Is this a cover?
Is this a cover or not? I suppose it depends on what we count as a cover. I guess there are some specific rules (or we could decide on our own, e.g. who's getting which royalties, etc). In the end, I don't really care when we're talking about this particular song. It's different enough from the original to count, but also similar enough to count.

Aerosmith
It's odd to look back at a band that's become famous for writing ploddy softrock ballads over the last couple of decades. But before that, they were a much rockier band.  read more »

Sometimes I come across a cover version that I've just got to list. I'll use this book to list those covers. Ideally I'd like to show my top 20 cover versions, but I'm not convinced I can find the originals and the covers to show. If I list a cover, it's because it has something to add. It doesn't mean it's better than the original. Sometimes they are, sometimes they're not. Sometimes they make the original passable.

Limp Bizkit covered Faith, but Robbie covered Rollin'. Even performed it live.

Limp Bizkit  read more »

Killer introduced many of us to Seal who was able to use it to consolidate his solo career.

Adamski/Seal
Adamski's Killer, not only introduced Seal, but was also Adamski's most popular hit. It was released around the main time for acid and house music and in common with that theme offers hypnotic and repetitive synth rhythms over electronic drums. What made it stand out and become more acceptable to the masses was the speed, being slower than the usual acid tracks and Seal's penetrating vocals.  read more »

A bit of a backwards one this time, leading from the cover to the original. Alanis covered her own songs and My Humps, this time she's covering Seal's Crazy

Alanis
This version was recorded for the recent movie The Devil Wears Prada.  read more »