Best Cover Versions

[Chris]

It can a live, acoustic, or fully produced track.

My favorite ever cover is Heartbeats by José González:

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Originally by The Knife:

spotify:track:1rtyfUUQeRDoiObPys8DMq

What's yours?

[iamandyhill]

100% The Futureheads cover of Hounds of Love:

https://open.spotify.com/track/2ccVvr0fZ3BHSK3ga5sfC4?si=lnIwEBpJRdms9LAAaifm0g

The original is by Kate Bush:

https://open.spotify.com/track/0iluWxTpC9QOdVPg3PROvm?si=WgbFHFCVTqCu8hu1uUrirA

[Julian]

Hi there!

Love the cover of Another Girl Another Planet by Blink-182: https://open.spotify.com/track/7uvA8PtoqLMT2F6trIvHnC?si=YqGozlhJRZKtADzPiLKmFg

Originally by The Only Ones: https://open.spotify.com/track/0PDZ4Rgj36MxVgvoMv3sk5?si=CGN8SoOUT4qSh1b2a1ibxw

🙂 

[rossi1911]

My favorite ever cover is Free Fallin' (Live) by John Mayer.

https://open.spotify.com/track/4LloVtxNZpeh7q7xdi1DQc?si=e6LPGODcSaqFrUFR_ZC8bg

Originally by Tom Petty.

https://open.spotify.com/track/7woZGXjtaYwuvSoU1zToB3?si=DtD4Yh2kSR-f-O-XJPDkew

[Maldo]

Hi! My favorite cover is "No hay nadie mas"

https://open.spotify.com/track/7p0bjfss0FzyJ2UhJdZYKY

And the original by Sebastian Yatra: 

https://open.spotify.com/track/3IPJg1sdqLj12kFIndaonN

Si te gusta, podés compartirla.

[Soundofus]

As said in another post, I am not really a fan of covers. I prefer Hijacked songs as in this thread : https://community.spotify.com/t5/Playlist-Exchange/Better-than-covers-Hijacked-Songs/m-p/4439004#M45...

But I have a particular tenderness for this interpretation of the famous Radiohead's song Creep.

spotify:track:3begqlPORZPin4Z66WPUoe

I don't post the original. It's a shame if you don't know it 😄

twitter.com/soundofus

www.soundofus.com

[jal21]

Favorite cover is This Must Be The Place by Sure Sure

https://open.spotify.com/track/6PuoZT4kgw5DrUEdnQ6e01?si=3UuD6nz_QCOISJ8E1TwM2Q

Original by Talking Heads

https://open.spotify.com/track/6aBUnkXuCEQQHAlTokv9or?si=mBCXt1wKS92GfrF157jJZA

[Jack]

Good topic, @Chris!

I'm a real fan of The Knife so I'm sceptical of your initial choice 😉

As for my covers....

'A New England' - Kirsty MacColl

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The original by Billy Bragg

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Don't get me wrong, Billy's a favourite one mine, but there's something about Kirsty MacColl's version. It's perfect pop; the reimagined textures, the harmonies, it's just given it a whole new lease of lie.

'In The Midnight Hour' by Roxy Music

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The original by Wilson Pickett

spotify:track:78eSeO2ExsR4sLUHtdBCFm:small 

The original version of this slaps so hard - pure 60's Stax soul from Tennessee that's guaranteed to get me moving, admittedly... but there's something in the production of Roxy Music's version that puts it on par in a different manner.

Fun fact: Bryan Ferry also covered 'Let's Stick Together'. Not many people know that his biggest solo hit was originally written by Wilbert Harrison in 1962 (14 years prior).

'I'm Shakin'" by Jack White

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The original by Little Willie John

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Jack White touches things and they turn to audible gold. This Little Willie John tune got a huge boost, simply by adding female backing vocals and upping the tempo by 10 - 15 BPM. 

Listen out for White's exaggerated pronounciation of the word 'nervous'. It's so addictive.

[Chris]

Wow @Soundofus that's quite the cover!

[ramansachdev]

Hey Chris - 

I really dig Ernie Halter's acoustic version of "Black Coffee In Bed":

https://open.spotify.com/track/0TsCgNO9jaznNiPmkLDkbS

Also, I'm an independent musician and songwriter, and my cover of The Verve Pipe's "The Freshman" has been generating a lot of plays on Spotify, which is pretty surprising to me but cool nonetheless. Shameless plug, but check it out if you're so inclined:

https://open.spotify.com/track/1NoNVpAOCrfobmxIHIpfG4

[Melody]

Hey,

Love this thread Chris! Let's keep it going 🙂

Cover:
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Original:
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and

Cover:
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Original:
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and

Cover:
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Original:
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/M

[robmorse]

https://open.spotify.com/track/0eZBeB2xFIS65jQHerispi?si=LQ9WIdHES56o2O496LPONQ

[CzechFencer]

This is my favourite.

https://open.spotify.com/track/3B2NViVaUgsgXwvXurHkXk?si=gMMaB4z6T9SCK1EDSnrZaQ

[mcohen92]

I've been jamming out to EDEN's cover of Billie Jean recently. 

 https://open.spotify.com/track/2zbq8QdgWACnYdKTu2xIE4?si=JgRX9RCBS_6weGNzDA0fRA

Here's the original by Michael Jackson in case, by some sick conspiracy of the universe, you've never heard it before. 

https://open.spotify.com/track/5ChkMS8OtdzJeqyybCc9R5?si=hnOUvwldQDafz-p93FP_tw

[xplcthetics]

https://open.spotify.com/track/6lKKCEeRunxMGM8xgejlyd

A whole other sound!!!! Like man added this voice of god that's funny asl! I love it so much, berhana made this song so mf smooth.

[Flanstario1]

My favorite ever cover is:

https://open.spotify.com/track/2r3nT8U59ulAVtSjcccOYG?si=I20tTgZJSPyFMctVvGE8DA

https://open.spotify.com/track/7F3uo3304R2CTvOseU3H7usi=DYVY_losSquh6OGxHjCm9w

https://open.spotify.com/track/69hvEfUwgdGgYzArB3mQoj?si=4lUBq77CQ86Aqiao7ZVuGA

https://open.spotify.com/track/7o2CTH4ctstm8TNelqjb51?si=VAL-kUc8THmxbJhomZvkHg

https://open.spotify.com/track/52UBzY7Tmi5xjOrtzcDks1?si=fUL4nsL9TgCgOVnoYB-zmw

https://open.spotify.com/album/5IgTY4yg7QK2kVVNrztnmo?si=OD8bW4QpS_CoU_SYRA5GjA

[BradAcord]

Arguably one of the greatest covers of all time:

Mad World - Gary Jules (Cover)

Mad World - Tears for Fears (Original)

Completely different feeling (and in my opinion better) in the cover.

[rossi1911]

My another favorite cover is:

(IMO it sounds much better than the original)

https://open.spotify.com/track/3uUpil73tzMKIMrJsziGIS?si=peu8rynaTe2Gml4ZRlHuJg

Original:

https://open.spotify.com/track/4KfSdst7rW39C0sfhArdrz?si=YP7Qyu7JTiu-KsVYq9U8Ug

[hberryfriend]

Cover:

https://open.spotify.com/track/1AbLKGveV3jFFKVKFYP2Ur

Original:

https://open.spotify.com/track/3LueS3mbuB1yaJNN0Ale6U

[goldy44]

I have an entire playlist of favorite covers. https://open.spotify.com/user/goldy44/playlist/7azzpQjpuhKQafkEYddVPT?si=Q5YdaNLWRxqdEzj8wxbdPA