Cover songs that are better than the originals.


There is an active thread about terrible cover songs so I thought I'd start one about cover songs that are better than or have completely eclipsed the originals. I'll start:

Randy Newman wrote Momma Told Me Not to Come for Eric Burdon who recored it with the Animals and Newman recorded it too. I have the Newman version and like it but Three Dog Night really seem to capture the mood of the song best in my opinion.
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To me, most aren’t but these are...

Beach Boys: California Dreamin’
CCR: I Heard It Through The Grapevine
Spoiler: Electrifying (Grease, ’You’re The One That I want’)
Spoilers’ heavy metal version of this is a hoot & I once caused my best friend’s Daughter to lose her new boyfriend because of it!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1K2N_DYPoZw