Cover Songs

Did you ever happen to notice that over the years many musicians have done cover versions of songs made by other musicians? Sometimes the cover versions end up being better than the original version. Well, here are some cover songs and the artists that do them.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cover_version#Modern_cover_versions

Every Day People
-Original: Sly and the Family Stone
-Cover: Joan Jett and the Blackhearts

Dancing in the Street. This is one of the most covered songs
-Original: Martha Reeves and the Vandellas
-Covers: Mick Jagger and David Bowie, Mya, The Mamas and the Papas

Pretty Woman
-Original: Roy Orbison
-Cover: Van Halen

Careless Whisper
-Original: George Michael
-Cover: Seether

Light My Fire
-Original: The Doors
-Cover: Jose Feliciano

Unchained Melody
-Original: Todd Duncan, sung vocals for the movie Unchained
-Cover: The Righteous Brothers. This is the most known version of it.

Come Together
-Original: The Beatles
-Cover: Aerosmith

Just My Imagination(Running Away with Me)
Original: Smokey Robinson and the Miracles
-Cover: The Rolling Stones

Young Hearts Run Free
-Original: Candi Stanton
-Covers: Nat King Cole, Elton John, Nirvana, KISS, Thelma Houston, Marilyn Monroe, Madonna, T. Rex, David Bowie, Queen, The Police

With A Little Help from My Friends
-Original: The Beatles
-Cover: Joe Cocker

(I Can't Get No)Satisfaction
-Original: The Rolling Stones
-Cover: Devo

Sweet Dreams(Are Made of This)
-Original: Eurythmics
-Cover: Marilyn Manson

Dancing Queen
-Original: ABBA
-Cover: U2

Should I Stay or Should I Go?
-Original: The Clash
-Cover: Kylie Minogue

Live and Let Die
-Original: Paul McCartney
-Cover: Guns N Roses

Bad Reputation
-Original: Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
-Cover: Avril Lavigne

Walk This Way
-Original: Aerosmith
-Cover: Run-DMC

Lady Marmalade
-Original: Labelle
-Covers: Christina Aguilera, Mya, Pink, Lil Kim

Where the Streets Have No Name:
-Original: U2
-Cover: The Pet Shop Boys

Stand By Me
-Original: Ben E. King
-Cover: John Lennon

Indian Outlaw
-Original: Paul Revere and the Raiders
-Cover: Tim McGraw

Turn the Beat Around
-Original: Vicki Sue Robinson
-Cover: Gloria Estefan

Here are some of the artists who have had their songs covered by other artists:

-The Rolling Stones

-The Beatles

-Aerosmith








-R.E.M.

-The Clash

-Pink Floyd

-Bruce Springsteen
-Madonna
-AC/DC
-Michael Jackson

-KISS

-Tupac









-Black Sabbath

-Joy Division
-Guns N Roses
-New Order
-Judas Priest

-Rush
-Iron Maiden
-Slipknot
-Faith No More
-Tom Waits
-Oingo Boingo
-Bob Marley
-The Bee Gees
-ABBA
-Fleetwood Mac
-Cher
-Shania Twain
-The Grateful Dead
-Kate Bush
-Bob Dylan
-Johnny Cash
-Deep Purple
-Lynyrd Skynyrd
-Dolly Parton
-Marvin Gaye
-Rammstein
-The Carpenters
-Depeche Mode
-Nine Inch Nails
-Duran Duran
-Elton John
-The Smashing Pumpkins
-Alice Cooper

-ZZ Top
-Van Morrison
-Carole King
-The Kinks
-Megadeth
-Jimi Hendrix
-Sick of It All




-The Ramones

-Daniel Johnston
-Loretta Lynn
-Ronnie James Dio

-Donovan
-The Finn Brothers
-Cyndi Lauper
-Sublime
-Mick Jagger

-Jeff Beck
-Weezer
-Harry Chapin
-Bruce Cockburn
-Harry Nilsson
-Gordon Lightfoot






-David Bowie

-Britney Spears
-Gary Numan









-The Misfits

-Led Zeppelin
-Slayer
-Def Leppard

-Snoop Dogg
-Kanye West
-Aretha Franklin

The Kidz Bop series of CDs have made cover versions of songs, with them singing and sometimes the artists who wrote the songs helping out. (i.e. Here Comes the Sun, George Harrison helping out on on the Kidz Bop CDs)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kidz_Bop#Kidz_Bop_discography

Kidz Bop
-Track Listing

1. All Star
2. Oops... I Did It Again
3. Bye Bye Bye
4. All the Small Things
5. What a Girl Wants
6. I Want It That Way
7. Bailamos
8. My Love is Your Lvoe
9. That Don't Impress Me Much
10. Livin La Vida Loca
11. Believe
12. Steal my Sunshine
13. Blue
14. Summer Girls
15. One Week
16. Angel of Mine
17. Fly
18. Kiss Me

Kidz Bop 2
-Track Listing

1. Kryptonite
2. Get the Party Started
3. Survivor
4. Hanging by a Moment
5. U Remind Me
6. Turn off the Light
7. I'm Real
8. Can't Get You Out of My Head
9. Follow Me
10. Try Again
11. I'm a Believer
12. Hero
13. Everywhere
14. It's Gonna Be Me
15. Crazy for This Girl
16. Come On Over Baby
17. Fallin
18. He Loves U Not

Kidz Bop 3
-Track Listing

1. Soak Up the Sun
2. Hey Baby
3. Complicated
4. U Don't Have to Call
5. All You Wanted
6. Dilemma
7. Alive
8. Don't Let Me Get Me
9. Family Affair
10. Whenever, Wherever
11. Happy
12. Wherever You Will Go
13. Girlfriend
14. A Thousand Miles
15. Hero
16. Just a Friend
17. Wasting My Time
18. A Moment Like This

Kidz Bop 4
-Track Listing

1. Sk8er Boi
2. Jenny from the Block
3. Miss Independent
4. Bring Me to Life
5. Beautiful
6. The Anthem
7. The Game of Love
8. Underneath It All
9. When I'm Gone
10. I'm Gonna Getcha Good
11. Cry Me a River
12. No Letting Go
13. Inituition
14. Move Like This
15. Angel
16. I'd Do Anything
17. The Ketchup Song
18. The Middle

Kidz Bop 5
-Track Listing

1. Crazy in Love
2. Hey Ya!
3. Are You Happy Now?
4. Invisible
5. It's My Life
6. Here Without You
7. Girls & Boys
8. So Yesterday
9. Why Don't You and I
10. Someday
11. (There's Gotta Be) More to Life
12. Senorita
13. Never Leave You
14. Headstrong
15. Low
16. Me Against the Music
17. Perfect
18. Cinderella
19. Something More

Kidz Bop 6
-Track Listing

1. With You
2. This Love
3. Come Clean
4. Are You Gonna Be My Girl
5. The Reason
6. You Don't Know My Name
7. Toxic
8. My Immortal
9. Me, Myself, and I
10. Hold On
11. The First Cut is the Deepest
12. Ocean Avenue
13. Burn
14. Meant to Live
15. I'm Still in Love with You
16. Beautiful
17. All Star
18. Sk8er Boi

Kidz Bop 7
-Track Listing

1. Pieces of Me
2. Let's Get It Started
3. Breakaway
4. My Happy Ending
5. (Get Out)
6. On the Way Down
7. She Will Be Loved
8. Lose My Breath
9. Accidentally in Love
10. Heaven
11. Dare You to Move
12. If I Ain't Got You
13. 1985
14. One Thing
15. Float On
16. Beautiful Soul
17. Welcome to My Life
18. My Boo
19. Take My Breath Away

Kidz Bop 8
-Track Listing

1. Since U Been Gone
2. I Don't Want to Be
3. Obsession
4. Boulevard of Broken Dreams
5. Caught Up
6. Rich Girl
7. Let Me Love You
8. Vertigo
9. 1, 2 Step
10. Lonely No More
11. OVer and Over
12. Nobody's Home
13. Incomplete
14. 1 Thing
15. True
16. Let Me Go
17. Karma
18. Take Me Out

Kidz Bop 9
-Track Listing

1. Behind These Hazel Eyes
2. Beverly Hills
3. Don't Lie
4. Wake Me Up When September Ends
5. Just the Girl
6. Pon de Replay
7. Photograph
8. Cool
9. These Words
10. You and Me
11. Feel Good Inc
12. Chariot
13. Boyfriend
14. Speed of Sound
15. We Belong Together
16. Wake Up
17. Axel F
18. Listen to Your Heart

Kidz Bop 10
-Track Listing

1. SOS
2. Bad Day
3. Move Along
4. Because of You
5. Savin Me
6. Unwritten
7. Be Without You
8. L.O.V.E.
9. You're Beautiful
10. Pump It
11. Where'd You Go
12. For You
13. Hung Up
14. What's Left of Me
15. Girl Next Door
16. Stickwithu
17. Who Says You Can't Go Home
18. Don't Forget About Us

Kidz Bop 11
-Track Listing

1. Walk Away
2. My Love
3. Crazy
4. Over My Head
5. Too Little Too Late
6. Far Away
7. Black Horse and the Cherry Tree
8. Chasing Cars
9. Hanging On
10. Irreplaceable
11. What Hurts the Most
12. A Public Affair
13. Waiting on the World to Change
14. Come Back to Me
15. It Ends Tonight
16. Put Your Records On
17. Lips of an Angel
18. Rush
19. Chicken Noodle Soup

Kidz Bop 12
-Track Listing

1. Girlfriend
2. The Sweet Escape
3. It's Not Over
4. Say It Right
5. Never Again
6. What Goes Around
7. Umbrella
8. Cupid's Chokehold
9. Glamorous
10. If Everyone Cared
11. Beautiful Liar
12. How to Save a Life
13. Makes Me Wonder
14. Don't Matter
15. Boston
16. With Love
17. Ice Box
18. Home

Kidz Bop 13
-Track Listing

1. Party Like a Rockstar
2. Who Knew
3. Big Girls Don't Cry
4. The Great Escape
5. Beautiful Girls
6. When You're Gone
7. Hey There Delilah
8. I Don't Want to be in Love
9. Apologize
10. Over You
11. Wait for You
12. Me Love
13. First Time
14. No One
15. Bubbly
16. SOS
17. Hate That I Love You
18. Tattoo
19. 1234
20. How Far We've Come

Kidz Bop 14
-Track Listing

1. Don't Stop the Music
2. Love Song
3. Feels Like Tonight
4. See You Again
5. Clumsy
6. Stop and Stare
7. Bleeding Love
8. 4 Minutes
9. When You Look Me in the Eyes
10. Pocketful of Sunshine
11. No Air
12. Teardrops on My Guitar
13. Damaged
14. Sorry
15. Superstar
16. It's Not My Time
17. With You
18. Take You There
19. Say

Kidz Bop 15
-Track Listing

1. So What
2. Let It Rock
3. When I Grow Up
4. American Boy
5. Forever
6. Hot N Cold
7. Disturbia
8. Burnin Up
9. I'm Yours
10. One Step at a Time
11. 7 Things
12. Better in Time
13. What About Now
14. Love Story
15. Crush
16. Gotta Be Somebody
17. Take a Bow
18. Tell Me Something
19. This is Me

Kidz Bop 16
-Track Listing

1. Boom Boom Pow
2. Circus
3. Fire Burning
4. The Climb
5. How Do You Sleep
6. If I Were a Boy
7. You Found Me
8. I Hate This Part
9. Heartless
10. If Today was Your Last Day
11. Live Your Life
12. Please Don't Leave Me
13. Second Chance
14. Hoedown Throwdown
15. Candle
16. That's Not My Name
17. 1234
18. Halo
19. Goodbye
20. LOL

Kidz Bop 17
-Track Listing

1. Party in the USA
2. I Gotta Feeling
3. Paparazzi
4. You Belong with Me
5. Knock You Down
6. Fireflies
7. Battlefield
8. Use Somebody
9. Already Gone
10. One Time
11. Say Hey
12. Sweet Dreams
13. Never Say Never
14. Meet Me Halfway
15. Replay
16. Sounds Like a Hit
17. Shine On

Kidz Bop 18
-Track Listing

1. Telephone
2. Baby
3. California Gurls
4. Hey, Soul Sister
5. Do You Remember
6. Naturally
7. Whataya Want from Me
8. Nothin on You
9. Break Your Heart
10. All the Right Moves
11. Two is Better Than One
12. Evacuate the Dance Floor
13. Billionaire
14. Alejandro
15. Breakeven
16. Single Ladies

Kidz Bop 19
-Track Listing

1. Firework
2. DJ Got Us Fallin in Love
3. Just the Way You Are
4. Cooler than Me
5. Club Can't Handle Me
6. Bulletproof
7. Animal
8. Just a Dream
9. Magic
10. Mine
11. Please Don't Go
12. The Time
13. The Only Exception
14. Somebody to Love
15. If I Had You
16. Impossible
17. Born Free

Kidz Bop 20
-Track Listing

1. Born This Way
2. Till the World Ends
3. Forget You
4. Price Tag
5. Written in the Stars
6. On the Floor
7. The Lazy Song
8. Perfect
9. Tonight Tonight
10. More
11. The Story of Us
12. Rocketeer
13. Who Says
14. Never Say Never
15. Whip My Hair
16. Rolling in the Deep

Kidz Bop 80s Gold
-Track Listing

1. Mickey
2. Footloose
3. Karma Chameleon
4. Funkytown
5. Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go
6. Holiday
7. We're Not Gonna Take It
8. Kokomo
9. I Want Candy
10. Our House
11. Girls Just Want to Have Fun
12. Livin on a Prayer
13. Vacation
14. Kids in America

Kidz Bop Sings The Beatles
-Track Listing

1. Can't Buy Love
2. Here Comes the Sun
3. All You Need is Love
4. I Want to Hold Your Hand
5. A Hard Day's Night
6. Hey Jude
7. Octopus's Garden
8. Hello Goodbye
9. Blackbird
10. We Can Work It Out
11. Birthday
12. Let It Be

Kidz Bop Country
-Track Listing

1. Life is a Highway
2. Baby Girl
3. Living in Fast Forward
4. Who Says You Can't Go Home
5. Better Life
6. The Lucky One
7. What Hurts the Most
8. Why
9. The World
10. Mr. Mom
11. Suds in the Bucket
12. Jesus, Take the Wheel
13. Leave the Pieces
14. Something's Gotta Give

Los Kidz Bop. Features music from Spanish artists
-Track Listing

1. Livin La Vida Loca
2. Whenever, Wherever
3. Bailamos
4. Waiting for Tonight
5. A Dios le Pido
6. Come on Over Baby
7. Dimelo (I Need to Know)
8. I Could Fall in Love
9. Baila Baila
10. The Ketchup Song
11. If I Could Go
12. Heaven
13. Sera Que No Me Amas
14. I Like It Like That
15. I Want You
16. Don't Wanna
17. Si Tu Te Vas
18. Angel
19. Ave Maria
20. Nobody Wants to be Lonely

Kidz Bop Gold
-Track Listing

1. Here Comes the Sun. On this one, George Harrison helps out.
2. Dancing in the Street
3. How Sweet It Is(To Be Loved by You)
4. I'll Be There
5. Happy Together
6. The 59th Street Bridge Song(Feelin Groovy)
7. You've Got a Friend
8. Hooked on a Feeling
9. You are the Sunshine of My Life
10. Teach Your Children
11. Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head
12. Good Morning Starshine
13. Stand By Me

More Kidz Bop Gold
-Track Listing

1. Walking on Sunshine
2. Sugar, Sugar
3. Don't Worry, Be Happy
4. Celebration
5. Jump
6. We Got the Beat
7. I Think I Love You
8. ABC
9. Walk Like an Egyptian
10. Put A Little Love in Your Heart
11. I'm a Believer
12. Lean on Me
13. We Are Family
14. Girls Just Want to Have Fun