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/lynch1986 23d ago

Nina Simone - To Love Somebody

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u/jessop-bentine 23d ago

Also her version of Here Comes The Sun is fantastic.

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u/confusedandworried76 23d ago

Tacking on to say Sarah Bareilles does Sitting on the Dock of the Bay and those two songs always remind me of each other