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[Galway Eagle]

Cash's Hurt is an excellent answer.
Elton's Wizard isn't very good.
I Love Rock N Roll isn't very good no matter who the artist.

Clearly you haven't heard the Brittany spears version

Also would've included Nirvana the man who sold the world.

[Marquette Gyros]

No, that would definitely be "Drops of Jupiter" by Train.  At its peak, I would change the radio station when I heard it play, only to discover that the new radio station was also playing it.

Ugh. +1 memory of that era in radio...

[4everwarriors]

Hotel California is extremely underrated as a stripper song.

"Save Room in the Lifeboat for Me" and "What Would You Do If Jesus Came to Your House Tonight" are right up there too, hey?

[Galway Eagle]

How did nobody (including me)  immediately mention Twist & Shout?

[The Sultan]

How did nobody (including me)  immediately mention Twist & Shout?

Because the Isley Brothers original version is better than any of them.

[Galway Eagle]

Because the Isley Brothers original version is better than any of them.

Which was also a cover when they did it so it should still be mentioned

[The Sultan]

Oh I should have added "Train Kept a Rollin'" by either the Yardbirds or Aerosmith.

[tower912]

Bangles version of ' Hazy Shade of Winter.'

[Newsdreams]

In all fairness I like The Who's version way more. I just think Elton John did a great cover

Movie version

[tower912]

Marley or Clapton for 'I shot the sheriff?'

[real chili 83]

The Boss or Manfred for Blinded by the Light?

[Jables1604]

Move on Up-Paul Weller

My Name is Luka-Lemonheads

Suspicious Minds-Fine Young Cannibals

Throw Your Arms Around Me-Pearl Jam

Jesus Don't Want Me for a Sunbeam-Nirvana

Little Wing-Sting

[tower912]

The Boss or Manfred for Blinded by the Light?

Least favorite song ever by an artist not named Heart.

[tower912]

Move on Up-Paul Weller

My Name is Luka-Lemonheads

Suspicious Minds-Fine Young Cannibals

Throw Your Arms Around Me-Pearl Jam

Jesus Don't Want Me for a Sunbeam-Nirvana

Little Wing-Sting

Suspicious minds- FYC is awesome.

Lemonheads-. Mrs. Robinson is fun.

Zombie- Bad Wolves.   

[The Sultan]

The Boss or Manfred for Blinded by the Light?

Manfred Mann for Blinded by the Light

Bruce for Sprit in the Night.

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

Maybe not best covers of all time but some of my favorite covers by rock artists:

Man Who Sold the World - Nirvana
Happy Together - Filter
Jolene - The White Stripes
When I Grow Up - All Time Low
Zombie - Bad Wolves
Heart Shaped Box - Evanescence
The Sound of Silence - Disturbed
I Fought the Law - The Clash
The Ballad of Hollis Brown - Rise Against

[Frenns Liquor Depot]

Rosanna - Weezer

[Galway Eagle]

Maybe not best covers of all time but some of my favorite covers by rock artists:

Man Who Sold the World - Nirvana
Happy Together - Filter
Jolene - The White Stripes
When I Grow Up - All Time Low
Zombie - Bad Wolves
Heart Shaped Box - Evanescence
The Sound of Silence - Disturbed
I Fought the Law - The Clash
The Ballad of Hollis Brown - Rise Against

I'd never heard Bad Wolves version of zombie. Great version.

[Spotcheck Billy]

How did nobody (including me)  immediately mention Twist & Shout?

I did and I will add" Bringing it Back" by Kansas

Marley or Clapton for 'I shot the sheriff?'

Marley by a mile

[MU Fan in Connecticut]

Rosanna - Weezer

Africa - Weezer

(That cover turned both my teenage daughters into Weezer fans.)

[MU Fan in Connecticut]

I did
Marley by a mile

Seconded.

[Lennys Tap]

Time Is On My Side - Stones
On Broadway - George Benson
Try a Little Tenderness - Otis Redding
Summertime - Janis Joplin
She Came In Through the Bathroom Window and Cry Me A River - Joe Cocker
Poor Pitiful Me Linda Ronstadt
What's So Funny About Peace, Love and Understanding- Elvis Costello

[mu_hilltopper]

https://youtube.com/Uk05VuvqW5w?t=6

[TSmith34, Inc.]

Africa - Weezer

(That cover turned both my teenage daughters into Weezer fans.)

The problem I have with Weezer's version of Africa is that it sounds almost exactly the same as the original. I prefer a remake where the artist adds something of their own; Weezer makes an exact duplicate, which is difficult but IMO doesn't add anything.

I'll throw in Red Hot Chili Peppers cover of Higher Ground

[warriorchick]

Africa - Weezer

(That cover turned both my teenage daughters into Weezer fans.)

What TSmith said.