There's a lot of songs for me that I enjoy that are covers. A majority of these I probably enjoy both the original and the cover, but there's definitely at least a handful where I specifically just like one or the other, or at least significantly prefer one or the other.
Some particular highlights:
This cover is actually a bit different than what's typical for 10 years, but I absolutely love how haunting and atmospheric they made it.
I know this song is a little bit infamous for being a song a lot of people don't realize is a cover, but I feel the need to mention it because it's one of those that I still see many people surprised by, and I personally
strongly prefer the original by Tears For Fears. I do like both though.
Alestorm has done a few covers I like, but in particular
You Are a Pirate and
Hangover stand out amongst them for me.
Everyone knows about Alien Ant Farm's cover of
Smooth Criminal, but another cover of theirs that I think is pretty strong is their cover of Wham's
Everything She Wants.
Sabaton also has several covers I'm particularly fond of, specifically
Twilight of the Thunder God,
For Whom the Bell Tolls,
Feuer Frei,
Camoflage,
All Guns Blazing, and
In the Army Now.
Another song that was not originally creepy in terms of its sound that was made more atmospheric and haunting in its cover that I really like. Also one I particularly like both versions.
Rainbow's
Since You Been Gone and
I Surrender are actually covers, which was a surprise to me to find out. The originals are by
Russ Ballard and
Head East for those curious or who are very familiar with Rainbow's covers and want mildly cursed experience.
Disturbed also has a fairly famous cover in
The Sound of Silence, but I've always personally preferred their cover of
Land of Confusion, which I also significantly prefer to its
original counterpart. (Don't worry for those of you familiar with the original music video, it's not the one with those terrifying puppets.)
Leave it to Dope to give me one of the most fun covers that I've ever heard. Granted, I don't know how you'd cover You Spin Me Round without making it fun.
Korn actually also has a few interesting covers, notably
their cover of all three parts of Another Brick in the Wall,
their cover of Lowrider,
their cover of Creep which they did live for MTV Unplugged back in 2007 (this might be the most normal song Korn has ever done), their
awesome cover of
The Devil Went Down to Georgia, and my personal favorite, their cover of
Kidnap the Sandy Claws done for Nightmare Revisited, which in itself is a very interesting, and hit and miss cover album. The other highlight from that album is probably Marilyn Manson's cover of
This is Halloween, and The All-American Rejects and Rise Against also contributed some surprisingly solid covers for
Jack's Lament and
Making Christmas respectively.
This one really threw me for a loop because I first heard it when the Miku cover got memed. Wind Rose's cover of
Diggy Diggy Hole similarly had my brain confused for a hot minute, but I absolutely love it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBlXcg6wOOk
Scorpions absolutely
nailed this cover.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5lzYG83yVQ
Seether is one of the last bands I would have expected to make a cover of Careless Whisper of all songs, but this is a really solid cover.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9MLi162LLc
I've also always thought this Shinedown cover of Simple Man goes pretty hard.
Three Days Grace also has a couple solid and interesting covers, those being their cover of
The Chain and their cover of
Somebody That I Used To Know.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kH5i8Lg3O0
Viking metal cover of Rasputin. Need I even say more?
Tyr also has a few particularly good covers, those being
Stargazer,
their cover of I by Black Sabbath,
and Where Eagles Dare.
That's about all the covers I can immediately think of that I at least find notable or interesting that I know of, I think. I might think of something else. Maybe.
