24 Best Cover Songs of All TimeĪmerican Recording Studios/Universal 1. There are more good covers out there than you might know, so we have selected a handful of our favorites that we believe qualify as the best cover songs ever released. It’s the artists willing to take risks by singing songs that aren’t in their wheelhouse or stretching their creativity by tackling songs in a surprising way that sparks our interest.Ī great cover can totally change the perception of a song or be a powerful illustration of an artist’s creativity. People like Frank Sinatra, Tom Jones, and Matt Monro released dozens of great covers but never tried to change the composition of the originals or include new lyrics. When talking about the best cover songs, we don’t mean everyday standards that the crooners of yesteryear churned out. These are classic tracks reinvented and reinterpreted by artists who make them their own. The best cover songs take an original favorite and transform it into something that sounds totally different but familiar at the same time. Joan Jett And The Blackhearts – “I Love Rock ‘n’ Roll” Led Zeppelin – “Babe I’m Gonna Leave You” Cyndi Lauper – “Girls Just Want To Have Fun”

John Prine – “I Just Called To Say I Love You” The Rolling Stones – “Like a Rolling Stone” The Jimi Hendrix Experience – “All Along the Watchtower” Whitney Houston – “I Will Always Love You”

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