Top 10 Metal Covers of Pop Songs

The Top Ten
1 It's a Sin - Gamma Ray

Pet Shop Boys cover.

2 Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! - Yngwie
3 Rock Me Amadeus - Edguy
4 Dream a Little Dream of Me - Blind Guardian

Ozzie Nelson cover.

5 Maniac - Firewind
6 Lay All Your Love On Me - Avantasia
7 Oops! I Did It Again! - Children of Bodom

Britney Spears cover

8 Ghostbusters - Xentrix

This cover is just amazing.

9 Stayin' Alive - San Di Ego

Bee Gees cover.

10 Toxic - Trollfest

Another Britney Spears cover. Metal bands love Britney...

The Contenders
11 Diamonds - Any Given Day

Best metal version of a pop song that I have ever heard by a long shot.

Rihanna cover

12 Larger Than Life - Paragon

Backstreet Boys cover

13 Saturday Nights Alright - Flotsam and Jetsam

Yes, Sir Elton John went thrash metal. Great cover. However, it's debatable whether the original song is pop (or pop rock)

14 Dancing With Tears In My Eyes - Avantasia
15 Push It to the Limit - Battle Beast
16 Stayin' Alive - Ten Masked Men

Bee Gees brutal cover

17 Dancing With Tears In My Eyes - Dreamscape

Never knew this was a cover until today. This is a killer prog version of the song.

18 Rasputin - Turisas
19 La Isla Bonita - Twilight Guardians

Madonna cover

20 Waterloo - Nation
21 Diamonds and Rust - Judas Priest

The Best cover ever!

22 S.O.S. - at Vance
23 Kiss from a Rose - Northern Kings
24 House of the Rising Sun - Frijid Pink
25 Rasputin - Ten Masked Men

Boney M death metal cover

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