Covers that are better than the original

[Blondbraid]

I'm not sure if "better" is the right word, but this MS Paint Furby cover of Blue by Eiffel 65 really is something, and it sure cracked me up.

[TheFrighter]

Well, if dancemix counts as cover then...

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[dactylopus]

Tronic DX7 - Red Soil (Lower Brinstar)

Yes, a cover of some Metroid music.

[dactylopus]

Here's a good one:

José Gonzalez - Teardrop (Massive Attack cover)

As much as I love the original track (which some may recognize as the opening theme for the show House), I just enjoy listening to this one more.  Both are intimate in different ways.  And while looking in the comments of the original track on YouTube, I read that this version was used in the recent Michael Jordan documentary The Last Dance.  So that's neat.

José Gonzalez also does a fantastic cover of Heartbeats by The Knife.  It's damn good, but I just don't like it more than the original.

[Olleh19]

[dactylopus]

(Cats in the Cradle)

That's a tough one.  This is a really good cover, updated for a more modern audience, but I really like the original.

Here's one that is so different from the original that it's really tough to say which is 'better':

The Cardigans - Iron Man

I love the original, no doubt about that, but I often prefer listening to this one.  It's really relaxing!  I love a cover that totally reinvents the song, and this one definitely does that.

[KyriakosCH]

Cobain's version of "The man who sold the world" is more famous than the original - but I never cared about Bowie.

[dactylopus]

Cobain's version of "The man who sold the world" is more famous than the original - but I never cared about Bowie.

Bowie's original is fine, but Nirvana's cover is fantastic:

[Laura Hunt]

Siouxsie's "The Last Beat of my Heart" is fantastic, but Devotchka's more passionate reinterpretation just suits the song better than the original's languidness, in my opinion:

Original:

[KyriakosCH]

Not exactly a cover, but a reworking to minor key:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGflu3TbREo

Far better than the original. Major key is for normies ^_^

[Marcin K.]

[Racoon]

I don´t really know if this hits the forums musical taste, but I instantly had to think of this when its about good covers. So much better than the original! And Aurora is just etheral.

[milkanannan]

This is great

[Slasher]

https://youtu.be/dfSbQ3_jrtA

[dactylopus]

The last few have been fantastic.

Personally, I like this one:

Khruangbin - Il Clan Dei Siciliani (Ennio Morricone Cover)

But I do love Khruangbin.