Which covered songs, not sampled, do you like better than the original recording?
I like:

Britney Spears - My Prerogative
better than
Bobby Brown - My Prerogative

Michael Jackson - Come Together
better than
The Beatles - Come Together

The Jimi Hendrix Experience - All Along The Watchtower
better than
Bob Dylan - All Along The Watchtower

Eric Clapton - Layla
better than
Derek & The Dominos - Layla

A Perfect Circle - Imagine
better than
John Lennon - Imagine

Brandy - (Everything I Do) I Do It For You
better than
Bryan Adams - (Everything I Do) I Do It For You

- Shhh
better than
Tevin Campbell - Shhh
(Tevin did release his first, even if wrote it)

Seal - Walk On By
better than
Dionne Warwick - Walk On By

Terence Trent D'Arby - A Change Is Gonna Come
better than
Sam Cooke - A Change Is Gonna Come

Jackson 5 - Who's Lovin' You
better than
The Miracles - Who's Lovin' You

Lenny Kravitz - American Woman
better than
The Guess Who - American Woman

Michael Jackson - Smile
better than
Nat "King" Cole - Smile

That's all I can think of.

The only two that really jump out at me are Devo's version of 'Satisfaction' and Luther Vandross' 'House Is Not A Home' and 'Superstar'. I'm sure I'll think of some others later.

i'm gonna get murderfied for this, but i prefer grace jones' covers of "warm leatherette" and "love is the drug" to the originals.

Anxiety said:

I do too! I think I might prefer the Pretenders' version of "Private Life", though.

Sinead's Nothing Compares over the Family's or Prince's

MendesCity said:

i like the family's version but prince's version is a little bland compared to sineanay's version.

Anxiety said:

"Warm Leatherette" for sure, but "Love is the Drug" is totally Roxy Music's.

Prince'z A Case of U over Joni Mitchell'z

Ryan Adams - "Wonderwall"
better than
Oasis - "Wonderwall"

Stevie Wonders 'We Can Work It Out'
better than the Beatles version

Third World's version of the O'Jay's - "Now That We Found Love" is much better than the original.

UB40's - Red, Red, Wine is better than Neil Diamond's version.

DiamondGlove said:

So true.

This song has been covered so many times but MJ's is the best.

I know it's just an opinion and that we're all entitled to them, but...

DiamondGlove said:

My fave "better" covers are:

Sheena Easton "Jimmy Mack"
Sheena Easton "I Need Your Lovin'"
Melissa Manchester "Walk On By"
X "Wild Thing"
Regina Belle "Love TKO"

Wowugotit said:

Nothing beats Martha Reeves and that classic 60's Motown production.

VoicesCarry said:

Amen!

I love the original Martha version but Sheena Easton's version, produced by Nile Rodgers, for her DO YOU album comes close (for me).

Timmy84 said:

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I like Manfred Mann's Blinded by the Light better than Bruce Springsteen's.

I also like Kim Wilde's version of You Keep Me Hanging On better than the original.

Efan said:

i don't think i know the difference between manfred mann's version and bruce's version.

Efan said:

Agreed. I like the groove of it and the organ stuff in the chorus.

Another one is Rascal Flatts' cover of "Life Is A Highway" over Tom Cochrane's original. The Flatts version is candy, but it rocks and their harmonies sound great on it. http://www.youtube.com/wa...8x-Ul6jShk

Anxiety said:

I will have to disagree with you two times there. Which version of "Demolition Man" came out first? I LOVE Grace's version.

I like Bauhaus Ziggy cover more than the original. Maybe because I heard it first.

how is this not mentioned yet?

Micheal Jackson's -Butterfies, over Floetry's original

Fountains of Wayne's Hit Me Baby One More Time over Britney's
Cyndi Lauper's Money Changes Everything over the Brains'

jami0mckay said:

I'm wit you on that one!!

IF THIS WORLD IN MINE BY LUTHER VANDROSS & CHERYL LYNN IS WAYYYYY BETTER THAN MARVIN GAYE & TAMMI TERRELL

AL GREEN HOW CAN YOU MEND A BROKEN HEART OVER THE BEE GEES

sextonseven said:

i think the bauhaus version of ziggy has more punch, but i'm more loyal to the bowie version. i do prefer their version of 'third uncle' to the brian eno original, though. 'telegram sam' is a toss-up.

i think the police's version of "demolition man" came first, though i might be wrong about that. i know sting did it live and re-recorded it for that lame-ass sly stallone movie by the same title. i think everyone thinks of it as a grace song regardless.

OH: and it's also a toss-up for me between grace and iggy with "nightclubbing". both are pretty sweet.

debbiedean2 said:

Shout all you want, but I still disagree.

AlexdeParis said:

SORRY CAN'T HELP THAT I HAVE A BIG MOUTH OR TO LAZY TO TAKE THE CAPS OFF AND HIT THE SHIFT KEY