Best Cover Songs

Rage Against the MAchine cover of "How I could just kill a man" by Cypress Hill.

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J. Hendrix
All Along the Watchtower

I'll limit my list to covers that I think have eclipsed the original. In some cases, people don't even realize these are covers:

All Along The Watchtower- Hendrix
Respect- Aretha Franklin
Nothing Compares 2 U- Sinead O'Connor
I Love Rock And Roll- Joan Jett
Cum On Feel The Noize- Quiet Riot
Everybody’s Talkin’- Harry Nilsson
Babe I’m Gonna Leave You- Led Zeppelin
You're No Good- Linda Ronstandt
Me and Bobby McGee- Janis Joplin
(What’s So Funny ’Bout) Peace, Love And Understanding- Elvis Costello
Mad World- Michael Andrews & Gary Jules
Hallelujah- Jeff Buckley
Tainted Love- Soft Cell
Girls Just Want To Have Fun- Cyndi Lauper
You’ve Got a Friend- James Taylor

There are also several that may equal the original in many ways. I Will Always Love You, Proud Mary, Twist And Shout, You Really Got Me, I Shot The Sheriff, Woodstock (kinda) etc.

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You think the Dee Dee Warwick original is more well known or popular?

It's Proud Mary hands down.

Not really a cover song, but when George Michael did "Don't let the Sun Go Down on Me" live with Elton, that version was 100x better than the studio album version.

type o negative - summer breeze

Motley Crue Smoking In The Boys Room
Tesla Signs
VH Where Have All The Good Times Gone.
Bob Segar Come To PaPa.

Bitches Ain't shite - Ben Folds
Halo - Seth Avett & Joe Kwon (live)
Take on Me - Reel Big Fish
Adam Duritz - Carmelita

and of course,
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