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- Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band: Trapped
- The White Stripes: Jolene
- Elvis Presley: Tomorrow Is A Long Time
- Bonnie Raitt: Angel from Montgomery
- Quiet Riot: Cum on Feel The Noize
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You could make an extensive box set out of Bruce Springsteen’s live cover songs, but this Jimmy Cliff cover was special, The Boss turning it into an arena anthem without losing the desperation. It remains far and away the musical highlight of the splashy We Are The Worldbenefit album.
There have been numerous covers of Dolly Parton’s “Jolene” over the years, but few have been singled out for praise by Parton herself. (Parton had kind words for Jack White in a 2016 interview with The Guardian.) It’s one of the most “rock” cover versions you’ll hear, of course, but for those looking for other types of takes on the song, you could ...
Just when nobody was looking, Elvis snuck two triumphs on the otherwise forgettable soundtrack album for the 1966 film Spinout. First, The Coasters’ rollicking “Down In The Alley”, and then this Bob Dylan cover, performed with great tenderness. What if post-army Elvis had stuck to covering songs worthy of his talents? For five minutes, we had the a...
“I think ‘Angel from Montgomery’ probably has meant more to my fans and my body of work than any other song,” Bonnie Raitt once said, so it might come as a surprise to learn that Raitt did not compose it. Raitt was one of many artists who enjoyed more commercial success by covering John Prine than Prine ever did singing his own songs, but that’s to...
Slade were glam-rock godheads in their native England, but they struggled to replicate their success across the Atlantic. It wasn’t until the mid-80s that they finally found a foothold in the American market thanks to Quiet Riot’s faithful cover version (right down to the unusual spelling) of “Cum on Feel the Noize,” which helped usher in the trend...
“Big Ten Inch Record” was not a hit for Bull Moose Jackson when it was released as a single in 1952, with most radio stations (understandably) hesitant to play such a risqué song. Its bluesy shuffle and suggestive humor made it a natural fit for Aerosmith, who covered it on their 1975 album Toys in the Attic. But it was the Flashcats, a Pennsylvani...
“Feeling Good”’s most famous rendition is, of course, by Nina Simone. But the original song was written by Anthony Newley and Leslie Bricusse for a musical a year before Simone made it famous on her album I Put a Spell On You. Muse have an incredible ear for a great pop melody, so it’s no surprise that they took the song and made it their own in 20...
One of the biggest hits for the Canadian group The Guess Who was a song that seemingly warned against getting involved with American women. But the songwriter Burton Cummings has since said, in a 2013 interview, that it was simply a way of saying that he preferred Canadian girls. Whatever the meaning, Lenny Kravitz tapped into the song’s magnetism ...
Mark Ronson and Amy Winehouse were struggling to come up with ideas for Ronson’s second album, Version– a collection of Motown-inspired covers of contemporary pop and rock tunes – when Winehouse suggested that they have a go at “Valerie,” a recent single from a British indie rock band the Zutons that she was obsessed with. Ronson and Winehouse’s re...
“Venus” is one of only a handful of songs that multiple artists have taken to the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart. You’re probably familiar with Bananarama’s slick dance-pop cover version from 1986, but it was first a hit for Dutch rock band Shocking Blue back in 1969. (Fun fact: Nirvana’s debut single was a cover of a different Shocking Blue so...
Discover the best cover songs of all time, from Bruce Springsteen's "Trapped" to Nirvana's "The Man Who Sold the World". Learn how these artists reinvented and reimagined songs by Jimmy Cliff, Dolly Parton, Bob Dylan, and more.
Nov 13, 2023 · A ranking of the best cover versions of popular songs from various genres and eras, featuring artists like Pearl Jam, Frank Ocean, Donna Summer and more. Find out which covers are better than the originals and how they transformed the songs into their own style.
Dec 5, 2023 · Each slide will have information about the song's meaning, some of the more notable or unique covers of it, as well as reasons behind the song's success.
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In popular music, a cover version, cover song, remake, revival, or simply cover is a new performance or recording by a musician other than the original performer or composer of the song. [1]
Jan 29, 2024 · We've picked out 40 of the biggest rock acts covered by Loudwire, scanned over their recorded and live histories and offered our takes on the best cover song for each of these bands. For some,...
Sep 18, 2020 · From Eva Cassidy's 'Songbird' to Adele's 'Make You Feel My Love', discover the cover versions that improved on the originals. See how artists like Eric Clapton, Tina Turner, Jeff Buckley and more transformed songs from different genres and eras.
