Top 30 Cover Songs That Sound NOTHING Like the Original
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Date: 2025-07-20
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watchmojo
Any number of artists who cover Prince(ex: I Feel For You(cover-Chaka Khan); (When You Were Mine(cover-Cyndi Lauper); (I Never Could Take The Place Of Your Man(cover-Jordan Knight); When Doves Cry(cover-Ginuwine); Kiss(cover-Tom Jones ft Art Of Noise)
The Beautiful Ones(cover-Mariah Carey ft Dru Hill)
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Put A Little Love In Your Heart(original: Jackie DeShannon/cover: Al Green ft Annie Lennox)
More Love(original: Smoky Robinson and The Miracles/cover: Kim Carnes)
War(original: Edwin Starr/cover: Bruce Springsteen)
I Got You Babe(original: Sonny & Cher/cover: UB40 ft Chrissie Hyde)
If You Don't Know Me By Now(original: Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes/cover: Simply Red)
The Loco-Motion(original: Little Eva/cover #1: Grand Funk Railroad/cover #2: Kylie Manouge)
Baby I Need Your Lovin'(original: The Four Tops/cover: Johnny Rivers)
To Love Somebody(original: Bee Gees/Cover: Michael Bolton)
When A Man Loves A Woman(original: Percy Sledge/cover: Michael Bolton)
Hazy Shade Of Winter(original: Simon & Garfunkel/cover #1: The Bangels/cover #2: Gerald Way and Ray Toro)
I Can't Make You Love Me(original: Bonnie Rait/cover: Prince)
One Of Us(cover: Joan Osborne/cover: Prince)
Betcha By Golly Wow(original: The Stylistics/cover: Prince)
Everday Is A Winding Road(original: Cheryl Crow/cover: Prince)
Fast Car(original: Tracy Chapman/cover: Luke Combs)
Life Is A Highway(original: Tom Chocoran/cover: Rascal Flatts)
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Any number of artists who cover Prince(ex: I Feel For You(cover-Chaka Khan); (When You Were Mine(cover-Cyndi Lauper); (I Never Could Take The Place Of Your Man(cover-Jordan Knight); When Doves Cry(cover-Ginuwine); Kiss(cover-Tom Jones ft Art Of Noise)
The Beautiful Ones(cover-Mariah Carey ft Dru Hill)
Also:
Put A Little Love In Your Heart(original: Jackie DeShannon/cover: Al Green ft Annie Lennox)
More Love(original: Smoky Robinson and The Miracles/cover: Kim Carnes)
War(original: Edwin Starr/cover: Bruce Springsteen)
I Got You Babe(original: Sonny & Cher/cover: UB40 ft Chrissie Hyde)
If You Don't Know Me By Now(original: Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes/cover: Simply Red)
The Loco-Motion(original: Little Eva/cover #1: Grand Funk Railroad/cover #2: Kylie Manouge)
Baby I Need Your Lovin'(original: The Four Tops/cover: Johnny Rivers)
To Love Somebody(original: Bee Gees/Cover: Michael Bolton)
When A Man Loves A Woman(original: Percy Sledge/cover: Michael Bolton)
Hazy Shade Of Winter(original: Simon & Garfunkel/cover #1: The Bangels/cover #2: Gerald Way and Ray Toro)
I Can't Make You Love Me(original: Bonnie Rait/cover: Prince)
One Of Us(cover: Joan Osborne/cover: Prince)
Betcha By Golly Wow(original: The Stylistics/cover: Prince)
Everday Is A Winding Road(original: Cheryl Crow/cover: Prince)
Fast Car(original: Tracy Chapman/cover: Luke Combs)
Life Is A Highway(original: Tom Chocoran/cover: Rascal Flatts)
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BlackHatCinephile
The only improvements are Ram Jam Black Betty, Led Zeppelin Levee Breaks, the Cyndi one, the Aretha one, Watchtower and Blinded By The Lights. The rest are a graffiti mustache on the Mona Lisa. The Cher song sucks both ways. You snobbed John Paul Jones, you novice. Anybody who doesn't get TFFs juxtaposition of gloomy lyrics with upbeat tempos is unworthy of their creative mastery. Disturbed sodomized Sound Of Silence and Land Of Confusion, but a bunch of random people have gotten even by sodomizing Down With The Sickness.
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The only improvements are Ram Jam Black Betty, Led Zeppelin Levee Breaks, the Cyndi one, the Aretha one, Watchtower and Blinded By The Lights. The rest are a graffiti mustache on the Mona Lisa. The Cher song sucks both ways. You snobbed John Paul Jones, you novice. Anybody who doesn't get TFFs juxtaposition of gloomy lyrics with upbeat tempos is unworthy of their creative mastery. Disturbed sodomized Sound Of Silence and Land Of Confusion, but a bunch of random people have gotten even by sodomizing Down With The Sickness.
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brucenatelee
Honorable Mention: Hyro the Hero Woo Hah! Got You All In Check
For the nu metalheads who want another hip hop classic with distorted heavy guitars, if you want more than just Five Finger Death Punch/Tech N9ne's Momma Said Knock You Out (LL Cool J) or Wu Tang's remix of Shame on a N199a with System of a Down, here's another banger.
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Honorable Mention: Hyro the Hero Woo Hah! Got You All In Check
For the nu metalheads who want another hip hop classic with distorted heavy guitars, if you want more than just Five Finger Death Punch/Tech N9ne's Momma Said Knock You Out (LL Cool J) or Wu Tang's remix of Shame on a N199a with System of a Down, here's another banger.
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tedcoop4392
I always liked Oingo Boingo's covers of You Really Got Me (from their first album) and I Am the Walrus (from their last album. Also, speaking of Tori Amos, her album Strange Little Girls is entirely composed of covers, all of which represent extraordinary reinterpretations, especially Enjoy the Silence and Happiness Is a Warm Gun.
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I always liked Oingo Boingo's covers of You Really Got Me (from their first album) and I Am the Walrus (from their last album. Also, speaking of Tori Amos, her album Strange Little Girls is entirely composed of covers, all of which represent extraordinary reinterpretations, especially Enjoy the Silence and Happiness Is a Warm Gun.
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frankbrodie5168
I'm sorry. I mean I detest Michael Jackson with a passion. But I recognise the half dozen absolute spiffing songs he released during his career. And none finer than Smooth Criminal.
AAF's version is literally the same song slightly speeded up. Which you could hardly call 'sound nothing like the original. '
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I'm sorry. I mean I detest Michael Jackson with a passion. But I recognise the half dozen absolute spiffing songs he released during his career. And none finer than Smooth Criminal.
AAF's version is literally the same song slightly speeded up. Which you could hardly call 'sound nothing like the original. '
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XtomJamesExtra
I mean, there's all of Post Modern Jukebox you skipped over. Their versions of several modern songs, and total rejection of autotune, makes their covers timeless classics. Take their cover of Britney Spears' Womanizer, or their cover of Titanium with Von Smith on vocals. Totally different vibes.
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I mean, there's all of Post Modern Jukebox you skipped over. Their versions of several modern songs, and total rejection of autotune, makes their covers timeless classics. Take their cover of Britney Spears' Womanizer, or their cover of Titanium with Von Smith on vocals. Totally different vibes.
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SpetsnazVDV22
I love Robert hazards version of girls just wanna have fun a lot more! I’m a bigger fan of post punk rather than the bubblegum cover by Lauper. Post punk / new wave has more feel and heart than any mainstream pop from the day! No disrespect to Cyndi, i respect how she made it her own.
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I love Robert hazards version of girls just wanna have fun a lot more! I’m a bigger fan of post punk rather than the bubblegum cover by Lauper. Post punk / new wave has more feel and heart than any mainstream pop from the day! No disrespect to Cyndi, i respect how she made it her own.
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mikekolokowsky
Half of these, the original was inspired and the remake was lazy. There are an other half, the original was a throwaway filler, but the remake was a decent homage with more energy-emotion. Advice for future remake-makers: don’t cover an iconic song. Re-imagine a deep cut.
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Half of these, the original was inspired and the remake was lazy. There are an other half, the original was a throwaway filler, but the remake was a decent homage with more energy-emotion. Advice for future remake-makers: don’t cover an iconic song. Re-imagine a deep cut.
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spawnfreak75
An amazing cover that hardly anyone has even heard of is Billy Idol's Rebel Yell covered by Northern Kings. It's slowed way down and has a dark and heavy feel. I always say it sounds like a song you'd here playing through the credits of a horror movie.
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An amazing cover that hardly anyone has even heard of is Billy Idol's Rebel Yell covered by Northern Kings. It's slowed way down and has a dark and heavy feel. I always say it sounds like a song you'd here playing through the credits of a horror movie.
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gomiwomi
Placebo's song sucks ass. Lambert sucks. Led Zep are thieves. Lorde sucks. Disturbed blows heavy chunks. Joe Cocker is horrible. Cornell is terrible as a solo artist. Nine Inch Nail's original 'Hurt' is much better than Cash's version.
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Placebo's song sucks ass. Lambert sucks. Led Zep are thieves. Lorde sucks. Disturbed blows heavy chunks. Joe Cocker is horrible. Cornell is terrible as a solo artist. Nine Inch Nail's original 'Hurt' is much better than Cash's version.
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watchmojo
Not big enough or known enough to make a list like this. but The Flaming Lips did a cover of Kylie Minogue's Can't Get You Out Of My Head and turns it from a techno-dance track into a torch song that belongs on a Spanish soap opera.
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Not big enough or known enough to make a list like this. but The Flaming Lips did a cover of Kylie Minogue's Can't Get You Out Of My Head and turns it from a techno-dance track into a torch song that belongs on a Spanish soap opera.
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watchmojo
I remember watching an interview with Dolly Parton and she mentioned Whitney's cover of her song. She said she doesn't mind because she still gets the checks and followed up with this little cute laugh she does.
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I remember watching an interview with Dolly Parton and she mentioned Whitney's cover of her song. She said she doesn't mind because she still gets the checks and followed up with this little cute laugh she does.
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aaronlevitz4984
The Man Who Sold the World. Original: David Bowie. Cover: Nirvana. Nirvana's cover was so famous, according to Bowie, people were complementing him for covering a Nirvana song. He found it very funny.
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The Man Who Sold the World. Original: David Bowie. Cover: Nirvana. Nirvana's cover was so famous, according to Bowie, people were complementing him for covering a Nirvana song. He found it very funny.
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watchmojo
In the first video on this topic you didn't include Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) and you didn't include it again, do you really believe that Marilyn Manson's version is similar to the original
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In the first video on this topic you didn't include Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) and you didn't include it again, do you really believe that Marilyn Manson's version is similar to the original
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collegebro85
Two that were missed were AWOLNation’s version of Beds Are Burning by Midnight Oil, and one of my faves, Ben Fold’s version of none other than Btches Ain’t Sht by NWAVAST improvement!
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Two that were missed were AWOLNation’s version of Beds Are Burning by Midnight Oil, and one of my faves, Ben Fold’s version of none other than Btches Ain’t Sht by NWAVAST improvement!
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Johnson11c
I have seen a ridiculous amount of songs come out in 30 years that are just rip offs from better musicians and singers. They copy everything now. Either the same lyrics or the same music
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I have seen a ridiculous amount of songs come out in 30 years that are just rip offs from better musicians and singers. They copy everything now. Either the same lyrics or the same music
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jlyvren89
Sound of Silence is not the only good cover by Disturbed, they also nailed Land of Confusion (Original: Genesis) & Living After Midnight (Original: Judas Priest) very well, in my opinion.
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Sound of Silence is not the only good cover by Disturbed, they also nailed Land of Confusion (Original: Genesis) & Living After Midnight (Original: Judas Priest) very well, in my opinion.
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kamsismith
Celine Dion’s If You Asked Me to. Celine’s version sounds like something you hear as the theme song to a romantic comedy. Patti’s version is more heartbreaking and yearning.
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Celine Dion’s If You Asked Me to. Celine’s version sounds like something you hear as the theme song to a romantic comedy. Patti’s version is more heartbreaking and yearning.
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mikekolokowsky
I knew Manfred Mann would be somewhere on the list. He also remade Springsteen’s I Came For You.
Missing: the two remakes of Slade from Quiet Riot.
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I knew Manfred Mann would be somewhere on the list. He also remade Springsteen’s I Came For You.
Missing: the two remakes of Slade from Quiet Riot.
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frankbrodie5168
It is a truly scary realisation at how much worse most of these covers are than the original recording. Not all of them fair enough. But the vast majority.
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It is a truly scary realisation at how much worse most of these covers are than the original recording. Not all of them fair enough. But the vast majority.
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