Covers which are better than the original

It turns out that the Purple One had a big-time crush on Joni Mitchell , showering her with fan mail , according to the beloved songstress.

From Mitchell's Blue album, "A Case of You" has since been covered by over artists, though none as poignantly as Prince. First performed live in Minneapolis in , it wasn't until that the studio track was laid down. Prince tinkered with various iterations of this much-loved song right up to his untimely death in With the addition of contemporary drug references, "Nobody's Fault But Mine" may be better described as an adaptation than a cover. The booming hard-rock masterpiece was a track on the band's penultimate studio album Presence.

It returned the band to its blues roots, the sound that had first elevated them to rock god status. This was one of the Boston Bad Boys' best cuts before they descended into ballad-y pablum. Like "Back in the Saddle," also from the album Rocks , "Walkin' the Dog" is among the group's sharpest efforts, strutting their prowess as one of the premier rock bands of all time.

In the process, we rediscover the band's mind-bending brilliance, as Maidza's modernized classic swirls with a headiness and sensuality that honors the original. Fleetwood Mac is having a well-deserved moment. This latest homage by The Highwomen, the constellation of female musical stars composed of Brandi Carlile , Natalie Hemby , Maren Morris , and Amanda Shires , delivers a perfect—perhaps too perfect?

Combined with Brandi Carlile's fearless, soaring vocals, this execution of this grunge anthem is spine-chillingly evocative, as if channeling the music legend. For those old enough to recall the s, Linda Ronstadt is remembered as a towering talent of the era. There was almost no musical genre Ronstadt did not explore and conquer including her virtuosity on What's New , her album of American Standards with the Nelson Riddle Orchestra.

But it was Warren Zevon 's quirky lyrics that occupied a special place in her heart. This inventive iteration of Madonna 's highly-caffeinated '90s hit starts out tenderly, leans into a glee club-style chorus, and finishes with a clamorous jam. Joyously complex and out there, somehow it works. Hard to imagine besting a Motown classic, but Johnny Rivers did just that, charting higher than the original Four Tops track in Jimi Hendrix 's rowdier, louder, punchier, and electrified version of Bob Dylan' s classic song, released in , blew even the original songwriter away.

In , Canadian rock band The Guess Who burned up the pop charts with "American Woman," which they claimed was a love letter to the women of their own country. Bonnie Raitt's heartfelt rendition of a middle-aged woman trying to escape her circumstances became one her most important recordings, expressing lost love, regret, and longing.

The two pals would even perform the song together on occasion. Bruce Springsteen co-wrote the song with Patti Smith , and it would become a hit single from her album Easter. He changed the lyrics for his version from what he described as just another love song into a coarse, introspective journey in search of truth. The fact that he actually co-wrote the track establishes it as one of the best cover songs out there.

The raucous, jangly Kingsmen recorded the number in under an hour in less than ideal circumstances. And despite the band unanimously agreeing that it was awful, the three-chord classic became a sensation, rising to No. Following outrage from parents about the potentially obscene—incoherent, really—lyrics, a two-year FBI investigation was launched.

The feds made countless attempts at deciphering the lyrics, convinced the song was communicating in obscene code to teen subversives. But they came up with nothing. Elvis considered his version, which was a massive hit, a tribute to his friend, Perkins. My Way was a succsess for a variety of performers including Frank Sinatra, Elvispresley - and teh Sex Pistols and many others artists The voice of Singer Dr.

Wikepedia www. Elvis Pressley version is good as is the ZZ Top cover. But nothing compares to the Jeff Beck Group's interpretation with fabuluous guitar solos and a Piano solo that is out of this world. Original-The Beatles too noisy and too much sitar Cover-Journey pre Steve Perry and a solid rocker that is much shorter than the Beatles version and much better!

The song is best known for the version by Frank Sinatra and his daughter Nancy Sinatra. Jucapa fell in love with this special song and used his outstanding voice to give this song a new spin in spanish language.

We know you will enjoy this wonderful new version of the old song -! Beatles version is slow and depressing. Aretha Franklin's version has spunk that elevates this tune. Hey Joe. Georgia on My Mind. Dazed and Confused. I Love Rock 'n' Roll. Me and Bobby McGee. Twist and Shout. Tainted Love. Mustang Sally. Nothing Compares 2 U. Glenn J. Original Fleetwood Mac decent -Santana awesome.

Mace Gill added When the Levee Breaks. I Fought the Law. Mad World. I Will Always Love You. Wiener added Woodstock. JOni Mitchell's version is good. Crosby, Stills and Nash's version is great!

Ryan Adams, "Wonderwall" Oasis. Mark Ronson ft. Amy Winehouse, "Valerie" The Zutons. Adele, "Promise This" Cheryl Cole. Jeff Buckley, "Hallelujah" Leonard Cohen. Daughter, "Get Lucky" Daft Punk. The Byrds, "Mr. Tambourine Man" Bob Dylan. It's become her signature song. He was still a year away from 'Hunky Dory,' which would reinvent and establish him as one of the decade's top artists.

Nirvana, on the other hand, bring a sharp and focused reading of the song from their live album 'MTV Unplugged in New York,' finding depth we never knew was there. Like a lot of songs people sang back in the late '60s and early '70s, 'Me and Bobby McGee' was written by Kris Kroitofferson, who was a hell of a songwriter but not much of a singer. That's why so many of his best-known songs were made famous by other artists.

The best and biggest was Janis Joplin's definitive version of his road narrative 'Me and Bobby McGee,' which was released on her posthumous album 'Pearl,' and went straight to No.

Tambourine Man. Original Artist: Badfinger. Badfinger wrote 'Without You' for their second album, 's 'No Dice,' where it followed their monster hit 'No Matter What' at the end of side one and sorta got lost.