BEST COVER SONG EVER!!!???

[chucky507]

Johnny cash:

Hurt

Father and son

Or his cover of redemption song with Joe Strummer

[LittleMissHarmonyJam]

Thanks for inspiring me to check out some of these songs.. being in the UK, we haven't heard of alot of these tracks..:-)

[TotoSoloRock]

nothing about "Hlter Skelter" and "Knockin on heavens door"????

[EvilChurchiLLa]

reel big fish - take me on

[EvilChurchiLLa]

save ferris - come on eileen

[lorribabes1]

@EvilChurchiLLa go die.

[EvilChurchiLLa]

filter - happy together

[vVASuP]

why are you whispering

[MrAlb0t]

AI green - how to mend a broken heart.

[raffiliven]

Rage against the machine cover of: Ghost of Tom Joad ( Bruce springsteen )

[bradridley]

Mudvayne - king of pain

[teglover95]

come together covered by black label society

[Littleladygaga01]

I...I cant hear him he is soooooooo quiet lol and i am not def by the way l:-l

[cripbabe111]

Satisfaction by DEVO

[happiesthought]

mcr and the used /under pressure (david bowie/freddy mercury

[foogledoo32]

@happiesthought Ew, that is such a fucking terrible cover.

[happiesthought]

@foogledoo32 ok thats what you think . and my comment was made over a year ago .

[foogledoo32]

@happiesthought That is what i think. My comment was made over a day ago.

[happiesthought]

@foogledoo32 lol i just wasted precious seconds of my life

[foogledoo32]

@happiesthought It's all my fault.



[IxRxTehxLolcat]

Speak up man

[jontrain]

Mad World - Gary Jules

[Townshend71]

stone cold crazy-metallica

manic depression stevie ray vaughan

young man blues- the who

sabbra cadabra-metallica

babe i'm gonna leave you-led zeppelin

the lemon song-led zeppelin, it's a cover of howlin wolf's killing floor

back door man-the doors

sitting on top of the world, spoonful-cream

I guess you can put one vote more for all of those and start new ones

[roxo93]

Beat It by Fall Out Boy

[wjquil2]

Hey Ya- By Mat Weddle of Obadiah Parker

[sendhimtodetroit]

William Shatner - Rocket Man

[129metal]

Avenged Sevenfold - Walk

[xplay321]

I agree. They did an excellent job on it.

[yeatsg]

that can't possibly be better than the original

[EllysaE]

No Ordinary Love - Moving Atlas

[Auztino]

Guns N Roses-"Live and Let Die"

The Black Crowes-"Feelin' Alright"

Stevie Ray Vaughan-"Little Wing"

Wolfmother-"Communication Breakdown"

[levike899]

Ray Lamontagne's Crazy is the best cover ever. Its just so soulful

[inagartenrules]

Diamonds and Rust-Judas Priest

Better by you Better than me-Judas Priest

[seancarletonzero]

Something bu the Clash at number 1.... maybe I Fought The Law!!!

[thegrammarfairy]

Lauryn Hill, "Can't Take My Eyes Off You"

Fugees, "Killing Me Softly With His Song"

And bless the Pet Shop Boys, who would EVER have thought it was a good idea to combine "Can't Take My Eyes Off You" with "Where The Streets Have No Name" ?!?!

TGF

[thegrammarfairy]

More from me:

8. "Wild World" by Maxi Priest made me kind of like the song, which I always hated before

9. UB40's "Red Red Wine"

10. "Live and Let Die" was meant (MEANT, I tell you) to be sung by G'N'R

11. Cheap Trick, "Don't Be Cruel"

12. Britney Spears's "My Prerogative" turned out better than her other covers, which I admit isn't saying much.

13. Sinead O'Connor, "Nothing Compares 2 U"

14. Etta James, "Take It To The Limit"

15. Eva Cassidy, "Somewhere Over The Rainbow"

[thegrammarfairy]

Good ones that nobody mentioned yet:

1. Lily Allen covering Britney Spears's "Womanizer"

2. Bowling For Soup's cover of "Baby One More Time" which IMO should not have worked in a million years, but does.

3. Oasis, "Cum On Feel The Noize" (Quiet Riot)

4. Annie Lennox, "Whiter Shade Of Pale" (Procol Harum)

5. Madonna's "American Pie" (Don McLean) also should never have worked, but does.

6. Dynamite Hack, "Boyz-N-The-Hood" (N.W.A.)

7. Cheap Trick, "Don't Be Cruel" (Elvis)

[masterchad5]

Ayo Technology - Milow

Falling Slowly - Kris Allen

[masterchad5]

Outside - Red Jumpsuit Apparatus

I wanna love you - The Maine

Rehab - Hot Hot Heat

I Go Blind - Hootie and the Blowfish

Lollipop - Brad Dogget

Womanizer - All American Rejects

[perryjw]

the fray - heartless

[Sledneckrs]

Godsmack- good times(led zep)

metallica - whriskey in a jar (thin lizzy)

avenged sevenfold- walk(pantera)

[lucasppramone]

jimi hendrix - all along the watch over... no fuckin doubt

[my5minutes]

DEVO - Satisifaction, without a doubt!

[pawian10]

Devo - I Can't Get No Satisfaction

[leov60]

Placebo - Running up that hill (Kate Bush cover)

[4000blunty]

lol i dont know who wrote hey joe but i think hendrixs version was so good

[xoxoxrockxoxox]

nirvana - the man who sold the world

[perryjw]

Lollipop - framing hanley, foofighters - darling Nikki

[perryjw]

Seether - careless whisper

[FachBegriffVerwender]

Disturbed - Land Of Confusion(Phil Collins)

Offspring - Total Immortal(AFI)

[racerx37405]

Pantera-Cat Scratch Fever By:Ted Nugent

Pantera-Electric Funeral By:Black Sabbath

[Lordkittles]

looks like this guy made this from prison or somthing. LOL

[perryjw]

Haha, yeah.... I was in Iraq. :D

[sugarydonkey]

Okay, I sense this guy is about to shoot a dining room full of kids. Genuine fruit loop.

[mikemars]

anything by Me First and the Gimme Gimme's, the world's best Pop Punk cover band. Oh, and the Beatles "Twist and Shout"

[blennon86]

By far the best cover song ever is Jimi Hendrix - All Along the Watchtower (original by Bob Dylan) Another great cover is Joe Cocker - with a little help from my friends (original by the Beatles)

[ibanezmike25]

Skindred - Electric Avenue

[IrishEyes6416]

I'd Say Ryan Knorr's Cover of Shinedowns Second Chance

[piotr41253]

jak masz grać to graj a nie pierdol

[psychospeakempire]

"Whiskey In A Jar" by Metallica

"Whiskey In A Jar" by Thin Lizzie

"Crimson and Clover" by Joan Jett

"Summertime Blues" by Blue Cheer

"Summertime Blues" by The Who

[Cameragirl803]

Turn the Page...Metellica...rocked! Thanks to Psychospeak for passing this my way:) *****

[dunskie]

I'll agree with psychospeak on the 2 DEVO tunes for sure. Both incomparable.

Joe Cocker And The Grease Band's version of "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" is the first great one to pop into my mnd. Fucking Grease Band and Joe in his prime. Yup. That's my fav.

Cool idea!!

[dunskie]

Cocker's first try at the tune was on his first album. THAT is the one I vote for. He also did it again years later. GOTTA hear that early one.From his 1st album.

[katey1dog]

Could you post George Thorogoods Wanted Man?

[jmasondog]

dave Mathews band version off all along the watch tower, Orginally done by Bob Dylon, Made Famous by Hindrix, and redone and the Best version is the dave mathews... and they have about 3 different styles of the song....

and thats the only reason i like dave mathews

[advancedauto]

Hendrix covering Cream's Sunshine of Your Love in 1969 live on The Lulu show

[advancedauto]

1) Ray Charles covering Johnny Cash's Ring Of Fire

2) Johnny Cash covering Hurt by NIN

3)Velvet Revolver covering Nirvana's Negative Creep

4)Stevie Ray Vaughn covering anything Hendrix

5)Motorhead covering The Sex Pistols God Save The Queen

6) Devo covering Stones Satisfaction

7) Eric Cartmann covering Elvis's In The Ghetto...lol

[perryjw]

how about green days cover of john lennon song working class hero

[PaulBradford13]

Red Red Wine - UB40

I love this topic!

Friday On My Mind - David Bowie

Ain't Too proud To Beg - The Rolling Stones

Please Mr. Postman - The Beatles

Knock On Wood - David Bowie

Not Fade Away - The Rolling Stones

Like A Rolling Stone - Jimi Hendrix

Whiskey In A Jar - Metallica (originally by Thin Lizzy but is a traditional Irish song)

man, there's just too much.

[BradfordandLasso]

I Fought The Law - The Clash 96 Tears - Garland Jeffreys Crossroads - Cream Bye Bye Love - Simon and Garfunkel Gloria - Shadows of Night 1966 (the original was by "Them" from 1964 featuring Van Morrison, the author) Gloria - Patti Smith Gloria - The Doors Whiskey Bar - The Doors Rollin' and Tumblin' - Bob Dylan Girl From The North Country - Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash from Nashville Skyline (the original was on an earlier Dylan album Solitary Man - Johnny Cash

[psychospeakempire]

Redemption Song by Joe Strummer

Police And Thieves by The Clash

Jumpin' Jack Flash by Peter Frampton

Strawberry Fields Forever by Todd Rundgren

Working In A Coal Mine by Devo

Satisfaction by Devo

My Way by Sid Vicious (just kidding)

[redhotcalvin]

my way is fucking great what are you not smoking

[psychospeakempire]

I did mention it after all. but I guess I have to look into smoking. :)

[gottsbutter]

Joe Cocker "with a little help from my friends"

Beatles cover

[BradfordandLasso]

Oh yeah, Babe I'm Gonna' Leave You by Led Zeppelin.

[SafetyChris]

was that not their song?

[BradfordandLasso]

no. I believe Joan Baez was the first to record Babe I'm Gonna' Leave You.

[SafetyChris]

I did not know that, always thought it was their song, it's a classic Zep tune

[BradfordandLasso]

What a great question!! My initial answers are: Wild Horses by Gram Parsons (however he actually put it out before the Stones. it was given to him by Richards), Dancing Barefoot by U2, Hurt by Johnny Cash, Crying by KD Lang, Can't Get Next To You by Savoy Brown, If I Were A Carpenter by The Four Tops, Twist And Shout by The Beatles, Respect by Aretha Franklin (it was an Otis Redding song, everyone forgets that), there are so many, I'll get back to you :)

Paul

[SafetyChris]

Hendrix doing 'All Along The Watchtower'

Jeff Buckley 'Hallelujah'

Dwight Yoakam 'I want you to want me'

I could go on

[perryjw]

please do, i never heard of that cheap trick cover... what other gems are you hiding?

[SafetyChris]

pet shop boys 'always on my mind' is great

Megadeth 'paranoid' is awesome

WASP 'Somebody To Love'

Judas Priest 'Green Manalishi'

Motorhead 'Louie Louie'

Muppets with Ozzy Osbourne 'She Drives Me Crazy'

ok that last one was a joke

[BradfordandLasso]

How did I forget All Along The Watchtower? cheers Chris!!

[thegame12880]

Check out Cornell's vrsion of "Wild Horses" with The Lovemongers (Heart) But the best is "Simpleman" by Shinedown. Though I like Nirvanas "Oh, Me" too!!

[includedthewordfuck]

nice list you made there ;)

my favorite cover is I'll be your baby tonight by UB40 and Robert Palmer

[ripper778]

Korn - Word up

[perryjw]

nice one. i like the acoustic version of freak on a leash - it sounds so different its almost a cover of their own song.

[moresepiatone]

There's so many I can think of right now. Like Chuckadile said, Hurt - JC. He made it his own. Trent Reznor even said it was no longer his song, it's johnny's now. Pantera - Planet Caravan (sabbath cover). Sparkle Horse - Wish you were here (Floyd cover). That's about all I can think of at 3 in the morning. Be well.

[perryjw]

hah i know how you feel, it was 130am when i made this video. some of these i cant believe i forgot about.

[chuckadile]

With a Little Help from My Friends (Beatles) - Joe Cocker

Hurt (Nine Inch Nails) - Johnny Cash

I Will Survive (Gloria Gaynor - Cake

[perryjw]

johnny has a few good covers. i really like what he did with U2's "One" also. i really like the cake one also. thanks for your contribution

[dannyknapp]

California Sun - The Ramones (The Riviera's)

[c5rang]

chris cornell-billie jean

[perryjw]

how could i forget that one! agreed

[derekeverett]

Wanted Man - George Thorogood.

[PaulBradford13]

oh yeah, George. I forgot about him. How about "Who Do You Love"? original by Bo Diddley

[drx0972]

Summer of 69 by MxPx. Originally done by Bryan Adams.