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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
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cns1946
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Wichita Lineman, Sergio Mendez and Brazil "66

sls141
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Many people have covered "Autumn Leaves" over many decades. Hearing Eva Cassidy sing it, was the first time I ever really heard the song.

Kudos Eva!

R.I.P.

ckkt66
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Johnny Cash--"Hurt"

ckkt66
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Also, Joe Cocker "Feelin' Alright" 

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panzrwagn
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Lots of good responses. Pretty much anything Eva Cassidy sang. Mary Chain Carpenter's version of Lucinda Wiliam's Passionate Kisses. My version of Leonard Cohen's 'Dance Me To The End Of Love'. Arguably his best song besides 'Hallelujah', the original is done almost like a klezmer song, and Madeline Peyroux's version is a lightweight take on a very serious song, so I arranged it with a passionate, almost flameco sound. Works for me.

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