whatta dousche, that dude has no sense of humor oh well. the dudes that thought this was cool, YOU people matter not some dude who was jealous because he couldnt make up his own creative comment. power to the people
***** What a joke the music industry has become. At least there are still a lot of great artists and bands out there, they just aren't given the mainstream recognition they deserve.
***** There is always one song, every now and then in the charts that I like. I used to like a lot of the songs Ne-Yo released. He went shit for awhile though, but sometimes when he releases a new song I like it.
***** Thinking out Loud is good, I know quite a few of his songs, just not names. I am mostly just into rock, but there is a large variety of different rock styles from Indie to Metal.
All along the Watchtower? Hendrix did it so well Bob Dylan said it basically now long belong to himself but to Hendrix. People think of the guitar bits and Hendrix shredding with some groove going on. A lot of people don’t even know it wasn’t a Jimmy Hendrix cover of Bob Dylan because it’s so iconic and so well done.
@@jimwerther I think most people who know Jimi Hendrix' version also know it's a Dylan lyric - though they may never had heard Dylan's recording. I've seen clips of Dylan playing this one live - and he does indeed declare that it's Jimi's now - and goes ahead and plays it Jimi Hendrix style, as a tribute to a fellow artist who didn't enjoy the longevity of their shared masterpiece.
@@purplexs2506 All before I was born. I did go on to watch Dylan's version some time ago, probably after reading this comment. Obviously Jimi's > Dylan's.
Richard Duryea I only recently learned that Johnny Cash did a cover of it. I wasn't ever interested in his music and then I found out he did a cover that everyone knew more than the original. I didn't know how to think.
I wouldn't call them rip-offs, as Willie Dixon and others did get nice royalties well into their old age, and The Led Zep interpretation was quite the unique one.
James Thank you for mentioning HURT. Bothers me next to no one knows it's Trent Reznor's song. And listen to his live version you'll understand why it's better. So much emotion he puts into it.
It's very hard to get shocked on the Internet these days... But dammit!, most of these on here shocked me, and kind broke my heart. I need time to recover.
Two men were on death row. They each got a wish. The first prisoner said, "I want to hear "Achy Breaky Heart" 100 times. Then they asked the second prisoner what he wanted. "Kill me first."
@@richk3325 Actually, his claim is he was a late comer to the weed, gave up Alcohol for it, then started doing 'em both - and didn't that improve his looks....
"You've Got A Friend" sung by James Taylor was originally a Carole King song. "Up On A Roof" sung by The Drifters as well as James Taylor is also a Carole King song.
Led Zeppelin did a lot of covers of old blues songs. "I Can't Quit You" was originally Otis Rush "Nobody's Fault But Mine " was Blind Willie Johnson "When The Levee Breaks" was Memphis Minnie
Which one would you consider the original on that? Also I don't think I ever heard the 90s version, and I'm not sure if I could tell you which one from the 60s I'm familiar with.
Dolly Parton made a shit ton of money in royalties after Whitney Houston died, when every radio station in the world played I Will Always Love You on repeat. Kind of fucked up really.
....................................... Wait, I have to process this. Someone thinks "I Love Rock 'n' Roll" is a Britney Spears original? Who is this person, and where do they live? Someone needs a slap.
Some of my favorite covers: Knocking on heavens door Guns N Roses Dancing with myself Blink-182 Sweet dreams Marilyn Manson The man who sold the world Nirvana Schools out/Another brick in the wall Hollywood Vampires Africa Weezer All along the watchtower Jimi Hendrix Experience House of the rising sun Five Finger Death Punch Hurt Johnny Cash Landslide Smashing Pumpkins This land is your land The Nightwatchmen And many more
Tiffany - I think we're alone now from 1987 is a cover of Tommy James & The Shondells from 1967 Who by the way also made Crimson & Clover, later covered by Joan Jett and The Blackhearts
+elvisleeboy wait...but you realize the Jonas brothers weren't what you would call a 'manufactured' band. Just because their music fit into the mainstream pre-teen sound of back then doesn't mean they were manufactured. They were literally BROTHERS who started a garage band before being discovered for Disney.
This is the biggest difference between Music that came out if the 50, 60, and 70;s. These people were real. They play their own instruments, sing and actually write their own songs. You see back in those days there was never a thought of "Manufactured Bands". Friends got together and started Bands. They actually play real Music not this computerized bullshit!!!! Sadly your generation will never know real Music. Anything thats generated from any other sound other than some kind of instrument is not Music!!
The first single I ever bought was "Loco-motion" by Grand Funk Railroad (1974). It was originally done by Little Eva in 1962. It takes a musical visionary to find an underappreciated song and turn it into gold.
@@surfacetension Actually the greatest cover of all time changed music history. It was Elvis Presley's cover of Hound Dog originally recorded by Big Mama Thornton.
@@dennisgallagher Is that unexpected though? Elvis didn't' write music. Most of his writing credits are for arrangements of traditional songs and the odd co-writing credit. He was very talented but he wasn't a lyricist. It's interesting when you find one though and start looking through everyone they have written for. WIllie Nelson for example started off writing and selling songs before he made it big. Price has an interesting amount of writing credits, not just for covers of his songs. Lady Gaga has a good amount of writing credits too. The pool of artists who write songs is vastly smaller than the ones that make them.
I'm glad someone mentioned the Thin Lizzy cover.. a great song by an oft overlooked band..with the original singer, Phil Lynott. Thin Lizzy was Irish after all.
I have The Clancy Brother's Version I think from the 60s, though its a 19th century Irish drinking song. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-rChOr-cvKZs.html. At least I think that's the Clancy Brothers. It might be the Dubliners.
How was "All Along the Watchtower" not on this list? One of the most iconic songs that people recognize by Jimmy Hendrix was actually a Bob Dylan song.
Oye Como Va and Black Magic Woman covered by Santana are originally by Tito Puente and Fleetwood Mac. And Tito hated that Santana got credit for his song
That song was actually recorded by Lori Lieberman 2 years before Roberta Flacks' version. Roberta's recording, however, was pretty famous in it's own right (5 weeks at Billboard #1, #3 on the year-end list and 1974 Grammy Song of the Year)
This list is about songs most people didn't know are covers. Any fool knows that Michael Andrews and Gary Jules covered it, because Tears for Fears are well known in their own right.
Ryo Bakura I had... never heard of tears of fears til someone told me it was a cover, I still know nothing else they have ever done, and most people I know and discussed this with had no idea they existed
The Loco-Motion was #1 in 4 different versions, just showing how popular the song really is! Little Eva 1962 US #1 (Also a hit in many other places, including Australia and UK, Top 3 in both) Grand Funk Railroad 1974 US #1 (Not a big hit outside of North America) Ritz 1980 NZ #1 (Also a lesser hit in Australia, but nowhere else for this American trio) Kylie Minogue AUS #1 (Biggest seller of 1987 in Australia, also a massive hit for her in many overseas territories, including: USA, UK and NZ)
I don't thin *any* song by Tiffany was an original... And anyone who pays any attention to music at all would have known that was a cover of the '60s hit
In most cases the 'covers' were produced and recorded better than the originals. I'm not much of a Sinead O'Conner fan but she covered the 'Prince' tune better than any other version I ever heard.
True. Funny how it works out what way, especially when the songwriter is by far the bigger star. But some flash-in-the-pan comes along and does that one song better than the Hall of Famer. Lots of examples. Micky Dolenz wasn't even a musician, just an actor, but did I'm A Believer better than the legendary Neil Diamond. Rick Springfield was more of an actor than a singer, but he did the better version of "I Did Everything For You" than the powerfully voiced Sammy Hagar of Van Halen. Manford Man and The Hollies did the best versions of Blinded by the Light and Sandy, both Springsteen songs.
@@jeffreymontgomery7516 Referring to examples when the cover was the big hit, and you're surprised to learn that the song was actually album filler on a bigger star's backlist. The would be the "most" cases. The cover was the big hit because in virtually all cases it simply sounded better.
I actually prefer Dolly's version of 'I Will Always Love You'... I think the Houston version is kinda overrated? Don't get me wrong, it's good. Very good. but overrated.
Slated I always felt that Dolly's version had a sense of melancholy that Whitney's didn't really evoke. Powerful, yes, but little emotion. Even watching this video, Whitney looks almost happy. I much prefer the sadder tone.
Slated truth be told im kind of spilt on this one as they both did the song quite wonderfully and both in a major powerhouse way. Houston's version is a bit over rated but "The Bodygaurd" is what made that song so big. Dolly didn't have the backing of a huge film to get her song out there.
Slated i think the movie had a huge part to do with it. Everytime i hear the song the first things i would picture are scenes from the movie rather than the singer. Other than that, i prefer dolly's voice rather than Houston.
Tiffany did a fun rendition of Tommy James' "I Think We're Alone Now" Several other Tommy James' songs were redone. "Mony Mony" covered by Billy Idol, as an example.
MAYBE "I Think We're Alone Now" and "Mony Mony", but ... who else did "Crimson and Clover"? Tommy James' version is so iconic I can't imagine anyone NOT knowing it.
I heard Joan Jett's manager bought the publishing rights to the Tommy James and the Shondells catalog. That is why Joan Jett covered a couple of their songs.
Topthorn10 I hear you there. I know who Smash Mouth are because I listen to the radio. I like both versions but I think the Monkees have the more well known version. Unless you count Shrek. ^_~
Since Otis Redding was a mention, you should have put Respect on here since it was him that wrote and sung the song before Aretha Franklin. She did a beautiful and wonderful job with the song, but its a famous song that should have been on here. :)
Two more worth mentioning: Mony, Mony by Billy Idol (originally by Tommy James and the Shondells) and Mandy by Barry Manilow (originally recorded as Brandy by Scott English).
i knew that was covered, in fact its been covered also by two other female singers also, whos names escape me this minute, its an often-covered song. I knew so, but think many others, especially younger folks and people who only listen to one genre,would not know.
rociogac Not really. The song was written for Roy Orbison in 1987 but it was scraped and didn't got into the album he was working on, then Cyndi Lauper recorded it in 1989 and only after the song became a hit Roy Orbison decided to release it too in 1992.
rociogac My bad. Didn't knew the date of his death. Still "I Drove All Night" by Orbinson was only released in 1992 on King of Hearts album. Now reading a bit more from Orbinson I found out that Kings of Hearts is a collection of lefovers from other albums including unfinished and demo songs. Even found many articles refering to "I Drove All Night" as Cyndi Lauper cover wich obiviously isn't as he recorded it (at least the vocals) before her. Also I can't really refer to Cyndi's version as cover either since she released it first. Tough one.
Bob Dylan and Nina Simone recorded it BEFORE the Animals ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-RP_caKDfoyU.html ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-oAJnomVdtyo.html
I can't believe Joan Jett covered "Weird Al's" "I Love Rocky Road!" I guess both Joan and Brittney rewrote the lyrics too. And "Girls Just Wanna Have Lunch?" Does Al get no credit?
@Joey Luckey 'Love Me Tender' is a rip-off of the old barber shop song 'Sweet Adeline' by the Mills Brothers from 1939. Elvis only changed the words and the 'up-beat' 'down-beat' to mask the cover!
@Joey Luckey Blue Suede Shoes, Hound Dog, Love Me Tender, Shake, Rattle, & Roll? All songs Elvis covered, as well as all the gospel albums he recorded with his versions of old hymns. So educate yourself before you comment, please
Some of those were very surprising. Can I add Without You, which was covered by Mariah Carey in 1994 and Henry Nilsson in 1971. It was originally recorded by Badfinger in 1970. Badfinger recorded for the Beatles' Apple Records, were managed by Paul McCartney and were promoted as the new Beatles.
Wonder wrote it - Beck obtained rights to record. Wonder then decided to record it himself in the style he'd meant for it His version was therefore a cover of his own song. Unknown to a lot of people, artists used to swap songs all the time. If you look at the charts in the '50s and '60s, some songs had multiple versions charting at the same time.
Actually a Neil Diamond song. Many covers by The Beatles, Rolling Stones and others, by Chuck Berry, Platters and other Black artists of the 50s and Early 60s
***** you a dolly parton fan too? But the dong she was singing then "I will always love you" is originally made by her when she quit doing a TV show. When it became so popular others copyed it.
F. Jinxy It shouldn't qualify in the "you didnt know" section. The whole point of this song in the movie is that the character played by Kevin Costner loved country music. So the character played by Houston sang her version of his favorite song.
+Gabriela Gomez Actually I prefer Whitney Houston's version. She put so much power and emotion behind it. Dolly's is good too but I like Whitney's better. ^_^
Lauper changed the lyrics from Hazard's version to something more palatable: "The track in its original form was written by a man (Robert Hazard) who intended the song to have a very different meaning, celebrating the willingness of modern girls to join in with males' partying hi-jinx. ("Fun" can be taken as a proxy for "sex", one assumes.) The song was suggested to Lauper by producer Rick Chertoff when they were in preproduction for the album "She's So Unusual". Lauper strongly disliked the lyrics and the way it portrayed women as pliant objects for male sexual amusement. But she decided to rewrite the song's lyrics to transform it into something that chimed with her feminist sensibilities. It is quite a subtle and subversive reconstruction. One could be forgiven at first listen to think that Lauper was still pushing an image of women as being shallow and hedonistic. But she isn't. If you read between the lines, it has been transformed into an anthem for young, independent, working women, who are finding their feet for the first time. Of note: one of the refrains is, "When the working day is done oh girls they want to have fun". The unstated assumption here is that girls work. There are no ifs or buts, no contingent clauses; Lauper is singing about a world where she assumes this is now the norm. It's also not a song that pines for the love or approval of men. This is reflected in the video, which portrays women together as a tacit sisterhood having fun together, not seeking out men for fulfillment. You can still find some elements of Hazard's original lyrics, now subverted through subtle changes. For instance, the line, "Oh momma dear we're not the fortunate ones" (an allusion to women still being treated as second-class citizens in many respects, one assumes) is an altered version of Hazard (or his in-song character) telling his father thankfully that "we are the fortunate ones" because a girl has come into his room just to have some fun." Found on Quora, What does Cyndi Lauper mean with "Girls just want to have fun?"
***** Definitely not sampling. Listen and compare Chic - "Good Times" with The Sugarhill Gang - "Rapper's Delight". That is called sampling. Aretha Franklin's version is a cover nonetheless. Who says covers can't sound totally different?
Mama Told me not to Come, made famous by Three Dog Night, was written by Randy Newman and he gave it to Eric Burdon and the Animals to record. Newman released it 4 years later, and then Three Dog Night released it a month after Newman's version.
He says; it's tricky - Stevie Wonder wrote the song, but Jeff Beck made the original recording. Watch it directly from the time you linked.. it's right there lol
Dolly wrote the song as a break up for her manager, who's show she sang on when she went solo. Apparently, she meant it, as she showed several times throughout the decades.
Van Halen, surprisingly enough, did a lot of covers. Did an entire album of them. Petty Woman. Dancing in the Street. Girl You Really Got Me. Many. Took guts, or maybe drugs, for Roth to tackle a Roy Orbinson song.
they popped into my head as I read the comment.... Pretty Woman - Roy Orbison Dancing in the Street - Martha and the Vandellas You Really Got Me - The Kinks
Schöner Gigolo is an old German song from 1928. Bing Crosby recorded it for an American audience, along with Marlene Dietrich, Louis Armstrong. David Bowie mad a movie about it
Strawberry Letter 23 - originally by Shuggie Otis, but the Brothers Johnson made it a huge hit. I didn't know it was a cover for many, many years - a big surprise.
In 1973 Golden Earring released "Rader Love". Excellent song! But! In 1989 White Lion covered it, and took it to a whole new level! Look them both up and have a listen
Dolly Parton recorded and released "I Will Always Love You" twice, long before Whitney Houston sang it -- and both versions were chart toppers for Dolly.
Too many people mistake "belt out power" for emotion. Sincere emotion, even without the wailing, is better, IMHO. Same is true of Beyonce's cover of "If I were a boy", it's got her "pipes" but IMHO it's just insincere talented noise to the emotionally-raw original.
@@isaacclark9825 That is entirely subjective a statement, just as mine was. MY opinion doesn't HAVE to be "shared" to be valid. That is WHY it's an opinion. To me, Whitney is just wailing and belting out (amazingly) notes... she's amazing in the song, but it doesn't seem to have the same emotional impact Dolly's version has. MAYBE it's cuz the clips show the studio version and Dolly live... Maybe Whitney had less of a "studio clean" and "radio sanitized/sterilized" version when she did it live... but that cut... it's so flat and just meh most of the song, until she belts out the chorus and even then... it's strong, not emotional. It's a love song with DEEP emotional potential and she seems to miss that entirely imho. To each their own. BOTH are fantastic versions, imho. I just prefer the emotional quality Dolly brings to it, giving it more power- even if her style of singing and vocal ability wasn't as "knock you out of your socks" strong (and Whitney was AMAZING at that- hands down one of the best, ever).
"Love Hurts", which has been recorded a zillion times but is most often credited to Nazareth (you've heard their version in numerous commercials) -- also previously recorded and made popular by the Everly Brothers, some 15 years earlier.
Toni Basil- Mickey Salt n Pepa- Whatta Man Soft Cell - Tainted Love Beyoncé - if I were a boy Sinead O'Connor - 'Nothing Compares 2 U' Cyndi Lauper - 'Girls Just Wanna Have Fun' Destiny’s Child - Emotion PCD - Don’t Cha Beatles- Twist and Shout Whitney Houston - I will always love you Natalie Imbruglia- Torn Smash Mouth - I’m a believer Joan Jett - I love rock n roll Anna Kendrick- Cups Are also covers
