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Song covers that are better than the originals

I was listening to Billy Idol's cover of LA Woman, and I thought to myself that his version is way better than the original. So I thought I'd post a few covers that I enjoy more than the originals and see what others can add. My top five in no particular order:

LA Woman - Billy Idol
Just a Gigolo - David Lee Roth
Feelin Alright - Joe Cocker
Roll Over Beethoven - The Beatles
MacArthur Park - Donna Summer
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jfz
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Bruce Springsteen's version of Jimmy Cliff's Trapped.
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jedinite24
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I'm probably a minority in this thought but I preferred Gun N' Roses renditions of Live and Let Die and Knockin on Heaven's Door to the originals. I especially like the Knockin on Heaven's Door off of the GnR Live Era 2 CD set where Axl's says Gimme some Reggae.
fas42
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Slade's live version of John Sebastian's "Darling Be Home Soon"
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geoffkait
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The Ramones' cover of the Stones' classic, Out of Time.
fas42
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Faces doing "Memphis, Tennessee"

Slade again: Joplin's "Move Over", gets me every time; and "Let The Good Times Roll" - the latter is not quite legit because it is a combo song, but if this doesn't get you bouncing around the room then something's badly wrong with you or your system, :-)

(gee, do I detect a theme here ...?)

Frank
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