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
- All Star
- Oops... I Did It Again
- Bye Bye Bye
- All the Small Things
- What a Girl Wants
- I Want It That Way
- Bailamos
- My Love is Your Lvoe
- That Don't Impress Me Much
- Livin La Vida Loca
- Believe
- Steal my Sunshine
- Blue
- Summer Girls
- One Week
- Angel of Mine
- Fly
- Kiss Me
Kidz Bop 2
-Track Listing
- Kryptonite
- Get the Party Started
- Survivor
- Hanging by a Moment
- U Remind Me
- Turn off the Light
- I'm Real
- Can't Get You Out of My Head
- Follow Me
- Try Again
- I'm a Believer
- Hero
- Everywhere
- It's Gonna Be Me
- Crazy for This Girl
- Come On Over Baby
- Fallin
- He Loves U Not
Kidz Bop 3
-Track Listing
- Soak Up the Sun
- Hey Baby
- Complicated
- U Don't Have to Call
- All You Wanted
- Dilemma
- Alive
- Don't Let Me Get Me
- Family Affair
- Whenever, Wherever
- Happy
- Wherever You Will Go
- Girlfriend
- A Thousand Miles
- Hero
- Just a Friend
- Wasting My Time
- A Moment Like This
Kidz Bop 4
-Track Listing
- Sk8er Boi
- Jenny from the Block
- Miss Independent
- Bring Me to Life
- Beautiful
- The Anthem
- The Game of Love
- Underneath It All
- When I'm Gone
- I'm Gonna Getcha Good
- Cry Me a River
- No Letting Go
- Inituition
- Move Like This
- Angel
- I'd Do Anything
- The Ketchup Song
- The Middle
Kidz Bop 5
-Track Listing
- Crazy in Love
- Hey Ya!
- Are You Happy Now?
- Invisible
- It's My Life
- Here Without You
- Girls & Boys
- So Yesterday
- Why Don't You and I
- Someday
- (There's Gotta Be) More to Life
- Senorita
- Never Leave You
- Headstrong
- Low
- Me Against the Music
- Perfect
- Cinderella
- Something More
Kidz Bop 6
-Track Listing
- With You
- This Love
- Come Clean
- Are You Gonna Be My Girl
- The Reason
- You Don't Know My Name
- Toxic
- My Immortal
- Me, Myself, and I
- Hold On
- The First Cut is the Deepest
- Ocean Avenue
- Burn
- Meant to Live
- I'm Still in Love with You
- Beautiful
- All Star
- Sk8er Boi
Kidz Bop 7
-Track Listing
- Pieces of Me
- Let's Get It Started
- Breakaway
- My Happy Ending
- (Get Out)
- On the Way Down
- She Will Be Loved
- Lose My Breath
- Accidentally in Love
- Heaven
- Dare You to Move
- If I Ain't Got You
- 1985
- One Thing
- Float On
- Beautiful Soul
- Welcome to My Life
- My Boo
- Take My Breath Away
Kidz Bop 8
-Track Listing
- Since U Been Gone
- I Don't Want to Be
- Obsession
- Boulevard of Broken Dreams
- Caught Up
- Rich Girl
- Let Me Love You
- Vertigo
- 1, 2 Step
- Lonely No More
- OVer and Over
- Nobody's Home
- Incomplete
- 1 Thing
- True
- Let Me Go
- Karma
- Take Me Out
Kidz Bop 9
-Track Listing
- Behind These Hazel Eyes
- Beverly Hills
- Don't Lie
- Wake Me Up When September Ends
- Just the Girl
- Pon de Replay
- Photograph
- Cool
- These Words
- You and Me
- Feel Good Inc
- Chariot
- Boyfriend
- Speed of Sound
- We Belong Together
- Wake Up
- Axel F
- Listen to Your Heart
Kidz Bop 10
-Track Listing
- SOS
- Bad Day
- Move Along
- Because of You
- Savin Me
- Unwritten
- Be Without You
- L.O.V.E.
- You're Beautiful
- Pump It
- Where'd You Go
- For You
- Hung Up
- What's Left of Me
- Girl Next Door
- Stickwithu
- Who Says You Can't Go Home
- Don't Forget About Us
Kidz Bop 11
-Track Listing
- Walk Away
- My Love
- Crazy
- Over My Head
- Too Little Too Late
- Far Away
- Black Horse and the Cherry Tree
- Chasing Cars
- Hanging On
- Irreplaceable
- What Hurts the Most
- A Public Affair
- Waiting on the World to Change
- Come Back to Me
- It Ends Tonight
- Put Your Records On
- Lips of an Angel
- Rush
- Chicken Noodle Soup
Kidz Bop 12
-Track Listing
- Girlfriend
- The Sweet Escape
- It's Not Over
- Say It Right
- Never Again
- What Goes Around
- Umbrella
- Cupid's Chokehold
- Glamorous
- If Everyone Cared
- Beautiful Liar
- How to Save a Life
- Makes Me Wonder
- Don't Matter
- Boston
- With Love
- Ice Box
- Home
Kidz Bop 13
-Track Listing
- Party Like a Rockstar
- Who Knew
- Big Girls Don't Cry
- The Great Escape
- Beautiful Girls
- When You're Gone
- Hey There Delilah
- I Don't Want to be in Love
- Apologize
- Over You
- Wait for You
- Me Love
- First Time
- No One
- Bubbly
- SOS
- Hate That I Love You
- Tattoo
- 1234
- How Far We've Come
Kidz Bop 14
-Track Listing
- Don't Stop the Music
- Love Song
- Feels Like Tonight
- See You Again
- Clumsy
- Stop and Stare
- Bleeding Love
- 4 Minutes
- When You Look Me in the Eyes
- Pocketful of Sunshine
- No Air
- Teardrops on My Guitar
- Damaged
- Sorry
- Superstar
- It's Not My Time
- With You
- Take You There
- Say
Kidz Bop 15
-Track Listing
- So What
- Let It Rock
- When I Grow Up
- American Boy
- Forever
- Hot N Cold
- Disturbia
- Burnin Up
- I'm Yours
- One Step at a Time
- 7 Things
- Better in Time
- What About Now
- Love Story
- Crush
- Gotta Be Somebody
- Take a Bow
- Tell Me Something
- This is Me
Kidz Bop 16
-Track Listing
- Boom Boom Pow
- Circus
- Fire Burning
- The Climb
- How Do You Sleep
- If I Were a Boy
- You Found Me
- I Hate This Part
- Heartless
- If Today was Your Last Day
- Live Your Life
- Please Don't Leave Me
- Second Chance
- Hoedown Throwdown
- Candle
- That's Not My Name
- 1234
- Halo
- Goodbye
- LOL
Kidz Bop 17
-Track Listing
- Party in the USA
- I Gotta Feeling
- Paparazzi
- You Belong with Me
- Knock You Down
- Fireflies
- Battlefield
- Use Somebody
- Already Gone
- One Time
- Say Hey
- Sweet Dreams
- Never Say Never
- Meet Me Halfway
- Replay
- Sounds Like a Hit
- Shine On
Kidz Bop 18
-Track Listing
- Telephone
- Baby
- California Gurls
- Hey, Soul Sister
- Do You Remember
- Naturally
- Whataya Want from Me
- Nothin on You
- Break Your Heart
- All the Right Moves
- Two is Better Than One
- Evacuate the Dance Floor
- Billionaire
- Alejandro
- Breakeven
- Single Ladies
Kidz Bop 19
-Track Listing
- Firework
- DJ Got Us Fallin in Love
- Just the Way You Are
- Cooler than Me
- Club Can't Handle Me
- Bulletproof
- Animal
- Just a Dream
- Magic
- Mine
- Please Don't Go
- The Time
- The Only Exception
- Somebody to Love
- If I Had You
- Impossible
- Born Free
Kidz Bop 20
-Track Listing
- Born This Way
- Till the World Ends
- Forget You
- Price Tag
- Written in the Stars
- On the Floor
- The Lazy Song
- Perfect
- Tonight Tonight
- More
- The Story of Us
- Rocketeer
- Who Says
- Never Say Never
- Whip My Hair
- Rolling in the Deep
Kidz Bop 80s Gold
-Track Listing
- Mickey
- Footloose
- Karma Chameleon
- Funkytown
- Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go
- Holiday
- We're Not Gonna Take It
- Kokomo
- I Want Candy
- Our House
- Girls Just Want to Have Fun
- Livin on a Prayer
- Vacation
- Kids in America
Kidz Bop Sings The Beatles
-Track Listing
- Can't Buy Love
- Here Comes the Sun
- All You Need is Love
- I Want to Hold Your Hand
- A Hard Day's Night
- Hey Jude
- Octopus's Garden
- Hello Goodbye
- Blackbird
- We Can Work It Out
- Birthday
- Let It Be
Kidz Bop Country
-Track Listing
- Life is a Highway
- Baby Girl
- Living in Fast Forward
- Who Says You Can't Go Home
- Better Life
- The Lucky One
- What Hurts the Most
- Why
- The World
- Mr. Mom
- Suds in the Bucket
- Jesus, Take the Wheel
- Leave the Pieces
- Something's Gotta Give
Los Kidz Bop. Features music from Spanish artists
-Track Listing
- Livin La Vida Loca
- Whenever, Wherever
- Bailamos
- Waiting for Tonight
- A Dios le Pido
- Come on Over Baby
- Dimelo (I Need to Know)
- I Could Fall in Love
- Baila Baila
- The Ketchup Song
- If I Could Go
- Heaven
- Sera Que No Me Amas
- I Like It Like That
- I Want You
- Don't Wanna
- Si Tu Te Vas
- Angel
- Ave Maria
- Nobody Wants to be Lonely
Kidz Bop Gold
-Track Listing
- Here Comes the Sun. On this one, George Harrison helps out.
- Dancing in the Street
- How Sweet It Is(To Be Loved by You)
- I'll Be There
- Happy Together
- The 59th Street Bridge Song(Feelin Groovy)
- You've Got a Friend
- Hooked on a Feeling
- You are the Sunshine of My Life
- Teach Your Children
- Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head
- Good Morning Starshine
- Stand By Me
More Kidz Bop Gold
-Track Listing
- Walking on Sunshine
- Sugar, Sugar
- Don't Worry, Be Happy
- Celebration
- Jump
- We Got the Beat
- I Think I Love You
- ABC
- Walk Like an Egyptian
- Put A Little Love in Your Heart
- I'm a Believer
- Lean on Me
- We Are Family
- Girls Just Want to Have Fun