Many times a cover of an original song surpasses the original version; in the 80”s they did great covers of 60’s songs one example isSweet Jane originally by Velvet Underground and covered in the 80”s by Cowboy junkies
Funnily enough, the Alice Russell version of Crazy is also a cover! She just released her first album in ten years, a vocal reaction channel could appear cool and trendy by reacting to her right now!
In 1993 I worked for House of Bryant. I archived and cataloged all of their recordings. Would you be interested in hearing the original demo of Boudleaux playing acoustic guitar and singing it?