Which songs do you prefer a cover version to the original?

[BeardySchnauzer]

I’ll start with Phil Collins version of True Colors

and the teenager in me loved Guns and Roses version of Live and Let Die!

David Grey - Say Hello, Wave Goodbye

Johnny Cash One and almost all of that album

me too on that one

Also White Stripes - Jolene

And of course Amy Whitehouse Valerie

Agree. It’s phenomenal and Im a CMAT stan

Austin butlers Elvis suspicious minds is better than Elvis

its like they add more beats, more speed, more bass etc if that makes sense

this group have done various good cover versions

California Dreamin’ - the Beach Boys cover is way better than the Mammas and Papas original

Yes. And there are some artists who have amazing voices and are able to perform a song in a way that has more than the original. Some people are songwriters and some are singers and the lucky few are both!!

Atomic kitten - Eternal flame

very true words indeed, plus i think modern tech can also enhance the sounds too, which depending on the age of the song may not have been possible back then

Tainted Love by Soft Cell, not the original.

Haven’t read the thread yet just about to, but 100% Faith No More’s cover of Easy by Lionel Ritchie.
Had to google his name and I’ve just discovered his was a cover too. The original was by The Commodores.

rule the world, but lordes version i thought was quite good and more serious type song if that makes sense

Disturbed’s cover of Art and Garfunkel Sound of Silence is amazing

Fairy Godmother's Holding Out For A Hero

Jada Facer & Dave Moffatt’s cover of the Cranberries Dreams

also some of the heavy metal rock versions of christmas songs and classical songs are quite good too

Lionel Richie was the singer for The Commodores!

Jamie Cullum Don’t Stop the Music

Elbow’s Golden Slumbers

I've recently heard a great version of Bring me Sunshine by the Jive Aces.