Top 10 Songs Where You Most Likely Heard a Cover Version Before the Original

christangrant This can happen alot you hear a cover of the song before the actual Orginal song itself now i'm not saying that any of these covers are better than the orginal (Some Are and some Aren't) but what i mean is these are songs you most likely heard a cover of before the Orginal

The Top Ten

1 I Will Always Love You - Dolly Parton

You have probably most likley heard the Whitney Houston Version first and you probably didn't even know that it was cover (that's what happened to Me) - christangrant

2 All Along the Watchtower - Bob Dylan

Most likely you have heard the Jimi Hendrix Version first - christangrant

3 Cum On Feel the Noize - Slade

Most likely you have heard the Quiet Riot version first - christangrant

4 I Love Rock 'n' Roll - The Arrows

You probably heard the Joan Jett version or if you are unlucky the Britney Spears Version ugh... - christangrant

5 Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) - Eurythmics

You probably heard the Mayrlin Manson version first - christangrant

I HATE MARILYN MANSON! - hayden3009

6 Dazed and Confused - Jake Holmes

I bet you have most likely thought the song was by Led Zeppelin but Nope it was by Jake Holmes and example of Led Zeppelin Plagerizesm - christangrant

7 Hallelujah - Leonard Cohen

Nope, heard the Cohen version first. Never heard the Buckley version until somebody said it was better, once I finally heard Buckley's, I thought it was very meh. Cohen wrote it, and knows how this song is really supposed to sound and feel.

You've probably heard the Jeff Buckley song before this one - christangrant

8 Antisocial - Trust

You probably heard the Anthrax Version first - christangrant

9 Love Hurts - The Everly Brothers

You probally heard the Nazareth version first - christangrant

10 Twist and Shout - Topnotes

You probably heard the Beatles version first - christangrant

The Contenders

11 Knockin' on Heaven's Door - Bob Dylan

Guns N Roses came first to me. And I also like their cover better. - Metal_Treasure

12 The Man Who Sold the World - Nirvana

This is the cover of a David Bowie song which yeah you most likley heard the Nirvana version first - christangrant

13 Sound of Silence - Disturbed

No I heard the Simon and Garfunkel first - Thecyanryan

14 Careless Whisper - Seether
15 Whiskey in the Jar - Metallica
16 Behind Blue Eyes - The Who

If you are unlucky you probably heard the Awful Limp Bizkit cover - christangrant

17 Girls Just Want to Have Fun - Robert Hazard

You most likely heard the Cyndi Lauper version better - jack2244

18 I'm a Believer - Smash Mouth
19 Jessie's Girl - Frickin' A
20 The Boys of Summer - The Ataris
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