Top 10 Most Overhated Cover Songs

Covers of song that get more hate than needed, and half of the time the covers themselves aren't that terrible. If I missed one feel free to add it.
The Top Ten
1 The Sound of Silence - Disturbed

This site really seems to enjoy this cover, and so does everyone on YouTube, but I just can't take this seriously. At least Simon and Garfunkel's song acknowledged the title and lyrics by making the song very quiet and gentle, whereas this is just overblown and trying way too hard to connect with me emotionally. It almost reminds me of how Whitney Houston ruined the Dolly Parton song by turning it into melodramatic pap. 4/10

Even Simon from Simon & Garfunkel liked the cover, the hate it gets is so damn ridiculous. Sure it might be a bit "melodramatic" but at least, it does something different from the original for it to stand out more.

People hate this? I wouldn't know, even my dad, who I can't convince to listen to any other modern style rock, still says this is better than the original by a mile.

This version of The Sound of Silence is HORRIBLE and an absolute INSULT to the original.

2 Behind Blue Eyes - Limp Bizkit

I always thought this was the original version of the song because I never heard The Who's version. It is a decent cover, but The Who did it better, especially the bridge part. LB was too lazy to add a guitar solo I guess…

The song was a big hit over here, even more than in the US, and it's often played on the radio. My father, who listens mostly to 60s and 70s music (Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Emerson Lake & Palmer, Kraftwerk, Deep Purple, Supertramp, Queen,...) said that while he usually has a negative bias towards covers, he genuinely loves this cover, and that he can't decide whether he likes this or the original better. He also really adores the electronic break in between.

PS: I pretty much share his views

I thought I was the only one who loves this cover more. Personally, The Who is one of my favorite bands and apart from some 90's hits I kinda despise Limp Bizkit but still I'd choose this cover over the original one.

This cover is absolutely dreadful. They took an amazing song by an amazing band (The Who), removed an entire section, replaced with this weird electronic thing, and people are saying this is overhated?

3 Another Brick in the Wall (Pt. 1, 2, & 3) - Korn

Not better than the original, but still a decent cover by it's own merit.

Nobody hates this

4 Smooth Criminal - Alien Ant Farm

It's nowhere near as good as the original, but I had no idea people even hated it. It's pretty solid.

I actually like this cover, not that bad as people say it is.

It's pretty good in my opinion.

I love this cover.

5 Bad Company - Five Finger Death Punch

Oh, come on. People actually hate this? This is a great cover, no doubt. And that comment
two below me just shows how hated this is.

This cover actually is bad. If anything, it's not hated enough.

I actually really liked this cover.

It's not that terrible to be honest.

6 Gone Away - Five Finger Death Punch

This song is decently not as good as The Offspring song but this song does not deserve all the hate it gets. The point of a cover is not to do the song over again if so then why don't people just Liston to the original? The Offspring track is about sticking in when the going gets tough and rolling with punches more or less but still feeling emotions. And the FFDP version is about giving up there is nothing to live for and mourning the death or (the charter in the cover's) army friends. So yes not as good as The Offspring obviously but still a great sad track, and decently not deserving of all the hate.

Anyone who says that this is better than the offspring's original is wrong. This doesn't even come close

7 Hallelujah - Jeff Buckley

This cover deserves all the hate it gets. It is a disrespect to Leonard Cohen's classic.

8 Zombie - Bad Wolves

They did this song out of respect for Delores and I think they did very well in honoring her song honestly

I think this was a great tribute to Dolores... in all honesty.

Why do you think this cover is overhated? Any facts?

Doesn't deserve the hate in my opinion

9 Africa - Weezer

Is the 'Wheezer' part out of hatred? 'Cause actually the real name originated from this word as Rivers was called this in school because of his aesthma.

Weezer not Wheezer

10 The Pretender - Infected Mushroom
The Contenders
11 Knockin' On Heaven's Door - Guns N' Roses

This cover is better than the original in every way, can't wait for butthurts to tell me wrong, oh well they can have fun listening to Bob Dylan's atrocious voice.

I don't like either version of this song honestly, both kinda suck in my opinion.

It's just hated by diehard blues fans and people who hate popular music.

Great cover! Why do people hate this?

12 Bohemian Rhapsody - Kanye West

It's NOT overhated, it's UNDERHATED! An absolutely DREADFUL version of this fabulous song and Robbie Williams' version isn't much better.

I once had an entire day ruined because of this.. God I hate it when people ruin great songs

I literally spat out my drink out of my mouth right when I saw this

Overrated? I've never met a person who likes it.

13 Thoughtless - Evanescence

Not as great as the original, but still decent in it's own right.

14 Land of Confusion - Disturbed

Again another Disturbed cover that honestly isn't that terrible.

This is actually really cool.

15 Comfortably Numb - Scissor Sisters

I hated it! Scissor Sisters ruined an ultimate Pink Floyd song and turned it into a disaster! It's so laughable and ridiculous at the same time. Why?

16 Sad But True - Nickelback

People barely know this cover, moreover it's a live cover that I think was never released officially, so it's pretty underground. Now listen: it's a great cover (this is coming from a Metallica fan). But most people would hate the cover by default, without even giving a listen to it just because it's Nickelback. Oh well...

Metal_Treasure and I were actually talking about this on one of his lists. It's a suprisingly solid cover. You'd think, "Nickelback covering Metallica? This must be a travesty". But Chad's voice actually sounds great on that cover.

What's sad but true is that this cover is by Nickelback, thus was doomed from the start to be overhated.

Not as great as the original, but Chad Kroeger did a damn good job.

17 House of the Rising Sun - Five Finger Death Punch

Not as overhated as other covers so it's pretty low.

18 Nutshell - Adema

An Alice in Chains cover?

19 Working Class Hero - Green Day

I think that it's a solid cover, the fact that it's on the worst covers list is baffling..

Like EVERYTHING Green Day does is amazing

20 Wannabe - Zebrahead

Anything Zebrahead does is great.

21 Bohemian Rhapsody - Panic! at the Disco

This may not be as good as the original, but Brendon Urie can SING.

Sorry but I like Queen's version better than Kanye and Panic! at the Disco.

Don't make sense

22 Hole in the Sky - Machine Head
23 One - Korn

Sure it's not as great as the original, but it's not that terrible.

Overhated? Who hates this?

24 Blackbird - Alter Bridge

This isn't a cover? What? Do not ever seek to disrespect this song by calling it a cover. That's a injustice to even suggest.

Very too much dirty song and 8 minutes boring song.
Not good album it and very very awful song it

A black poor crow cover it
Dirty cover it...
8 minutes borning song it.
A poor crow never fly and only cry.

25 September - Taylor Swift
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