Janis Joplin - Piece of my Heart

Orgy “Blue Monday”

Best Coast doing the song Rhiannon

It’s close, because I LOVE the original but Porter Robinson’s cover of the Fontaines DC song Favorite is amazing and everyone in my family likes it so much. The interview where he talks about the song also great.

Probably more if I think about it, but those 2 came to mind as really good covers that do something different from the original songs.

ETA - just about anything by Bob Dylan or the Grateful Dead sounds better to me when another band does them, Dylan in particular writes amazing songs but I don’t like his delivery of them and the Dead, that sound annoys me so much I cannot.

The classic Whitney Houston singing I Will Always Love You.

Alkaline Trio’s cover of ‘Rooftops’ by Hot Water Music. So much more anger and release.

Nirvana - The Man Who Sold The World

Thin Lizzy - whiskey in the jar

The placemats - black diamond

Manfred Mann - blinded by the light

Drowning Pool’s Bodies done by Psychostick.

Pretty much every song in Elite Beat Agents. Tbf, they get a very interactive emotional buildup to each song. Some examples:

• September
• Canned Heat
• You’re the Inspiration
• The Anthem
• Jumping Jack Flash

I’ll go with Common People, the Will Shatner version.

Cake - I will Survive

Mad World

I was shocked when I finally heard the original after hearing like 3 or 4 covers of it first. Tears for Fears’ original version is just… It’s not bad, but it’s the least good version of that song. Lol.

Pet Shop Boys, Always on my mind, IMHO much better than the Elvis Presley original.

Animal (the muppets) - wipeout

Can’t hear it without getting cheered up. Never fails.