well mine right now is:

The Ataris "Boys Of Summer" (originally by Don Henley)

it f***in' ROCKS!

I really like Tori Amos's cover of "Smells like teen spirit" originally by Nirvana.

Phyllis Hyman's "Betcha By Golly Wow" (of course, originally done by The Stylistics)!! She and Norman Connors did a MAGNIFICENT job on this track!!!

alexnvrmnd said:

1000.000 AMEN to you her version is a killer! I won't go throught my wedding without playing that song.

-Respect-Aretha
-All of the covers Mary J did
-Inner City Bluse(Make Me Wanna Holler)-Angela Winbush
-At Your Best & Choosy Lover-Aaliyah
-If You Play Your Cards Right-Slyeena Johnson
-I Can't Get My Eyes Off You-Lauryn Hill
-Feels Like Making Love-D'Angelo
-The Closer I Get To You-Beyonce & Luther
-I Didn't Mean To Turn You On-Mariah
-Whats Going On-Donny Hothaway
-Love Wants You And Needs You-Jaguar Wright
-If You Onlu Knew-Keke Wyatt
-My First Love-Avant & Keke Wyatt
-I Feel For You-Chaka Khan

Harlepolis said:

You and me both! That track is just so lush, sweet, and creamy that it just makes you wanna fall in love! LOL!

I can't agree with all of the other covers you listed (a couple I do, though), but I will say D'Angelo's version "Heaven Must Be Like This" is HOT!!! Very old school sounding, almost recreating the song exactly, which I normally hate, but he pulls it off with me here. I'd also add Melissa Morgan's Do Me Baby and Ani DiFranco's When You Were Mine (live) to my list too.

alexnvrmnd said:

How could I 4get the beautiful Miss Morgan's version?? Also she did a fine jop covering Chaka Khan's "Fool's Paradise". She used to be her back-up vocalist, so there u go

JD, Delores, Savage and themellowone-Prince's 'Girls and Boys', live at Prince Purple Rave Party, Nov 30th London.

ttd did a jaw dropping version of what a wonderful world

jeffrey gaines did an incredible version of peter gabriel's "in your eyes". helps that he has that great scratchy throat cancerish voice like peter too.

terence does a great "under my thumb" live.

sylvester- "one night only"

grace jones - "demolition man"

george micheal- "they wont go when i go"

jimi hendrix- "all along the watchtower"

10,ooo maniacs- "because the night"

seal- "hey joe"

nin- "physical"

marc anthony- "preciosa" - my absolute fav ever!

IAM said:

I agree with the Jeffrey Gaines version of 'In Your Eyes'. I didn't even really care for the original.

Who did the original of 'Physical' by NIN? I didn't know it was a cover.

Mica Paris: 'One'

McAlmont & Butler: 'Back For Good'

Goldfrapp: 'Girls' (AKA: Olivia Newton John's Physical)

Prince: 'Just My Imagination'

George Michael: 'The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face'

Queen: 'Big Spender' (HILARIOUSLY OTT CAMP - U GOTTA hear this! Check out their 'Live at Wembley' album)

way2funky said:

adam ant...

I Can't Make You Love Me by Prince. It's the only version if you ask me.

"Until you Come back to Me(that's what I'm gonna do" Aretha Franklin.Her Re-Make made me forget Stevie's&that is Saying alot.

mistermaxxx said:

RETURN OF THE MAXXX! Welcome back bro!

The Specials version of Bob Dylan's "Maggie's Farm".
The Chili Peppers' version of Dylan's "Subterranean Homesick Blues".
Talking Heads version of Al Green's "Take Me to the River" (the live "Stop Making Sense" version).
The Clash's punk/reggae hybrid of Junior Marvin's "Police & Thieves"
I wanna say a Prince cover song, but I don't think he's done any justice when covering songs.

intha916 said:

Thank You for the Juice.Peace&Props to You as well!

i'm not very big with covers, but here's some of my faves:

ramones, "chinese rocks" (johnny thunders)

cyndi lauper, "when you were mine" (we know who)

red hot chili peppers, "search and destroy" (iggy and the stooges)




lemme think of mo'

Tori Amos- Smells Like Teen Spirit (Nirvana)

Duran Duran- Perfect Day (Lou Reed)

White Zombie- I'm Your Boogieman (KC & The Sunshine Band)

- One Of Us (Joan Osbourne)

Electric Hellfire Club- Black No. 1 (Type O Negative)

The Red Hot Chili Peppers- Higher Ground (Stevie Wonder)

Tears For Fears- Creep (Radiohead)

Tori Amos- Famous Blue Raincoat (Leonard Cohen)

Johnny Cash- Hurt (Nine Inch Nails)

Willie Nelson- Slow Dancing (U2)

U2- Dancing Barefoot (Patti Smith)

Blue Man Group- White Rabbit (Jefferson Airplane)

Duran Duran- White Lines (Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five Featuring Melle Mel)

Bauhaus- Ziggy Stardust (David Bowie)

Orgy- Blue Monday (New Order)

Pat Boone- Crazy Train (Ozzy Osbourne)

thanx 4 all th ereplies here & on the 'worst cover versions' thread.
i knew this would b a good idea 4 a discussion.


also some more from me:

Just My Imagination (Prince does Temptations)

Makes Me Sweat (beenieman & bigpun do INXS "need u 2nite"...sort of a sample but pretty heavily used.practically a cover)

Come Together (MJ does The Beatles)

With A Little help From My Friends (Bon Jovi do The Beatles/Cocker ...this is from their MTV EveningWithBonJovi video from the early 90s.jon's voice & the band is just outstanding)

The Loved One (INXS do The Loved Ones... from their KICK album,an old 60s aussie hit that makes u 4get the original)

Higher Ground (Chilli Peppers do Stevie)

Polk Salad Annie (Elvis does Tony Joe White...i have a few amazing live versions of this one.Elvis working his incredibly funky TCB band,just wild!)

American Woman (Lenny Kravitz does BTO)

She's Always In My Hair (D'Angelo does Prince)

Darling Nikki (Keller Williams does Prince... live acoustic version,its country/western & sounds excellent...the guitar playing is killer.obviously a Prince fan)

Under My Thumb (Michael Hutchnece does The Rolling Stones... with a symphony orchestra.sounds dyvine)

One Of Us (Prince does Joan Osbourne...or whoever did it b4 her)

Voodoo Chile (Prince does Jimi...live at PaisleyPark 9/16/95)

...& probably the best of all:

Who's Loving You (The Jackson 5 do The Temptations... Michael's voice has never sounded better than it did on this recording 30-odd years ago.breathtaking!)

I'm usually not feeling covers like the originals, but there's a few that IMO are better than their grandads. I like
Come together - mj (beatles)
We can work it out - stevie wonder (beatles)
With a little help from my friends - joe cocker (beatles)

Another remake i like is redemptions song performed by stevie wonder. It's a complete contrast to bob's original, and includes a really spectacular vocal performance by Stevie. Not necessarily better but a great example of a completely different interpretation of a classic song.

Those beatles eh? Mad songwriters

Jane's Addiction's covers of Rock 'n' Roll and Sympathy rank as the 2 best covers ever in my book

next would be Sinead's version of Nothing Compares 2 U which is much better than any version Prince ever did


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Any Joan Jett cover wins for me!

Annie Lennox' work on 'Medusa' is stunning. Every song is a keeper.

endorphin74 said:

Oooo, can't agree with your comment about Sinead. Prince's version is much better. Heck, I like the Family's version better.

RHCP - If you want me to stay
RHCP - Higher Ground
RHCP - Fire
Prince - One of us
George Michael - I cant make u love me
Prince did a great job on "whole lotta love" during the ONA tour.. (that's just my opinion)

Tori Amos "Famous Blue Raincoat"
Tori Amos "Thank You"
Tori Amos "Time"
Tori Amos "Strange Fruit"
Tori Amos "After All"
Tori Amos "Losing My Religion"
Tori Amos "London Girl"
Tori Amos "A Case Of You"
Tori Amos "Daniel"
Tori Amos "Landslide"


I think you get the point, tori amos does a mean old cover
once in a while. she always makes them entirely her own an
she does it bloody fcking well. fbr and thank you are some
of the most beautiful songs ever.

Sandra said:

from the boots ive heard,yeah it sounds wild.

did RHCP do Jimi's "Fire" ?

Joshy84au said:

Yes, hello I'm a fan, I ought to know hehe.. yes they did Hendrix FIRE.. on the album called "Mother's milk" damn its a great album!!! One of my all time favourites are "taste the pain" by rhcp, also on that album.. "Mother's milk"..

mistermaxxx said:

Dude I really missed you! Back to the subject: Al Green's How Can You Mend A Broken Heart, Prince's I Can't Make You Love Me and George Michael's cover of Gladys Knight's If I Were You Woman.