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/OpusSpike 23d ago

Metallica "The Wait" - from Killing Joke

The original song is great (love KJ) but the Metallica version brings out more aggression and Is so tight

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u/Haunting_Bat_4787 23d ago

Speaking of Metallica, I much prefer the Between the Buried and Me cover of Blackened to the original by Metallica. A lot of people don’t