Top 10 Best Music Covers

Marilyn Manson did an excellent job covering Tainted Love for Not Another Teen Movie and as much as we love his version, the prize for best cover goes to Soft Cell. It’s simple really; very few people even know that Soft Cell’s is a cover to begin with. That’s right, the 80s song is actually based on the musical piece that Gloria Jones did way back in 1964.

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Two decades after the Tears For Fears song was released, Gary Jules created this masterpiece interpretation of Mad World for the movie Donnie Darko. The song became an instant hit and charted at #1 in the UK versus the #3 the original had attained. The simple piano tune and stronger more emotion-filled vocals made the song more powerful and successful than the original.

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Clearly this must be a mistake right? The song was created for the movie The Bodyguard no? We were just as shocked as the rest of the world when we found out that Dolly Parton owns the bragging right for the original I Will Always Love You. We don’t really need to say much more, sorry Dolly but no one can match Whitney's voice.

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Covering The Beatles is one thing, but actually outperforming them is an astonishing feat. Joe Cocker took a simple campy song from the Fab Four and turned it into an extraordinary classic. Most people don’t even know that With a Little Help from my Friends is even a cover. If you were a kid in the 80s, you should recognize the song from its re-featured in The Wonder Years’ opening credits.

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Which came first, the chicken or the egg? Many confuse the song Hurt thinking it was originally created by Johnny Cash and later covered by Nine Inch Nails, however that’s not the case. Trent Reznor wrote and released the song first; Johnny Cash simply took the song and made it his own. Cash’s interpretation was filled with emotion and was one of his last big hits before he passed away. It is often played during his tribute videos.

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