Top 10 Hit Songs that are Covers
The Top Ten
1 Hurt - Johnny Cash
Nine Inch Nails.
2 Hallelujah - Jeff Buckley
Leonard Cohen
3 Hey Joe - Jimi Hendrix
This is a cover?! Jimi mastered another cover!
Billy Roberts
4 Hound Dog - Elvis Presley
Big Mama Thornton
5 I Love Rock 'N' Roll - Joan Jett & the Blackhearts
Originally by the Arrows
6 Whiskey in the Jar - Thin Lizzy
It became a hit when Thin Lizzy covered it. It's an Irish traditional/folk song that has always been popular in Ireland (I guess) but wasn't known internationally before Thin Lizzy.
7 Me and Bobby McGee - Janis Joplin
8 You Keep Me Hangin' On - Kim Wilde
9 Needles and Pins - The Searchers
10 I Fought the Law - The Clash
The Contenders
11 Superstar - Sonic Youth
Who sang the original? Read carefully, the album title says it all.
12 Mr. Tambourine Man - The Byrds
13 Cum On Feel the Noize - Quiet Riot
14 Little Wing - Stevie Ray Vaughan
The Jimi Hendrix Experience
15 Knockin' on Heaven's Door - Guns N' Roses
Slaughtered it, desecrated it, RUINED it.
16 I Will Always Love You - Whitney Houston
17 Whiskey in the Jar - Metallica
18 Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) - Marilyn Manson
19 Smooth Criminal - Alien Ant Farm
20 How High the Moon - Les Paul & Mary Ford
Nancy Hamilton, Morgan Lewis.
21 The Sound of Silence - Disturbed
Love this cover version. Sure to be a future staple of Disturbed's live shows.
22 Torn - Natalie Imbruglia
23 Needles and Pins - Smokie
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