Best Cover Songs of All Time

[Sacrosanct]

It's hard to do wrong with Bob Dylan covers though. Songs written by Bob Dylan and not sung by Bob Dylan? Yes please

Funny enough, The Times They Are a-Changin' by Phil Collins is my favorite version of that song. So I can't argue with you lol.

 

[Ryujin]

And then there was the time that Shriekback unexpectedly covered a disco song.

 

[billd91]

While they do have a few other good songs, I feel Van Halen's best songs are their covers. Example:

And a lot of people don’t know that this Huey Lewis and the News song is a cover:

 

[billd91]

Joan Jett does an excellent cover of Leslie Gore:

 

[Haiku Elvis]

I know we are just skirting round the issue and we all know the greatest cover of all time is....

 

[Mannahnin]

I'd say Johnn Cash's American music anthology is the best collection of covers hands down.

I don't think I can agree, but there are definitely some gems!

 

[ko6ux]

I know we are just skirting round the issue and we all know the greatest cover of all time is....

Rocketman would like a word with you.



Allow me also to add Metallica's cover of Bob Seeger's "Turn the Page."

 

[Haiku Elvis]

Rocketman would like a word with you.

I don't know if I can fully agree but you definitely get a curt nod of manly respect.

 

[Dioltach]

I'm not going to change my original answer (because, well, I Love Rock And Roll is pretty much the best song ever), but I'd like to give an honourable mention to "The Day Before You Came" by Tanita Tikaram and Deacon Blue's Four Bacharach and David Songs EP (and in particular "I'll Never Fall In Love Again").

 

[Mannahnin]

Speaking of Bacharach, I don't know if I'd really put it on my list of greatest covers of all time, but this is a damn solid cover: