Covers of songs that reinterpret &/or better the original song

I thought I'd start this thread with the theme of finding covers of songs that reinterpret/reveal the original song in a new light (or just is better than the original).

Edit: I've cleaned up this first post as it wasn't being formatted correctly - I posted each entry individually below instead (& included the original version too)

And just a left field one - Don McClean doing Mountains of Mourne - a classic Irish ballad normally just rattled through, but McClean exposes the poignancy & sadness (all Irish ballads have that in heaps) in the song

There are lots out there - some "new" songs are a rediscovery of an old song that a lot of the listeners don't realise

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A classic one "Valerie" by Amy Winehouse ( a great talent, sadly missed)

original by The Zutons?

Redoing my first post to separate out each individual song & include the original - clean up the mess

I'll start with this classic "Mad World" by Tears for Fears

Redone by Gary Jules & given a much slower, darker treatment

And this one "Creep" - a brilliant RadioHead song

Reinterpreted by Kina Grannis

And ArloParks

A Lily Allen reinterpretation of a

Keane song "Somewhere only we know"

Lily Allen's version (maybe I just love Lily Allen?)

A classic in its own right - The Fugees cover of Roberta Flack's "Killing me softly"

Some may think this Nirvana song is an original "The Man who Sold the World

Here's one that has had great covers through the decades "I don't want to talk about it"

Original by Crazy Horse

All the Young Dudes by Mott the Hoople

Covered by World Party (a Beatle-esque band) featured in Clueless movie

Continuing my saga here

This by 4 Non Blondes "What's Up"

Covered by Genevieve Leclerc

Billie Jean by M Jackson - a classic - hard to beat

An interesting cover by The Civil Wars

U2 - Where The Streets have no Name

Pet Shop Boys

Manfred Mann - Handbags & Gladrags

Rod Stewart

A few yrs back I came to find out that the beatles are the original creators of such a sweet song. Nina* Simone definitely put some life to this track.

Yo, and what's good w/ that bubble guy living off of Simone's back. He's soulless when he sings. Has he even created noise or is he just doing karaoke at every concert?

One of my favourites... I love a good Cover, especially if it's kind of a New song...i have many more of those. But i gotta find them first...

The original...

Ha. Another favourite...

Lana del Reys Cover of "Don't let me be misunderstood".

The original by Santa Esmeralda. Thanks to my dad i just love this disco freak show. *giggle

Thnks for reviving this thread, Steph - I had forgotten about it
Much prefer the original- I like the Spanish Famenco vibe

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A few yrs back I came to find out that the beatles are the original creators of such a sweet song. Nina* Simone definitely put some life to this track.

Yo, and what's good w/ that bubble guy living off of Simone's back. He's soulless when he sings. Has he even created noise or is he just doing karaoke at every concert?

Oh, I see that I had already posted this.

Sweet Dreams

The original by The Eurythmics:

And the cover by Marilyn Manson:

I like them both but I love the dark undertones of the slower Marilyn Manson version.

Hurt, NIN. Johnny Cash covered it and now it’s Cash’s song.

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Billie Jean by M Jackson - a classic - hard to beat

An interesting cover by The Civil Wars

What a weird cool unexpected cover. Nice.

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Hurt, NIN. Johnny Cash covered it and now it’s Cash’s song.

Cash's cover is so good, I can't listen to his version without feeling some type of way.

And can't forget the ultimate cover, which is Whitney Houston covering Dolly Parton's 'I will always love you.'

Dolly's

Whitney's