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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.
** 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]].
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* "Take It Easy" was originally by [[Jackson Browne]], but The [[Eagles]] made it famous.
** And it's also been covered by Billy Mize, Johnny Rivers, and Travis Tritt, among others.
* Linda Ronstadt made a career out of cover versions. "It's So Easy" was originally by [[Buddy Holly]], for instance.
* "I Heard It Through The Grapevine" was actually recorded by both [[Marvin Gaye]] and Gladys Knight & The Pips at more or less the same time; the Gladys Knight version was released one year before the Gaye version. The song was covered by several other artists, including the [[Creedence Clearwater Revival]] and the California Raisins. Most cover versions use Gaye's arrangement.
* Pig Destroyer's cover of Exhumed To Consume by [[Carcass]] may have completely muffed the vocal patterns and lyrics, but you'd be lying if J.R.'s voice didn't scare you in the chorus.
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* "Last Christmas" is extremely popular amongst Japanese artists to cover.
* I challenge you to name 4 Extreme Metal bands who have covered Aces High by Iron Maiden. Give up? {{spoiler|Arch Enemy, Hypocrisy, Vital Remains, Children Of Bodom}}
* On the topic of [[Iron Maiden]], there's a whole album of hip-hop covers of famous 'Maiden songs.
** Savage Garden and [[Billie Piper]] also have their own versions of it. But the one that takes the cake and is almost humorous? One of the Sailor Moon "Christmas" collections has the voice for Rei Hino singing it. Of all the places it could end up...
* The Tornados's "Telstar" has somewhere in the region of 130 covers. Tim "TelstarMan" Lehnerer has achieved minor Internet fame for owning a copy of ''every one of them''. That is, every one we know about - rest assured, if another is discovered, he will acquire it.
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** Cohen originally wrote the song with ''15'' verses, with each artist choosing 4-5 verses for their cover version.
* This troper once heard that the most covered song in the world is "White Christmas", written by Irving Berlin and originally performed by Bing Crosby. [[The Other Wiki]] lists [[wikipedia:White Christmas %28song%29|over one hundred artists]] as having performed versions of it.
* [[Sunn O)))]]))) covered For Whom The Bell Tolls by Metallica in their usual droney style, so it's nearly impossible to tell that a track named FWTBT (I Dream of Lars Ulrich Being Thrown Through the Bus Window Instead of My Master Mystikall Kliff Burton). On that note they also covered Cursed Realms (Of The Winterdemons) by [[Immortal (band)|Immortal]], but once again, in their molasses moving uphill style. One must wonder how it's really a cover if it sounds NOTHING like the original.
* For rights reasons, almost every song on ''[[Guitar Hero]]'' is actually a cover. When the title and artist come up at the beginning of the song, look at what it says: "As made famous by" is a cover, and "As performed by" is the original. This is why "Spanish Castle Magic" by [[Jimi Hendrix]] is an instrumental in the original ''Guitar Hero''; it's illegal to impersonate his voice.
** By the third game in the series, the franchise was already notable enough to start putting more and more master recordings into the games, with ''Guitar Hero World Tour'' supposedly having every single song in the game a master track. This can arguably be considered a case of missing the point completely, seeing as the player assumes the role of a guitarist in a cover band in the game...
*** Given the quality of some of those covers, it's more like an [[Acceptable Break From Reality]].
*** Amusingly, there are two [[Jimi Hendrix]] songs in ''Guitar Hero: World Tour'' - but due to an agreement with his family, your guitarist in those songs is ''always'' [[Jimi Hendrix]], and you can't use Hendrix outside of those songs. Apparently they don't want even the ''illusion'' of covers... (But in retrospect, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UuAoEW5MbI the Kurt Cobain incident] in ''Guitar Hero 5'' sheds some reasoning behind the Hendrix family's restrictions. [[Crosses the Line Twice|Or not]].)(The link is dead, can someone edit to clarify this.)
* ''[[Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan]]'' and ''[[Elite Beat Agents]]'' also [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZB1_IuM9qc&feature=PlayList&p=192D4D9402B39B80&index=0 use covers] (link leads to all of them except YMCA) instead of original songs, mainly because they have to alter the length of the songs to fit the stages. "Canned Heat" by [[Jamiroquai]], for example, is over seven minutes long; the version used in ''Elite Beat Agents'' is only three minutes). The ''Osu Tatakae Ouendan'' games have three or so mixes made from master recordings as opposed to covers between, however.
* [[Blind Guardian]] seem to be fond of doing these. They have done several of them, such as "Surfin' USA" ([[The Beach Boys]]), "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vidda" ([[Iron Butterfly]]), "Spread Your Wings" ([[Queen]]), and a rather amusing version of "Mr. Sandman" (heres a [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDFmNgmaEe0 video])
* [[JAM Project]]'s Masaki Endoh did a cover of [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ix8Vy3mEHk Go Go Power Rangers] for when ''[[Mighty Morphin Power Rangers]]'' was (re) re-dubbed and aired in Japan.
** Endoh has released a pair of albums titled ENSON which are entirely covers of songs he (presumably) likes. "Go Go Power Rangers" is in the first one.
* [[Marilyn Manson]]'s first real mainstream hit was a cover of the [[Eurythmics]]' "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)".
** See also: [[Marilyn Manson]]'s covers of "Personal Jesus" and "Tainted Love".
* Ever try looking up how many covers of [[Radiohead]]'s hit "Creep" are out there? I'll give you a hint, A LOT.
** There's even a [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKltlk8A6Lk ukulele version] by [[Amanda Palmer]].
* "Pop pop Pop pop pop pop pop, pop pop Pop pop pop pop pop...". Curse you, Gershon Kingsley.
* Progressive Thrash/Power Metal band [[Nevermore]] covered The Sound Of Silence by [[Simon and Garfunkel]]. They don't dive straight into the song, so one would be forgiven for thinking it to be an original until "Hello Darkness My Old Friend!" is shouted right in your ear.
* Almost every song on Depeche Mode's album ''Violator'' has been covered. "Enjoy The Silence" in particular, has almost 20 covers.
** HIM's hideous version made this Depeche Mode fan ask her nephew how he could stand listening to it.
*** They were probably hoping to make something as awesome as the [[Rammstein]] cover of DM's "Stripped".
* Yet another Depeche Mode cover: [[The Saturdays]] did "Just Can't Get Enough", and that's what that [[Ear Worm]] you hear in the Payless commercials is. The original songwriter, Vince Clarke, even remixed it for them.
* Just when you think the album has to come to an end, Austrian Death Machine's album ''Double Brutal'' salvos you with an array of covers from Metallica to [[The Misfits]] to [[Motorhead]] to Goretorture and Agnostic Fuckin' Front.
* [[Kate Bush]]'s song "Running Up That Hill" has been covered by everyone from Armin Van Buuren to [[Within Temptation]].
** That would be only Dutch bands then?
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* The ''entire point'' of [[Richard Cheese]] and Lounge Against the Machine is producing light, breezy easy-listening covers of songs from metal, hip-hop, and rap artists.
** You have not lived until you've heard their cover of [[Nine Inch Nails]]' "Closer". It's absolutely hysterical.
** Not to mention the cover of [[Disturbed]]'s Down With The Sickness. Just try to keep a straight face when the {{spoiler|infamous child abuse segment}} comes up, sung in Cheese's trademark lounge style.
* [[Disturbed]] has done a few covers including Shout by [[Tears for Fears]] (Shout 2000 on The Sickness) and Land of Confusion (with an AWESOME music video).
* 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|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."
* On the topic of all things holy, a Power/Thras Metal band named Holy Grail covered Fast As A Shark by [[Accept]] and [[Judas Priest]]'s Exciter. The covers were modified to be even faster, [[The Power of Rock|lending two already kickass old school songs even MORE kickassery]].
* [[Tom Lehrer]] recorded his song "The Irish Ballad" in his usual fashion, playing a piano as accompaniment. The group Darby O'Gill later covered the song, turning it into a real Irish ballad. (Well, they perform in America, but they play Irish-type music and instruments.)
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* Atreyu has covered both ''You Give Love A Bad Name'' by [[Bon Jovi]], and ''Epic'' by [[Faith No More]].
* '60s British pop group the Searchers made a business of great covers.
* ''[[Manfred Mann]]'' took Dylan's "The Mighty Quinn" and [[Bruce Springsteen]]'s ""Blinded By The Light" and made them their own.
* A good amount of [[Cascada]]'s work are covers, Including "Everytime We Touch, "What Hurts the Most", Because the Night", "Wouldn't It Be Good", "Truly Madly Deeply", and several others.
* [[Tori Amos]] is known to cover a lot of songs, most famously "Smells Like Teen Spirit" and "'97 Bonnie & Clyde".
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* [[David Bowie]] is frequently covered, specially "Heroes" and "Rebel Rebel".
* [[My Chemical Romance]] did a cover of [[Bob Dylan]]'s "Desolation Row" for the "Watchmen" soundtrack, but cranked it [[Up to Eleven]].
* There is an album called Pun-Colle that consists of anime [[Seiyuu]] covering classic punk songs. In J-Pop style. Hearing a high-pitched, Japanese voice actress singing "White Riot" certainly is... something.
* [[Primus]] did an EP of unexpected cover versions, including [[XTC]]'s "Making Plans for Nigel" and [[Peter Gabriel]]'s "The Intruder".
** They also did an ''insanely'' kickass cover of Metallica's "Master Of Puppets". Where the guitar and bass lines are swapped. Sadly, it's only the intro of the song, but it kicks absolute ass. It can be found on [[YouTube]] if you want to hear it.
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* [[Savatage]] covered two songs on their album ''Fight for the Rock''; Badfinger's "Day After Day" and [[Free]]'s "Wishing Well".
* [[Def Leppard]] Covered [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKBSFKcav7w The Sweet's] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPOeAIUEVbs Action], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Db-bIWaXEFE Mick Ronson's] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOO6wztjxV0 Only After Dark] on their album Retroactive, As well as a whole slew of other glam rock songs on [[Cover Album|YEAH!]]
* [[Blue Cheer]] covered [[Eddie Cochran]]'s "Summertime Blues". [[Rush]] in turn covered the [[Blue Cheer]] version. Cover of a cover.
** Other notable bands who have covered Summertime Blues include: [[The Who]], [[Grease|Olivia Newton-John]], [[the Beach Boys]], Alan Jackson,and T-Rex.
* The [[Katy Perry]] song "Hot N' Cold" has been covered by.. well.. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TcoekyMCWzg these guys].
** [[McFly]], a British ''boy'' band, covered her song, "I Kissed a Girl".
* The [[Mariah Carey]] version of ''[[Without You]]'' (Can't Live...), generally taken to be the original, is a cover of Harry Nilsson's much earlier version, released a week after Nilsson's death. The song actually originated with Badfinger, but Carey's version (and most other covers of the song) followed Nilsson's arrangement much more closely.
* One pattern that seems to be fairly popular is to have a hardcore or death metal band cover a pop song. Take, for instance, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLzt87q9yZw "1000 Miles"], a cover of [[Vanessa Carlton]]'s "A Thousand Miles" by Australian hardcore band Never See Tomorrow.
* [[The Onion]]'s affiliate pop-culture magazine ''The AV Club'' has a feature called "Undercover" where bands cover popular songs, taken from a limited list. After being covered, a song is crossed off the list so that the earlier a band comes, the better its selection of songs. The first round of songs is available [http://www.avclub.com/articles/the-walkmen-cover-rem,38887/ here], the second round (currently ongoing) [http://www.avclub.com/articles/bob-mould-covers-sugar,53053/ here].
* [[The Birthday Massacre]] covered [[The Neverending Story (film)|The Neverending Story]] theme song.
* Many people are familiar with the [[Carlos Santana|Santana]] song ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UIojGDIBvI The Game of Love]'' as sung by Michelle Branch from his 2002 album ''Shaman''. This version, however, is '''not''' the original version: Tina Turner originally sang the song, but it was released only five years later on a compilation album.
* Two of the English language songs on Bentley Jones' [[TRANSLATION 2]] album are covers - one is [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8nv4uYp79U "Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)"], and the other is [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZr-y8AuiF0 "Word Up"]. Both songs have been covered by everyone and their grandmother, but his attempts are probably among the best out there. He's also done a cover of the [[Devil May Cry 4]] theme, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=cOpe2zborw0 "Shall Never Surrender"], turning it into a soft piano ballad.
* The recent movie [[The Muppets]] has two covers: one of "We Built This City" by Starship and another of "Forget You" by Cee Lo Green
** And let's not forget a [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|barbershop quartet]] version of Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit".
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