The best cover song in the world....ever

[BarryBreensBandage]

Okay, Have sifted through the submissions - through no particular selection process (apart from their version made me think they wrote it... and with the help of Turkish Beer) - here is my selection of the best so far.
I have left out my submissions, because I really can't pick between them and the originals.
But, in a moment of refraction, I have added two, that I think stand up to the rest.

So, if you could be arsed, please listen and re-post till we see who has the honour of being the Best Cover Song in the world ever (by our own humble standards).

Go raibh maith agaibh

Here we go:

Shout out to the Janis version of Bobby McGee, but Kristofferson is untouchable.
Also Gary Jules version of Mad World but TFF version shades it, I think:

Happy Mondays – Step On
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2CQLAhNlbfQ&feature=youtu.be

Johnny Cash – Hurt
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmVAWKfJ4Go&feature=youtu.be

The Band – When I Paint my Masterpiece
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wq2e7DPhyHg

Army Dreamers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=031-w5Z6_v4

Chris Cornell – Billie Jean
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0uWF-37DAM

Red Hot Chili Peppers – Havana Affair
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fd3zNZMnBfc

Nirvana – Where did you sleep last night
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcXYz0gtJeM

Them – Please Don't Go
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Wah7MqEHFg

The Fall – Lost in Music
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuKXYeRCUzI

The Cleverleys – Walk Like an Egyptian
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PS0P7w4YCDI

Pearl Jam – Crazy Mary
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UH9IqDpVo2A

Groove Armada – Crazy For You
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sa44hQ-2SsQ

Lick The Tins - I Can't Help Falling in Love With You
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-__OdJ5b6A

[moysider]

Anne Briggs - She moved through the fair.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dyUsXgL7ow

[heganboy]

I can't help but think that we started this all:

http://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2014/oct/28/50-best-covers-of-all-time-do-you-agree

The top 50 cover versions:
1. Pet Shop Boys - Always On My Mind
2. Johnny Cash - Hurt
3. The Stranglers - Walk On By
4. Jimi Hendrix - All Along The Watchtower
5. Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah
6. Soft Cell - Tainted Love
7. Joe Cocker - With A Little Help From My Friends
8. Sinead O'Connor - Nothing Compares 2 U
9. Muse - Feeling Good
10. Whitney Houston - I Will Always Love You
11. Marvin Gaye - I Heard It Through The Grapevine
12. Adele - Make You Feel My Love
13. This Mortal Coil - Song To The Siren
14. The Clash - I Fought The Law
15. China Drum - Wuthering Heights
16. Nirvana - The Man Who Sold The World
17. Aretha Franklin - Respect
18. Eva Cassidy - Songbird
19. Leona Lewis - Run
20. Led Zeppelin - When The Levee Breaks
21. Righteous Brothers - Unchained Melody
22. Florence + the Machine - You've Got The Love
23. Mark Ronson - Valerie (feat. Amy Winehouse)
24. Jimi Hendrix - Hey Joe
25. The Fall - Lost In Music
26. Gary Jules - Mad World (feat. Michael Andrews)
27. Bryan Ferry - A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall
28. The Specials - A Message To You Rudy
29. Birdy - Skinny Love
30. Fugees - Killing Me Softly With His Song
31. The Pogues - Dirty Old Town
32. Elvis Costello & The Attractions - Good Year For The Roses
33. José González - Heartbeats
34. The Isley Brothers - Summer Breeze
35. Thin Lizzy - Rosalie
36. Talking Heads - Take Me To The River
37. David Bowie - China Girl
38. Urge Overkill - Girl, You'll Be A Woman Soon
39. Ryan Adams - Wonderwall
40. Nina Simone - Mr. Bojangles
41. Hüsker Dü - Eight Miles High
42. José Feliciano - Light My Fire
43. Earth, Wind & Fire - Got To Get You Into My Life
44. Santana - Oye Como Va
45. James Blake - Limit To Your Love
46. Billy Paul - Your Song
47. Richie Havens - Going Back To My Roots
48. Labrinth - Express Yourself
49. Prince Fatty - Shimmy Shimmy Ya (feat. Horseman)
50. D'Angelo – Cruisin

[5 Sams]

Always liked this...

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=O2Fu8kSlmTw

[dec]

Lemonheads - Mrs Robinson

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvMFm5nKeUc

[5 Sams]

Sufcukinperb.

Love this.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=QutLsCCY2yw

[Syferus]

Wagon Wheel.

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[Jell 0 Biafra]

Forgot about this one:

Nick Cave, Wanted Man:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZeaBwDmN2E

[thewobbler]

Much as I hate to put forward anything that X Factor helped create, Leona Lewis's version of Run is superb: took an average rock song and made it quite haunting.

I'm also rather partial to Somewhere Only We Know when sang by Lily Allen.

[ziggysego]

Always liked this cover of the Norman Greenbaum classic.

http://youtu.be/9X2fdGEWOhA

[Agent Orange]

Hazel Kaneswaran's cover of U2's A Sort of Homecoming is excellent. She is also very easy on the eye.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7SJ7YsqofE

[Armamike]

Joe Cocker - a little help from my friends (The Beatles). Difficult feat to cover a Beatles track, but Cocker managed to put his own twist on the song and gave it a completely different sound.

[tyroneman]

Afghan Whigs...dark end of the street + my world is empty without you
Jamey Johnson ...two out of three ain't bad
Frente.....bizarre love triangle
Scud mountain boys....please mr please

[moysider]

I can't help but think that we started this all:

http://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2014/oct/28/50-best-covers-of-all-time-do-you-agree

The top 50 cover versions:
1. Pet Shop Boys - Always On My Mind
2. Johnny Cash - Hurt
3. The Stranglers - Walk On By
4. Jimi Hendrix - All Along The Watchtower
5. Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah
6. Soft Cell - Tainted Love
7. Joe Cocker - With A Little Help From My Friends
8. Sinead O'Connor - Nothing Compares 2 U
9. Muse - Feeling Good
10. Whitney Houston - I Will Always Love You
11. Marvin Gaye - I Heard It Through The Grapevine
12. Adele - Make You Feel My Love
13. This Mortal Coil - Song To The Siren
14. The Clash - I Fought The Law
15. China Drum - Wuthering Heights
16. Nirvana - The Man Who Sold The World
17. Aretha Franklin - Respect
18. Eva Cassidy - Songbird
19. Leona Lewis - Run
20. Led Zeppelin - When The Levee Breaks
21. Righteous Brothers - Unchained Melody
22. Florence + the Machine - You've Got The Love
23. Mark Ronson - Valerie (feat. Amy Winehouse)
24. Jimi Hendrix - Hey Joe
25. The Fall - Lost In Music
26. Gary Jules - Mad World (feat. Michael Andrews)
27. Bryan Ferry - A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall
28. The Specials - A Message To You Rudy
29. Birdy - Skinny Love
30. Fugees - Killing Me Softly With His Song
31. The Pogues - Dirty Old Town
32. Elvis Costello & The Attractions - Good Year For The Roses
33. José González - Heartbeats
34. The Isley Brothers - Summer Breeze
35. Thin Lizzy - Rosalie
36. Talking Heads - Take Me To The River
37. David Bowie - China Girl
38. Urge Overkill - Girl, You'll Be A Woman Soon
39. Ryan Adams - Wonderwall
40. Nina Simone - Mr. Bojangles
41. Hüsker Dü - Eight Miles High
42. José Feliciano - Light My Fire
43. Earth, Wind & Fire - Got To Get You Into My Life
44. Santana - Oye Como Va
45. James Blake - Limit To Your Love
46. Billy Paul - Your Song
47. Richie Havens - Going Back To My Roots
48. Labrinth - Express Yourself
49. Prince Fatty - Shimmy Shimmy Ya (feat. Horseman)
50. D'Angelo – Cruisin

What? No Janis, Byrds, Peter Paul and Mary or Band??

[Doire abú]

Smashing Pumpkins - Landslide (original by Fleetwood Mac also excellent).

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=4U4opbXoMss