Who doesn’t love a good cover of a song. Here’s my ever increasing playlist for covers. One note: for each entry, the first song is the original, the rest are a noteworthy cover.
| Song | Artist |
|---|---|
| The Sound of Silence | Simon & Garfunkel |
| The Sound of Silence | Disturbed |
| Paradise | John Prine |
| Paradise | Johnny Cash |
| I Fought the Law | The Clash |
| I Fought The Law | Green Day |
| The City of New Orleans | Arlo Guthrie |
| The City of New Orleans | Johnny Cash |
| City of New Orleans | Willie Nelson |
| City of New Orleans | The Highwaymen |
| Fool in the Rain | Led Zeppelin |
| Fool In The Rain: Fool In The Rain | O.A.R. |
| Stairway to Heaven – Remaster | Led Zeppelin |
| Stairway to Heaven (Live At The Kennedy Center Honors) | Heart |
| Wild World | Yusuf / Cat Stevens |
| Wild World | Me First and the Gimme Gimmes |
| Jacob’s Ladder | Bruce Hornsby |
| Jacob’s Ladder | Huey Lewis & The News |
| Major Tom – Coming Home | Peter Schilling |
| Major Tom (Coming Home) | Shiny Toy Guns |
| Storybook Love | Mark Knopfler |
| Storybook Love | Willy DeVille |
| Barracuda | Heart |
| Barracuda | Fergie |
| Mr. Bojangles – Remastered 2001 | Nitty Gritty Dirt Band |
| Mr. Bojangles | Nitty Gritty Dirt Band |
| Can’t Help Falling In Love | Elvis Presley |
| (I Can’t Help) Falling In Love With You | UB40 |
| Have I Told You Lately | Van Morrison |
| Have I Told You Lately? | The Blue Rubatos |
| The Parting Glass (with Tommy Makem) | The Clancy Brothers |
| The parting glass [Waking Ned] | Shaun Davey |
| The Parting Glass | The High Kings |
| The Minstrel Boy | The Clancy Brothers |
| Minstrel Boy | Joe Strummer |
| Always on My Mind – Remastered | Elvis Presley |
| Always on My Mind | Willie Nelson |
| Always on My Mind – 2003 Remaster | Pet Shop Boys |
| Always on My Mind | Michael Bublé |
| Where The Streets Have No Name – Remastered | U2 |
| Where the Streets Have No Name (I Can’t Take My Eyes off You) – 2003 Remaster | Pet Shop Boys |
| A Whiter Shade of Pale – Original Single Version | Procol Harum |
| A Whiter Shade of Pale | Willie Nelson |
| Bridge Over Troubled Water | Simon & Garfunkel |
| Bridge Over Troubled Water | Johnny Cash |
| Bridge Over Troubled Water | Willie Nelson |
| Africa | Weezer |
| Africa | TOTO |
| Everybody Wants to Rule the World | Weezer |
| Everybody Wants To Rule The World | Tears For Fears |
| Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) | Weezer |
| Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) – Remastered | Eurythmics |
| Take on Me | Weezer |
| Take on Me | a-ha |
| Happy Together | Weezer |
| Happy Together | The Turtles |
| Paranoid | Weezer |
| Paranoid | Black Sabbath |
| Mr. Blue Sky | Weezer |
| Mr. Blue Sky | Electric Light Orchestra |
| No Scrubs | Weezer |
| No Scrubs | TLC |
| Billie Jean | Weezer |
| Billie Jean | Michael Jackson |
| Stand by Me | Weezer |
| Stand by Me | Ben E. King |
| Stand By Me | Florence + The Machine |
| All Along the Watchtower | Bob Dylan |
| All Along the Watchtower – Live at the United Center, Chicago, IL – December 1998 | Dave Matthews Band |
| The Maker – Acadie Goldtop Edition | Daniel Lanois |
| The Maker *’ – Live at the United Center, Chicago, IL – December 1998 | Dave Matthews Band |
| Smells Like Teen Spirit | Nirvana |
| Smells Like Teen Spirit – 2015 Remaster | Tori Amos |
| Romeo and Juliet | Dire Straits |
| Romeo And Juliet | Indigo Girls |
| Romeo And Juliet | The Killers |
| Somebody’s Watching Me – Single Version | Rockwell |
| Somebody’s Watching You | Rufus |
| Big Yellow Taxi | Joni Mitchell |
| Big Yellow Taxi | Counting Crows |
| Mrs. Robinson – From “The Graduate” Soundtrack | Simon & Garfunkel |
| Mrs. Robinson – Remastered | The Lemonheads |
| Brown Eyed Girl | Van Morrison |
| Brown Eyed Girl | Jimmy Buffett |
| Brown Eyed Girl | Everclear |
| The Weight – Remastered | The Band |
| The Weight | Little Feat |
| The Weight | The Staple Singers |
| The Weight – Remastered | Jackie DeShannon |
| Because the Night | Patti Smith |
| Because the Night – Live Unplugged | 10,000 Maniacs |
| Life Is A Highway | Chris LeDoux |
| Life is a Highway | Rascal Flatts |
| The Boxer | Simon & Garfunkel |
| The Boxer | Jerry Douglas |
| One | U2 |
| One | Mary J. Blige |
| The Boys Of Summer | Don Henley |
| The Boys of Summer | The Ataris |
| 99 Luftballons | Nena |
| 99 Red Balloons | Goldfinger |
| Blinded By The Light | Manfred Mann’s Earth Band |
| Blinded By The Light | Eagles Of Death Metal |
| Imagine – Remastered 2010 | John Lennon |
| Imagine | Keb’ Mo’ |
| The Beautiful People | Marilyn Manson |
| The Beautiful People – Burlesque Original Motion Picture Soundtrack | Christina Aguilera |
| The First Cut Is The Deepest | Yusuf / Cat Stevens |
| The First Cut Is The Deepest | Sheryl Crow |
| Fire and Rain – 2019 Remaster | James Taylor |
| Fire And Rain | Babyface |
| Drift Away | Dobie Gray |
| Drift Away | Uncle Kracker |
| Into the Mystic – 2013 Remaster | Van Morrison |
| Into The Mystic | The Wallflowers |
| Ojala Que Llueva Cafe | Juan Luis Guerra 4.40 |
| Ojalá que llueva café | Café Tacvba |
| Wild Night | Van Morrison |
| Wild Night | John Mellencamp |
| The Joker | Steve Miller Band |
| The Joker | Fatboy Slim |
| The Joker | Everclear |
| Walking in Memphis | Marc Cohn |
| Walking In Memphis | Lonestar |
| Walking in Memphis | Cher |
| Laid | James |
| Laid – Previously Unissued | Better Than Ezra |
| Such Great Heights – Remastered | The Postal Service |
| Such Great Heights | Iron & Wine |
| Hurt | Nine Inch Nails |
| Hurt | Johnny Cash |
| Hotel California – 2013 Remaster | Eagles |
| Hotel California (Spanish Mix) | Gipsy Kings |
| Come Together – Remastered 2009 | The Beatles |
| Come Together | Aerosmith |
| Take A Chance On Me | ABBA |
| Take a Chance On Me – Pop! Version | Erasure |
| Comfortably Numb | Scissor Sisters |
| Comfortably Numb | Pink Floyd |
| Praise You | Fatboy Slim |
| Praise You | Hannah Grace |
| Walk of Life | Dire Straits |
| Walk of Life | Bhi Bhiman |
| Ring of Fire | Johnny Cash |
| Ring Of Fire | Social Distortion |
| Auld Lang Syne | Bing Crosby |
| Auld Lang Syne | Barenaked Ladies |
| The Song Remains the Same – 1990 Remaster | Led Zeppelin |
| The Song Remains The Same | Dread Zeppelin |