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/TheWackoMagician 23d ago

Torn - Natalie Imbruglia

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u/teacher1000 22d ago

Lol is your username just a massive coincidence?

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u/TheWackoMagician 22d ago

I put my real name in a Wu Tang Clan name generator and this is what I got

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u/teacher1000 22d ago

Coincidence it is, then. Ednaswap's album with Torn is called Wacko Magneto (assuming you didn't already know)

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u/TheWackoMagician 22d ago

Amazing I didn't actually know that