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** "You Gave My Position Away" is a cover of "Last Christmas You Gave Me Your Heart" in the style of ''Intruder 3'' from ''[[Metal Gear Solid]]''.
* The Alex Skolnick Trio primarily performs jazz versions of hard rock and heavy metal songs.
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090831072150/http://www.sotb.se/ Slaughter of the Bluegrass] performs country/bluegrass covers of [[Melodic Death Metal]] songs
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DM2177pHMT0 The Baseballs] is a German group that does 50s rockabilly covers of modern pop songs. ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpWAl8C0H0A Really] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=McO2ckRO4AY excellent]'' 50s rockabilly covers of modern pop songs.
* Toots and the Maytals did a reggae verson of John Denver's "Take Me Home, Country Roads", even substituting "West Jamaica" for "West Virginia".
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* In the early 2010s, channels hosting [[Heavy Metal]] versions of just about any song you can think of became popular on [[YouTube]] -- look for names like [[331Erock]] and [[Leo Moracchioli]]/Frog Leap Studios.
* In 1978, at his 40th anniversary concert at Carnegie Hall, [[Benny Goodman]] [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YL0ird4rm_Y covered "Rocky Raccoon" by the Beatles] in a style that was a curious mix of the original and Goodman's trademark swing.
* [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCORIeT1hk6tYBuntEXsguLg Postmodern Jukebox] is a musical project which performs pop and rock music from the 1950s onward in big band, swing, 60's60s Motown-style soul and other vintage styles. Some of their work is simply amazing, such as their version of [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6RD6mjiIZE Soundgarden's "Black Hole Sun"] and [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3lF2qEA2cw Radiohead's "Creep"]. Their work can be summed up in [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3q7ExHaKt2M this decades-spanning cover] of the ''[[Friends]]'' theme song.
* An Italian duo on YouTube calling themselves [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuLr0QmdN899rTMCpAveJaw "Melodicka Bros"] are, as of early 2020, making a name for themselves doing covers of famous songs in styles wildly different from the originals.
* [[Billy Joel]]'s album ''An Innocent Man'' is made up entirely of original songs in the styles of various 50s and 60s artists whom he considered influences on his music.
* Ooedo no Hikeshi, an orchestra composed of traditional Japanese instruments and chorus, made a small splash on the net in the late 2000s and early 2010s with their (very traditional) covers of [[Deep Purple]]'s "Smoke on the Water" and Queen's "We Will Rock You".
 
== Radio ==