Cover Songs

[Travis]

Hey All,

I’m currently in the planning stages of making a new play list of great cover songs that I love. I have only women artists so far and I may end up making it just women but I want to know what are some of your favorite covers? Not a song that is sampling another song but an actual cover. Any artist or band. So far I have:

Colbie Caillat / Maria (Blondie)
Corinne Bailey Rae / I Wanna Be Your Lover (Prince)
Chaka / Everywhere (Fleetwood Mac)
Jennifer Lopez / You Belong To Me (Doobie Brothers or Carly Simon – I forget who did it first)
Tina Turner / Missing You (John Waite)
Sophie Ellis-Bextor / Take Me Home (Cher)

[ButterCookie]

It's Maria by Blondie :)

[markolas]

Tina Turner - Help (Beatles)
The Bangles - Hazy Shade of Winter (Simon & Garfunkel)
Cassandra Wilson - Last Train to Clarksville (Monkees)
Aretha Franklin - Son of a Preacher Man (Dusty Springfield)
Dolly Parton - I Still Miss Someone (Johnny Cash)
Linda Ronstadt - Alison (Elvis Costello)
Bonnie Raitt - Your Good Thing (Is About to End) (Mable John)
Joni Mitchell - (You're So Square) Baby I Don't Care (Elvis Presley)
Marianne Faithfull - Easy Come, Easy Go (Bessie Smith)
Pet Shop Boys - Where the Streets Have No Name (U2)

[Travis]

It's Maria by Blondie :)

You are correct :-)

[Dodfather]

Travis - this is always my fave idea for a plalist. I love covers if done well!

Dolly Parton - Shine (Collective Soul)
Dolly Parton - Bring Me Some Water (Melissa Etheridge (done w/Melissa on backing vocals)
Janis Joplin - Piece Of My Heart (Kris Kristofferson)
Carpenters - Help (The Beatles)
Bonnie Raitt - Thing Called Love (John Hiatt)
Foo Fighters - Baker Street (Gerry Rafferty)
Annie Lennox - No More I Love You's (The Lover Speaks)
Counting Crows - Return Of The Grievous Angel (Gram Parsons)
Emmylou Harris - Guitar Town (Steve Earle) / The Boxer (Simon and Garfunkel)
Dusty Springfield - Twenty Four Hours From Tulsa (Gene Pitney)
The Beatles - Roll Over Beethoven (Chuck Berry)
Bruce Springsteen - Da Doo Ron Ron (The Chiffons/Ronettes - unsure which) (only slightly dodgy sound quality from a yuotube video but it's awesome!)
Sinead O' Connor - Nothing Compares 2 U (Prince)
Amy Winehouse - Valerie (The Zutons)
Kylie Minogue - The Locomation (Carole King/Little Eva) You seem to have forgotten this one, Travis - haha!
10 000 Maniacs - Because The Night (Patti Smith/Bruce Springsteen)
Carpenters - A Song For You (Leon Russell)
Linda Ronstadt - Willin' (Little Feat) / Rock Me On The Water (Jackson Browne) (Man, there are SO many great Linda ones though)
Stevie Nicks - At Last (Etta James)
Kate Bush - Sexual Healing (Marvin Gaye)
Counting Crows - Borderline (Madonna)
Aerosmith - Come Together (Beatles)
Johnny Cash - Rusty Cage (Soundgarden)
Pearl Jam - Last Kiss (Wayne Cochran)
Cyndi Lauper - I Drove All Night (Roy Orbison)
Kate Rusby - Village Green Preservation Society (The Kinks)
Rosanne Cash - The Way We Make A Broken Heart / Pink Bedroom (Both John Hiatt)
Carpenters - Desperado (Eagles)
Alison Krauss and Union Station - Lose Again (Linda Ronstadt)

They'll do for now, there are loads more though!

p.s: Sorry, but I can't stand that J. Lo cover you mentioned!

[mezzoforte]

I'm sure I'm forgetting favorites all over the place, but these came to mind:

The Fugees/ Killing me Softly with his Song (Roberta Flack)
Joe Cocker/ With a Little Help from my Friends (the Beatles)
Johny Cash/ Hurt (Nine Inch Nails)
Johnny Cash/ Bridge over Troubled Water (Simon and Garfunkel)
Pat Benatar/ Wuthering Heights (Kate Bush)
Maxwell/ This Woman's Work (Kate Bush)
Gwyneth Paltrow/ Bette Davis Eyes (Kim Carnes)
The Bangles/ Hazy Shade of Winter (Simon and Garfunkel)
Cat Power/ Sea of Love (Phil Phillips)

[Travis]

Thanks and keep the lists coming guys ....

As far as Kate Bush, I just remembered she did a cover of Elton John's "Candle In The Wind." I just checked CD Now and they don't have it for mp3 purchase :(

[Dodfather]

Oh and Travis - have you seen Kylie's version of There Must Be An Angel (Playing With My Heart) from the Aphrodite tour? It's a LOT of fun!!

[Dodfather]

Thanks and keep the lists coming guys ....

As far as Kate Bush, I just remembered she did a cover of Elton John's "Candle In The Wind." I just checked CD Now and they don't have it for mp3 purchase :(

Did she? I know she did Rocket Man but I didn't know about Candle InThe Wind... Rocket Man is on the Two Rooms Elton tribute album.

[Travis]

Oh and Travis - have you seen Kylie's version of There Must Be An Angel (Playing With My Heart) from the Aphrodite tour? It's a LOT of fun!!

I read that she is doing it but I have not heard any clips of it yet. Speaking of Kylie, her song "Nothing Is Gonna Stop Us Now", that is a cover right? Didn't the group Saint Etienne do it first?

[Dodfather]

Yep - it's a Saint Etienne cover. She also did a Duran Duran cover 9The Reflex I think) with someone for a Duran Duran tribute album. I'm not especially keen on Nothing Can Stop Us Now if I'm honest, but it's far better than her terrible attempt at Should I Stay Or Should I Go! No, Kylie, no!

Oh her version of There Must Be An Abngel is fantastic!! I was right at the front, by the barrier, as she did it. I must tell you all about the Aphrodite gig...

I also forgot:

Lacuna Coil - Enjoy The Silence (Depeche Mode)
Rosanne Cash - Hometown Blues (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers)

[RickRobert]

Some of my favourites...

Rumer - Goodbye Girl (Bread)
Adam Lambert - Feeling Good (Leslie Bricusse / Anthony Newley)
Johnny Cash - Ring of Fire (Anita Carter)
Hanoi Rocks - Up Around The Bend (Creedence Clearwater Revival)
Heart / Harry Nilsson - Without You (Badfinger)
Jeff Buckley - That's All I Ask (Nina Simone)
Paul Gilbert - 2 Become 1 (Spice Girls)
Pearl Jam - Love Reign O'er Me (The Who)
John Farnham - Help! (The Beatles)

Just some of my favourites... :wavey:

[KarmaContestant]

Many disagree, but I think Tori Amos' cover of Steely Dan's Do It Again is brilliant.


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I am also very fond of James Morrison's cover of Michael Jackson's Man In The Mirror

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Siouxsie's cover of Billie Holliday's Strange Fruit, and her cover of Iggy Pop's The Passenger are also great!

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[CreepingDeath]

In no particular order:

Adele - Love Song (The Cure)
Stevie Nicks - At Last (Etta James)
Jimi Hendrix - All Along The Watchtower (Bob Dylan)
Johnny Cash - Hurt (NIN)
10,000 Maniacs - Because The Night (Bruce Springsteen)
Nirvana - The Man Who Sold The World (David Bowie)
Nirvana - Where Did You Sleep Last Night? (Lead Belly)
Metallica - Am I Evil? (Diamond Head)
Metallica - Sabbra Cadabra (Black Sabbath)
Metallica - Astronomy (Blue Oyster Cult)
Metallica - Stone Cold Crazy (Queen)
Megadeth - No More Mr. Nice Guy (Alice Cooper)
Pantera - Planet Caravan (Black Sabbath)
Anthrax - Got The Time (Joe Jackson)
Anthrax - Bring The Noise (Public Enemy)
Type O Negative - Day Tripper (The Beatles)
Type O Negative - Cinnamon Girl (Neil Young)
Marilyn Manson - Sweet Dreams (Eurythmics)
Machine Head - Hallowed Be Thy Name (Iron Maiden)
Disturbed - Land of Confusion (Genesis)
Motorhead - Whiplash (Metallica)
Evanescence - Heart Shaped Box (Nirvana)
Heart - The Battle of Evermore (Led Zeppelin)
No Doubt - It's My Life (Talk Talk)
Guns N' Roses - Knockin' On Heaven's Door (Bob Dylan)
Santana - Black Magic Woman (Fleetwood Mac)
Judas Priest - Green Manalishi (Fleetwood Mac)
Eric Clapton - Cocaine (J.J. Cale)
Stevie Ray Vaughan - Voodoo Child (Jimi Hendrix)
Stevie Ray Vaughan - Little Wing (Jimi Hendrix)
James Taylor - You've Got a Friend (Carole King)


plus many more...

[Silver Springs]

R.E.M. - First We Take Manhattan (Loenard Cohen)
R.E.M. - Dragging The Line (Tommy James)
Nina Simone - Suzanne (Loenard Cohen)
Stevie Nicks - Crash Into Me(Dave Matthews Band)
Annie Lennox - No More I Love You's (The Lover Speaks)
Sarah McLachlan - Gloomy Sunday (Rezső Seress or Billie Holiday, depending how far back you look)
Counting Crows - Blues Run The Game (Jackson C. Frank)
Counting Crows - You Ain't Going Nowhere (Bob Dylan)
Melanie - Mr. Tambourine Man (Bob Dylan)
David Gray - I Think It's Going To Rain Today (Randy Newman)
Peter Gabriel - The Book of Love (The Magnetic Fields)
Eva Cassidy - Songbird (Christine McVie)
Sarah McLachlan - Blue (Joni Mitchell)
Kate Rusby - I Am Stretched On Your Grave (Philip King)
Maya Beisir - Kashmir (Led Zeppelin)
Melanie - Lover's Cross (Jim Croce)
Rufus Wainwright - Hallelujiah (Can't spell it lol. Anyway, Loenard Cohen)
Tracy Chapman - 7 Seconds (Youssou N'Dour, Neneh Cherry, Cameron McVey and Jonathan Sharp)
Counting Crows - Return Of The Grievous Angel (Gram Parsons)
Michael Stipe - One (U2)
Eva Cassidy - Fields Of Gold (Sting)
Tori Amos - Smells Like Teen Spirit (Nirvana)
Lindsey Buckingham - This Nearly Was Mine (Andy Williams)
Lindsey Buckingham - Big Yellow Taxi (Joni Mitchell)
Counting Crows - Big Yellow Taxi (Joni Mitchell)

[chiliD]

Guns N' Roses - Knockin' On Heaven's Door (The Beatles)

No...that would be a Bob Dylan cover.




The Motels - Take My Breath Away (Berlin...although the Motels actually recorded it first)
The Motels - Nothing Compares 2 U (Sinead O'Connor/Prince)
The Motels - Sweet Dreams Are Made Of This (Eurythmics)
The Motels - He Hit Me (And It Felt Like A Kiss) (Carole King/Gerry Goffin)
The Motels - Route 66 (Bobby Troup)
Derek & The Dominos - Little Wing (Jimi Hendrix)
Concrete Blonde - Beware Of Darkness (George Harrison)
Concrete Blonde - Little Wing (Jimi Hendrix)
Concrete Blonde - Everybody Knows (Leonard Cohen)
Concrete Blonde - Mercedes Benz (Janis Joplin)
The Pretenders - Money (Barrett Strong)
The Pretenders - Room Full Of Mirrors (Jimi Hendrix)
Eric Clapton - Stone Free (Jimi Hendrix)
Eric Clapton - Higher Ground (Stevie Wonder)


And, there's a ton o' Dylan covers:

Jimi Hendrix - All Along The Watchtower
Jimi Hendrix - Like A Rolling Stone
Eric Clapton - Don't Think Twice, It's Alright
Eric Clapton - Knockin' On Heaven's Door
Eric Clapton - Born In Time
Eric Clapton - If I Don't Get There By Morning
Eric Clapton - Walk Out In The Rain
Eric Clapton - Sign Language
George Harrison - If Not For You
Dave Mason - All Along The Watchtower
The Byrds - Mr. Tambourine Man
The Byrds - My Back Pages
Johnny Winter - Highway 61 Revisited
Ron Wood - Seven Days
The Rolling Stones - Like A Rolling Stone
Fleetwood Mac - Love Minus Zero/No Limit
Leon Russell - It's All Over Now Baby Blue
Leon Russell - She Belongs To Me
Leon Russell - Masters Of War
Leon Russell - Ballad Of Hollis Brown
Joe Cocker/Leon Russell - The Girl From The North Country
Peter, Paul & Mary - Blowin' In The Wind

And, covers of JJ Cale:

Eric Clapton - After Midnight
Eric Clapton - Travelin' Light
Eric Clapton - River Runs Deep
Eric Clapton - Cocaine
Eric Clapton - I'll Make Love To You
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Call Me The Breeze
Widespread Panic - Ride Me High
Freddie King - Same Ol' Blues
Kansas - Bringin' It Back

[CreepingDeath]

No...that would be a Bob Dylan cover

F*ck me. Of course it's Dylan. I haven't been in my right mind lately. Obviously. :/

Off to edit my stupidity...

[Dodfather]

I think you mean Me And Bobby McGee, Piece Of My Heart is a Erma Franklin song :)

D'oh!! Of course I did!! What the?!

[chiliD]

And a few I thought of after my previous post...


Willie Nelson - One After 909 (The Beatles)
Leon Russell - Wild Horses (The Rolling Stones)
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Needles & Pins (Jackie DeShannon/The Searchers...written by Sonny Bono)
The Allman Brothers Band - Mountain Jam (Donovan...orig title "There Is A Mountain")
The Allman Brothers Band - Heart Of Stone (The Rolling Stones)
Gregg Allman - Rain (The Beatles)
Sting - Up From The Skies (Jimi Hendrix)
Elvis Costello - What's So Funny About Peace Love & Understanding? (Nick Lowe)
Annie McLoone - Spare Me A Little Of Your Love (Christine McVie)
Dave Edmunds - From Small Things Big Things Come (Bruce Springsteen)
Dave Edmunds - Get Out Of Denver (Bob Seger)
PM Dawn - You Got Me Floatin' (Jimi Hendrix)
The Who - Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting (Elton John)
The Who - Summertime Blues (Eddie Cochrane)
The Who - Eyesight To The Blind (Sonny Boy Williamson)
Bruce Hornsby - Madman Across The Water (Elton John)
Fleetwood Mac - For Your Love (The Yardbirds)
Led Zeppelin - Dazed & Confused (The Yardbirds...orig title "I'm Confused")
Jeff Beck - She's A Woman (The Beatles)
Jeff Beck - A Day In The Life (The Beatles)
Paul McCartney & Wings - Go Now (The Moody Blues)
The Beatles - You Really Got A Hold On Me (Smokey Robinson & The Miracles)
The Beatles - Please, Mr. Postman (The Marvelettes)
The Beatles - Baby, It's You (The Shirelles)
The Beatles - Mr. Moonlight (Dr. Feelgood)
The Beatles - Honey Don't (Carl Perkins)
The Beatles - Lay Down Your Arms (The Chordettes)
The Beatles - Words Of Love (Buddy Holly)
John Lennon - Peggy Sue (Buddy Holly)
John Lennon - Stand By Me (Ben E. King)
Ike & Tina Turner - Proud Mary (Creedence Clearwater Revival)
The Rolling Stones - I Wanna Be Your Man (The Beatles)
Billy J Kramer & The Dakotas - Bad To Me (Lennon/McCartney)
Peter & Gordon - World Without Love (Lennon/McCartney)
Cilla Black - Step Inside Love (Lennon/McCartney)

[Dodfather]

I forgot about:

Stevie Wonder - We Can Work It Out (The Beatles)
Tina Turner - Addicted To Love (Robert Palmer)
Tina Turner - Help (The Beatles) - I LOVE this one!
Carpenters - California Dreamin' (The Mamas and the Papas)
Rod Stewart and Tina Turner - It Takes Two (Marvin Gaye & Tammii Terrell/Kim Weston?)
Shelby Lynne - Anything from her Just A Little Lovin' album (Dusty Springfield tribute)
Dolly Parton - Drive Me Crazy (Fine Young Cannibals)
Guns N Roses - Live and Let Die (Wings)

I see someone's already mentioned Proud Mary...

[darklinensuit]

Forever Young – Laura Branigan (Alphaville)

Desperado – Johnny Cash (The Eagles)

Summertime – Janis Joplin (Gershwin/Porgy & Bess)

Hallelujah – Jeff Buckley (Leonard Cohen)

Georgia on My Mind – Ray Charles (Carmichael)

Leavin’ on a Jet Plane – Peter, Paul & Mary (John Denver)

Fire – The Pointer Sisters (Bruce Springsteen)

There Goes My Baby – Donna Summer (The Drifters)

Dream a Little Dream – Cass Elliot (Ozzie Nelson)

Back in the High Life – Warren Zevon (Stevie Winwood)

Black Magic Woman – Santana (Fleetwood Mac)

Blowin’ in the Wind – Sam Cooke (Bob Dylan)

Reconsider Me – Stevie Nicks (Warren Zevon)

Needles and Pins – Tom Petty & Stevie Nicks (DeShannon, the Searchers, etc.)

Mr. Tambourine Man – The Byrds (Bob Dylan)

You’ve Really Got a Hold on Me – The Temptations (Smokey Robinson & the Miracles)

I Heard it through the Grapevine – Gladys Knight & the Pips (Smokey Robinson & the Miracles)

Angel of the Morning – Juice Newton (Evie Sands) (despite the car commercial :lol: )


- Jake

[Dodfather]

Oh - and how could I forget kd!

Golden Slumbers - kd Lang (The Beatles)
Rose Garden - kd Lang (Lynn Anderson)
Cryin' - Roy Orbsion and kd Lang (Roy Orbison)
Helpless - kd Lang (Neil Young)

[chiliD]

And, yet, more...


Heart - Tell It Like It Is (Aaron Neville)
Joan Baez - Shout (Tears For Fears)
Peter Green Splinter Group - There's A River (Steve Winwood)
Chicago - I'm A Man (Spencer Davis Group)
Dave Mason - Take It To The Limit (Eagles)
Johnny Winter And - Rock & Roll Hoochie Koo (Rick Derringer)
Mountain - Theme From An Imaginary Western (Jack Bruce)
Harry Nilsson - Without You (Badfinger)
Harry Nilsson - Subterranean Homesick Blues (Bob Dylan)
Dwight Yoakam - Things We Said Today (The Beatles) My nomination as "Best Cover Of A Beatle Song" ever!
The Beatles - Act Naturally (Buck Owens)
Rosanne Cash - I Don't Want To Spoil The Party (The Beatles)
The Rolling Stones - Not Fade Away (Buddy Holly)
Pointer Sisters - Hypnotized (Fleetwood Mac)
Pointer Sisters - As I Come Of Age (Stephen Stills)
U2 - Paint It, Black (The Rolling Stones)
U2 - Fortunate Son (Creedence Clearwater Revival)
Roxy Music - Eight Miles High (The Byrds)
Roxy Music - In The Midnight Hour (Wilson Pickett)
Roxy Music - Jealous Guy (John Lennon)
Marianne Faithful - Working Class Hero (John Lennon)
Mary Chapin Carpenter - Grow Old With Me (John Lennon)
The Beach Boys - Sloop John B. (Lonnie Donnegan)
Creedence Clearwater Revival - I Heard It Through The Grapevine (Marvin Gaye)
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Hello, Mary Lou (Ricky Nelson)
Ben Harper - Sexual Healing (Marvin Gaye)
ELO - Day Tripper (Beatles)
ELO - Roll Over Beethoven (Chuck Berry)
Jeff Beck - Goodbye Pork Pie Hat (Charles Mingus)
Joan Osborn - Help Me (Sonny Boy Williamson)

[TrueFaith77]

The greatest cover of all time is:

Go West by the Pet Shop Boys (cover of Village People)

[ontheEdgeof17]

Hello Again (The Cars): The Argument

Hazy Shade of Winter (Simon and Garfunkel): The Bangles

I Can't Go For That (Hall and Oats): The Bird and the Bee

Lady Marmalade (Patti Labelle): Pink, Mya, Lil Kim, Christina

Everytime (Britney Spears): Colm Maclomarie

I Drove All Night (Roy Orbison): Cyndi and Celine

Jump (The Pointer Sisters): Girls Aloud

I Think We Are Alone Now (Tiffani): Girls Aloud

Turn the Beat Around (Vicki Sue Robinson): Gloria Estefan

Tonight's the Night (Rod Stewart): Janet Jackson

Zombie (Cranberries): Jay Brannan

The One (Laid ft Emma): Kylie

All I See (Lil Eddie): Kylie

I'm Just Here for the Music (Kylie): Paula

Run (Snow Patrol): Leona Lewis

[SapphireSister]

1. Hurt - Johnny Cash (Nine Inch Nails)
2. Love Song - 311 (The Cure)
3. Landslide - Smashing Pumpkins (Fleetwood Mac)
4. The Crying Game - Boy George (Dave Berry)
5. Lady from the Mountains - White Widow (Stevie Nicks)
6. Let's Stay Together - Tina Turner (Al Green)
7. Knockin' on Heaven's Door - Guns N Roses (Bob Dylan)
8. Fire - The Pointer Sisters (Bruce Springsteen)
9. Red Red Wine - UB40 (Neil Diamond)
10. Smooth Criminal - Alien Ant Farm (Michael Jackson)

[Silver Springs]

9. Red Red Wine - UB40 (Neil Diamond)

This song is pretty much an embarassing guilty pleasure of mine. It has to be at the right setting, of course; when it's bright and warm out and you can think nothing of dancing around the street :)