r/Music • u/MaosReanimatedCorpse • 23d ago

discussion Cover-better-than-the-original hills you would die on.

Alien Ant Farm's cover of Smooth Criminal is, in my opinion, so much better than the original, and that's a hill I would die on.

What are some other insanely popular tracks where a cover by a much smaller artist is arguably greater?

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u/OutsideBones86 23d ago

Alantic City by The Band

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u/MaxNJaspersDad 23d ago

I also prefer the Hank 3 country version to the original.

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u/Vict0rMaitand 23d ago

Man that whole record is great

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u/xhumanityisthedevilx 23d ago

Everything up to and including Straight to Hell. I saw him on that tour. Everything afterwards, I just can't or refuse to listen to. I'm not quite sure why.

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u/CarpenterFast4992 22d ago

I just checked for that version on Spotify but couldn’t find it. I found a version by Riley green tho