Two of my favourite Beyonce covers.

Halo by Florence and the Machine

If I Were a Boy by Jamie T.

LOVE Jamelia's version of Numb.

Sheryl Crowe and Dixie Chicks live version of Landslide is epic.

Jeff Buckley- Hallelujah
Gary Jules- Mad World
Chaka Khan- I Feel For You
The Sundays- Wild Horses

Those are all songs that thrash the originals.

Love this version also!

This. End of thread!

Always On My Mind By Erasure!!

We can work it out - Stevie Wonder

I much prefer Mariah Carey's version of Without You to the original Harry Nillson version.

Christina Aguilera - Something's gotta hold of me

Will Young - "Hey Ya"

Roxy Music - "Jealous Guy"

I was going to say Nirvana Man who sold the world lot better than Lulu version !

So will add Florence and the Machines Halo version - prefer to Beyonce as very haunting!

YES. Love this.

I know she wouldn't do it, but I'd love for Christina to do an album of covers. All Right Now, Its a mans World, I Loves You Porgy - all amazing.

Sam Tsui - Hold It Against Me

He's done a lot of good covers

george michael 'the first time i ever saw your face'

Marianne Faithful - The Ballad of Lucy Jordan.
Beautiful. (On the Thelma & Louise soundtrack if anyone's interested).

Pearl Jam - Crazy Mary
Lemonheads - Mrs Robinson
Jeff Buckley - Lilac Wine

Susan Boyle's gorgeous reinterpretation of The Stones' Wild Horses.

Baby Please Don't Go "Big Joe Williams/Muddy Waters" Them (/Van Morrison).

Van Morrison has the most perfect blues voice since Howlin Wolf, pity he did so few blues albums.

Pixie Lott - Use Somebody, Poker Face, Apologise, Forget You

Seriously????

Concrete and Clay ( Randy Edelman mid70s, originally Unit 4+2 mid 60s ).

Whoever had David Gates' Make it With You in the mid 90s.

^^ Both of those are brilliant! I would also add:

Nirvana - The Man Who Sold The World (also like the original Bowie version)

Disturbed - I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For

Killswitch Engage - Holy Diver

Muse - Feeling Good

Volbeat - I Only Wanna Be With You

Wheatus - Hit Me With Your Best Shot

Florence & The Machine - You Got The Love (massively overplayed but still good)

Biffy Clyro - Umbrella (not a big fan of the song at all but Biffy's cover make the original look pure rubbish

I like Elbow's cover of Mercy Street

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ij7fv...eature=related

Linkin Park - Rolling In The Deep http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHtwZ07N1ic&ob=av2e

Leona Lewis - Run (Snow Patrol)
- The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
Birdy - Skinny Love (Bon Iver)
- People Help The People (Cherry Ghost)
Ed Sheeran - Wayfaring Stranger(I'm not sure the original)
Keisha White - The Weakness In Me (Joan Armatrading)
Chris Brown - This Christmas (Donny Hathaway)
The Fray - Heartless (Kanye West)
Maxwell - This Woman's Work (Kate Bush)