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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Led Zeppelin — “Dazed and Confused” (Jake Holmes)
The Fugees — “Killing Me Softly With His Song” (Charles Fox/Norman Gimbel/Lori Lieberman)
Patti Smith — “Because the Night (Bruce Springsteen)
Nirvana — “The Man Who Sold the World” (David Bowie)