Successful cover versions

[Thatchersforearm]

Marvin Gaye - I Heard It Through The Grapevine
No Doubt - It's My Life

ps: Leona's version of Run may have sold more copies but Snow Patrol's pisses ALL over it

 

[deano ou812]

guns n roses knockin on heavens door..

 

[Franny Lee's Barrel Chest]

Whitney Houston - I Will Always Love You. In my opinion better than the original Dolly Parton version which Dolly wrote and sang. Judge for yourself...

Dolly:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_utP1mGoutQ[/youtube]

Whitney

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPHCThqqt0s[/youtube]

 

[Jay Division]

The Enemy - Hey Hey, My My

 

[Dennis.has.done.it]

Under my thumb...............Social Distortion
Walk on by .............................The Stranglers
Johnny was.................................Stiff little fingers

 

[deano ou812]

live and let die guns n roses...

 

[Ronnie the Rep]

Joe Cocker - with a little help from my friends. beats crap out of the beatles version

Good Call.... what about wet, wet, wet's version :-)

a bit too soft for my liking

 

[Manchester1894]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDCNbacVt5w&feature=related[/youtube]

2 mins 10 secs into the below vid! PLEASE BE WARNED, YOU MAY SEE THE BEST SLIDE GUITAR SOLO EVER FROM 3 MINS 10 SECS ALL THE WAY TO APPROX 4 MINS 2O SECS!

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xi8KdTk0u0g[/youtube]

 

[Wrighty Wrexham]

Sid Vicious "My Way"

 

[rhysonaldinho]

I am struggling to think of any covers that are better then the originals.

Anyone?

Stevie Wonder has done some fantastic covers.

For example, his version of blowing in the wind is miles better than bob dylan's.