Songs that some folk don't realise are covers

[Hobo]

Excellent shout for "Respect" back there.

Pretty much every X-Factor winner's song ever. Steve Brookstein was not the original performer of "Against All Odds". He just sang the definitive version. >_>

Wow, even I don't hate Phil Collins THAT much.

Hmm... Some if not most of these were more written for others than covered:

Jackson Browne - Take It Easy (The Eagles)

Warren Zevon - Hasten Down The Wind (Linda Ronstandt)

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(Mundy)

Willie Nelson - Crazy (Patsy Cline)

Mick Hanley - Past The Point of Rescue (Hal Ketchum)

(UB40)

Randy Newman - Mama Told Me Not To Come

Randy Newman - You Can Leave Your Hat On

Randy Newman - I think Its Gonna Rain Today

Glen Campbell - Highwayman (

) Though it was written by Jimmy Webb (who wrote Galveston, Wichita Lineman, McArthur Park, and a lot, lot more really well known songs)

Also not sure how many know that Mack the Knife has its origins in Bertol Brecht's Threepenny Opera.

Edited February 15, 2009 by HoboObohHbob

[RKOIsmail]

Velvet Revolver - Physco Killer. I noticed this when I was playing Rock Band. I think VR's version is far more better then the original.

[METALMAN]

Everyone prefers covers of Talking Heads songs.

They are wrong! :@

[Liam]

I was going to say, nothing could beat the original.

[Nerf]

Fucking too right. Talking Heads' version is amazing.

Also, Louie Louie, I guess.

[Drake Smashem]

"The Man Who Sold The World" - Nirvana (orig. David Bowie)

"I Fought The Law" - The Clash (orig. Sonny Curtis and The Crickets)

"Renegades of Funk" - Rage Against The Machine (orig. Afrika Bambaataa)

[Dingle]

I didn't realise the entire renegades album was covers, thought I'm Housin, Pistol Grip Pump and Street Fighting Man were theirs. Although I remember the day someone told me Maggie's Farm is dylan's. I couldnt actually believe such a thing.

[Marcos]

Excellent shout for "Respect" back there.

Pretty much every X-Factor winner's song ever. Steve Brookstein was not the original performer of "Against All Odds". He just sang the definitive version. >_>

Wow, even I don't hate Phil Collins THAT much.

Hmm... Some if not most of these were more written for others than covered:

Jackson Browne - Take It Easy (The Eagles)

The Eagles sang this first then Browne covered it for his second album. Browne and Glenn Frey co-wrote the song, and Browne agreed to let Frey use it for the Eagles album. And yeah Browne also wrote a fair few Eagles songs alongside Frey and Henley including Doolin Dalton and James Dean.

[TCO]

For example, that song "Heartbeats" that Jose Gonzales sang while the coloured balls bounced around for the Sony Bravia advert...Remember?

Yeah, that one. It's a cover of the original by The Knife.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpTnREBxOIk

Got any others?

It might be because it's so late and I can't concentrate, but those two sound like completely different songs.

[Crybaby Bunting]

1985 wasn't originally by Bowling for Soup, but another band from the early 90s that slips my mind currently >_<

[Benji]

1985 wasn't originally by Bowling for Soup, but another band from the early 90s that slips my mind currently >_<

SR-71.