The 65 best cover songs of all time
Admit it, these tracks are so good, you really thought they were original.
When you hear the lyrics, "I fought the law and the law won," What artist comes to mind? If you are tilted, a certain English Punk-rock group probably appears in your head. And the crisp guitar riffs and the gross power of "American woman" probably arouse the image of a Rock Flashy star and his flying guitar. But get this: nor the melody was reallywritten by the artist You associate the song with. The two are just masterfully take the work of someone else. A great coverage has this kind of power. To test your knowledge of their origins and to help fill your playlist, we gathered the 65 coverage songs of all time. Be honest, how much do you think you are the real deal? For more music facts, check20 songs that you totally misunderstood, explained.
1 "Superstar" of Sonic Youth (the most famous version of the carpenters)
Karen andRichard CarpenterMonster Hit was written by Rock Leon Leon Russell and Bonnie Bramlett (1960s Rock / Soul Duo Delaney & Bonnie) forRITA COOLIDGE. Others covered this suction ballad, although no raises at the level ofThurston MooreTribute faithful to Karen Carpenter. It reveals an incredibly sensitive side of the Rock Cactic group and Arch New York City.
2 "Miley Cyrus (original Fleetwood Mac)
AloneMiley Cyrus"A sensual husky voice could improve the popularStevie Nicks original. Cyrus said that the song hasdeep emotional resonance For her, and she does justice without trying to bend it at his will - a testimony of his trust and his true talent.
3 "Police on my back" by the clash (original by the equal)
Well, I'm a-runnin '
The police on my back
I had Hidin '
The police on my back
There was a shooting shot
The police on my back
And the victim
Well, he will not come back
And so go the first verse of the fleeting ballad in writing byEddie Grant From the British Pop Group of the mid-years, the equals. It includes a slower Jamaican style rate, unlike the urgent version and rigid driving clash.Critics considered Among the most shaped song of Clash on the albumSandinista!
4 "Rusty cage" by Johnny Cash (original of Soundgarden)
In the last years of his illustrious life, the black man has made many reinterpretations of contemporary artists, a daring move with the permission of the famous producerRick Rubin. At first, norJohnny Caisse orChris Cornell of SOUDGARDEN kissed the idea ofCash covering "rusty cage". But Rubin persisted with a new arrangement made with the help of Jane's addiction guitaristDave NavarroAnd Ol 'Johnny was persuaded. He created the grunge the anthem with the tomb of the signature, abandoned songs, fleshy guitars, advanced guitars and a threatening drum line, the courtesy of the end of the end, greatTom Pety andMick Fleetwood respectively. The album, it was presented,unleashed, won Grammy for the best album of country in 1998.
5 "Ordinary people" from William Shatner (Original by Pulp)
WithWilliam Shatner.Previous coverage efforts Widely disdainfully - to justify - his interpretation of the British Alt Band Pulp's pulp gloriously "People" surprised his criticisms. Credit goes to the musician / producerBen folds For his handling of DEFT, including the voice of support of the emblematic singer-songwriter-interpreterJoe Jackson. Jackson's voice replaces Shatner halfway before embarking on a duet, dissolving together in a big choir for the final. Entertaining and innovative, Shatner pulls a rabbit out of his hat with this intelligent interpretation.
6 "Always in my mind" by pet boys (various registered by Brenda Lee, Elvis Presley, Willie Nelson and others)
Which started as a singleElvis Presley tribute to the 10th anniversary of the death of the king has become thePreferred coverage song of all time in a 2014 BBC survey. The shops of Pet Shop Boys began their synth-pop interpretation of "always in my mind" onLove me tenderly, a special television featuring leading groups of 1987 on hedges of greater success by Elvis. The performance of the boys of pets was the front breeze song that became Christmas Single No. 1 of the United Kingdom of this year. He dominated the graphics for four weeks, reaching the N ° 4 on the Hot American billboard.
7 "A case of U" by Prince (Original Joni Mitchell)
It turns out that the purple had a crush of big timeJoni Mitchell,covers it with the mail fan, according to the Beloved song. Of Mitchell's 1971Blue album, "a case of you" has since been covered by more than 200 artists, although no as poignant asPrince. First done live in Minneapolis in 1983, it was only 2001 that the studio track was established. Prince Dicy of various iterations of this very loved song until his premature death in 2016.
8 "No one makes the fault but mine" by Led Zeppelin (Original Blind Willie Johnson)
With the addition of contemporary drug references, "person of person's fault but mine" can be better described as an adaptation than coverage. The Hard-Rock masterpiece in full swing was a track from the penultimate album studio of the 1976 bandPresence. He returned the band to his roots of blues, the sound that had first raised them for rock the status of God.
9 "Walkin 'The Dog" by Aerosmith (Original Rufus Thomas)
It was one of the best cups of Boston Bad Boys before they went down in Ballad-Y Pablum. Like "back in the saddle", also from the 1976 albumRocks, "Walkin 'The Dog" is one of the shortest efforts in the group, causing their prowess as one of the main rock bands of all time. Many artists and groups took a picture at theRufus Thomas R & B Classic, but the Aerosmith version is the most fun, a salvation to the group has been built.
10 "Where is my spirit" from Tkay Maidza (original by the Pixies)
This magnificent interpretation comes the permission of the Hip-Hop artist born from ZimbabweTkay Maidza, which resurrects the punk / pop group of the 80s of the 80s that challenged labeling. During the process, we rediscover the folding brilliance of the band of the band, while Maidza's modernized whirlwinds with a citizen and sensuality that honors the original.
11 "The chain" by the highwomen (original Fleetwood Mac)
Fleetwood Mac at a well deserved moment. The latter tribute by the highwomen, the constellation of the female musical stars composed ofBrandi Carlile,Natalie Hem,Maren Morris, andAmanda Shires, offers a perfect - maybe too perfect? - Did you make Mac's largest number.
12 "Black Hole Sun" from Brandi Carlile (Original of Soundgarden)
This tribute at the end of Soundgarden Frontman Chris Cornell offers members of the original bandKim Thayil,Ben Shepherd, andCamperion. Combined with the voiceless voice of Brandi Carlile, this execution of this grunge hymn is evocative of the spine, as if it channeled the legend of the music.
13 "Poor poor poor me" from Linda Ronstadt (original Warren Zevon)
For the elderly to recall the 1970s,Linda Ronstadt is recalled as an imposing talent of the era. It covered the lyrical styles ofBuddy Holly,Chuck Baime,Roy Orbison, the brothers always,Cline Patsy,Bob Dylan,James Taylor…And the list continues. There was almost no musical genre Ronstadt did not explore and conquer (including his virtuosity onWhat's new, its American standards album with the Riddle Nelson orchestra.) But it wasWarren ZevonSemarky lyrics that occupied a special place in his heart. "JD Southers and Jackson Browne were really good friends with him, so I sometimes met him and loved his songs,"She told an ultimate classic rock. "I started doing so many songs I could find how to do." They remain among his best.
14 "Borderline" by the burning lips, with Stadeath and white dwarves (Original Madonna)
This inventive iteration ofMadonnaThe 90s of the 90s loan-caffeinations begin tenderly, leaning into a club style chorus of Glee and ends with a clamorous jam. Joyfully complex and there, it works in one way or another.
15 "Baby I need your love" "by Johnny Rivers (original by the four peaks)
Difficult to imagine Besti to a Motown classic, butJohnny Rivers Is it exactly that, cutting up higher than the original four top trail in 1967. The rivers were famous for a flow of hits over the decade - the two covers and those he wrote - including "mountain of Love, "" Midnight Special "," "" the wrong side of the city "and its most famous" man of secret agent ".
16 "All along the watchtower" of Jimi Hendrix (originally by Bob Dylan)
Jimi Hendrix'S rowder, stronger, punch tree and electrified version ofBob Dylan 'S Song Classic, released in 1968, even blown the original composer. "It overwhelmed me," Dylansaid later, about Hendrix's hearing hearing for the first time.
17 "American woman" from Lenny Kravitz (originally by the assumption that)
In 1970, the Canadian rock band guess it that burned pop charts with "American woman", theyclaimed was a love letter women of their own country.Lenny KravitzThe powerful and updated versionwon the grammé For the best vocal performance of male rock in 1999.
18 "Ange de Montgomery" by Bonnie Raitt (originally by John Prine)
Bonnie Raitt Sincerely rendering a middle-aged woman trying to escape her circumstances become one of the most important recordings, expressing lost love, regret and desire. The song, however, was written by the judiciaryJohn Prinewho recentlyDied of COVID-19. The two friends even made the song together occasionally.
19 "Because the night" by Bruce Springsteen (originally by Patti Smith)
Bruce Springsteen a co-writing song withPatti Smithand it would become a single hit of his 1978 albumEaster.He changed the lyrics For his version of what he described as another love song in a coarse introspective course in search of the truth. The fact that he really co-wrote the track establishes him as one of the best coverage songs.
20 "Louie Louie" by the Kingsmen (written by Richard Berry; originally played by Rockin 'Robin Roberts and the Wailers)
The hraids, Jangly Kingsmen recorded the number inless than an hour in less important circumstances. And despite the group to accept unanimously that it was awful, the classic of the three agreements became a sensation,Increase at N ° 2 on national charts. After the indignation of parents on potentially obscene-inconsistencies, really-lyrics, a two yearsFBI investigation Was launched. The Feds have made countless attempts to decipher words, convinced that the song communicated to the Code of obscene to the subversives of adolescence. But they had nothing of anything.
21 "Blue suede shoes" from Elvis Presley (originally by Carl Perkins)
Considered as one of the first Rockabilly songs,Carl Perkins"" "Blue suede shoes" would be covered later by the tastes of rock 'n' roll pioneers, such as Buddy Holly,Eddie Cochranand Elvis Presley. Elvis considered his version, which was a massive success, a tribute to his friend, Perkins.
22 "Woodstock" of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young (originally by Joni Mitchell)
Joni Mitchell wrote "Woodstock" In a moment of spiritual reflection, given the Woodstock gathering a biblical history of the fish and breads of optimism. Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young ran with this idea, combining a celebration, an electrified jam, woven with the mellifured harmonies of the tape to create a new iconic soundtrack of a generation.
23 "Dazed and confused" of the Zeppelin to LED (originally by Jake Holmes)
American singer-interpreterJake Holmes made its "dazed and confused" debut, a song on a break, in 1967. It was soon copied by the British group Yardbirds, who became the new birds yards with the addition of session guitaristJimmy Page. Appropriate page The melody farther with his next group - a small group that you could hear about Led Zeppelin. HolmesCité Copyright Offense In 2010, although the case was rejected when a settlement between the parties was contacted by the Tribunal.
24 "I can not get used to losing you" by the English beat (originally by Andy Williams)
ANDY WILLIAMS'1962 Hit was renewed Reggae style by the rhythm of their 1980 album,I simply can not stop it. FrontierDave WakelingFather loved the original, and as it happened,The song was a perfect fit For SKA treatment. "The bass line translated into a reggae feels effortlessly," said WakelingRolling stone. "The pizzicato strings have become guitar skanks and the melody floated on the top."
25 "Girl, you'll be a woman soon" By urge overkill (originally by Neil Diamond)
DirectorQuentin Tarantino is credited to popularize this remake by Indie Rock Legends Hege Overkill, after including it in the original band of his film of 1994Pulp Fiction. According to Tarantino, it's"Even better" thanNeil Diamond original. And for more flicks with great music, check17 FILM SOUNDTRACKS Each child of the 90s loved.
26 "Girls just want to have fun" by Cyndi Lauper (originally by Robert Hazard)
Many artists have covered this emblematic number written byRobert Hazardbut none comes close to the emblematic version ofCyndi Lauper, which exploded on radio and MTV in 1983.
27 "Gloria" from Patti Smith (at the origin of Van Morrison / them)
Patti Smiththe guttural voice, incubator and dangerous,takes place with the words, "Jesus died for the sins of someone but not to me" (an extract of "oath", an early poem disadvantage of his witness of Jehovah's education). The song regularly builds the tempo as a locomotive, transforming the classic rock garage into a full punk explosion.
28 "Hallujah" by Jeff Buckley (originally by Leonard Cohen)
Jeff BuckleyHallujah "is a secular catch on the belovedLeonard Cohen Hymn, impregnated with sexual tension, desire and reflection on the fleeting nature of life - a feeling made even more poignant by the singerdrowning May 29, 1997.
29 "Superior" by red hot peppers (originally by Stevie Wonder)
It is difficult to believe that anyone who would be bold enough to deal with a melody byStevie WonderBut the "higher land" of red hot peppers than justice to one of the greatest successes of the legend of the soul. He even marked the sound groupFirst gramty appointment In 1991, the best rock vocal performance by a duet or group.
30 "Injured" by Johnny Cash (originally by nails of nine inches)
In the twilight of a legendary career, Johnny Cash has registered one of his most memorable songs, helped again by Super Producer Rick Rubin. Money is transcendent, makingTrent reznor'S Dark, Leunful, the lyrics seem all his own - as if they had been all. Unfortunately, the money is deadSeven months.
31 "(I can not get any) Satisfaction" De Devo (originally by rollers)
The new ultimate wave on a song on alienation and sexual frustration, delivered by Devo'sMark Mothersbaugh, which probably understood these feelings intimately. Recorded in 1977 with the producer of geniusBrian Eno at the helm, it was erased for liberation byMick Jagger He himself.
32 "I fought the law" by the confrontation (originally by Bobby Fuller Four)
This song was originally written bySONNY CURTIS crickers, replacement of Buddy Holly afterHis untimely disappearance. Covered byHank Williams, Jr., Kennedys dead, and others, the version of the Clash song took the 1965 rendering of Bobby Faker Fouhe.
33 "I love the rock 'n' roll" from Joan Jett and Blackhearts (originally by the arrows)
First recorded by a little known English group of arrows,Joan JettThe version of "I Love Rock 'N' Roll" has become a definitive statement for the singer, ranging from platinum after ordering the top of the graphics ofSeven weeks in 1982.
34 "I want candies" by bow wow wow (originally by strageloves)
With an infectiousBO DIDDLEY Shuffle and Primal Beat, this classic Bubblegum of Strangeloves received a new life when Bow Wow Wow released his version in 1982. The group singer,Annabella Lwin, was only 15 when the shot returned in a thick rotation on MTV.
35 "I will always love you" from Whitney Houston (originally by Dolly Parton)
This blanket was recorded for the film of 1992The bodyguard, in whichWhitney Houston Also played. His epic voices didDolly Parton'S already beautiful song and graphicthe most sold single by a singer of the woman of all time.
36 "Jolene" by white stripes (originally by Dolly Parton)
ARolling stone Survey named the blanket of the white stripes of the timeless of Parton, painful "Jolene" one of thegreater remakes ever.White, singing from the female point of view without a trace of irony, brings home to its epic interpretation of a classical country.
37 "Kill gently" by the legeses (at the origin of Roberta Flack)
WhileRoberta FlackThe original is flawless,Lauryn Hill And the crew gives this new classic 70 year old ballad life with breathtaking vocals and a soul of reggae-imperfect.
38 "Life in pink" Grace Jones (originally by Edith Piaf)
Jamaican singerGrace Jones"Endged, the urban sound was one of the most cool acts of 1977. With its adaptation ofEdith PiafSignature Signature (back in 1945), Jones posted his softer side, Jazzy, making life in pink "(life in pink) an international blow again.
39 "Let's go to the night together by David Bowie (originally by rolling stones)
Although this number of small playful stones was a provocation to cautively everywhere in 1967,David BowieThe rendering of Glam Raunchier arrived as if she came from the future, infused sexual folding bravado.
40 "Blinded by the light" by the MANFRED Mann's tape (originally by Bruce Springsteen)
The first song and single Springsteen's Seminal 1973 albumGreetings from Asbury Park, "Blinded by the light" has never made the cards until the MANFRED Mann's MANFRED Mann group has published their taking in 1976. And his mutilated words were greatly misunderstood in the remake. "Cut cowards like a Deuce" (a reference to Deuce Coupé Hot Rods) has been changed to "revise as a Deuce" and Misheard like "wrapped as shower". Springsteenlater in mind That it was the allusion of the cover version to a female hygiene product that popularized the song.
41 "I shot on the sheriff" by Eric Clapton (originally by Bob Marley and the Wailers)
Bob MarleyThe masterpiece of S is faithfully reproduced onEric ClaptonMonumental album of 1974,461 Boulevard OceanAlthough it packs a larger punch. The song was one of the many examples of reggae's growing influence on British and American pop music.
42 "MacArthur Park" from Donna Summer (at the origin of Richard Harris)
Republic of some of the most throat words ever, about a love story expiring, producerGiorgio Moroderguided extraordinarily giftedGave been ToPlatinum status multi-million with this cover in 1978.
43 "Mad World" by Gary Jules and Michael Andrews (originally by tears for fears)
Repeated byGary Jules andMichael Andrews, tears of fearsThe 80s strike has become an incubator piano ballad, piano ball at the bottom and tempo presented in the 2001 worship classicDonnie Darko.
44 "Me and Bobby McGee" by Janis Joplin (originally by Kris Kristofferson)
This song crystallizes melancholy and Wanderlust from his era, weaving the history of young grinders to the hitch across America.Janis JoplinThe execution of the tear gave it wings to become the hymn of a generation.
45 "Nothing compares 2 U" from Sinead O'Connor (originally by Prince)
"Nothing compares 2 U," a monster struck for the Irish singerSinead O'Connor, maybe be the ultimate break song. It was written byPrinceFor one of its lateral projects, but O'Connor offers emotional performance impossible to resist. Just try to retain tears.
46 "Over The Rainbow" by Israel Kamakawiwo'ole (originally by Judy Garland)
Hawaiian musicianIsrael Kamakwiwo'ole, with only his voice and his ukulele, redefined a beloved classic.
47 "Proud Marie" from Ike and Tina Turner (originally by the Renaissance of Cleedence Clearwater)
Tina Turner The pose at the very beginning: "We never have anything, nothing kind and easy. We always do it well. And rough." Then she proceeds to tear her at shreds. It's a song so burned in our collective consciousness that it turns in a primordial desire to get up and dancing.
48 "Red red wine" by UB40 (originally by Neil Diamond)
The coverage of the reggae of the Diamond dark acoustic ballad is an ode to drink as a way to forget your romantic misfortunes - needless to say it was a shot.
49 "Respect" of Aretha Franklin (originally by Otis Redding)
"Respect" markedAretha FranklinThe break is a force majeure in pop music and has become a call to Clarion for feminism that still resonates today.
50 "Fire ring" by wall of Voodoo (originally by Johnny Cash)
Johnny's Johnny Cash song invites a stylistic interpretation, although none as memorable as this Acerbian, the industrial punk-rock, the Spaghetti Western taking on the classical country.
51 "Sea of Love" by the Honeyrippers (originally by Phil Philips)
Old LED Zeppelin FrontmanRobert Plante Rubbing a faithful interpretation of this "50s R & B classic with its group The Honeyrippers, consisting of an All-Star range of musicians, including ancient Yardbirds Jimmy Page andJeff Beck.
52 "Feel the teenager" from Tori Amos (originally by Nirvana)
Tori Amos Dipma of the hymn of the Nirvana signature, rendering his grinding, disaffections tortured in a tender but desperate advocacy, stripped of any accompaniment, but his piano.
53 "Sweet Jane" from Cowboy Junkies (originally by Velvet Metro)
The cowboys track of the junkies track of their seminal album,The session of the Trinity.It waschecked inin one day Around a single microphone in a Toronto church. SingerMargo Timmins Book a dreamy and sleepy dream outletLou Reed'S 1969 classic.
54 "Contaminated love" by supple cell (originally by Gloria Jones)
Soft Cell's Dark Take on theGloria JonesClassic on the exhaust of a toxic relationship struck a rope with listening legions.
55 "Take me back to the river" Speaking of the heads (originally by Al Green)
In the lining notes on their 2004 compilation,The Best to talk head,David Byrne wrote that "take me to the river" is a song that combines teenage lust with baptism. " Co-produced by Brian Eno, the track has established the in-depth band of a power plant in pop music.
56 "The man who sold the world" from Nirvana (originally by David Bowie)
Nirvana's introspective cover track made a surprise appearance in 1993 on MTVUnplugged-Finler a new resonance thanks toKurt COBAINEmotional performance.
57 "Twist and Shout" by the Beatles (originally by the Isley Brothers)
A success of 1964, "Twist and Shout" wasrecorded in a single plug, withJohn Lennon Suffering from a bad cold, which explains the wonderfully Raspy delivery of the song.
58 "Valérie" by Amy Winehouse (originally by the zutons)
This original zutons really came to life afterAmy Winehouse Put it at the cassette in the studio with the producerMark Ronson, instantly rendering the undeniable authorization his.
59 "Walk in this way" by RUN-DMC (originally by Aerosmith)
This truly innovative collaboration launched the return of the Aerosmith and set the scene of the continuous domination of rap on pop charts. Run-DMC merges rock and rap with this blanket, saving it with the actual band instead of simply exchangeing the original.
60 "We can do it" from Stevie Wonder (originally by the Beatles)
This beautiful song as played by the Beatles was a plea for reconciliation, expressed with passion and little hope. Conversely, the Funk Rousing version of Stevie Wonder, from his Masterwork of 1970Sint Sealed issuedis all about desire and promise.
61 "Whiskey in a pot" by metallica (originally recorded by thin Lizzy)
Metallica takes an old Irish folk song recorded by Dublin's thin Lizzy and launch it in this Raucière remake.
62 "With a little help from my friends" from Joe Cocker (originally by the Beatles)
Joe CockerCombustible performance at high WoodstockRingo StarrSweet Little Ditty will become the hymn of a generation.
63 "Cocaine" by Eric Clapton (originally by JJ Cale)
Clapton insisted that, although his 1977 sound sounded like a love song with an illicit substance, it was actually an intelligently disguised anti-drug message. The Riff-Heavy number has become one of the clapton's kicks and one of severalJJ CALE Songs he recorded during this era of soaked substance.
64 "You really got me" from Van Halen (originally by the Kinks)
Ishesome as the original Kinks is - the melody was a decisive moment of the British invasion - it is instantly becoming eclipsed by this feeling of thunder, new and overload of Van Halen.
65 "You're not good" from Linda Ronstadt (originally by Dee Dee Warwick)
One of the most prolific artists of the 1970s, Ronstadt gave this song from someone-me-me-make me-me-for lack of a sinister edge while opened many moods, supported by Motown's backup voices. Others recordedDee Dee Warwick'S Poppy Jingle, but no other version is approached from Ronstadt's.
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