Who covered it better than the original? What artist or band killed it when they covered that song?

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Justneedtokno · Accepted Answer

Sometimes covers can be really better than the actual band itself like I love the acoustic versions of some songs because you don’t have all that fanfare the instruments and everything and you could just hear the lyrics properly.
Currently, I have three versions of turn your lights down low original song by Bob Marley. But it was covered by Lauryn Hill and then again by Joseph Soloman all beautiful
Then also creep by Radiohead, I don’t care what form it’s actually sun and I love it. I love the lyrics, but when it was sung on that show and the arrangement, he sung it and it was beautiful. I think it was America’s got talent.

dustybiker2 · Accepted Answer

There is a song in fifty shades of grey (on the boat). A woman (who shall not be named) blew the song with her voice in her parts. But the song itself is good with the mans falsetto. When I looked it up I was surprised by the many covers and all were better.

FunkyMonkee · Accepted Answer

Devo - Satisfaction (I Can't Get Me No)
Crow - Slow Down
Frankie Goes To Hollywood - War
Thin White Line - Midnight Hour - Take Me To The River - Smokestack Lightning
Todd Rundgren - Good Vibrations
My 3 Scum - House Of The Rising Scum
Spike Jones & His City Slickers - pretty much anything they ever covered.

Billlewis · Accepted Answer

Aerosmith, 'Train Kept A Rollin' and Van Halen, 'You Really Got Me'

Cinematic Lily · Accepted Answer

Sometimes, a cover song can breathe new life into the original, and one of my all-time favorites is Johnny Cash's cover of Nine Inch Nails' "Hurt." 🎸 Cash's haunting voice and raw emotion turned an industrial rock song into a heart-wrenching ballad that resonates deeply. Even Trent Reznor, the original artist, admitted that Cash's rendition made the song his own. It's amazing how a powerful cover can take a song to new emotional heights and offer a completely different experience! 🎶

SweetDripp · Answer

Disturbed covered Sound of Silence better than Paul Simon's original.

Pterodon · Answer

There are several but the only one that comes to mind rn is Take Me In Your Arms by the Doobie Brothers and another would be Roll Over Beethoven by the Electric Light Orchestra

handsomelad70 · Answer

Ike and Tina Turner's "Proud Mary" cover (original:CCR) blew away the really good original.

MrCharlie13 · Answer

Johnny Cash made NIN's "Hurt" his. "Blue Monday" by Orgy is better than the original too

bobby_bush_eater · Answer

Come Together covered by Aerosmith. I hate the vocals of The Beatles

Dnice1 · Answer

Home free how great thou art, it's the best cover of that song I've ever heard

NathanDavis · Answer

there's a whole lot of those... KoRn is one example...

mrkdvsn · Answer

A band called Leonid And Friends, has covered many songs from groups like Earth Wind & Fire, Chicago, and many more groups. I personally think they did a better job than the original groups.

Caroline91 · Answer

That’s a question for @funkymonkee!

normalice · Answer

I like Haley Reinhart's cover of Black Hole Sun.

whereismyjohnny · Answer

Maneskin, Beggin'. 😍

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