Recently, I asked the BuzzFeed Community to share a song cover they like more than the original. The results had my eyebrows raised from beginning to end:
1.
“‘Africa’ by Weezer, I like the original by Toto, too, but I was alive when Weezer came out with the cover, so I think that’s why I like it more.”
3.
“Lauryn Hill’s version of ‘Can’t Take My Eyes Off Of You.’ Her version really speaks to my soul and grabs me, making me weak in the knees every time I hear it. It’s the most perfect version of the song!”
—gigimomster
6.
“‘The Man Who Sold The World.’ I ADORE David Bowie’s music, but something about the Nirvana MTV Unplugged version of that song makes me like it more.”
—toast2002
7.
“Jeff Buckley’s cover of Leonard Cohen’s ‘Hallelujah.’ Cohen’s is beautiful on its own, but Buckley’s version is so haunting and hypnotizing, and so much more emotional, especially with the knowledge of Buckley’s untimely death.”
9.
Never have I ever wanted to add a comment before now. ‘Sail’ by AWOLNATION is good. ‘Sail’ by Devil Driver is on a whole other level above the original.”
—dappelman82
10.
“The Moulin Rouge version of ‘Lady Marmalade!’ Hands down.”
11.
“I might get hate for this but ‘Cancer’ covered by Twenty One Pilots (originally performed by My Chemical Romance). Twenty One Pilots’s version is at least on the same level as the original. The original feels like a cancer patient at the beginning of treatment, raging at the diagnosis. Twenty One Pilots’s version feels like a cancer patient towards the end of treatment, just absolutely exhausted and done with the pain. It manages to respect the original while being different, and I love it.”
—cristiandelgado
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“‘Running Up That Hill (A Deal with God)’ by Placebo. I love Stranger Things, and I do enjoy Kate Bush’s voice. I’m very happy for her that Stranger Things made it so popular again. But honestly, Placebo’s version is so much better. It’s a bit almost grittier and smoother, and overall I would rather listen to their cover a million times than Kate Bush’s.”
21.
“‘Tennessee Whiskey,’ the Chris Stapleton version. Nothing against George Jones or David Allan Coke, but no one can sing that song like Stapleton. He does it so well that most people don’t even realize it’s a cover!”
—erinpatterson1
25.
“‘It’s My Life’ by No Doubt. To me, this song is better than the original by Talk Talk. I like the female vocals of it and how to me, it seems slightly more dramatic than the original.”
30.
“Stand Atlantic’s cover of ‘MakeDamnSure’ by Taking Back Sunday. I adore the original, but the guitars’ texture, the clarity of Bonnie’s voice, and the added two beats at the end of the bridge??? The cover wins all-day.”
—ssketchator1
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“Definitely an unpopular opinion, but I’ll always prefer Geri Halliwell’s version of ‘It’s Raining Men’ over the original The Weather Girls version. (Sorry, Weather Girls!) It’s just more fun to me. And this is coming from someone who grew up in the ’80s and the original version of this song.”
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“‘Respect’ by Aretha Franklin! The song was originally written and recorded by Otis Redding basically to complain about his wife, and Aretha took the song and completely reclaimed it.”
Are there any covers that you think don’t get enough love? Comment below!
Source: https://www.buzzfeed.com/jeremyhayes/people-like-these-covers-more-than-the-original
