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what’s a song cover that you think is better than the original?

The first ones to come to mind are Whitney’s version of I Will Always Love You and Allen Stone’s Georgia On My Mind but I would love to hear other contributions as well! I feel like there are a lot of songs where a covered version gets more popular than the original and people end up not realizing that it is a cover (ex. i had a friend that genuinely believed the Jonas Brothers wrote Year 3000). so, what‘a a song that was written by one artist but (figuratively) owned by another?

kazana
jrwaudio
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SRV  Voodoo child

Diana Ankudinova  Wicked Game & Can't help falling in love

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larsman
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I don't know if it's better than the original, 'cause 'Billie Jean' was a pretty great song to begin with, but the late, great Chris Cornell slowed it down to almost a blues type of song, and he puts so much feeling into the lyrics; I really understood stuff about that song I hadn't realized, 'cause Chris forces you into the words; nobody's dancing to his version.

He did some pretty inspired cover versions; he's got a recording of 'A Day In The Life' that was recorded live at Royal Albert Hall, and I think John Lennon would have been mighty pleased. He even does those 'AHHHH's before the final verse in a way that sent chills down the ol' spine...  

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lhasaguy
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Another vote for Eva Cassidy, jer version of Woodstock gives me chills.  I am of that generation, 73 now

ericsch
751 posts
 

This is another good cover of Stairway to Heaven.

Ann and Nancy Wilson
 

   

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cns1946
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Wichita Lineman, Sergio Mendez and Brazil "66

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