Tricky's Something In the Way is a Nirvana cover. I was more of a Tricky fan than a Nirvana fan so it took me forever to figure that out.
Paint it Black by gob. I think it's funny that I was listening to a relatively small Canadian rock band before I learned about The Rolling Stones.
imma feelin old. i remember well when many of these originals came out 😂
One that I was surprised to learn that I like to share is Grace Jones 'Private Life' was originally by The Pretenders.
Hynde is quoted as saying: Like all the other London punks, I wanted to do reggae, and I wrote "Private Life". When I first heard Grace's version I thought 'Now that's how it's supposed to sound!' In fact it was one of the highpoints of my career - what with Sly and Robbie being the masters, and Grace Jones with her scorching delivery.
Not really a cover but it used such a huge chunk that it pretty much is...
Beyonce "Crazy In Love" is basically The Chi-lites "Are You My Woman"
Our Lips Are Sealed is not exactly a GoGo's song. It was co-written with Fun Boy Three.
A twist on the subject for years I thought Guns Of Brixton by The Clash was a cover, but it's an original song.
Jimmy Cliff did an awesome cover though
You're so vain by Faster Pussycat turned out to be a cover
I also thought Man on the Silver Mountain was by Mago de OZ
Huh. Didn't know about that cover. Man on the Silver Mountain is one of my favorite Rainbow songs. Actually, one of my favorite songs with Dio on vocals in general.
Not a bad cover. I like the synths.
The entire genre of Drum N Bass is a cover of the Amen break.
@DingoFan I must say I've heard the version of Hurt by Johnny Cash way before I knew it was a nine inch nails cover:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AHCfZTRGiI
(Here's the version from Nine Inch Nails):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6oGqIfnIAEA
There was also an artist in my country called Lucia. She made a song called Silence which was a cover after a band called The MOOoD. I always thought her song was the original, and not the other way around:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAm_uoV1z5k
Edit: here's the original:
82nd All The Way - Amaranthe
I love both versions now.
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