Cover Songs that are better than the Original

K.D. Lang -  Hallelujah (Leonard Cohen)

Paul Westerberg - raucous live version of The Monkees "Daydream Believer" on YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFHghaktIno&list=RDvFHghaktIno&start_radio=1&t=1

Brandi Carlile - Folsom Prison Blues live https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D50PIAYDzZQ

Jimi Hendrix - All Along the Watchtower
Bonnie Raitt - Angel from Montgomery

I once heard a version of Hallelujah in a small pub in the middle of Wisconsin that absolutely blows away every version I have ever heard. It was performed by a singer/songwriter from Minnesota and other than his guitar and vocals, you could have heard a pin drop. The whole place was mesmerized.

Hallelujah - Jeff Buckley
Suzanne - Judy Collins