Donna Summer. Original by Richard Harris, the original Dumbledore. The two could not be more different.

[@JeanieD]

True.

[@mareecummings3481]

Kasey Chambers cover of Eminem’s Lose Yourself is phenomenal

[@Indium111]

I love Halestorm's cover of "Get Lucky". That's the best cover of Daft Punk's song that I have heard so far.

[@julieabraham3566]

One of my favorite covers is David Bowie's version of I Took A Trip On A Gemini Spaceship, originally done by The Legendary Stardust Cowboy.

[@LadyCato15]

7:17 this song should've been in the top 5!!! It even knocked Paul Simon’s socks off after hearing it. So disappointed its stuck at #14 🙄😑

[@codyhiginbotham6616]

Time After Time by Eva Cassidy (originally by Cyndi Lauper) The Cassidy version gives a more soulful sound and makes it feel more like a ballad

[@millerhxc]

H2O - Today Was A Good Day (originally by Ice Cube) Also, Cyndi Lauper's version of Girls Just Wanna Have Fun is quite different to the original. It's more pop, whereas the original has a punk rock/new wave kind of edge.

[@vedahenerhenson5021]

Yeah, it's unique and better than the original. Bagsik kaayo!

[@BlackHatCinephile]

🏆🥇

[@capnmark4]

Although I really like Disturbed's version of "Sounds of Silence", I think the Pentatonix version is even stronger. Although Whitney vs. Dolly probably stirs the most controversy 🙂

[@sbrideau2000]

The best one's missing. Last Resort reimagined by Falling in Reverse.

[@teresadixon2899]

For a part 2: Tiny Tim's cover of Highway To Hell, Steam Powered Giraffe's cover of Cellophane, Voltaire's cover of Love Song, The Cog Is Dead's cover of Bad Guy, Erin McKeown's cover of Paper Moon.

[@Titokhan2]

point to you in the Bad guy almost Weird Al reimagining.. but i'll still take Conquer Divide's.. and their version of Sheeran's Bad Habits might be better than Sheeran's

[@thomask1424]

Wow, I just complained about the lack of chapter breaks in your videos not 10 minutes ago! Thanks for responding so quickly.

[@Cowboy77]

I'm on a mission to find some of these. Thunderstruck by Robyn Anderson (Master of Puppets...frankly a lot of songs by her), Sally's Song by Fiona Apple, Mad World by Puddles Pity Party, Dream On by Morgan James, and I'll end with a good one; Black Hole Sun by Haley Reinhart

[@adriennemeyer3408]

Tricky - Black Steel. It's a Public Enemy song. Hooverphonic- Shake the Disease, Afghan awigs - How soon is now?, 2NE1 - Toxic, Dolly Parton- Stairway to Heaven, Placebo - Running up that Hill, Personal Jesus and Where is my Mind? The Dropkick Murphys- Who is Who

[@Mafed_Graystone]

"Cry Little Sister" by Lyric Noel, Original G Tom Mac (From the Lost Boys Soundtrack)

[@FaeryMoon555]

YES

[@jmburgess2003]

I like Marilyn Manson's version too

[@prof.thiagoalmeida1226]

I would also mention on this list I Will Survive by Cake and Leona Lewis' version of Stop Crying You Heart Out.

[@juanjoseperalta1866]

Shine Dolly Parton / Collective Soul Loco-motion Little Eva / Kylie Minogue 2000 Man Rolling Stones / Ace Frehley-Kiss Heroes David Bowie / The Wallflowers Don't Leave Me This Way Thelma Houston / Communards Knock on Wood Eddie Floyd / Eric Clapton feat. Phil Collins Islands In the Stream Bee Gees / Dolly Parton-Kenny Rogers

[@pattyrrell4624]

Why was there a fleeting clip of Tom Jones singing in the bit about the Joni Mitchell vs CSNY version of Woodstock?

[@edmawhinney3564]

So many great covers!