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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?

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rwwear
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Bananarama's remake of Shocking Blue's Venus.

 

sokogear
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Can't believe nobody has mentioned Linda Ronstadt or Boz Scaggs. Desperado stands out. For Boz, it's Lend me a Dime and On the Beach. Bonnie Raitt up there also - My Opening Farewell.

trevanian
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Ok, here is my contribution. the Mike Patton version of this guy is the best. 

orenstein
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coming from a huge Beatles fan (Happy 82nd Ringo!)......

 

Got to Get You Into My Life by Earth Wind and Fire

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captelee
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Travelin' Light by JJ Cale.

A very melodic, weaving tune by the Tulsa master.

Dig out the jet-fueled "live" version by Widespread Panic and it'll rip your head off. 

Mr. Cale sent the band a case of Jim Beam when he heard it, with a thank you note. The band thought they should be thanking him!

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