Anyone have some favorite covers of popular songs?
2026-07-19 01:17 UTC
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@Lumidaub@feddit.org 2026-07-19 01:29
www.youtube.com/watch?v=scZY7VNV-Go Halestorm - Get Lucky (and a bunch others) www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRKAL-i-UbE Alestorm - You are a Pirate www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkRUF-aEkmI Animetal - Moonlight Densetsu
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@superduperpirate@lemmy.world 2026-07-19 01:33
The track I’m recommending is the Postmodern Jukebox cover of Blackstreet’s “No Diggity” featuring Ariana Savalas on vocals. For your requirements popular song Yes - the original got a ton of airplay on MTV and radio in the early 90s from the 80s or 90s Yes hard rock or metal version Nope female vocalist Yes Link: youtu.be/bTfz36WArSU If Savalas sounds familiar, her dad is the actor Telly Savalas.
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@davel@lemmy.ml 2026-07-19 01:38
Joy Division’s She’s Lost Control covered by Spoek Mathbo: www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKfwSFI8LhQ Talking Heads’ entire Remain in Light album covered by Angélique Kidjo: www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mbIYOh0HJq4…
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@BCsven@lemmy.ca 2026-07-19 01:53
Lo Fang, covering Your The One That I Want www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYluMAO1b7Y And for something weirder, Ohgr covering Borderline www.youtube.com/watch?v=mT7yQ45xLVI
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@MxRemy@piefed.social 2026-07-19 02:50
Maybe sorrrttttt of the opposite of your “especially”, but: Do They Owe Us A Living? by Croy and the Boys, which is a country cover of the 70s punk song by Crass. Absolutely love this song.
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@SadSadSatellite@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2026-07-19 03:27
Jack Johnson covered Badfish by sublime for a tribute album. I’m not really familiar with his music, but damn his version is better than the original to me. And iron and wine’s cover of waiting on a Superman by the flaming lips. It’s a heartbreaking song in his whisper-singing. For a different feel, Tool’s cover of No Quarter.
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@kibiz0r@midwest.social 2026-07-19 03:50
(Embrace the chaos of my picks) Gimme More (SID) Mad World Ocarina of Time as a Prog Rock Album Take Me to Snurch Gangnam Style
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@itsworkthatwedo@sh.itjust.works 2026-07-19 04:22
Neither metal nor female singer, but this is one of the best covers ever. Macha Loved Bedhead - Believe
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@BassTurd@lemmy.world 2026-07-19 04:26
Sleep Theory - Bye Bye Bye by NSYNC. Bad Wolves - Zombie by The Cranberries. Daughtry - Separate Ways by Journey. 5 Finger Death Punch - Bad Company by Bad Company. All that Remains - The Thunder Rolls by Garth Brooks. Disturbed - The Sound of Silence by Simon and Garfunkel. Disturbed - Land of Confusion by Genesis. Alien Ant Farm - Smooth Criminal by Michael Jackson. A Day To Remember - Since U Been Gone by Kelly Clarkson. Electric Callboy - Everytime We Touch by Cascada. Framing Handly - Lollipop by Lil Wayne. Our Last Night - Running Up That Hill by Kate Bush. There’s definitely more, but those are some that I’ve enjoyed.
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@NauticalNoodle@lemmy.ml 2026-07-19 04:35
Pomplamoose - Pumped Up Kicks/Radiohead Creep mashup comes to mind for me. Creep was technically a 90’s song.
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@BigDawgOClock@lemmy.ml 2026-07-19 04:51
Marilyn Manson’s cover of Sweet Dreams by Eurythmics is a personal favorite
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@solrize@lemmy.ml 2026-07-19 05:02
This retired the whole genre: www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDyb_alTkMQ Sid Vicious’s version of I Did It My Way. I think originally from the 1980s.
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@Diddlydee@feddit.uk 2026-07-19 06:27
If you want covers better than originals, Johnny Cash is your man. His ‘America 1-4’ albums are full of them.
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@DandomRude@lemmy.world 2026-07-19 06:59
Toto - Africa (metal cover by Leo Moracchioli feat. Rabea & Hannah)
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@fitjazz@sh.itjust.works 2026-07-19 07:13
Hailstorm doing Daft Punk’s Get Lucky is one of my favorite songs of all time.
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@bananabread@lemmy.zip 2026-07-19 07:45
Guano Apes - Big in Japan Goldeneye - Wallace Vanboven Message in a bottle - Machine Head Baby one more time - August burns red Baby one more time - Children of bodom Enjoy the silence - Lacuna coil Paranoid - Megadeath Wicked game - Stone sour Tainted love - Marilyn Manson Some match your requirements better than others
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@Zahille7@lemmy.world 2026-07-19 08:01
Super Guitar Bros. featuring Dan Avidan - Kiss From A Rose
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@random_character_a@lemmy.world 2026-07-19 08:30
Oh, I’m so bookmarking this discussi.
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@Sparrow_1029@programming.dev 2026-07-19 08:38
Love this one www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bu_NEFpri0g
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@YaksDC@sh.itjust.works 2026-07-19 10:01
Johnny Cash’s version of Hurt open.spotify.com/track/28cnXtME493VX9NOw9cIUh
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@Simon_Shitewood@lemmy.ml 2026-07-19 10:31
Screaming Females have a cover of Shake It off that absolutely fucks: youtu.be/Zm1-bVYio1k
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@bunniesarereal666@piefed.world 2026-07-19 11:33
Archenemy made a whole album of coversin metal, their vocalist is a woman (Alissa White-Gluz). It includes cover of bands like: Tears of Fear, Scorpions, Judas Priest, Europe and Manowar.
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@Jarix@lemmy.world 2026-07-19 11:38
AWOL nations got a cover album a couple years ago. There is at least one Abba song on it. Chris Cornell did a couple of covers I cant get enough of. Acoustic Nothing Compares to you. And a cover/mashup of Metallica’s Ones lyrics to U2s One Lyrics which is amazing. I follow a guy called Leo Morachioli who does metal covers of popular songs. I really enjoy Leo’s version of toss a coin to your witcher and also his cover over final countdown. His videos are rad. Lourdes all along the watchtower is good Alien Ant Farm did a fun cover of Smooth Criminal is good too
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@Jarix@lemmy.world 2026-07-19 11:42
Radio goo goo by electric Six. Is danger danger High Voltage!
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@Mycatiskai@lemmy.ca 2026-07-19 13:34
The standouts for me are A Perfect Circle doing covers of People are People by Depeche Mode and Peace, Love, and Understanding by Brinsley Schwarz.
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@gajahmada@awful.systems 2026-07-19 13:36
I never found a metal rendition of a ‘softer’ song that’s better than the original so I got nothing on that. But here’s few of some artis I follow. Eleanor Rigby - Josh Turner I think most of the song he cover is old (idk I don’t really listen to classic song). But good lord, he’s talented af. Jack Conte (CEO of Patreon) are on both of these. Pomplamoose is his band with his wife Nataly Dawn. Scary pockets brings different singer (and other instrument) each song, mostly funk forward. Pomplamoose - Mr Blue Sky Just the 2 of us - Scary Pockets If you like those two, you probably also like Lawrence This is just straight up jazz but they’re super good. Young Original - Its a lovely day today
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@Pipster@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2026-07-19 13:46
Doesn’t quite fit the requirements perfectly but I love Ella Red’s soft cover of MCR’s I’m not okay (I promise).
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@watson387@sopuli.xyz 2026-07-19 14:00
22 Jacks - Message in a Bottle
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@Sadbutdru@sopuli.xyz 2026-07-19 14:26
Deftones - No Ordinary Girl
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@ContactClosure@lemmus.org 2026-07-19 15:23
Perfect Strangers by Yob Straight Up by Mares of Thrace (this is what you’re looking for)
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@CanIFishHere@lemmy.ca 2026-07-19 15:48
Hurt - Johnny Cash
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@steveLeo@lemmy.zip 2026-07-19 15:51
Honestly, most anything by Me First and the Gimme Gimmes, a pop punk band I used to listen to a lot in the oughts that strictly performs covers. Favs include “My Boyfriends Back” “Stand By Your Man” and “Sloop John B”
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@iByteABit@lemmy.ml 2026-07-19 16:21
Children of Bodom cover of Oops I Did it Again
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@whotookkarl@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2026-07-19 16:41
I know there’s a whole anti cars movement but I think it’s a pretty good cover youtu.be/nDh6rr36spU
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@tigermountain@lemmy.world 2026-07-19 17:01
The Replicants had a self-titled album of covers in 1995 and they are all killer rock versions. Check it out.
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@vatw@lemmy.zip 2026-07-19 01:27
Maybe not what you are looking for, but unironically entertaining on several levels (at least to me) www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWWBeaqdBas Spice Girls - Wannabe (in the style of System Of A Down) feat. @macglocky
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@bstix@feddit.dk 2026-07-19 17:13
Motörhead - Heroes Original by David Bowie 1977. motörhead recorded the cover version while recording their last album in 2015. Generally I would say I like the music of Bowie better than motörhead, but in this case, their cover of his song is better than the original.
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@HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 2026-07-19 18:01
How do you feel about ska? Save Ferris - Come on Eileen The Interrupters - Bad Guy No Doubt - It’s My Life
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@RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world 2026-07-19 18:19
Anything by Me First and the Gimme Gimmes The Protomen - The Cover Up And I really like this cover of Dead Man’s Party
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@raspirate@lemmy.world 2026-07-19 19:08
The A.V. Club used to do a series where bands would come on and choose from a list of songs to cover. As the season goes on, the list shrinks and the covers get more exotic. You can search “av undercover” on YouTube to watch through the back catalog of old seasons for some pretty great covers. I don’t think they do it anymore, but it ran for several years.