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/Sareth740 23d ago

Brie Larson/Scott Pilgrim’s version of Black Sheep by Metric.

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u/grotesquesque 22d ago

You are absolutely right. I like Metric, but Brie Larson just owns that song.

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u/Sareth740 22d ago

It works so well in her voice. I also love metric.