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* Finnish [[Neoclassical Punk Zydeco Rockabilly|Neo-Classical Black/MeloDeath/Thrash Metal]] band [[Children of Bodom]] has covered Britney Spears' Oops I Did It Again and Creedence Clearwater Revival's Lookin' Out My Backdoor. Yes, there's a whole album of them, but those two stand out the most.

* The song 'Another Girl, Another Planet'. Originally performed in 1979 by the cult band The Only Ones, it has been covered many times. The most recent cover (by Blink-182) is actually a cover squared, as it is based on an earlier cover with slightly different lyrics to The Only Ones' original.

* "Yesterday" was originally recorded by [[The Beatles]]. It has been covered many times since (rumor has it 3000 times) by such luminaries as [[Ray Charles]], Matt Munro, Michael Bolton, [[Paul McCartney]] (as a solo artist), and even [[Elvis Presley]]. Guinness lists it as the most-covered song of all time.

* "Yesterday" was originally recorded by [[The Beatles (band)|The Beatles]]. It has been covered many times since (rumor has it 3000 times) by such luminaries as [[Ray Charles]], Matt Munro, Michael Bolton, [[Paul McCartney]] (as a solo artist), and even [[Elvis Presley]]. Guinness lists it as the most-covered song of all time.

** There have been ''lots'' of covers of Beatles songs. Among the artists that have done a successful cover include [[Jimi Hendrix]] with "Day Tripper," [[Elton John]] with "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds," Joe Cocker with "With A Little Help From My Friends" and [[Yes]] with "Every Little Thing". Roger Greenawalt with various singers has covered [http://beatlescompleteonukulele.com/ about half the songs] on [[Rule of Cool|ukulele]].

** [[The Beatles]] themselves have recorded their share of covers. For example, they covered a number of [[Chuck Berry]] songs early in their career, such as "Roll Over Beethoven" and "Too Much Monkey Business".

** [[The Beatles (band)|The Beatles]] themselves have recorded their share of covers. For example, they covered a number of [[Chuck Berry]] songs early in their career, such as "Roll Over Beethoven" and "Too Much Monkey Business".

*** With the exception of [[A Hard Day's Night]] and [[Help!]] (which contained two cover songs), thier first five albums were almost half covers (6 out of 14 songs). They stopped this around 1965, but threw in a short cover of "Maggie Mae" on [[Let It Be]].

* Living For The City by [[Stevie Wonder]] was covered by quite a lot of artists.[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddsgUFT4hm0 This may be one of the best attempts:]

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* Being, as they were, major influences on just about every metal/punk/emo band that's emerged in the past twenty years, pretty much every single song in The Misfits discography has been covered a hundred times over. "Last Caress" and "Halloween" are particular favorites, it seems.

** [[Metallica]] loves covering the Misfits: a medley of "Last Caress" and "Green Hell" on ''Garage Days Re-Revisited'' and "Die Die My Darling" on ''Garage Inc.''.

* A special category in this trope is where the original artists assist in the cover version. For instance, the Beatles helped out the Silkie with their hit cover version of "You've Got To Hide Your Love Away" (mainly because the Silkie were being managed by Brian Epstein). [[Elton John]] did this trick with not one, but three, major hits: he got [[The Who|Pete Townsend]] to assist on his version of "Pinball Wizard", had [[~~The Beatles (band)|~~John Lennon]] on guitar on his version of "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds", and returned the favor when George Michael did a cover of his "Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me".

* A special category in this trope is where the original artists assist in the cover version. For instance, the Beatles helped out the Silkie with their hit cover version of "You've Got To Hide Your Love Away" (mainly because the Silkie were being managed by Brian Epstein). [[Elton John]] did this trick with not one, but three, major hits: he got [[The Who|Pete Townsend]] to assist on his version of "Pinball Wizard", had [[John Lennon]] on guitar on his version of "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds", and returned the favor when George Michael did a cover of his "Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me".

** [[Ozzy Osbourne]] joined with [[Primus]] to cover [[Black Sabbath]]'s NIB.

* [[Killswitch Engage]] covered [[Ronnie James Dio]]'s "Holy Diver."