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Same here. That's the one I listened to growing up:) But I will admit that CCR's version and Tina and Ike's version are both great for different reasons.
Only ever heard the Ike and Tina once , until today, now its twice ....... and im 50 , and i listened to alot of Radio .... alot the CCR ive heard played heaps and heaps by bands at pubs and clubs , and its the CCR version , not the Ike and Tina one. i think this was thrown in to make it a top 10 list
One of the funniest interactions I've ever seen was between Dolly Parton and Whitney Houston. Whitney Houston asked Dolly... does it bother you when people think that I Will always Love You is my song? Dolly Parton says... honey I don't care what they think, I get the royalties and thank you for that.
@@bmwm550ixdrive6 I wish more songwriters had that attitude. Dolly Parton says things like that you can never get mad at her... she's just so adorable when she says it.
@@-Subtle- Dolly Parton has talked about this in several interviews. One of them was on The Graham Norton Show another one was on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno. It's not difficult to find Dolly Parton talking about this.
@@metricstormtrooper It put Tina Turner on the Music map. The signature song of Tina Turner for many years. CCR had long been established with plenty of top Billboard hits.
Disturbed covering "The Sound of Silence" by Simon and Garfunkel gives me goosebumps. The narrative changed when Disturbed sang it, and it is one of my favorite songs.
I think KD Lang did it best at the Juno awards. Also, Jennifer Warnes deserves credit for bring Leonard Cohen back to the mainstream with her Famous Blue Raincoat album.
What makes Johnny Cash’s cover of Nine Inch Nails’ “Hurt” a standout isn’t just the acoustic guitar and piano but the overall pain you can feel. Six months after recording it, his time to leave the world came. It was his farewell letter, and we’ll have it all.
Exactly. The NIN version has a completely different meaning. They are essentially two separate songs which happens to have the same lyrics :) Trent's live version on the piano is stunning ( vQRmCy6LfjI ). Trent initially wasn't really happy when hearing the cover as it sounded completely different from what he intended as it was an expression of his personal feelings. However he acknowledged now that the song now belongs to Johnny as the final topping of an outstanding career. Each artist used the song to express their own feelings and emotions.
He recorded it in 2002, but the CD with it released in 2003. And it was also released about two months before June passed away, with Johnny following shy of 4 months later.
@@Bunny99s think Trent also said he accepted the cover after he saw the video & acknowledged that Johnny made it his own then. Trent's original was about his heroin addiction. Only lyric change I recall off-hand is Johnny saying, "crown of thorns" instead of "crown of sh*t." Otherwise, it's the same song, but such a different meaning to it.
As a die hard Dolly fan and congregant of the church of Whitney, I can easily say there is plenty of room in the world and our hearts for both versions. They are both heartfelt and incredible, in ways that simply don’t compete.
Dolly's version feels like she's singing it one on one to the person it's about. Where as Whitney's feels more like she's singing about someone she hopes will hear it.
I would expand that to include most of the English speaking world as well. Talk Talk's version gets regular play on 1980s stations and streaming services, and is considered a staple 80s song. No Doubt's version does not get similar treatment with respect to 90s nostalgia, although some of that is due to No Doubt and Gwen Stefani having so many other hits to choose from.
I think they are going by chart peaks. If you go by that on the Top 100 chart, Talk Talk peaked at #31 and No Doubt's version peaked at #10. Where they really messed up was Proud Mary. Clarence Clearwater Revival it peaked at #2 in 1969. Tina Turner's version just two years later peaked at #5. Both version were very popular, but CCR's was more so.
I caught my father listening to that song quite a few times before he died. He had pretty much lost the will to live and that song went directly to his soul.
Bananarama's song "Venus" from 1986 is cover of "Shocking blue" from 1969. Kim Wilde's song "You keep me hangin' on" from 1987 is cover of "Supremes" from 1967.
I work at Tower Records from 2001-2006. I knew the original Trent Reznor version of "Hurt." It's great. One day in 2002, my Tower got a visit from a label rep. She ushered us into our art room and showed us a promo VHS. It was the video for Johnny Cash's "Hurt" and we were among the first to see that video. I had a tear down my face and others were crying. Just raw, powerful and beautiful. An elegy of facing the end. June Carter Cash died 4 months after this video was filmed and Johnny died 3 months after her. Trent Reznor said that when he heard the Johnny Cash version of "Hurt," Reznor knew that song was no longer "his."
2 I'd add are Black Magic Women, original by Fleetwood Mac and covered by Santana and With a Little Help From my Friends, original The Beatles covered by Joe Cocker.
@@dominicotero6215 I think how the story goes is, he was mad until he heard how much Cash killed it. Then the legend passed away, and it's kind of hard to be mad at someone for choosing one of your songs to be a farewell letter to the world. That said, I still prefer the NIN version, for my own reasons, but no one can really deny how much Cash nailed that cover.
@@richshirk4772 that sounds about right. Johnny Cash definitely did it justice and it was the perfect farewell song. The NIN version is special for its own reasons too
@@dominicotero6215I read the same thing somewhere over the years as well. Reznor was pissed about it until he heard it at which point he said “it’s his now”.
It's not better or worse, it's the original. There is no CCR's version of Proud Mary, Proud Mary is CCR's song. There is Proud Mary and Tina Turner's version of Proud Mary. You can't say that there is coca cola' version of coca cola and there is shitty cola's version of coca cola.
Amen! The song is about leaving the rat race and embracing a slower pace. CCR's version communicates that idea. Turner's version turns the track into a Vegas show number.
Proud Mary by Clarence Clearwater Revival did very well in its day, reaching #2 on the Top 100 chart. Tina Turner's version of Proud Mary reached #5. I don't know why they said Tina's version is more popular (it was a popular hit of hers) as actually CCR's version charted higher on the same chart just a little earlier (1969 to 1971). The first version of this song is before I was born and I still think CCR's is better, and the charts agree. I Will Always Love You is a problem for this survey. Dolly Parton hit number #1 twice with that single, first in 1974 and a second time for a soundtrack in 1982. Whitney Houston hit #1 once but it was for 14 weeks. So, both were huge hits, and it is not really one surpassed the other. Besides those 2 this list is fairly accurate.
You missed one giant cover: Love Hurts by Boudleaux Bryant, first recorded by the Everly Brothers in 1960. Roy Orbison had a bigger hit with it in 1962. Gram Parsons & Emmylou Harris had a country hit with it in 1974. However, the giant hit was with Nazareth in 1975. For those too young to have heard it, you owe it to yourself to listen to Nazarath's version.
They missed a few. :) Come On Feel The Noize" - Quiet Riot "Tennessee Whiskey" - Chris Stapleton "I Got My Mind Set On You" - George Harrison "Alone"- Heart "I Think We're Alone Now" - Tiffany "One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer" - George 3 Chords "Smokin In The Boys Room" - Motley Crue "Signs" - Tesla "What's Love Got To Do With It" - Tina Turner "Bless The Broken Road" - Rascal Flatts "Calling Baton Rouge" - Garth Brooks "Shameless"- Garth Brooks "Some Kind Of Wonderful" - Grand Funk "Greatest Love Of All" - Whitney "That's What Friends Are For" - Elton John, Dionne Warwick, etc "Angel Eyes" - Jeff Healy
Sadly, Otis Redding was killed in a plane crash when he was just 26 years old. He didn't get a chance to see his album, "The Dock of the Bay" or the single from it become #1 hits. Miss Aretha got to sing "Respect" for the rest of her thankfully long life and kept it going all that while.
I remember finding out that Queen originally wrote Get Down Make Love, and not NIN. I listened to some Queen growing up, but not a ton, so I hadn't heard their version until my kids became obsessed with Queen a few years ago.
When Leonard Cohen was inducted into the hall of fame, Hallelujah was performed by KD Lang, at which Cohen himself proclaimed it the best version he'd ever heard.
Thanks for the list. I will never get why the Bangles' cover of Simon and Garfunkel "Hazy Shade of Winter" doesn't get the accolades it undoubtedly deserves. One of the best covers in Rock history, imho.
Some of these I did not know were covers. This is great for a playlist I happened to be making of songs I hadn't realized were covers with songs such as: Superman, I Want Candy, and Istanbul (Not Constantinople).
Nice! here’s a few more for your next list: Lady Marmalade (the Eleventh Hour) covered by many; Blinded by the Light (Bruce Springsteen) covered by Manfred Mann; Saving All My Love For You (Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis Jr) covered by Whitney Houston; The Greatest Love of All (George Benson) covered by Whitney Houston; Nothings Gonna Change My Love For You (George Benson) covered by Glenn Medeiros; Black Magic Woman (Fleetwood Mac) covered by Santana; Blue Suede Shoes (Carl Perkins) covered by Elvis Presley; Hound Dog (Big Mamma Thornton) covered by Elvis Presley); Got My Mind Set On You (James Ray) covered by George Harrison; Love Hurts (The Everly Brothers) covered by Nazareth; Red Red Wine (Neil Diamond) covered by UB40; Girl, You’ll Be a Woman Soon (Neil Diamond) covered by Urge Overkill; Don’t Turn Around (Tina Turner) covered by Ace of Base; I’m A Believer (Neil Diamond) covered by the Monkees; The Tide is High (The Paragons) covered by Blondie; The Best (Bonnie Tyler) covered by Tina Turner; I’ll Be Your Baby Tonight (Bob Dylan) covered by UB40; More Than I Can Say (Buddy Holly) covered by Leo Sayer; A Hazy Shade of Winter (Simon & Garfunkel) covered by The Bangles; Your Mama Don’t Dance (Loggins & Messina) covered by Poison; China Girl (Iggy Pop) covered by David Bowie; I Found Someone (Laura Branigan) covered by Cher; If She Knew What She Wants (Jules Shear) covered by The Bangles; All Through The Night (Jules Shear) covered by Cindy Lauper; I have many more, but that’ll do for now!
Slight correction - Neil Diamond wrote "I'm a Believer" for the Monkees and it was then covered by Smash Mouth - which is the only version anyone gets to hear on the radio anymore!
just what I was looking for ... Blinded by the Light (Bruce Springsteen) covered by Manfred Mann; ... one of my favorite covers of all time. When I found out Bruce Springteen wrote it, I listened to his and disregarded it. When I hear it now on oldies radio (darn it) I crank it up loud.
Hound Dog was a cover of a stolen song . John Brim recorded Rattlesnake, which is the same groove as Hound Dog by Big Mama Thornton 9 months later from those thieves, Lieber and STOLLER.
Surprised Because the Night by 10,000 Maniacs, by far their biggest hit wasn't on here. It's a Bruce Springsteen song that Patti Smyth recorded in 1979. Their performance and Nirvana's really launched MTV Unplugged into a juggernaut for several years.
I always cite "Knockin' On Heaven's Door" as one of the worst covers I've ever heard. Axl Rose ruins it as he often does. Who knew "door" was a three syllable word?
Original versions of the following were the best versions. - Man who sold the world - Proud Mary - killing me softly - higher ground Just my preference I guess
Other honorable mentions: 1. Cum On Feel The Noize: original Slade-cover Quiet Riot. 2. Don't Leave Me This Way: original Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes-cover Thelma Houston. 3. I Think We're Alone Now: original Tommy James & The Shondells-cover Tiffany. 4. Bette Davis Eyes: original Jackie DeShannon-cover Kim Carnes.
Mony Mony: original Tommy James & the Shondells-cover Billy Idol. The Loco-Motion as well. Original by Little Eva (1962), cover by Grand Funk Railroad (1974), cover by Kylie Minogue (1988).
Also: -'Live and let die' by Wings, covered by Guns n Roses (and elevator instrumental on 'Grosse Point Blank' (film); -'Landslide' by Fleetwood Mac, covered by the Smashing Pumpkins; -'Turn the page' by Bob Seger, covered by Metallica; -'Smooth criminal' by Michael Jackson, covered by Alien Ant Farm..
I only agree with the latter one. Kim Carnes' version of "Betty Davis Eyes" made the song alive. Re the first three proposals, I prefer the orginal versions.
Both of your assertions are false. The original was "successful" as a song on a successful album by a successful band, but it was not released as a single until after Joe Cocker's version sparked interest in it. When it was released as a single, it failed to chart as highly as Joe Cocker's. As far as it being more iconic? Joe Cocker sang it at Woodstock. It tops the list if you ask someone to name a Joe Cocker tune. It's not even in the top twenty if you ask them to name a Beatles tune. The song may or may not be more associated with the Beatles than Joe Cocker, but Joe Cocker is waaaay more associated with the song than are the Beatles. Plus, there's The Wonder Years. Joe Cocker's version was more successful, and is more iconic.
Janis Joplins cover of Kris Kristofferson’s “Me and Bobby McGee”. Eric Clapton’s cover of J.J. Cale’s “Cocaine”. Linda Ronstadt’s cover of The Rolling Stones “Tumbling Dice”. The Silkie’s cover of The Beatles’ “You’ve Got to Hide Your Love Away”. Rod Stewart and The Rolling Stones covered The Valentinos “Its All Over Now”.
Other missed ones: "The Tide Is High". Original by The Paragons (1967), cover by Blondie (1980) "When The Levee Breaks". Original by Memphis Minnie & Kansas Joe (1929), cover by Led Zeppelin (1971) "The Sound of Silence". Original by Simon & Garfunkel (1964), cover by Disturbed (2015)
Hallelujah - Leonard Cohen ... ***kd Lang*** Blinded by the Light - Bruce Springsteen ... Manfred Mann's Earth Band She's a Lady - Paul Anka ... Tom Jones
"Proud Mary" reached #2 on the charts for CCR, #4 for Ike and Tina. The cover was NOT bigger than the original, and the original is a staple on classic rock stations to this day.
I'm thinking Tears For Fears' "Mad World" should be in the Honorable Mentions. I'm a massive TFF fan, but Gary Jules' version did make it known to a much wider audience.
I always thought the original TFF - Mad World - the tempo of the music was just too fast. The lyrics with such a heavy subject should be done the way Gary Jules recorded it.
Versions I prefer: I love Rock and Roll - Joan Girls Just Wanna Have Fun - Cyndi Proud Mary - CCR The Man Who Sold The World - Nirvana (I love you Bowie) Respect - The Queen of Soul Nothing Compares 2 U - Sinead All Along The Watchtower - Jimi Hallelujah - Jeff Buckley Hurt - Johnny Killing Me Softly - Roberta Flack Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door - Bob It’s My Life - Talk Talk Tainted Love - Soft Cell Higher Ground - Stevie I Will Always Love You - Dolly
All I Do Is Think of You Popular: Troop Original: Jackson 5 (also covered by B5 much later on) Nothing's Going to Change My Love for You Popular: Glenn Medeiros Original: George Benson Mr. Telephone Man Popular: New Edition Original: Junior Tucker I Only Want to Be With You Popular: Samantha Fox Original: Dusty Springfield Show less
Sorry, but no. They are quite correct that Tina Turner's version is considered the ultimate version. But it was the version she recorded after leaving Ike that attained legendary status
Not infinitely better, but it does express the anguish better. I also think one can be biased in favour of the version one is more familiar with and, although I love the Everly brothers, I didn't discover them until much later than the 1970s. However the only other cover on this list I prefer to the original is Cash's "Hurt".
The worst cover of a song was Madonna's attempt to cover "American Pie". Like the oldie says " Other guys imitate us, but the original is still the greatest" (The In Crowd)
1. When You Say Nothing At All Original: Keith Whitley (1980) Cover: Ronan Keating (1999) Also 2. If Tomorrow Never Comes: Original: Garth Brooks Cover: Ronan Keating 3. We Got Tonight: Original: Bob Seegar Cover: Sheena Easton & Kenny Rogers 4. Jealous Guy Original (Child Of Nature) : John Lennon: 1968 Rewritten by John Lennon in 1976 Covered: Roxy Music 1981 5. Love Is All Around Original: The Troggs (1967) Covered: Wet Wet Wet (1994)
Houston's version is more epic and more technically impressive, but Dolly's has a greater sincerity to it. It feels more like it has real emotion behind it (mostly because it does).
Houston's version of I will always love has a lot of emotional behind it. If dolly says she prefers Whitney Houston version of I will always love you over her own.
@@tjwash2 or because Whitney houston's version is the best version everyone in the world seems they are always using it as an audition song on sing competition shows. Dolly Parton say it herself there is no way she could have song it better than Whitney. Which why she also said the song official belongs to Whitney no. Hahaha.
I KNEW "Killing Me Softly With His Song" would at least get a mention. I absolutely adore Lori Lieberman's original version, and I really wish that it was more widely known. Thank you for including it!
I to this day say if Johnny Cash has to be place into a genre, it is rockabilly forced into country. In the end you are right. He was a singer and a songwriter
I would add "It's All Coming Back To Me Now" - most famously performed by Celine Dion, but written by Jim Steinman for his group Pandora's Box. Though that album also featured songs that were released by other artists like Meat Loaf.
More Honorable Mentions: Life Is A Highway - O: Tom Cochrane (1991) C: Rascal Flatts (2006) My Kinda Party - O: Brantley Gilbert (2009) C: Jason Aldean (2010) God Gave Me You - O: Dave Barnes (2010) C: Blake Shelton (2011) Fast Car - O: Tracy Chapman (1988) C: Luke Combs (2023)
An added point about Cash's "Hurt": The video (which really helped the song's appeal) was filmed about 3 months before June Carter Cash died (and Johnny himself would die about 4 months after June). In fact, Reznor's own account of the cover was not exactly positive until he saw the video (he compared listening to Cash's cover to watching his girlfriend having sex--not quite the way Reznor phrased it--but he compared watching the video to losing his girlfriend for good).
I love the CCR and the Turner's version of Proud Mary. They're both powerful and beautiful. Perfection! I happen to love the GNR version of "Knockin on Heaven's Door"...
I prefer Clapton's version of "Knockin'..." even knowing that it was a cover of a Dylan song. Might be bias since that's the version I heard first and was most familiar with...
I am a county music fan and have listened to Dolly Parton since I was a kid, I am well over 50 now. Hands down, without a doubt Whitney’s cover is by far the most powerful of the two.
Most powerful doesn’t necessarily mean better. I don’t like Whitney’s version at all. It’s one of those things that the two don’t need to be compared because they’re two very different songs
The two big covers that helped establish Santana (Black Magic Woman & She's Not There) are glaring omissions. One could argue that those two plus Soul Sacrifice are THE Santana songs.
@@RinaRanThatWay ednaswap does the better version by far, but it's nowhere near as big. Most people don't even know that the imbruglia version is actually a cover.
Sinead O'connor has done a lot of amazing covers that are much better than the original. Her version of the Elton John song 'Sacrifice' is absolutely beautiful. Also her cover of Ralph McTell's song 'Streets of London' is breathtaking.
We could do this all day, but my favorite that would qualify was Cyndi Lauper covering Jules Shear’s “All Through The Night”. But you mentioned her once with her more iconic song, so I can live with that.
@@Sjp977 Manred Manns version hit #1 on both the US hot 100 and also reached #1 on the Canadian charts so yeah it’s WAY more popular than Bruce’s version. As far as better? Yeah it’s way better too than Bruce’s rambling incoherent marble filled mouth version
I recall my daughter once coming down the stairs singing a song that had just been released. To her utter horror I began singing it too. She couldn't get her head around the fact that I knew all the words of this 'new' song. I then told her the song had been first recorded YEARS before she was even born and the original was in fact the better version. The title of the video could have read 500 Cover Songs That Are More Popular Than The Original. Many of the originals were NEVER released as singles so were never hits. Some were demos so never were heard outside the music industry. And most important of all, the listener often relates to the version THEY first heard (like my daughter) I'm 66 now and own 1000's of records, still buy a few every week. I rarely buy a 'new' cover vision. It has to be pretty special to beat the original (if the original was a hit), if it's a cover of an old song that's that's pretty much unknown, it only has to be a hit to make it more popular than the original.
@@macherie1234 my Mum has been a S&G fan since the 60s and even she prefers the Disturbed cover of Sound of Silence, so that says a lot, for me. And I agree completely that the feel of the song the way they sing it fits the lyrics far better.
'I heard it through the grapevine', by Marvin Gaye, was technically a cover. The original by Smokey Robinson and the Miracles, and then Gladys Knight, were released earlier. But it was Marvin's that went straight to #1.
One day in English class in college my professor gave us a page with the lyrics to a handful of songs and our exercise was a discussion of what the artist was thinking when they wrote the song. One of the songs was All Along the Watchtower by Jimi Hendrix. I raised my hand and said, "I'm pretty sure Hendrix was thinking that Bob Dylan was a good songwriter."
Three that could make part two the list: David McWilliams and Marc Almond: The Days of Pearly Spencer; The Easybeats and Gary More: Friday on My Mind; Jackie DeShannon and Kim Carnes: Bette Davis Eyes
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I Will Always Love You (Whitney Houston)
@devingiles6597 That’s a good one. Same here. There are other ones but that one is definitely up there with my favorites.
No mention of "Higher Ground" by Stevie Wonder, remade by The Red Hot Chili Peppers, WatchMojo?
Black magic woman originally by Fleetwood Mac remade by Santana
Devo-Satisfaction(1978) originally by the Rolling Stones
-Proud Mary - come on folks … CCR owns this masterpiece.
I think THE BANGLES did a great cover of SIMON AND GARFUNKEL'S Hazy Shade Of Winter
And...Mrs. Robinson
I prefer the Bangles version. But most likely because I grew up listening to that version in the 80's.
Agreed. One of their better tunes
I agree. Nirvana and the Turners don't belong on this list.
I know Prince wrote Manic Monday for The Bangles but I'm not sure if he recorded his own version 🤔
I prefer CCR's original version of Proud Mary a lot more than Ike & Tina's.
Ditto
Same here. That's the one I listened to growing up:) But I will admit that CCR's version and Tina and Ike's version are both great for different reasons.
I grew up with the CCR version, the only one I knew for most of my life.
I dont even think I've heard the Ike&Tine version until now
Only ever heard the Ike and Tina once , until today, now its twice ....... and im 50 , and i listened to alot of Radio .... alot the CCR ive heard played heaps and heaps by bands at pubs and clubs , and its the CCR version , not the Ike and Tina one. i think this was thrown in to make it a top 10 list
I'm arguing Creedence Clearwater Revival's "Proud Mary" That's the better version in my opinion, NOT Tina.
Agree. It's CCR's song.
And you're 100% right. It's not an argument.
Yeah, I've never even heard the other versions. No way are they more popular than the original
I knew Tina Turner’s version long before I knew someone else had recorded it
Didn't even know it was covered by anyone else. If someone asks me for a CCR song, that's the one I think of.
One of the funniest interactions I've ever seen was between Dolly Parton and Whitney Houston. Whitney Houston asked Dolly... does it bother you when people think that I Will always Love You is my song? Dolly Parton says... honey I don't care what they think, I get the royalties and thank you for that.
Dolly has said in many interviews - "She can have the credit, as long as I get da cash!" GO DOLLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@@bmwm550ixdrive6 I wish more songwriters had that attitude. Dolly Parton says things like that you can never get mad at her... she's just so adorable when she says it.
I remember when that didn't happen.
@@-Subtle- Dolly Parton has talked about this in several interviews. One of them was on The Graham Norton Show another one was on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno.
It's not difficult to find Dolly Parton talking about this.
That's why She's the best ❤
I have to completely disagree on Proud Mary. That is 100% CCR's song.
I agree with you... I even forgot about the Tina's version until now.
Nope
@@shouliestoh please!
@@sheilaholmes996 credence Clearwater revivals versions is much better.
Your disagreement is ridiculous. Ike and Tina make it their own. Both versions are awesome. But the idea that it's 100% CCR's is clearly laughable.
CCR’s original Proud Mary is absolutely the best version….
I'll argue the soulful feeling Tina Turner put in that song is better all around & I love CCR !
@@ag4allgoodyou'd be wrong though.
@@metricstormtrooper It put Tina Turner on the Music map. The signature song of Tina Turner for many years. CCR had long been established with plenty of top Billboard hits.
Agreed! I was introduced to Tina's version from my 5th grade talent show (2002) when my classmate performed it. She was the final act and she killed!
When I think of Proud Mary, I think of CCR not Tina Turner. Manfried Manns "Blinded by the light" is much better than Springsteen's
I didn't like Springsteen's version of it; nor his version of "Pink Cadillac". I really don't care for him anyway.
Definitely agree I forgot about Ike and Tina and the version Mojo pick seemed not their best version and I never knew Springsteen did BBTL
Not in my opinion of course I bought Greetings From Asbury Park when it came out so I’m biased
I am not a CCR fan but also agree that their version was better. Ike and Tina turned it into a gospel song.
I also prefer Big Daddy's version of Dancing in the Dark.
Disturbed covering "The Sound of Silence" by Simon and Garfunkel gives me goosebumps. The narrative changed when Disturbed sang it, and it is one of my favorite songs.
Its really good but I still prefer the original
Simon and garfunkel's version was a warning to all, Distrubed's version was the rage the warning was not listened to.
@@obiesunstreak2409 love that!
Honestly, I'll always prefer Leonard Cohens version of Hallelujah.
I think KD Lang did it best at the Juno awards. Also, Jennifer Warnes deserves credit for bring Leonard Cohen back to the mainstream with her Famous Blue Raincoat album.
I kind of prefer Jeff Buckley's version...more feeling.
I'd go with Pentatonics version.
K.D. Laing
What makes Johnny Cash’s cover of Nine Inch Nails’ “Hurt” a standout isn’t just the acoustic guitar and piano but the overall pain you can feel. Six months after recording it, his time to leave the world came. It was his farewell letter, and we’ll have it all.
Exactly. The NIN version has a completely different meaning. They are essentially two separate songs which happens to have the same lyrics :) Trent's live version on the piano is stunning ( vQRmCy6LfjI ). Trent initially wasn't really happy when hearing the cover as it sounded completely different from what he intended as it was an expression of his personal feelings. However he acknowledged now that the song now belongs to Johnny as the final topping of an outstanding career. Each artist used the song to express their own feelings and emotions.
He recorded it in 2002, but the CD with it released in 2003. And it was also released about two months before June passed away, with Johnny following shy of 4 months later.
We listened to this version in a music appreciation course in college, it was really good
@@Bunny99s think Trent also said he accepted the cover after he saw the video & acknowledged that Johnny made it his own then.
Trent's original was about his heroin addiction. Only lyric change I recall off-hand is Johnny saying, "crown of thorns" instead of "crown of sh*t." Otherwise, it's the same song, but such a different meaning to it.
@@habba929 Yes, you're spot on :)
My jaw is still on the floor. I'm 44 years old and just learned that Cyndi Lauper's version was a cover.
Me too. Shocked!
Me to! Massive surprice…
Same!
Same.
Same! Wtf?
As a die hard Dolly fan and congregant of the church of Whitney, I can easily say there is plenty of room in the world and our hearts for both versions. They are both heartfelt and incredible, in ways that simply don’t compete.
I agree even though I don’t like the song very much. Dolly is a treasure.
Both great
I like both versions but Whitney's gives me literal goosebumps
Linda Ronstadt’s version which preceded Whitney Houston is most heartfelt in my book.
Dolly's version feels like she's singing it one on one to the person it's about. Where as Whitney's feels more like she's singing about someone she hopes will hear it.
11:20 In Occitania, the version of "It's my life" by Talk Talk is better known than the cover by No Doubt.
I would expand that to include most of the English speaking world as well. Talk Talk's version gets regular play on 1980s stations and streaming services, and is considered a staple 80s song. No Doubt's version does not get similar treatment with respect to 90s nostalgia, although some of that is due to No Doubt and Gwen Stefani having so many other hits to choose from.
I think they are going by chart peaks. If you go by that on the Top 100 chart, Talk Talk peaked at #31 and No Doubt's version peaked at #10. Where they really messed up was Proud Mary. Clarence Clearwater Revival it peaked at #2 in 1969. Tina Turner's version just two years later peaked at #5. Both version were very popular, but CCR's was more so.
@@Buc_Stops_Here I never liked Turner's version of the song but thought Creedence's version was sort of good.
Also the case in the UK.
A lot of the examples in the video only apply in the USA.
FACT!
Talk Talks original of Its My Life is far superior to No Doubts IMHO
RIP Mark Hollis
Agree.
By a hundred miles!
TalkTalk is much better!
100% agree. Feel the same about the Dylan and especially Stevie Wonder recordings.
i agree!
Cash’s hurt still gets me teary eyed. It is like he was singing his own obituary.
I totally agree 😢
Y?
I caught my father listening to that song quite a few times before he died. He had pretty much lost the will to live and that song went directly to his soul.
It was actually more June’s - he didn’t last long after she passed.
@Jabberwok28 yes after she left he was done. It really hits when you see the look of love she gave him in the music video. 😢
"Bette Davis Eyes". Original: Jackie DeShannon. Cover: Kim Carnes.
"Heart and Soul". Original: Exile. Cover: Huey Lewis and the News.
Bananarama's song "Venus" from 1986 is cover of "Shocking blue" from 1969. Kim Wilde's song "You keep me hangin' on" from 1987 is cover of "Supremes" from 1967.
Nailed it with "Venus". It was a memorable song and decades later I found out it was a cover.
Best thing about Bananarama... Keren Woodward. She was cute af back in the day.
Vanilla Fudge also did a version of the song.
@@АдриянХристов don't you mean 1967? The Supremes released it in 1967, not 1959.
@@Doug4422 my mistake.
Laura Branigan's cover of "Self Control" was also a much bigger hit than the original.
And Gloria of Umberto Tozzi much better than cover by Laura Branigan.
I work at Tower Records from 2001-2006.
I knew the original Trent Reznor version of "Hurt." It's great.
One day in 2002, my Tower got a visit from a label rep. She ushered us into our art room and showed us a promo VHS. It was the video for Johnny Cash's "Hurt" and we were among the first to see that video. I had a tear down my face and others were crying. Just raw, powerful and beautiful. An elegy of facing the end.
June Carter Cash died 4 months after this video was filmed and Johnny died 3 months after her.
Trent Reznor said that when he heard the Johnny Cash version of "Hurt," Reznor knew that song was no longer "his."
2 I'd add are Black Magic Women, original by Fleetwood Mac and covered by Santana and With a Little Help From my Friends, original The Beatles covered by Joe Cocker.
Agree they missed on Black Magic Woman.
The wonder years intro song!
Joe Cocker absolutely owns that song. The man pours his soul into it, fantastic.
Santana had a lot of great covers. Including Oye Cómo Va
What's amazing about the Hurt cover was after Trent saw Cash's video he said it wasn't his song anymore.
True, Cash not only covered the song, he owned it. Respect to both.
Am I mistaken or was Trent originally mad at Johnny Cash covering the song?
@@dominicotero6215 I think how the story goes is, he was mad until he heard how much Cash killed it. Then the legend passed away, and it's kind of hard to be mad at someone for choosing one of your songs to be a farewell letter to the world. That said, I still prefer the NIN version, for my own reasons, but no one can really deny how much Cash nailed that cover.
@@richshirk4772 that sounds about right. Johnny Cash definitely did it justice and it was the perfect farewell song. The NIN version is special for its own reasons too
@@dominicotero6215I read the same thing somewhere over the years as well. Reznor was pissed about it until he heard it at which point he said “it’s his now”.
Excuse me, but CCR has the superior version of Proud Mary.
This is what’s more popular, not what’s better..
I've heard the original Proud Mary countless times on the radio. The others... never once.
@@Jargrog its not just about what u hear more its also about charting positions mostly
It's not better or worse, it's the original. There is no CCR's version of Proud Mary, Proud Mary is CCR's song. There is Proud Mary and Tina Turner's version of Proud Mary.
You can't say that there is coca cola' version of coca cola and there is shitty cola's version of coca cola.
No he doesn’t, it boring af
I would disagree with Proud Mary. While Tina made it uniquely hers, to me the song belongs to CCR.
Amen! The song is about leaving the rat race and embracing a slower pace. CCR's version communicates that idea. Turner's version turns the track into a Vegas show number.
Proud Mary by Clarence Clearwater Revival did very well in its day, reaching #2 on the Top 100 chart. Tina Turner's version of Proud Mary reached #5. I don't know why they said Tina's version is more popular (it was a popular hit of hers) as actually CCR's version charted higher on the same chart just a little earlier (1969 to 1971). The first version of this song is before I was born and I still think CCR's is better, and the charts agree. I Will Always Love You is a problem for this survey. Dolly Parton hit number #1 twice with that single, first in 1974 and a second time for a soundtrack in 1982. Whitney Houston hit #1 once but it was for 14 weeks. So, both were huge hits, and it is not really one surpassed the other. Besides those 2 this list is fairly accurate.
You missed one giant cover: Love Hurts by Boudleaux Bryant, first recorded by the Everly Brothers in 1960. Roy Orbison had a bigger hit with it in 1962. Gram Parsons & Emmylou Harris had a country hit with it in 1974. However, the giant hit was with Nazareth in 1975. For those too young to have heard it, you owe it to yourself to listen to Nazarath's version.
They missed a few. :)
Come On Feel The Noize" - Quiet Riot
"Tennessee Whiskey" - Chris Stapleton
"I Got My Mind Set On You" - George Harrison
"Alone"- Heart
"I Think We're Alone Now" - Tiffany
"One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer" - George 3 Chords
"Smokin In The Boys Room" - Motley Crue
"Signs" - Tesla
"What's Love Got To Do With It" - Tina Turner
"Bless The Broken Road" - Rascal Flatts
"Calling Baton Rouge" - Garth Brooks
"Shameless"- Garth Brooks
"Some Kind Of Wonderful" - Grand Funk
"Greatest Love Of All" - Whitney
"That's What Friends Are For" - Elton John, Dionne Warwick, etc
"Angel Eyes" - Jeff Healy
Joan Jett did a pretty good version of it too 🖤
Mmm... gonna disagree about Proud Mary. CCR's version is still considered the standard and gets a lot more airplay/streams/downloads.
In America maybe ? Never hear it in the uk. It’s her song over here.
Sadly, Otis Redding was killed in a plane crash when he was just 26 years old. He didn't get a chance to see his album, "The Dock of the Bay" or the single from it become #1 hits. Miss Aretha got to sing "Respect" for the rest of her thankfully long life and kept it going all that while.
I remember finding out that Queen originally wrote Get Down Make Love, and not NIN. I listened to some Queen growing up, but not a ton, so I hadn't heard their version until my kids became obsessed with Queen a few years ago.
When Leonard Cohen was inducted into the hall of fame, Hallelujah was performed by KD Lang, at which Cohen himself proclaimed it the best version he'd ever heard.
I will never understand how "I will always love you" is a popular wedding song since it's about goodbyes
you're not what I need. Good thing to say on wedding day. DOH
Even worse is My Heart will Go On from Titanic.
@@rickhernandez7666 never thought of that but you're so right
Like Careless whispers a love song
@@kagomecc461I've never thought of it as a love song, I don't even know the words that well. People think this is a love song to play at weddings??
Tiffany’s cover of Tommy James and the Shondells’ I Think We’re Alone Now
Ha , good one ;) I see what u did there you little troll ;)
Thanks for the list. I will never get why the Bangles' cover of Simon and Garfunkel "Hazy Shade of Winter" doesn't get the accolades it undoubtedly deserves. One of the best covers in Rock history, imho.
Some of these I did not know were covers. This is great for a playlist I happened to be making of songs I hadn't realized were covers with songs such as: Superman, I Want Candy, and Istanbul (Not Constantinople).
Nice! here’s a few more for your next list: Lady Marmalade (the Eleventh Hour) covered by many; Blinded by the Light (Bruce Springsteen) covered by Manfred Mann; Saving All My Love For You (Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis Jr) covered by Whitney Houston; The Greatest Love of All (George Benson) covered by Whitney Houston; Nothings Gonna Change My Love For You (George Benson) covered by Glenn Medeiros; Black Magic Woman (Fleetwood Mac) covered by Santana; Blue Suede Shoes (Carl Perkins) covered by Elvis Presley; Hound Dog (Big Mamma Thornton) covered by Elvis Presley); Got My Mind Set On You (James Ray) covered by George Harrison; Love Hurts (The Everly Brothers) covered by Nazareth; Red Red Wine (Neil Diamond) covered by UB40; Girl, You’ll Be a Woman Soon (Neil Diamond) covered by Urge Overkill; Don’t Turn Around (Tina Turner) covered by Ace of Base; I’m A Believer (Neil Diamond) covered by the Monkees; The Tide is High (The Paragons) covered by Blondie; The Best (Bonnie Tyler) covered by Tina Turner; I’ll Be Your Baby Tonight (Bob Dylan) covered by UB40; More Than I Can Say (Buddy Holly) covered by Leo Sayer; A Hazy Shade of Winter (Simon & Garfunkel) covered by The Bangles; Your Mama Don’t Dance (Loggins & Messina) covered by Poison; China Girl (Iggy Pop) covered by David Bowie; I Found Someone (Laura Branigan) covered by Cher; If She Knew What She Wants (Jules Shear) covered by The Bangles; All Through The Night (Jules Shear) covered by Cindy Lauper; I have many more, but that’ll do for now!
Actually the original singer and writer of "I Found Someone" was Michael Bolton.
Slight correction - Neil Diamond wrote "I'm a Believer" for the Monkees and it was then covered by Smash Mouth - which is the only version anyone gets to hear on the radio anymore!
@@jzonnateal2898 Cheers - I knew he wrote & also released his own in 1967, but I stand corrected on the Monkees version coming out first 👍🏻
just what I was looking for ... Blinded by the Light (Bruce Springsteen) covered by Manfred Mann; ... one of my favorite covers of all time. When I found out Bruce Springteen wrote it, I listened to his and disregarded it. When I hear it now on oldies radio (darn it) I crank it up loud.
Twist and Shout - The Beatles
Hound Dog - Elvis Presley
Torn - Natalie Imbruglia
most of Elvis songs are covers
Natalie Imbrulia nailed it.
Hound Dog was a cover of a stolen song . John Brim recorded Rattlesnake, which is the same groove as Hound Dog by Big Mama Thornton 9 months later from those thieves, Lieber and STOLLER.
@@JohnnyMegabyteCanadaPossibly most notably “Blue Suede Shoes”, which was originally recorded by Carl Perkins.
@@JohnnyMegabyteCanadahis entire style of music was stolen
I'm really surprised Torn by Nathalie Imbruglia (original by Ednaswap) didn't even deserve a mention
that was the first song I thought of that should be on here
I'm even MORE surprised that Mad World (Tears for fears, Gary Jules) isn't mentioned...
Agreed. That song was huge for her and most people had no idea it was a cover.
Surprised Because the Night by 10,000 Maniacs, by far their biggest hit wasn't on here. It's a Bruce Springsteen song that Patti Smyth recorded in 1979. Their performance and Nirvana's really launched MTV Unplugged into a juggernaut for several years.
@@scottsmartky - yes, that's a good one for the list, too.
I always cite "Knockin' On Heaven's Door" as one of the worst covers I've ever heard. Axl Rose ruins it as he often does. Who knew "door" was a three syllable word?
Original versions of the following were the best versions.
- Man who sold the world
- Proud Mary
- killing me softly
- higher ground
Just my preference I guess
To show how good Johnny Cash's cover of "Hurt" was, even Trent Reznor said "It's his song from now on."
Other honorable mentions: 1. Cum On Feel The Noize: original Slade-cover Quiet Riot. 2. Don't Leave Me This Way: original Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes-cover Thelma Houston. 3. I Think We're Alone Now: original Tommy James & The Shondells-cover Tiffany. 4. Bette Davis Eyes: original Jackie DeShannon-cover Kim Carnes.
Mony Mony: original Tommy James & the Shondells-cover Billy Idol. The Loco-Motion as well. Original by Little Eva (1962), cover by Grand Funk Railroad (1974), cover by Kylie Minogue (1988).
I didn't know Bette Davis Eyes was a cover! I love that song!
Also:
-'Live and let die' by Wings, covered by Guns n Roses (and elevator instrumental on 'Grosse Point Blank' (film);
-'Landslide' by Fleetwood Mac, covered by the Smashing Pumpkins;
-'Turn the page' by Bob Seger, covered by Metallica;
-'Smooth criminal' by Michael Jackson, covered by Alien Ant Farm..
And "I Want You Back._* Original Jackson 5, Cover Twice.
I only agree with the latter one. Kim Carnes' version of "Betty Davis Eyes" made the song alive.
Re the first three proposals, I prefer the orginal versions.
Where’s “With A Little Help Of My Friends”? Joe Cocker’s version is monumental compared with the Beatles original
Ooh yeah
I disagree. The original is more iconic and successful overall
Both of your assertions are false. The original was "successful" as a song on a successful album by a successful band, but it was not released as a single until after Joe Cocker's version sparked interest in it. When it was released as a single, it failed to chart as highly as Joe Cocker's. As far as it being more iconic? Joe Cocker sang it at Woodstock. It tops the list if you ask someone to name a Joe Cocker tune. It's not even in the top twenty if you ask them to name a Beatles tune. The song may or may not be more associated with the Beatles than Joe Cocker, but Joe Cocker is waaaay more associated with the song than are the Beatles.
Plus, there's The Wonder Years.
Joe Cocker's version was more successful, and is more iconic.
I love Joe Cocker's version!:)
@@chrissmalley83 thank you!
NO WAY was Gwen's cover of "It's My Life" bigger or more memorable. It was more like paying tribute.
Recency bias. Although I will say the No Doubt bass line is killer.
K.D Langs version of Hallelujah is also awesome. Hurt, so awesome.
Janis Joplins cover of Kris Kristofferson’s “Me and Bobby McGee”. Eric Clapton’s cover of J.J. Cale’s “Cocaine”. Linda Ronstadt’s cover of The Rolling Stones “Tumbling Dice”. The Silkie’s cover of The Beatles’ “You’ve Got to Hide Your Love Away”. Rod Stewart and The Rolling Stones covered The Valentinos “Its All Over Now”.
Linda's cover of Smokey Robinson and the Miracles "Ooh Baby Baby".
I think my favorite Linda Ronstadt cover is "Tracks of My Tears." :)
No way a Beatles' song cover is better known than the original.
@@davorvrcibradic234The Beatles original version did not make it into the top 50 on the US Billboard chart. The Silkies cover made it to number 10.
Add Linda's cover of Roy's "Blue Bayou"
For the song It's My Life the original by Talk Talk is a lot better and more well known that no doubt
Far better!xx
I think that's right.
Talk Talk is under rated Its My Life is so well done.
Other missed ones:
"The Tide Is High". Original by The Paragons (1967), cover by Blondie (1980)
"When The Levee Breaks". Original by Memphis Minnie & Kansas Joe (1929), cover by Led Zeppelin (1971)
"The Sound of Silence". Original by Simon & Garfunkel (1964), cover by Disturbed (2015)
Tide is High
Hallelujah - Leonard Cohen ... ***kd Lang***
Blinded by the Light - Bruce Springsteen ... Manfred Mann's Earth Band
She's a Lady - Paul Anka ... Tom Jones
"Proud Mary" reached #2 on the charts for CCR, #4 for Ike and Tina. The cover was NOT bigger than the original, and the original is a staple on classic rock stations to this day.
Talk Talk's version of "It's My Life" is superior to No Doubt's.
I second this!!! I love No Doubt, but when I heard it on the radio, I was like, "What the hell is this???" 😂
Yes, but I also love no doubts version and especially her video that goes along with it!
Nope
I'm thinking Tears For Fears' "Mad World" should be in the Honorable Mentions. I'm a massive TFF fan, but Gary Jules' version did make it known to a much wider audience.
Still prefer TFF version; never forget hearing the line "the dreams in which I'm dying are the best I've ever had" and thinking damn!
@@leestockton9367 TFF subject matter in a lot of their songs dealt with depression.
I always thought the original TFF - Mad World - the tempo of the music was just too fast. The lyrics with such a heavy subject should be done the way Gary Jules recorded it.
I still can't hear Mad World without thinking of Donnie Darko. Talk about a perfect fit!
Not a cover when the song is sung by the same person
Versions I prefer:
I love Rock and Roll - Joan
Girls Just Wanna Have Fun - Cyndi
Proud Mary - CCR
The Man Who Sold The World - Nirvana (I love you Bowie)
Respect - The Queen of Soul
Nothing Compares 2 U - Sinead
All Along The Watchtower - Jimi
Hallelujah - Jeff Buckley
Hurt - Johnny
Killing Me Softly - Roberta Flack
Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door - Bob
It’s My Life - Talk Talk
Tainted Love - Soft Cell
Higher Ground - Stevie
I Will Always Love You - Dolly
I agree with all of those but All Along the Watchtower I prefer Dave Matthews's version, and It's My Life I prefer Bon Jovi
@@kingdomcountryranchI believe "It's My Life" by Bon Jovi is a completely different song.
@@bryantrobinson7597 could be. I haven't listened to either in a while
@@kingdomcountryranchNo it definitely is it's my life by bon jovi is completely og it's not a cover
Nirvana sucked kurt marble mouth just ruined the song
Talk Talk's "It's My Life" is an amazing live tune you can find on RUclips.
All I Do Is Think of You
Popular: Troop
Original: Jackson 5
(also covered by B5 much later on)
Nothing's Going to Change My Love for You
Popular: Glenn Medeiros
Original: George Benson
Mr. Telephone Man
Popular: New Edition
Original: Junior Tucker
I Only Want to Be With You
Popular: Samantha Fox
Original: Dusty Springfield
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CCR's Proud Mary is the most popular version in my world.
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Mine too. I remember hearing it first and it's my favorite version
Strongly agree
Sorry, but no. They are quite correct that Tina Turner's version is considered the ultimate version. But it was the version she recorded after leaving Ike that attained legendary status
@@laurab5750 going to push back on that. It does not compare.
Hazy shade of winter should have been on this list
Definitely; and in place of Proud Mary.
@@ChristyMcDaniel-ge9gl Yes, that is the S&G song that actually fits the topic.
Came here to say the same thing.
except the original is better
@@Andy-gp4zv I love both - but IMO the Bangles did improve it some.
Love Hurts by Nazareth was infinitely better than the original.
so is This Flight Tonight
I like the Everly Brothers version the best
Not infinitely better, but it does express the anguish better. I also think one can be biased in favour of the version one is more familiar with and, although I love the Everly brothers, I didn't discover them until much later than the 1970s. However the only other cover on this list I prefer to the original is Cash's "Hurt".
Yes... and I love Roy Orbison, but Nazareth owned it.
@@JohnnyMegabyteCanada
That one ( flight tonight) i agree with , but Love hurts hardly nazareths only . Check out gram parsons version
Still Dolly Parton all the time!
The worst cover of a song was Madonna's attempt to cover "American Pie". Like the oldie says " Other guys imitate us, but the original is still the greatest" (The In Crowd)
That was the the day music really died.
It's a contender, though I've heard some other HORRIBLE covers.
I think Lenny Kravitz's mangling of "American Woman was a LITTLE worse.
1. When You Say Nothing At All
Original: Keith Whitley (1980)
Cover: Ronan Keating (1999)
Also
2. If Tomorrow Never Comes:
Original: Garth Brooks
Cover: Ronan Keating
3. We Got Tonight:
Original: Bob Seegar
Cover: Sheena Easton & Kenny Rogers
4. Jealous Guy
Original (Child Of Nature) : John Lennon: 1968
Rewritten by John Lennon in 1976
Covered: Roxy Music 1981
5. Love Is All Around
Original: The Troggs (1967)
Covered: Wet Wet Wet (1994)
Keating also has a cover of We Got Tonight
Alison Krauss cover of When you say nothing at all, very good
I prefer the original A LOT on "We Got Tonight".
Houston's version is more epic and more technically impressive, but Dolly's has a greater sincerity to it. It feels more like it has real emotion behind it (mostly because it does).
Houston's version of I will always love has a lot of emotional behind it. If dolly says she prefers Whitney Houston version of I will always love you over her own.
@@TylerGage-op5hs Dolly prefers Whitney’s version because of all of the trips to the bank to cash the royalty checks. (Said with humor, not animosity)
@@tjwash2 or because Whitney houston's version is the best version everyone in the world seems they are always using it as an audition song on sing competition shows. Dolly Parton say it herself there is no way she could have song it better than Whitney. Which why she also said the song official belongs to Whitney no. Hahaha.
@@tjwash2😂 Didn't she say so in an interview?
Parton sang about her experience while Houston just... sang.
I KNEW "Killing Me Softly With His Song" would at least get a mention. I absolutely adore Lori Lieberman's original version, and I really wish that it was more widely known. Thank you for including it!
There was at least one other cover that wasn’t mentioned. R&B singer Al B. Sure also did a cover on his debut album.
Was planning to comment had it not been included. The covers are great but Lori’s original version is now my favourite.
I was shocked! I had no idea Flack's version was a cover. It's the main song that I associate with her.
No way that No Doubt version is superior than the original.
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Hell yeah the Talk Talk version is better to my ears.
Brandi Carlile’s “Hallelujah” is heart wrenching as well!
No doubt did a great job no doubt, but Talk Talk's version is version is so superior and Mark Hollis' vocals full of emotion and angst.
Johnny Cash wasn't a country or rock singer , he was a Johnny Cash singer.🙏
I to this day say if Johnny Cash has to be place into a genre, it is rockabilly forced into country. In the end you are right. He was a singer and a songwriter
Same with Willie Nelson John Denver they were just singer songwriters to me no specific genre
I would add "It's All Coming Back To Me Now" - most famously performed by Celine Dion, but written by Jim Steinman for his group Pandora's Box. Though that album also featured songs that were released by other artists like Meat Loaf.
"All By Myself" could have been mentioned as well. Original by Eric Carmen, but Celine Dion's cover of it more well known.
Celine covered soooo many songs that people thought were hers. All By Myself, The Power Of Love, are probably the biggest of her #1 songs
Or even "If You Asked Me To" - much bigger than Patti Labelle's version from a few years prior. 🥰😜
More Honorable Mentions:
Life Is A Highway - O: Tom Cochrane (1991)
C: Rascal Flatts (2006)
My Kinda Party - O: Brantley Gilbert (2009)
C: Jason Aldean (2010)
God Gave Me You - O: Dave Barnes (2010)
C: Blake Shelton (2011)
Fast Car - O: Tracy Chapman (1988)
C: Luke Combs (2023)
I will never forget listening to Fleetwood Mac and my daughter asked, "Why is she singing a Dixie Chick's song?" LOL!
"I Shot the Sherriff". Original Bob Marley, cover Eric Clapton. Both great and reflecting the artists' personal styles.
I would argue that Marley's version is best known, maybe?
@@stephpicherabsolutely. I never heard of Clapton's cover until I saw this video.
@@-Subtle- Amazing, I knew of the Clapton version before I heard the original.
Both have their points.
An added point about Cash's "Hurt": The video (which really helped the song's appeal) was filmed about 3 months before June Carter Cash died (and Johnny himself would die about 4 months after June). In fact, Reznor's own account of the cover was not exactly positive until he saw the video (he compared listening to Cash's cover to watching his girlfriend having sex--not quite the way Reznor phrased it--but he compared watching the video to losing his girlfriend for good).
Dolly is amazing and timeless, but Whitney had some amazing pipes. She absolutely slayed the vocals on that song.
Dolly is a good friend saying goodbye, but whitney is a lover departing.
You ain't kidding.😂
@@JudeSt.*PERFECT* way to put that into words!!
Great list 👏 🎶🎶🎶
No version of Proud Mary is more popular than the original by Creedence.... !NON¡
K.D. Lang killed me with Hallelujah...
First knew the song from Jeff Buckley's unearthly beautiful version. But kd does fantastic.
I still love Talk Talk’s “It’s My Life.” Video and music was exceptional. RIP Mark Hollis.
I'll take the version by Talk Talk any day.
Agree 💯!!!!
While I don’t remember the name Talk Talk, I do know their version of the song.
Talk talk for me always
Exactly, the No Doubt version is effing sh*t.
Black Magic Woman Fleetwood Mac 1968, covered by Santana 1970
I still think what the Bangles did with Simon and Garfunkel's "Hazy Shade of Winter" was nothing short of killer.
CCR is the only Proud Mary version for me. Easily the best.
Even Trent Reznor said that Hurt was Johnny Cash's song. You can hear the raw pain in his voice.
I love the CCR and the Turner's version of Proud Mary. They're both powerful and beautiful. Perfection! I happen to love the GNR version of "Knockin on Heaven's Door"...
I also love Warren Zevon’s version of Knocking on Heaven’s Door
I prefer Clapton's version of "Knockin'..." even knowing that it was a cover of a Dylan song. Might be bias since that's the version I heard first and was most familiar with...
Slade ummh...slayed it,
I am a county music fan and have listened to Dolly Parton since I was a kid, I am well over 50 now. Hands down, without a doubt Whitney’s cover is by far the most powerful of the two.
Most powerful doesn’t necessarily mean better. I don’t like Whitney’s version at all. It’s one of those things that the two don’t need to be compared because they’re two very different songs
@@tjwash2 I never said anything about “better” I said more powerful. There’s no comparison either. It’s like two different songs.
Once more, you nailed it!
The Bangles cover of Simon and Garfunkel's "Hazy Shade of Winter."
Agree. That's a great version.
Take a great harmony song, DOUBLE the great harmonies, IMO a little better than the original.
Nirvana covering Ledbelly's "Where Did You Sleep Last Night"
Gives me chills when I hear it... great cover ❤
The version played on an episode of American Gods is better than Nirvana's cover.
Also covered by Long John Baldry in the early 70's on his album "It Ain't Easy", but titled "Black Girl".
The best Ledbelly cover is Jamie Brockett's version of Titanic; VERY extended, and hilarious too.
The two big covers that helped establish Santana (Black Magic Woman & She's Not There) are glaring omissions. One could argue that those two plus Soul Sacrifice are THE Santana songs.
I'd say more "Soul Sacrifice" (especially the Woodstock version) and "Oye Como Va".
Cyndi Lauper - I drove all night.
Natalie Imbruglia - Torn.
Edna swamp's version of torn is better. I will die on that hill
100% correct about Cyndi Lauper
@@RinaRanThatWay ednaswap does the better version by far, but it's nowhere near as big. Most people don't even know that the imbruglia version is actually a cover.
I drove all night is a mess, Cyndi's isn't really a cover because hers came out first, Roy Orbison's version came out later
Cyndi's version is definitely the best.
"I Will Always Love You" by both artists is excellent. Honestly, I couldn't pick which one I like better.
Sinead O'connor has done a lot of amazing covers that are much better than the original. Her version of the Elton John song 'Sacrifice' is absolutely beautiful. Also her cover of Ralph McTell's song 'Streets of London' is breathtaking.
Also “you make me feel so free” and “ain’t it a shame”, “love hurts”.
You really got me- the kinks
Ice Cream man -John Brim
Covered by Van Halen
We could do this all day, but my favorite that would qualify was Cyndi Lauper covering Jules Shear’s “All Through The Night”. But you mentioned her once with her more iconic song, so I can live with that.
I think Whitney's "The Greatest Love of All" was also a cover but she would also be in the list twice.
I love that song so much
Blinded by the light- Manfred Mann’s Earth Band
Once Bitten Twice Shy - Great White
Bruce's Blinded by the light is a whole lot better.
Manfred Mann’s cover does not even hold a candle to The Boss’s original
@@Sjp977 Manred Manns version hit #1 on both the US hot 100 and also reached #1 on the Canadian charts so yeah it’s WAY more popular than Bruce’s version. As far as better? Yeah it’s way better too than Bruce’s rambling incoherent marble filled mouth version
Manfred Mann also did a cover of Bob Dylan's "Quinn the Eskimo".
@@Sjp977it’s actually a thousand times better than springsteen
I recall my daughter once coming down the stairs singing a song that had just been released. To her utter horror I began singing it too. She couldn't get her head around the fact that I knew all the words of this 'new' song. I then told her the song had been first recorded YEARS before she was even born and the original was in fact the better version.
The title of the video could have read 500 Cover Songs That Are More Popular Than The Original. Many of the originals were NEVER released as singles so were never hits. Some were demos so never were heard outside the music industry. And most important of all, the listener often relates to the version THEY first heard (like my daughter) I'm 66 now and own 1000's of records, still buy a few every week. I rarely buy a 'new' cover vision. It has to be pretty special to beat the original (if the original was a hit), if it's a cover of an old song that's that's pretty much unknown, it only has to be a hit to make it more popular than the original.
Top two cover versions (impossible to put one above the other):
Hurt - Johnny Cash
Sound of Silence - Disturbed
I'm a looong time S&G fan, and I think the Disturbed version fits the lyrics better. Love it!
@@macherie1234 my Mum has been a S&G fan since the 60s and even she prefers the Disturbed cover of Sound of Silence, so that says a lot, for me. And I agree completely that the feel of the song the way they sing it fits the lyrics far better.
@@macherie1234 I really don't like Disturbed cover of Sound of silence.
@@TherealDanielleNelson that's fine!
Did Paul Simon also state that he liked disturbed version as much as his may be better? The video is powerful.
'I heard it through the grapevine', by Marvin Gaye, was technically a cover. The original by Smokey Robinson and the Miracles, and then Gladys Knight, were released earlier. But it was Marvin's that went straight to #1.
And was covered a couple of years later by… CCR! Tit for tat for Proud Mary?? 🤣
I prefer the California raisins
There could be a list like that with just Bob Dylan songs. It’d feature Hendrix, GnR, Adele, The Byrds, Johnny Cash, the Rolling Stones, etc.
I can't listen to GnR version of "Knocking on Heaven's Doe- woe-ah". But then, I'm incredibly old and love Dylan.
@@pamdeloach6921 One of the very few times a Dylan original was best done by Robert himself.
One day in English class in college my professor gave us a page with the lyrics to a handful of songs and our exercise was a discussion of what the artist was thinking when they wrote the song. One of the songs was All Along the Watchtower by Jimi Hendrix. I raised my hand and said, "I'm pretty sure Hendrix was thinking that Bob Dylan was a good songwriter."
I’m guessing “Cocaine” was not on the professors list.
@@pdm2201it was it was just higher on the list 😂
Dylan said he preferred Hendrix' version of the song.
Not about Jehovah’s Witnesses tracts?
What was your grade?
Three that could make part two the list: David McWilliams and Marc Almond: The Days of Pearly Spencer; The Easybeats and Gary More: Friday on My Mind; Jackie DeShannon and Kim Carnes: Bette Davis Eyes
I thought 1985 was a Bowling for Soup original, but it was made by SR-71. It’s one of the best covers
Bowling for Soup’s cover of Fergie’s London Bridge greatly improves on the original as well!
I didn't know that. I thought it was an original as well.