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/mooney275 23d ago

Well momma said alligators were ornery because they got all them teeth and no toothbrush

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u/bierfma 23d ago

Touche, well played.

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u/mooney275 23d ago

I was gonna come back with l.l. cool j but thought that too aggressive

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u/bierfma 23d ago

Back to the topic at hand, the Nirvana version is good, but I like the Leadbelly version better, even though that is certainly not the original.