A song murdered by someone.

Technically, it's not a cover version since it was the songs first release; but I just heard Nico's version of Jackson Browne's "These Days" on the radio for the first time yesterday. Murdered might have been the literal description, since if that was the first version I ever heard I'd have thought it was a terrible song and made a point to avoid it for the rest of my life. I'm surprised the song survived that vicious attack. YMMV

PS. I know we do have to give Nico some thanks for getting JB some recognition early in his career. I wonder if it helped or hindered.