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

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

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

You probably heard the Mayrlin Manson version first - christangrant

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

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

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

Probably the biggest improvement from original to cover

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

You probably heard the Anthrax Version first - christangrant

Nah, I heard the original first, and it still gets a fair amount of airplay on classic rock radio, so a lot of people are still discovering it from the original (thankfully). - Gg2000

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

Interesting lyrics.

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

I first heard the cover by Blind Guardian. - Metal_Treasure

I heard Harry's version first. - Gg2000

You've probably heard Mariah Carey's cover first, and might think that Harry Nilsson's version is the original.

You propably have heard Nightwish's version first.
I didn't by the way, I saw the short animated movie this is from as a child, then years later again as a teenager. I didn't recall it being that depressingly sad.
But that was how I discovered Nightwish, by browsing this song. - Martin_Canine

No I heard the Simon and Garfunkel first - Thecyanryan

German girl group No Angels had a big hit with their cover version in Germany, and many probably heard it first by them. - Martin_Canine

At the peak of their career, Vanilla Ninja recorded a cover version in 2004 and entered the Top 10 in Germany and Austria.
The original version by Chris Norman is from 2001 and nobody seems to know it even exists. - Martin_Canine

Heard The Monkees do it way before Smash Mouth. - Gg2000

Originally by Simon & Garfunkel, but it’s likely that people have heard the Bangles version first.