Best Song Covers

[Minimike3636]

Best Cover: Disturbed - Land of Confusion (Originally by Genesis)
Absolute Worst Cover: The Number 12 Looks Like You - My Sharona

 

[Moosebite]

Children of Bodhum's cover of Aces High

 

[Cap'n_Wakka_Wakka]

Crazy little thing called love- Queen
Original by Elvis.

 

[cleverlymadeup]

Gin & Juice by The Gourds [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCAM3C3dpIA] (originally by Snoop Dogg) it's blue grass and is freaking awesome

Silly Putty by Primus (originally by Stanley Clarke) - it's spot on and hard to tell who did which version if played side by side

Thunderstruck by Birmingham 6 (originally by AC/DC)

Milk by Anthrax (originally by SOD)

Last Kiss by Pearl Jam (originally by Wayne Cochran & the C.C. Riders)

Crossroads by Cream (originally by Robert Johnson)

 

[Misaek]

Van Halen covering the kinks' "you really got me now"
The doors covering van morrisons "gloria"
Aerosmith covering the beatles' "come together"

 

[NeutralDrow]

<url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7uL8XGmUvCY>"Tragedy" by Celldweller (original by the Bee Gees)

<url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1q-k-uN73Gk>"Word Up" by Korn (original by Cameo)...though neither of their music videos are that good (read: they're both nightmarish)

 

[Insomniaku]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0719DxMOUY

 

[SimuLord]

There are a few really good Beatles covers, some of which are better than the original songs (Stevie Wonder's version of "We Can Work It Out" and Earth, Wind and Fire's version of "Got to Get You Into My Life") and some of which are a matter of taste (Aerosmith's take on "Come Together" and Stone Temple Pilots' version of "Revolution").

Other cover songs I've enjoyed:
Red Hot Chili Peppers - "Higher Ground" (originally by Stevie Wonder)
Stevie Ray Vaughan - "Voodoo Child" (originally by Jimi Hendrix)
David Lee Roth - "Just a Gigolo/I Ain't Got Nobody" (originally by Spencer Williams and Irving Caesar via Louis Prima)
Lenny Kravitz - "American Woman" (one of my theme songs, originally by The Guess Who)
Ramones - "California Sun" (originally by the Rivieras)
Mötley Crüe - "Smokin in the Boys Room" (originally by Brownsville Station)

 

[B.cereus]

With a Little Help from my Friends - Joe Cocker

Agreed, his Woodstock performance is just insane:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQYDvQ1HH-E

Also, Don't lampoon me on this one, Devo's cover of Are You Experienced? is a cool song but the video is a bit camp:
http://www.truveo.com/Are-You-Experienced/id/478396028

 

[lacktheknack]

Africa (original Toto, cover by Karl Wolf) and Beat It (original Michael Jackson, cover by Fall Out Boy w/ John Mayer).

 

[Valiance]

NIN's cover of Physical

 

[laikenf]

Beck's cover of Diamond Dogs (originally by David Bowie) is pretty good, I also like Supergrass's cover of Some Girls are bigger than others (original by The Smiths); and how can I forget a very interesting cover Japan made of The Velvet Underground's All Tomorrow's Parties.

 

[fenrizz]

Graveworm - Losing my Religion (original by R.E.M.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTKL6K6jozw

Metallica - Astronomy (original by Blue Öyster Cult)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgqDtU8BXf0

Children of Bodom - Somebody Put Something in my Drink (original by The Ramones)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BG0oJD2Nic

Johnny Cash - Hurt (original by Nine Inch Nails)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmVAWKfJ4Go

 

[koitiz]

My top 3:
Johnny Cash - Hurt
Nightwish - Phantom of the Opera
Metallica - Whiskey in the Jar

Edit: Also, anything by these guys:
Iko Iko/Jump in the Line - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oF4S8krtvkY
They're called Mahoney and they're a local, 2-man cover band that plays at the pub down the street from me.
Edit 2:
Another song by Mahoney:
Africa by Toto - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RM_ednvTlV0

 

[bjj hero]

Evergreen Terrace, Mad world [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXii_4L8MJw]

The Ataris, Boys of the Summer [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=db6xHWEPTzo], the best summer song ever. Windows down with the sun out, its magic.

Dizzee Rascal, Thats not my Name [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgjF1zM6wEY]. Didnt see that coming at all. The Ting Tings meet grime.

 

[pffh]

Johnny Cash's cover of Hurt http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmVAWKfJ4Go it's bloody brilliant.

 

[Svizzara]

Rogue Wave's cover of Everyday, originally by Buddy Holly.

 

[Mozared]

Both Land of Confusion and Shout 2000 (original being Shout by Tears for Fears) by Disturbed are seriously good covers. I also like the earlier mentioned Finnegan's Wake by the Dropkick Murphys but seriously, those guys can make anything sound upbeat 'n Irish.

And then there's the Punk goes Pop album which has a couple of covers which aren't necissarily good, but definitely fun to listen to. Ones like (One Republic's) Apologize by Silverstein, (Santana's) Smooth by Escape the Fate, (Sean Kingston's) Beautiful Girls by Bayside, (Rihanna's) Disturbia by The Cab and (Katy Perry's) I Kissed a Girl by Attack Attack!.

 

[Jennacide]

Hurt by Johnny Cash, Personal Jesus by Marilyn Manson, Imagine by A Perfect Circle, and Metro by System of a Down.

Oh, and Boys in the Hood by Dynamite Hack, for hilarity. (original NWA)

 

[Xerosch]

Nine Inch Nails: Dead Souls
Eva Cassidy: Fields of Gold
A Perfect Circle: What's going on?
Tori Amos: Smells like Teen Spirit

I like covers that have a completely new interpretation