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The Count – Best Covers Of All-Time – November 2nd, 2017

November 6, 2017 by Joel Gouveia

This week we counted down the top 20 songs that the covers were better than the originals:  the countdown went as follows:

1 – Blinded By The Light – Manfred Mann (Original: Bruce Springsteen)

2 -Romeo & Juliet – The Killers (Original: Dire Straits)

3 – Me and Bobby McGee – Janis Joplin (Original: Kris Kristopherson)

4 – Cocaine – Eric Clapton (Original: J.J. Cale)

5 – Valerie – Amy Winehouse (Original: The Zutons)

6 – Man Who Sold the World – Nirvana (Original: David Bowie)

7 – My Girl – Otis Redding (Original: The Temptations)

8 –  Higher Ground – Red Hot Chili Peppers (Original: Stevie Wonder)

9 – All Along the Watchtower – Jimi Hendrix (Original: Bob Dylan)

10 – Walk This Way – Run DMC (Original: Aerosmith)

12 – Hurt – Johnny Cash (Original: Nine Inch Nails)

13 – Come Together – Micheal Jackson – (Original: The Beatles)

14 – I Can’t Quit You Baby – Led Zeppelin (Original: Otis Rush)

15 – I Heard It Through The Grapevine – Creedance Clearwater Revival (Original: Marvin Gaye)

16 – I Fought the Law – The Clash (Original: Sonny Curtis)

17 – Red Red Wine – UB40 – (Original: Neil Diamond)

18 – The First Cut is the Deepest – Rod Stewart (Original: Cat Stevens)

19 – Respect – Aretha Franklin (Original: Otis Redding)

20- Bold as Love – John Mayer (Original: Jimi Hendrix)

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