Great Cover Songs

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By tallullah3

I Love A Good Cover Song

 This hub is totally contradictary to my previous hub about movie remakes. While I don't always see the need for movie remakes, I love a good cover song! I like it better when the artist takes a great song and makes it their own. This is a list of some of those songs. If you haven't heard them, I highly recommend checking them out!

Smooth Criminal - Alien Ant Farm oringinally performed by Michael Jackson

Immigrant Song - Ann Wilson originally performed by Led Zeppelin

Waiting in Vain - Annie Lennox originally performed by Bob Marley

Jump In Line (Shake Shake Senora) - Cherry Poppin' Daddies originally performed by Harry Belafonte (and possibly someone before him)

God Only Knows - David Bowie originally performed by The Beach Boys

Just A Gigolo - David Lee Roth originally performed by Louis Prima

Working In A Coalmine - Devo originally performed by Lee Dorsey

Easy - Faith No More originally performed by The Commodores

School - Fear Factory originally performed by Nirvana

99 Red Balloons - Goldfinger originally performed by Nena

B!tch - The Goo Goo Dolls originally performed by The Rolling Stones

Such Great Heights - Iron and Wine originally performed by The Postal Service

Stand By Me - John Lennon originally performed by Ben E. King

Bold As Love - John Mayer originally performed by Jimi Hendrix

Hurt - Johnny Cash originally performed by Nine Inch Nails

Battle Of Evermore - The Lovemongers originally performed by Led Zeppelin

I Put A Spell On You - Marilyn Manson originally performed by Screamin' Jay Hawkins (and Creedence Clearwater Revival)

Whiskey In The Jar - Metallica originally performed by Thin Lizzy

Miss You - Mirwais originally performed by The Rolling Stones

I Am The Walrus - Oingo Boingo originally performed by The Beatles

Blue Monday - Orgy originally performed by New Order

Always On My Mind - The Pet Shop Boys originally performed by Willie Nelson

Stripped - Rammstein originally performed by Depeche Mode

Love Rollercoaster - Red Hot Chili Peppers originally performed by The Ohio Players

Take On Me - Reel Big Fish originally performed by A-Ha

Come On Eileen - Save Ferris originally performed by Dexy's Midnight Runners

Nothing Compares 2 U - Sinead O'Connor originally performed by Prince

Atomic - Sleeper originally performed by Blondie

Lovesong - Snake River Conspiracy originally performed by The Cure

Sexual Healing - Soul Asylum originally performed by Marvin Gaye

We Can Work It Out - Stevie Wonder originally performed by The Beatles

Something In The Air - Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers originally performed by Thunderclap Newman

Can't Help Falling In Love - UB40 originally performed by Elvis Presley

Loving The Alien - Velvet Revolver originally performed by David Bowie

Kiss - Tom Jones originally performed by Prince

I Feel Love - The Blue Man Group with Venus Hum originally performed    by Donna Summer

You Belong To Me - Bob Dylan originally performed by The Duprees

I Will Survive - Cake originally performed by Gloria Gaynor

Burning Down The House - The Cardigans with Tom Jones originally performed by The Talking Heads

 

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