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Top 10 Genre-Crossing Cover Songs of All-Time
Making a list of just top cover songs of all time would be boring. It’d be the same songs you’ve seen on other sites and TV Shows. Probably would be lead off with “All Along The Watchtower” by Jimi Hendrix. While that is a great song, that’s not how we do business here at TSF.
Each of these songs have taken the original and flawlessly transformed it into a completely different genre. My hope is that many of you haven’t heard a lot of these versions OR you didn’t know that “Blinded By The Light” was a cover. Every single song on this list was put through rigorous tests and hand picked by the TSF staff (a.k.a. me).
The songs were ranked by the following criteria:
Difficulty to remake
Execution of the cross-genre remake
Likability
How much better it is than the original (if at all)
Enjoy the:
TOP 10 GENRE-CROSSING
COVER SONGS OF ALL TIME:
10. Fountains of Wayne – “Baby One More Time“
(Britney Spears, 1998)
9. Alien Ant Farm – “Smooth Criminal”
(Michael Jackson, 1987)
8. The Gourds – “Gin & Juice”
(Snoop Dogg, 1994)
7. Santana – “Black Magic Woman”
(Fleetwood Mac, 1968)
6. Cake – “I Will Survive”
(Gloria Gaynor, 1978)
5. Ryan Adams – “Wonderwall”
(Oasis, 1995)
4. Israel Kamakawiwo’ole – “Over The Rainbow”
(Judy Garland, 1939)
3. Ben Folds – “Bitches Ain’t Shit”
(Dr. Dre, 1992)
2. Johnny Cash – “Hurt”
(Nine Inch Nails, 1995)
1. Manfred Mann’s Earth Band – “Blinded By The Light”
(Bruce Springsteen, 1976)
