->''"I think he died when he heard my version of 'Heartbreak Hotel'."''
-->-- '''Music/JohnCale''' on '''Music/ElvisPresley'''

If a song is recorded by a singer-songwriter, and then by somebody else, the second person's recording is a Cover Version. If the song is from Tin Pan Alley and not released by the original songwriter, the Cover Version is either any version after the first recording, or any version after the first hit recording. The term got its name in TheFifties, when labels used to record & release "white" versions of r&b and rock & roll songs originally performed by black people, thereby "covering" the market.

Hit songs tend to attract Cover Versions. Sometimes, Cover Versions are more popular than the first version; the original is then CoveredUp. If a cover is done in another language then it is a TranslatedCoverVersion. For specific types of cover see also TheCoverChangesTheGender, TheCoverChangesTheMeaning, and SofterAndSlowerCover.

If you're curious, the website [=WhoSampled=] has a [[https://www.whosampled.com/most-covered-tracks/ quite thorough list]] of the most popular songs to cover.

An entire album being composed of cover songs is a CoverAlbum.

Compare and contrast with '''remix''', a related concept that is more common in electronic music.

Differences in the production process:

* '''A cover is a re-recording, an entirely new performance'''. The melody and lyrics might remain the same, but the recording of the cover version does not use any parts of the recording of the original version. Every vocal performance, instrument performance, and various sound effects are reproduced and recreated from scratch. The writer of the original work retains the ''writing credit'', but the ''performance'' and/or the ''production credit'' (in layman's terms, the work that was done to convert sheet music into the resulting audio track) belongs to the new artist. Covers are traditionally attributed to the new artist, with the original artist sometimes mentioned in the track title in brackets (such as Original Artist Cover or Cover Of Original Artist).

* '''A remix re-uses some parts of the original recorded performance''' (for example, the clean acapella of the original vocal) and ''re-mixes'' them in some way, while almost inevitably adding new parts, instruments, and doing other creative changes. A remix effectively [[{{Sampling}} samples]] the original work. With remixes, the author of the original work retains both the ''writing credit'' and the ''production credit'' because parts of their production work are present in the remix, while the remixer typically gets a credit along the lines of ''"additional production by"''. Legally, a remix is still considered a composition by the original artist. This is reflected in the official name of the resulting work, which is attributed to the original artist, with the remixing artist mentioned in the track title (such as Another Artist Remix).

** In the 80s and earlier, a "remix" was most commonly an alternative version of a song that was produced by the original production team in the same studio, and implied considerably less deviation from the original than modern remixes do. Some examples of that old definition of a remix could be a version with an additional synthesizer part in the choruses, or an extended version more suitable for disc jockeys in nightclubs, or one with less backing vocals – all of them would be minor variations of the same base track.

Differences in ownership:

* Officially released covers are nearly always the covering artist's idea, where they – or their label or other representative – reach out to the rights holders of the original work for a license. Although the original songwriter retains the writing credit (and gets some compensation), the cover version belongs to the new artist or their label, just like a regular song does.

* Officially released remixes, on the other hand, are nearly always commission work, where the owner of the original work – most commonly the label – reaches out to the remixing artist to commission the remix. Like it is common with commission works, the entity that commissioned the remix owns it outright, and most commonly the remixer only gets a fixed sum payment for the remix, regardless of how many copies it might sell.

** When an artist decides to remix someone else's work unofficially, just because they felt like it and without being asked to, the resulting remix is called a '''bootleg remix''', often shortened to simply '''bootleg''' (contrast with the rock music scene where this word typically refers to an ''unofficial recording of a concert''). Bootleg remixes have a high chance of being left in legal limbo or outright considered illegal by the owner of the original, although it's not exactly unheard of that the original label ends up liking the remix and releasing it.

It's also worth nothing that some versions that are officially released as remixes might technically be covers, when the remixing artist chooses not to re-use any of the provided parts of the original work and only uses the melody. Likewise, some versions that are officially released as covers can actually sample some parts of the original. This can happen when the owner of the original enjoys the remix and has no problem with letting it see the light of day, but does not want to release it as a remix. A common reason for this is when the remix is in a wildly different style than the original artist is known for, and their label doesn't want to feature this work in the artist's official discography. In that case, they can allow the remixing artist to release the remix as a cover, and additionally allow the artist to sample the original work, as a separate legal technicality. See [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puvQnGNVlRc Above & Beyond - Blue Monday]] for a prominent example.
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* Music/AlienAntFarm has the dubious honor of being a OneHitWonder whose single hit was not their own song; they covered Music/MichaelJackson's "Smooth Criminal".
* The song 'Another Girl, Another Planet'. Originally performed in 1979 by the cult band The Only Ones, it has been covered many times. The most recent cover (by Music/Blink182) is actually a cover squared, as it is based on an earlier cover with slightly different lyrics to The Only Ones' original.
* There have been ''lots'' of covers of Music/TheBeatles songs. Among the artists that have done a successful cover include Music/JimiHendrix with "Day Tripper", Music/EltonJohn with "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds", Music/JoeCocker with "With a Little Help from My Friends", Music/{{Gryphon}} with "Mother Nature's Son" and Music/{{Yes}} with "Every Little Thing". Roger Greenawalt with various singers has covered [[http://beatlescompleteonukulele.com/ about half the songs]] on [[RuleOfCool ukulele]]. Rosanne Cash covered a Lennon-[=McCartney=] ditty called "I Don't Want To Spoil the Party", and took it to No. 1 in 1989, the only cover of a Beatles song to ever top the ''Billboard'' country chart; additionally, country crooner Anne Murray's cover of "You Won't See Me" (another Lennon-[=McCartney=] creation) was a top 10 pop hit in the spring of 1974, and was part of a double-sided "A" hit, whose flip was itself a cover (not the Beatles but an old George Jones song) ... "[[TheCoverChangesTheGender He Thinks I Still Care]]."
** "Yesterday" was originally recorded by the Beatles, and It has been covered many times since (rumor has it 3,000 times) by such luminaries as Music/RayCharles, Matt Munro, Music/MichaelBolton, Music/PaulMcCartney (as a solo artist), and even Music/ElvisPresley. Guinness lists it as the most-covered song of all time.
** Music/TheBeatles themselves recorded their share of covers, especially early in their career -- see "Roll Over Beethoven" and "Too Much Monkey Business", which are just two of their Music/ChuckBerry covers, and "Twist and Shout", originally by the Top Notes (with the second most famous version being by the Isley Brothers). Another famous cover was "Act Naturally," originally a country hit for Music/BuckOwens; Music/RingoStarr, who sang lead on the Beatles' version, went on to record a duet version with Owens in 1989, and it became a respectable-sized hit.
*** With the exception of ''Film/AHardDaysNight'' and ''Film/{{Help}}'' (which contained two cover songs), their first five albums were almost half covers (6 out of 14 songs). They stopped this around 1965, but threw in a short cover of "Maggie Mae" on Music/LetItBe
* Music/TheBlackCrowes have done many blues and rock standards in their live shows. When they toured with Jimmy Page, he pretty much turned them in a Music/LedZeppelin tribute band. This resulted in the very popular album "Live at the Greek".
* When a member of a band has released a solo album, occasionally, the band they're in will play the song in their concerts. Notable examples of Music/TheEagles playing several of Glenn Frey's, Don Henley's, and Joe Walsh's singles in their post-reunion tours, and Music/MeatPuppets opening several of their concerts with an electric version of ''Snow'' off of Curt Kirkwood's acoustic solo album.
* Finnish [[GenreBusting Neo-Classical Black/MeloDeath/Thrash Metal]] band Music/ChildrenOfBodom has covered Music/BritneySpears' Oops I Did It Again and Music/CreedenceClearwaterRevival's Lookin' Out My Back Door. Yes, there's a whole album of them, but those two stand out the most.
* "Living for the City" by Music/StevieWonder was covered by quite a lot of artists. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddsgUFT4hm0 This may be one of the best attempts.]]
* "Take It Easy" was originally by Music/JacksonBrowne, but Music/{{Eagles}} made it famous.
** And it's also been covered by Billy Mize, Johnny Rivers, and Music/TravisTritt, among others. (Travis Tritt's version was on a country tribute album to the Eagles.)
* Music/LindaRonstadt made a career out of cover versions. "It's So Easy" was originally by Music/BuddyHolly, for instance.
* Sonny James, a country hitmaker from the late 1950s through late-1970s, turned a bunch of pop and R&B songs into major country hits, sometimes making them the definitive versions. His biggest hits of cover songs have included "Take Good Care Of Her," "I'll Never Find Another You," "Born To Be With You," "Running Bear," "Only the Lonely," "Since I Met You Baby," "It's Just a Matter Of Time" [[note]](which later was covered itself by Glen Campbell and Music/RandyTravis in the 1980s)[[/note]], "My Love," "Endlessly," "Empty Arms," "Bright Lights, Big City," "Only Love Can Break a Heart," "When the Snow Is On the Roses," "Is It Wrong (For Loving You)," "Little Band Of Gold," "The Prisoner's Song/Back In the Saddle Again," "Abeline" and "Caribbean."
* "I Heard It Through The Grapevine" was actually recorded by both Music/MarvinGaye and Gladys Knight & The Pips at more or less the same time; the Gladys Knight version was released one year before the Gaye version. The song was covered by several other artists, including Music/CreedenceClearwaterRevival, ''The Slits'', and ''The California Raisins''. Most cover versions use Gaye's arrangement.
* Music/PigDestroyer's cover of Exhumed to Consume by Music/{{Carcass}} may have completely muffed the vocal patterns and lyrics, but you'd be lying if J.R.'s voice didn't scare you in the chorus.
** The Ataris share this "distinction", their only mainstream hit being their cover of Don Henley's "The Boys of Summer".
** As discussed by WebVideo/ToddInTheShadows, Australian group Pseudo Echo's only hit was a cover of ''another'' OneHitWonder: in this case, "Funky Town" (originally by Lipps, Inc).
* The Jeff Beck Group, a short-lived supergroup featuring the eponymous ex-Yardbird on guitar, Rod Stewart on vocals, Ron Wood on bass and future Music/LedZeppelin members Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones and Music/TheWho drummer Keith Moon on one song, had a repertoire consisting almost ''entirely'' of Chicago blues covers. Most of it was pretty good.
** However they were not a supergroup back then, only Beck being famous. Ron Wood and Rod Stewart didn't become stars after this (when they joined The Faces).
* A number of Music/BobDylan's early songs became widely known through their covers. Examples include Peter, Paul and Mary's rendition of "Blowin' in the Wind", Music/TheByrds' covers of "Mr. Tambourine Man" and "My Back Pages", Music/TheTurtles' version of "It Ain't Me, Babe", and Music/JimiHendrix's cover of "All Along the Watchtower". That last one became so pervasive, Dylan himself incorporated elements of it into his live show.
** Also, "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" has had [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knockin%27_On_Heaven%27s_Door#Covers many, many versions]].
* It was Music/{{Phish}}'s cover of Music/{{Ween}}'s "Roses Are Free" that brought in many of Ween's fans.
** Phish has also done cover versions of entire albums every time they play a show on Halloween, such as ''The White Album'' by Music/TheBeatles, ''Exile on Main St.'' by Music/{{The Rolling Stones|Band}}, ''Remain in Light'' by Music/TalkingHeads, and ''Quadrophenia'' by Music/TheWho.
* Music/JoniMitchell's songbook is a favorite for other artists to tap into. Hit covers of her work include Music/JudyCollins' "Both Sides Now", Music/CountingCrows and Music/VanessaCarlton's "Big Yellow Taxi", and Music/CrosbyStillsNashAndYoung's version of "Woodstock".
* While J.J. Cale is a relatively unknown musician in his own right, three of his songs have attained major notoriety in their covers; "After Midnight" and "Cocaine" as performed by Music/EricClapton, and Music/LynyrdSkynyrd's cover of his "They Call Me the Breeze".
* Try to count how many bands or solo artists have covered Music/{{The Cure|Band}}'s "Lovesong". Mind-boggling.
* And if you think that's bad, look up Music/{{The Rolling Stones|Band}}' "Paint It Black".
* Grindcore band 7000 Dying Rats covered Music/{{Journey|Band}}'s Any Way You Want It, but covered it up with the title Hellcatcher and the first minute or so being random radio static and interference.
* Basshunter covered two of ''his own songs'' among others for his most recent album, Now You're Gone.
* "Last Christmas" is such a popular song to cover, in various styles by artists of various genres, that it's easy to forget it was written by Music/GeorgeMichael and originally recorded by his band Music/{{Wham}}.
** For example, more traditional artists such as Savage Garden, Creator/BilliePiper and Music/ArianaGrande all have their own versions of it, but at the other end of the spectrum, one of the ''Sailor Moon'' "Christmas" collections has the voice for Rei Hino singing it. Of all the places it could end up...
* Music/IronMaiden had many covers issued as B-sides (including a parody version of [[Music/ChuckBerry "Roll Over Beethoven"]] about their manager, and UFO's "Doctor Doctor", the song the PA always plays before the band hits the stage) and one as a single, "Women in Uniform". The band also inspires many covers, with "Aces High" having four (Arch Enemy, Hypocrisy, Vital Remains, Children Of Bodom) and tribute albums by both metal and hip-hop artists.
* The Tornados's "Telstar" has somewhere in the region of 130 covers. Tim "[=TelstarMan=]" Lehnerer has achieved minor Internet fame for owning a copy of ''every one of them''. That is, every one we know about -- rest assured, if another is discovered, he will acquire it.
* Music/QuietRiot's first major hit was a cover of Slade's "Cum On Feel The Noize". Kevin Dubrow hated the song and had to be talked into it by the rest of the band; the version released on ''Metal Health'' is the first (and only) take.
** Dubrow saw the light after the song became a major hit. The first single from their next album was another Slade cover, "Mama Weer All Crazee Now".
* Music/LeonardCohen's "Hallelujah" has been covered so many times, Website/TheOtherWiki has two hefty paragraphs dedicated to listing instances.
** Cohen originally wrote the song with ''15'' verses, with each artist choosing 4-5 verses for their cover version.
* Music/SunnO covered "For Whom The Bell Tolls" by Music/Metallica in their usual droney style, so it's nearly impossible to tell that a track named FWTBT (I Dream of Lars Ulrich Being Thrown Through the Bus Window Instead of My Master Mystikall Kliff Burton). On that note they also covered "Cursed Realms (Of The Winterdemons)" by Music/{{Immortal}}, but once again, in their molasses moving uphill style. One must wonder how it's really a cover if it sounds NOTHING like the original.
* And speaking of sounding nothing like the original, [[https://calvinwilkerson.bandcamp.com/track/rock-around-the-clock Calvin Wilkerson's cover of Bill Haley and his Comets' "Rock Around the Clock"]].
* For rights reasons, almost every song on ''VideoGame/GuitarHero'' is actually a cover. When the title and artist come up at the beginning of the song, look at what it says: "As made famous by" is a cover, and "As performed by" is the original. This is why "Spanish Castle Magic" by Music/JimiHendrix is an instrumental in the original ''Guitar Hero'' as the Hendrix's estate would not license the track to Harmonix if they attempted to have a singer impersonate Jimi's voice. By the third game in the series, the franchise was already notable enough to start putting more and more master recordings into the games, with ''Guitar Hero World Tour'' having every single song in the game a master track (although two covers would later be released as DLC).
* ''VideoGame/OsuTatakaeOuendan'' and ''VideoGame/EliteBeatAgents'' also [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZB1_IuM9qc&feature=PlayList&p=192D4D9402B39B80&index=0 use covers]] (link leads to all of them except YMCA) instead of original songs, mainly because they have to alter the length of the songs to fit the stages. "Canned Heat" by Music/{{Jamiroquai}}, for example, is over seven minutes long; the version used in ''Elite Beat Agents'' is only three minutes. The ''Osu Tatakae Ouendan'' games have three or so mixes made from master recordings as opposed to covers between, however.
* Music/BlindGuardian seem to be fond of doing these. They have done several of them, such as "Surfin' USA" (Music/TheBeachBoys), "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vidda" (Music/{{Iron Butterfly|Band}}), "Spread Your Wings" (Music/{{Queen}}), and a rather amusing version of "Mr. Sandman" (heres a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDFmNgmaEe0 video]])
* Music/JAMProject's Masaki Endoh did a cover of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ix8Vy3mEHk Go Go Power Rangers]] for when ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers'' was (re) re-dubbed and aired in Japan.
** Endoh has released a pair of albums titled ENSON which are entirely covers of songs he (presumably) likes. "Go Go Power Rangers" is in the first one.
* Music/MarilynManson's first real mainstream hit was a cover of the Music/{{Eurythmics}}' "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)". See also: his covers of "Personal Jesus" and "Tainted Love" (and see below for the more on the latter).
* Ever try looking up how many covers of Music/{{Radiohead}}'s hit "Creep" are out there? I'll give you a hint, A LOT.
** There's even a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKltlk8A6Lk ukulele version]] by Music/AmandaPalmer.
* "Pop pop Pop pop pop pop pop, pop pop Pop pop pop pop pop...". Curse you, Gershon Kingsley.
* Progressive Thrash/Power Metal band Music/{{Nevermore}} covered The Sound Of Silence by Music/SimonAndGarfunkel. They don't dive straight into the song, so one would be forgiven for thinking it to be an original until "Hello Darkness My Old Friend!" is shouted right in your ear.
* Almost every song on Depeche Mode's album ''Violator'' has been covered. "Enjoy The Silence" in particular, has almost 20 covers.
* Yet another Depeche Mode cover: Music/TheSaturdays did "Just Can't Get Enough", and that's what that catchy song you hear in the Payless commercials is. The original songwriter, Vince Clarke, even remixed it for them.
* Just when you think the album has to come to an end, Austrian Death Machine's album ''Double Brutal'' salvos you with an array of covers from Metallica to Music/TheMisfits to Music/{{Motorhead}} to Goretorture and Agnostic Fuckin' Front.
* Music/KateBush's song "Running Up That Hill" has been covered by everyone from ''Armin van Buuren'' to Music/WithinTemptation.
** That would be only Dutch bands, then?
*** Maybe it's in alphabetical order!!
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hXEx_tgh3E Placebo]] also did a cover of this, which is, oddly enough, one of their better known songs.
* The ''entire point'' of Music/RichardCheese and Lounge Against the Machine is producing light, breezy easy-listening covers of songs from metal, hip-hop, and rap artists.
** You have not lived until you've heard their cover of Music/NineInchNails' "Closer". It's absolutely hysterical.
** Not to mention the cover of Music/{{Disturbed}}'s Down With The Sickness. Just try to keep a straight face when the[[spoiler: infamous child abuse segment]] comes up, sung in Cheese's trademark lounge style.
* Music/{{Disturbed}} has done a few covers including "Shout" by Music/TearsForFears ("Shout 2000" on ''The Sickness'') and [[Music/{{Genesis|Band}} "Land of Confusion"]] (with an AWESOME animated music video to go with). Their cover of "[[Music/SimonAndGarfunkel The Sound of Silence]]" was a big hit, and they were even invited to perform it on ''Series/{{Conan}}''.
* Being, as they were, major influences on just about every metal/punk/emo band that's emerged in the past twenty years, pretty much every single song in The Misfits discography has been covered a hundred times over. "Last Caress" and "Halloween" are particular favorites, it seems.
** Music/{{Metallica}} loves covering the Misfits: a medley of "Last Caress" and "Green Hell" on ''Garage Days Re-Revisited'' and "Die Die My Darling" on ''Music/GarageInc''.
* A special category in this trope is where the original artists assist in the cover version. For instance, the Beatles helped out the Silkie with their hit cover version of "You've Got To Hide Your Love Away" (mainly because the Silkie were being managed by Brian Epstein). Music/EltonJohn did this trick with not one, but three, major hits: he got [[Music/TheWho Pete Townsend]] to assist on his version of "Pinball Wizard", had [[Music/TheBeatles John Lennon]] on guitar on his version of "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds", and returned the favor when George Michael did a cover of his "Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me".
** Amy Grant joined Ali Lohan to cover Santa's Reindeer Ride.
** Music/DollyParton joined Kesha to cover "Old Flames Can't Hold a Candle To You" on her Rainbow album.
** Music/OzzyOsbourne joined with Music/{{Primus}} to cover Music/BlackSabbath's [[Music/BlackSabbathAlbum "N.I.B."]]
** [[Music/ToshimitsuDeyama Toshi]] from Music/XJapan will occasionally sing songs from Yoshiki's solo project Music/VioletUK. He's covered ''7th/Unnamed Song,'' and ''I'll Be Your Love.'' It works (far better than the models that originally sang both) since Yoshiki tends to write for Toshi's voice no matter what he's writing for, out of AuthorAppeal.
** Creator/TraceyUllman's two albums feature covers of several songs by her labelmate Music/KirstyMacColl, who helped out with backing vocals and even gained a co-producer credit on some of them.
** [[Music/TheDoors Ray Manzerek]] lent his keyboard to the hit Echo and the Bunnymen cover of "People are Strange", as well as the lesser known Music/{{Santana}} and [[Music/LinkinPark Chester Bennington]] "Riders on the Storm."
* Music/KillswitchEngage covered Music/RonnieJamesDio's "Holy Diver."
* On the topic of all things holy, a Power/Thrash Metal band named Holy Grail covered Fast As A Shark by Music/{{Accept}} and Music/JudasPriest's Exciter. The covers were modified to be even faster, [[ThePowerOfRock lending two already kickass old school songs even MORE kickassery]].
* Music/TomLehrer recorded his song "The Irish Ballad" on the album ''Music/SongsByTomLehrer'' in his usual fashion, playing a piano as accompaniment. The group Darby O'Gill later covered the song, turning it into a real Irish ballad. (Well, they perform in America, but they play Irish-type music and instruments.)
* Music/JimiHendrix took Music/ChuckBerry's "Johnny B. Goode" and added two guitar solos.
** He did the same thing to Music/BobDylan's "All Along the Watchtower," with the result that [[CoveredUp his cover gets more airplay than the original.]]
* Music/EmilieAutumn has recorded a few covers, some songs covered by her are "I Don't Care Much" from Cabert, "I Know It's Over" originally by Music/TheSmiths, "All My Loving" by Music/TheBeatles, a harpsichord cover of "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life", and most recently "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" by Music/CyndiLauper and Music/{{Queen}}'s "Bohemian Rhapsody".
** She is also one of the few to have had the nerve to cover the last one on stage.
* Music/{{Madonna}} did a cover version of ''American Pie.''
* Music/ArethaFranklin wasn't the first to sing "Respect". That would be the song's writer, Music/OtisRedding.
* "Lips Of An Angel". The radio success of Hinder's version spawned several covers with the most notable cover being that by country singer Jack Ingram.
* Probably the most well-received cover in history was Music/JohnnyCash's cover of the Music/NineInchNails song ''Hurt''. Even Trent Reznor agrees that Cash did a far better job. This popularity does not extend to Cash's other covers of '90s songs, however.
* Music/{{Mayhem}}'s most well-known song, ''Deathcrush'', from the EP of the same name, has been covered over 140 times.
* Nine Inch Nails covered Music/SoftCell's club-hit ''Memorabilia'' and stuck it on the Closer single as a b-side.
** Interestingly, their song "Wish" has been covered by a few artists. The most well-received cover is without a doubt [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrr110sr4o0 the one done by]] Music/LinkinPark, to the point that fans honestly believe that ''the cover'' is the original version, ''even though [[WordOfGod the singer]] [[FailedASpotCheck clearly stated that it was a cover]] during the video''.
* A lot of artists like to do a cover during unplugged sessions (notably MTV's unplugged).
** Music/StoneTemplePilots did ''Andy Warhol'' by Music/DavidBowie.
** Music/{{Nirvana}} did ''Music/TheManWhoSoldTheWorld'' by Music/DavidBowie, ''Where did you sleep last night?'' by Music/LeadBelly, ''Jesus doesn't want me for a sunbeam'' by Music/TheVaselines and three tracks by Music/TheMeatPuppets: ''Plateau'', ''Oh me'', ''Lake of Fire''.
* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Clouds_and_Silver_Linings#Special_edition_tracks A complete disc full of covers]] was released in the 3CD edition of Music/DreamTheater's ''"Black Clouds and Silver Linings"''.
** In addition, Music/DreamTheater has covered ''entire albums'' by influential rock and metal bands during certain live shows. These include Music/{{Metallica}}'s ''"Master of Puppets"'', Music/PinkFloyd's ''"Dark Side of the Moon"'', Music/IronMaiden's ''"The Number of the Beast"'', and Music/DeepPurple's live album ''"Made In Japan"''.
* This is the entire point of the "Punk Goes..." series (with the exception of Punk Goes Acoustic)
* ''Atreyu'' has covered both ''You Give Love A Bad Name'' by Music/BonJovi, and ''Epic'' by Music/FaithNoMore.
* '60s British pop group the Searchers made a business of great covers.
* ''ManfredMann'' took Dylan's "The Mighty Quinn" and Music/BruceSpringsteen's "Blinded By The Light" and made them their own.
* A good amount of Music/{{Cascada}}'s work are covers, Including "Everytime We Touch, "What Hurts the Most", Because the Night", "Wouldn't It Be Good", "Truly Madly Deeply", and several others.
* Music/ToriAmos is known to cover a lot of songs, most famously "Smells Like Teen Spirit" and "'97 Bonnie & Clyde".
** ''Strange Little Girls'' (which features "97 Bonnie & Clyde") is an entire album of cover songs, supposedly with the theme of "songs written by men about women".
* Music/{{Apocalyptica}} started their career by covering Metallica songs '''ON CELLOS'''. They later moved on to covering stuff like Music/{{Sepultura}}, Music/{{Pantera}}, you name it. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbTozgoj9OQ Here]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MI5fbksdVlc are]] two examples.
* Music/TheIsleyBrothers cover of ''summer breeze'' probably counts. Ernie Isley adding a EpicRiff and ending on a bad ass 3 minute guitar solo. It went from a folk type tune by Seals and Crofts and turned into psychedelic funk/rock/soul track.
* Most people don't know what "I Love Rock N Roll" by Music/{{Joan Jett}} is actually a cover. The original is by The Arrows.
* Music/DavidBowie is frequently covered, specially "Heroes" and "Rebel Rebel".
** "Space Oddity" was covered by Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KaOC9danxNo while he was on the International Space Station]]. Bowie even went to bat with his publishers to let Hadfield post the cover. [[note]]That link may go dead in November 2016 unless the publishers allow another extension.[[/note]]
* Music/MyChemicalRomance did a cover of Music/BobDylan's "Desolation Row" for the "Watchmen" soundtrack.
* There is an album called Pun-Colle that consists of anime {{seiyuu}} covering classic punk songs. In J-Pop style. Hearing a high-pitched, Japanese voice actress singing "White Riot" certainly is... something.
* Music/{{Primus}} did an EP of unexpected cover versions, including Music/{{XTC}}'s "Making Plans for Nigel" and Music/PeterGabriel's "The Intruder".
** They also did an ''insanely'' kickass cover of Metallica's "Master Of Puppets". Where the guitar and bass lines are swapped. Sadly, it's only the intro of the song, but it kicks absolute ass. It can be found on Website/YouTube if you want to hear it.
* Music/SmashMouth did a cover of "I'm a Believer" for the ''WesternAnimation/Shrek1'' soundtrack.
* Music/FrouFrou did a cover of ''Holding Out For a Hero'', which was played over the end credits of ''WesternAnimation/Shrek2''.
* Music/ReelBigFish has performed a myriad of covers, although most famous would be their cover of "Take On Me", originally by Music/A-ha, as it was part of the Film/BASEketball soundtrack.
* Music/DoctorSteel does a cover version of the ''WesternAnimation/InspectorGadget'' theme song, and a ''very'' quirky version of the ''Series/SesameStreet'' theme song.
* Music/MaryAndTheBlackLamb Have covered various songs live such as Nine Inch Nails' "Closer" and Marilyn Manson's "The Beautiful People."
* Lampshaded by Music/FrankSinatra in his cover of "[[Theatre/TheThreepennyOpera Mack The Knife]]":
-->Ah, old Satchmo, Louis Armstrong, Bobby Darrin\\
They did this song nice, Lady Ella too\\
They all sang it, with so much feeling\\
That [[Music/FrankSinatra Old Blue Eyes]], [[SelfDeprecation he ain't gonna add nothing new]]
* PULP's video for "[[AntiLoveSong Bad Cover Version]]" (see what he did there?) has a whole host of celebrity impersonators getting together to record the eponymous song.
** To add to the gag, the CD release of the song had two B-sides of Pulp songs covered by other artists, which parodied common types of bad cover. Music/NickCave's "Disco 2000" parodied the "cover a silly uptempo pop song as [[SofterAndSlowerCover slowly and depressingly as possible]] for instant irony/gravitas" phenomenon, while Music/{{Moloko}}'s "Sorted" (as in "... for E's and Whizz") parodied dance "remixes" that are simply generic EDM tracks with a perfunctory sample of the original thrown in occasionally.
* Tubeway Army's "Down in the Park" has been covered by both Music/MarilynManson and Music/FooFighters.
* Music/SonataArctica are fond of covers; they have versions of Iron Maiden's "Die With Your Boots On," Music/{{Scorpions|Band}}' "Still Loving You," Metallica's "Fade to Black," Music/DepecheMode's "World In My Eyes," Music/{{Helloween}}'s "I Want Out," and Vanishing Point's "Two Minds, One Soul."
* Music/{{Avantasia}} has covered "Lay All Your Love on Me" by ABBA, "Dancing With Tears in My Eyes" by Ultravox, and "In My Defence" by Freddie Mercury.
* The Ultravox song "Hymn" has been covered by Music/{{Edguy}} and Lunatica.
* {{Music/Savatage}} covered two songs on their album ''Fight for the Rock''; {{Music/Badfinger}}'s "Day After Day" and Music/FreeBand's "Wishing Well".
* Music/DefLeppard covered [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKBSFKcav7w The Sweet's]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPOeAIUEVbs Action]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Db-bIWaXEFE Mick Ronson's]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOO6wztjxV0 Only After Dark]] on their album Retroactive, as well as a whole slew of other glam rock songs on the album [[CoverAlbum YEAH!]].
* Music/BlueCheer covered Music/EddieCochran's "Summertime Blues". Music/RushBand in turn covered the Blue Cheer version. Cover of a cover.
** Other notable bands who have covered Summertime Blues include: Music/TheWho, [[Film/{{Grease}} Olivia Newton-John]], Music/TheBeachBoys, Music/AlanJackson,and [[Music/MarcBolan T. Rex]].
* The Music/KatyPerry song "Hot N' Cold" has been covered by.. well.. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_TIOfUEudo these guys]].
** Music/McFly, a British ''boy'' band, covered her song, "I Kissed a Girl".
*** And though it's not strictly a cover, Jill Sobule was upset at the similarity between Katy's song and her 1995 song of the same name. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8FdwUGwasck Video]]
* The Music/MariahCarey version of ''Without You'' (Can't Live...), generally taken to be the original, is a cover of Music/HarryNilsson's much earlier version, released a week after Nilsson's death. The song actually originated with Badfinger, but Carey's version (and most other covers of the song) followed Nilsson's arrangement much more closely.
* One pattern that seems to be fairly popular is to have a hardcore or death metal band cover a pop song. Take, for instance, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLzt87q9yZw "1000 Miles"]], a cover of Music/VanessaCarlton's "A Thousand Miles" by Australian hardcore band Never See Tomorrow.
* Website/TheOnion's affiliate pop-culture magazine ''Website/TheAVClub'' has a feature called "Undercover" where bands cover popular songs, taken from a limited list. After being covered, a song is crossed off the list so that the earlier a band comes, the better its selection of songs. The first round of songs is available [[http://www.avclub.com/articles/the-walkmen-cover-rem,38887/ here]], the second round (currently ongoing) [[http://www.avclub.com/articles/bob-mould-covers-sugar,53053/ here]].
* Music/TheBirthdayMassacre covered Film/TheNeverendingStory theme song.
* Many people are familiar with the [[Music/CarlosSantana Santana]] song ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UIojGDIBvI The Game of Love]]'' as sung by Michelle Branch from his 2002 album ''Shaman''. This version, however, is '''not''' the original version: Tina Turner originally sang the song, but it was released only five years later on a compilation album.
* Two of the English language songs on Bentley Jones' TRANSLATION2 album are covers - one is [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8nv4uYp79U "Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)"]], and the other is [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZr-y8AuiF0 "Word Up"]]. Both songs have been covered by everyone and their grandmother, but his attempts are probably among the best out there. He's also done a cover of the DevilMayCry4 theme, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=cOpe2zborw0 "Shall Never Surrender"]], turning it into a soft piano ballad.
* ''Film/TheMuppets2011'' has two covers: one of "We Built This City" by Starship and another of "Forget You" by Music/CeeLoGreen.
** And let's not forget a [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome barbershop quartet]] version of Music/{{Nirvana}}'s "Smells Like Teen Spirit".
* Music/{{DEVO}} covered Music/{{The Rolling Stones|Band}} "Satisfaction."
** Other notable versions include Music/OtisRedding and Music/BritneySpears.
* Music/{{The Rolling Stones|Band}} themselves have also recorded several covers. Like the Beatles, their first five albums primarily consisted of covers, with the band occasionally recording a cover song on their late '60s and '70s albums, including "Prodigal Son" by Robert Wilkins, "Love in Vain" by Music/RobertJohnson, "You Gotta Move" by Mississippi Fred McDowell, "Shake Your Hips" by Slim Harpo, "Stop Breaking Down" by Robert Johnson (again), and "Ain't Too Proud to Beg" and "Just My Imagination" by Music/TheTemptations.
* Music/AnalCunt has done plenty of these, the most famous being their cover of the Bee Gee's "Staying Alive". They've also covered Manowar's "Gloves of Metal", the theme from Series/ThreesCompany, and Music/{{Pantera}}'s "The Great Southern Trendkill" [[spoiler: Although it doesn't sound that different, since lead singer Seth Putnam contributed backing vocals to the original.]]
** Also as a joke they did "Bank Machine"- a cover of Music/{{KISS}}'s "War Machine" mocking Gene Simmons's conversion to Judaism.
* Speaking of KISS, they also did covers of other people's music during their career.
** "Kissin' Time" by Bobby Rydell on their self-titled debut album.
** "Then She Kissed Me" (a GenderFlip version of the original song by The Crystals) on ''Love Gun''.
** "Any Way You Want It" by the Dave Clark Five on ''Alive II''.
** "2000 Man" by Music/{{The Rolling Stones|Band}} on ''Dynasty''. It was even played by the band on the New Years' Eve concert leading to 2000.
** "Odyssey" by Tony Powers on ''Music from "The Elder"''.
** "Hide Your Heart" (written by Paul Stanley and originally performed by Bonnie Tyler) on ''Hot In The Shade''.
** "God Gave Rock And Roll To You" (a remake of the original from Argent) on the ''Bill And Ted's Bogus Journey'' soundtrack.
** "New York Groove" by Hello on the Ace Frehley solo album.
** "Tossin' And Turnin'" on the Peter Criss solo album.
** "When You Wish Upon A Star" from ''WesternAnimation/{{Pinocchio}}'' on the Gene Simmons solo album.
** ''Kiss My Ass'' is an entire album of KISS songs covered by other artists.
* Music/{{Gob}} did a well-received cover of Music/{{The Rolling Stones|Band}}' "Paint It Black." They also did a super-fast version of the Chordettes' "Mr. Sandman," because why not?
* The whole idea behind MeFirstAndTheGimmeGimmes is to do cover versions of famous songs but in punk-rock style. Each of their albums has a different theme around which the songs are selected: the album ''Have a Ball'' has songs by 1960s through '80s singer-songwriters like Music/JohnDenver and Music/EltonJohn, ''Take a Break'' does 1980s-90s R&B songs from artists like R. Kelly and Lionel Richie, etc. TheCoverChangesTheGender is typically averted With these, so you get things like an obviously male voice singing ''(I Feel Like) A Natural Woman''.
** Several of the group's members are from the bands [=NOFX=] and Music/{{Lagwagon}}, both known for including cover versions of well-known songs on their albums, such as Music/FleetwoodMac's "Go Your Own Way" or Music/VanMorrison's "Brown Eyed Girl" — the latter being hard to distinguish from the original until just before the vocals start and the tempo changes up a couple of gears.
** A RunningGag for the band is to make the introduction of whatever they're covering sound like the beginning of a famous punk song - for instance the beginning of their version of "Sloop John B" is based on "Teenage Lobotomy" by {{Music/Ramones}}, just with the band chanting "Sloop John B!" instead of "Lobotomy!".
* VisualKei band Music/{{D}} has done a cover of Music/MaliceMizer's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ad6etICzXGQ "Gekka no yasoukyoku"]], although it isn't available on any of their releases.
* Creator/JimmyFallon loves these.
* Music/AvrilLavigne has a [[SoBaditsGood hilariously bad]] cover of [[Music/SystemOfADown "Chop]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXofYXDwRK8 Suey"]]. She also made genuinely good covers of Music/JoanJett's "Bad Reputation" and {{Music/Nickelback}}'s "How You Remind Me" for ''Anime/OnePieceFilmZ''.
* Donovan's "Season of the Witch" has been covered by numerous artists, but [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpizS9h-1Xk this version]] by Julie Driscoll and Brian Auger manages to condense the entire 60's cultural scene into seven and a half minutes.
* When Music/WeirdAlYankovic was [[ExecutiveMeddling pressured to include]] a cover song on one of his albums, he did a version of the theme song to ''WesternAnimation/GeorgeOfTheJungle''.
* Music/{{Cimorelli}} runs on this trope, covering popular songs in their Website/YouTube videos. One even has ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ie9-Dm1KpTU I Won't Give Up]]'' mixed with [[Music/MileyCyrus When I Look at You]] at the final chorus.
* Ditto for the late Music/ChristinaGrimmie, Kurt Hugo Schnider and his friends, and literally [[FollowTheLeader countless others.]] Many such are hoping their covers will be found and they'll become the next Music/JustinBieber and Music/ShawnMendes.
* As well as working with other musicians, Music/LindseyStirling has covered some songs and arrangements of themes from several films and videogames (''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'', ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'', ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim'', and ''Series/GameOfThrones'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQiNVk_u0po here]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3KUyPKbR7Q here]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSLPH9d-jsI here]], and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_oNpmSAvpGQ here]] respectively). She has also stated that she enjoys adding a violin part to popular radio songs.
* ''WesternAnimation/RecessSchoolsOut'' contained two covers during the credits. The first being "Green Tamborine", covered by Robert Goulet (As Mikey's singing voice) and the second being "Dancing in the Street" by Myra.
* The Japanese rock band Music/ManWithAMission has covered {{Music/Nirvana}}'s "Smells Like Teen Spirit" and "Lithium".
* In addition to an EP of nothing but cover songs (''Local H's Awesome Mix Tape Vol. 1''), Local H has covered Toxic by Music/BritneySpears, as well as songs by Music/TheRamones, Godfathers, Music/GuidedByVoices, and Music/PrimalScream.
* The Music/BlueOysterCult's song ''Going Thru The Motions'' is perhaps better known in Great Britain in the hit version by rock chick Bonnie Tyler. Co-author Ian Hunter, of Music/MottTheHoople fame, also recorded his version (albeit after the BOC put it on their ''Spectres'' album, which qualifies his version as a cover) which also charted.
* Music/DexysMidnightRunners had one of their bigger hits with a cover of Music/VanMorrison's ''Jackie Wilson Said'', which Morrison allegedly loathed. A little mix-up between black American soul singer ''Jackie Wilson'' and Scottish darts legend ''Jockie Wilson'' didn't help, either. Elsewhere, Morrison's song ''Have I told You lately That I love You?'' was made a worldwide hit by Music/RodStewart. And any number of acts have covered ''Gloria''.
** In turn, Dexys Midnight Runners' biggest hit, "Come On Eileen", ended up being covered by ska band Save Ferris.
* Music/DeStaat have covered "Talk Dirty" by Jason Derulo.
* Music/GunsNRoses had a full-on CoverAlbum (''"The Spaghetti Incident?"''), and their debut EP ''Live Like a Suicide'' is borderline (two are covers, two are from Hollywood Rose, the early incarnation of the band). Through their career, they had so many ''{{Greatest Hits|Album}}'' has five (two from ''"The Spaghetti Incident?"'', two from ''Music/UseYourIllusion''- [[Music/BobDylan "Knockin' on Heaven's Door"]], [[Music/PaulMcCartney "Live and Let Die]]" - and a soundtrack-recorded version of [[Music/TheRollingStonesBand "Sympathy for the Devil"]]). In concerts there were many more, including "Whole Lotta Rosie", which probably helped Axl Rose get a guest singer gig at Music/{{ACDC}}.
* Music/SugarRay covered Music/AdamAndTheAnts' "Stand and Deliver".
* "Twist And Shout" was covered by Creator/RodneyDangerfield for a music video to promote the movie ''Film/BackToSchool''.
* Music/MarianasTrench did a really beautiful cover of the Billy Joel song [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3EsAVX3gAo "And So It Goes"]], at the end of the director's cut of their album ''Masterpiece Theatre''. Lead singer Josh Ramsay also did a really...strange cover of Music/NickiMinaj's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imNiSM1rnUI "Anaconda"]].
* Music/MaxRomeo: "Blowing in the Wind", "Three Blind Mice".
* The UnratedEdition of ''Film/PrettyCool'' has a cover of Cerrone's "Supernature" in the hot tub scene.
* Music/CultOfLuna has covered Music/TheSmashingPumpkins's "Bodies" and turned it to a crushing sludge metal song.
* When Music/DanielAmos's album ''Music/HorrendousDisc'' was reissued on CD, label owner (and influential musician in his own right) Music/LarryNorman included two bonus tracks, both of himself covering DA's "Hound of Heaven". DA's fans were reportedly not amused.
* Music/{{Dismember}} covered the songs "Pagan Saviour" by Music/{{Autopsy}} and "Beyond the Unholy Grave" by Music/{{Death}}
* Music/DarkAngel had covered "Immigrant Song" by Music/LedZeppelin, and "Creeping Death" by Music/{{Metallica}}.
* Finnish {{Alternative Rock}}ers Music/PoetsOfTheFall have done a few covers, since using English is part of their schtick, but two standouts are their live studio version of "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcjZZIRRBNA You Know My Name]]," Music/ChrisCornell and Music/DavidArnold's Film/JamesBond theme from ''{{Film/Casino Royale|2006}}'' for The Voice's ''Livenä Vieraissa'' compilation album, performed while fully decked out in Bond {{Tuxe|doAndMartini}}s, and a live [[UnpluggedVersion acoustic]] cover of Music/{{Adele}}'s BreakupSong "[[https://youtu.be/GBrzryFr-G8 Rolling in the Deep]]" at Radio Nova's Nova Stage.
* Music/NewFoundGlory have covered Arrested Development's "Tennessee", Gorilla Biscuits's "No Reason Why", Music/CyndiLauper's "Time After Time", and Warrant's "Heaven", alongside their {{CoverAlbum}}s.
* The idols from ''VideoGame/TheIdolmaster'' regularly cover songs, with all of the 765 All Stars having covered several each, and the Cinderella Girls Master collection providing covers for the Jewelries series.
* In WebVideo/TheWithVoicesProject, there's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKH7v3tM1VQ Something Stupid,]] as sung in the angry, super-raspy voice of [[VideoGame/TheGrayGarden Kcalb.]]
* The specialty of Music/PeterHollens.
* Music/BillyIdol covered the song ''L.A. Woman'' by Music/TheDoors.
* In the film Film/SingStreet, Conor and his band Sing Street starts out by doing covers of popular songs during that time such as Rio by Music/DuranDuran. Brendan thinks they stink and gives the Rock n Roll is a risk speech to convince him to drop covers and develop an original style.
* Music/DragonForce did a speed metal version of "Ring of Fire" by Music/JohnnyCash.
* "Tainted Love" is a song with a history. People tend to forget that it was originally a 1960s {{soul}} song by Gloria Jones, because the most popular version was by Music/SoftCell. (In fact, Soft Cell recorded their version of the song back-to-back with ''another'' 1960s cover -- "Where Did Our Love Go?", originally recorded by the Supremes.) It has also been given a hard rock treatment by Music/MarilynManson and a {{rockabilly}} treatment by Music/ImeldaMay, among other covers -- some of which seem to be covers of the Soft Cell version rather than the original.
* Music/IceT and Music/BodyCount did a superb cover of the Music/SuicidalTendencies song "Institutionalized", turning the focus of the song from a disaffected teenager to a grown man who faces situations that cause him to rage out.
* ''Franchise/{{Splatoon}}'':
** InUniverse, "[[SongsInTheKeyOfPanic Now Or Never]]" is a rock song originally performed by Squid Squad which has gone on to become the unofficial anthem of the game's Turf War sport. Throughout the series, it has been covered by various other in-universe bands in genres ranging from pop, to techno, to grunge; some of these cover versions are even based on the renditions done by other bands.
** "Calamari Inkantation" is also this in-universe, being a modernized pop version of "Chorus of Calamari County" [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4RBG4KLnGjY a traditional folk tune and dance]] from the singers' hometown.
* Anthony Vincent has a variation on this on his [=YouTube=] channel "Ten Second Songs". He takes a popular song and then sings it, constantly switching between 20 or so different styles and his impersonations of singers. The first style is typically his impersonation of the original. Notably, his version of Music/LinkinPark's "In the End" was [[ApprovalOfGod endorsed]] by Chester Bennington, a member of the band.
* Australian band Spiderbait is best known for two covers: "Black Betty" (a folk song made famous by the Ram Jam Band in TheSeventies, Spiderbait's version was used in ''VideoGame/NeedForSpeedUnderground 2'' and several movies including ''Film/WithoutAPaddle'' and ''Film/TheHitmansBodyguard'') and [[Music/JohnnyCash "Ghost Riders in the Sky"]] (from the ''Film/GhostRider2007'' movie).
* Music/NateWantsToBattle likes to do cover versions. He has made two full {{Cover Album}}s and several stand-alone covers, including:
** Rock covers of "Fist Bump" and "Infinite Theme" from ''VideoGame/SonicForces''
** "Escape from the City" from ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure2''
** "Stand Out" from ''WesternAnimation/AGoofyMovie''
** "Emperor's New Clothes" by Music/PanicAtTheDisco
* Music/FlorenceAndTheMachine made a hauntingly beautiful AwardBaitSong cover of Ben E. King's "Stand By Me" for ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXV''.
* ''WebVideo/CLWEntertainment'': Collin makes several of these on his channel. His most popular covers are his ones of ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' and ''Manga/{{Doraemon}}'' songs.
* Music/{{Erasure}}'s covers EP "[=ABBA-esque=]" was a big hit in its own right, but also provided a major ColbertBump to Music/{{ABBA}} themselves, leading directly to the release of ''[=ABBA=] Gold'' and a lot of people rediscovering the group (or discovering them for the first time).
* Long suffering hippy [[Series/TheYoungOnes Neil Pye]] released "Neil's Heavy Concept Album", which had seven cover songs, including a lounge version of Music/SexPistols song "God Save The Queen".
** Some of the covers on the album verge on {{Song Parody}}, with the idea seeming to be that Neil is such a ButtMonkey that the plot of the song would turn out differently if he were the one narrating: {{Music/Caravan}}'s "Golf Girl" is a SillyLoveSong about flirting with a girl who serves drinks on a golf course, and Neil's version starts with much the same premise - but this time it's heavily implied the "golf girl" doesn't feel the same way he does, and his flirting eventually extends to getting naked on the golf course, so he ends up being beaten and arrested by cops.
* {{Industrial}} band Music/FrontLineAssembly have recorded several covers with guest vocalists, including:
** Music/{{U2}}'s "New Year's Day, featuring Tiffany, yes, ''the'' Tiffany.
** Music/{{Madonna}}'s "Justify My Love", featuring [[Music/{{Delerium}} Kristy Thirsk]].
** Music/{{Falco}}'s "Rock Me Amadeus", featuring [[Music/MindlessSelfIndulgence Jimmy Urine]].
* Decoded Feedback covered The Frozen Autumn's "Again" for their ''Bio-Vital'' album, and in turn TFA covered the title track of said album. The Frozen Autumn have also covered Music/DavidBowie's "Loving The Alien", and their own song "Wait For Nothing" [[GenderFlip with Froxeanne on vocals]].
* Carmella Girls, the group formerly known as Music/{{Caramell}}, have covered Music/{{Aqua}}'s "Barbie Girl" as "Candy Girl", and Alice Deejay's "Back In My Life".
* Norwegian multi-instrumentalist and frontman of FrogLeap, Leo Moracchioli has built his entire Youtube channel around making metal covers of non-metal songs (and even a couple of the opposite); totalling the better part of ''four hundred'' songs as of late November 2021. Gorillaz, Elton John, Adele, Die Antwoord, Imagine Dragons, Avicii, Peter Gabriel... the varied list of artists/groups he's covered would take a page of its own.
* This is the concept behind ''utaite'', a primarily Japanese trend that involves making covers of Music/{{Vocaloid}} music but performed by humans.
* ''VideoGame/BangDreamGirlsBandParty'' is famous for these. Virtually every VOCALOID song in the game featured in the game is a cover version performed by the game's voice actresses and set to a rock band-style arrangement.
* Similarly to the above, this is the whole point of ''VideoGame/ProjectSekai'', with the difference being that it is an actual LicensedGame that features Music/HatsuneMiku in it. About half the songs in the game have cover versions, and those covers even have solo and duo versions you can buy separately. Unlike ''[=BanG Dream!!=]'', the original instrumentation or a pitch-shifted version of the original instrumentation is almost always used (barring one exception).
* Music/CWMcCall: A couple of [=McCall=]'s songs are covers, including "The Battle of New Orleans" (originally sung by Music/JohnnyHorton), "City of New Orleans" (originally sung by Steve Goodman) and "Hobo's Lullaby" (originally sung by Goebel Reeves). Inverted with "Roses for Mama" -- [=McCall=] is the original singer, but Red Sovine later did a cover version.
* Music/{{Zucchero}}:
** In 2006, he made a cover of "Broken", a 2003 remix by Junkie XL which in turn was a B-side taken of the song "Just the Way I'm Feeling" (originally conceived by Music/{{Feeder}} earlier that year).
** In 2007, he made a cover of "Wonderful Life", originally conceived by Music/{{Black}} in 1987 for the album of the same name.
* The Canadian singer and songwriter, Rachel Hardy does covers from shows (''Series/TheWitcher2019'', ''Series/TheLordOfTheRingsTheRingsOfPower'', ''Series/GameOfThrones''), movies (''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'') and covers from different singers.
* Music/{{Stereophonics}}: Their version of "Handbags and Gladrags" by Music/RodStewart. They also recorded Music/TheBeatles' "Don't Let Me Down" for ''Film/IAmSam''.
* WebVideo/JetLagTheGame featured a punk cover of ''The Okaihau Express'' during the end credits of Season 5.
* Three songs were covered for ''Anime/DigimonAdventure02TheBeginning''; [[Anime/DigimonAdventure02 "Target"]], [[Anime/DigimonAdventure "Brave Heart"]] and [[Anime/DigimonAdventure02 "Beat Hit"]], used respectively on the opening segment, the Digivolution sequences and the DNA Digivolution sequences.
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[[folder:From a brief lookthrough of Who Sampled's list]]
As mentioned above, [=WhoSampled=] has a chart covering the most popular covers with commercial releases. Among the themes you quickly pick up on, going through songs that have been covered more than 100 times:
* What seems like Music/TheBeatles' entire catalog, with of course "Yesterday" leading the pack; almost half of the songs with 100+ covers are Beatles songs.
* Second to Beatles is Christmas songs.
* A few pre-WWII showtunes (notably, "Summertime" from ''Theatre/PorgyAndBess'')
* A few Elvis songs and a couple of Frank Sinatra songs (including, of course, "My Way")
* A few other 60s and 70s classics are heavily covered, such as Music/SimonAndGarfunkel's "Bridge over Troubled Water", Ben E. King's "Stand By Me" and Bill Withers' "Ain't No Sunshine".
* The most recent songs are from the 80s. Among them: "Time After Time" by Cindy Lauper, Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah" and two George Michael songs, "Last Christmas" and "Careless Whisper", and [[Music/TearsForFears "Everybody Wants To Rule the World"]].
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