# Best Cover Songs

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-cover-songs/241478>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [April 22, 2004, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-cover-songs/241478 "2004-04-22T18:44:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![look\_ninjas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b2d939/32.png) [@look\_ninjas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/look_ninjas)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2004, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-cover-songs/241478/61 "2004-04-24T13:40:24Z")

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> [@Alcatraz](#):
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> And somebody recently (Fountains of Wayne, maybe?) did a really good cover of Hit me baby one more time.

Travis has covered “Hit Me One More Time,” in concert - I’ve got an acoustic version around here somewhere that’s actually really good. Maybe that’s what you’re thinking of? Or maybe it’s just a very frequently covered song.

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**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2004, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-cover-songs/241478/62 "2004-04-24T14:39:51Z")

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Sandra Berhard did a cover mixture of Hendrix’s “Maniac” sliced with JSC’s “I Don’t Know How to Love Him.” I was absolutely amazed at how good it was.

I love Charlotte Church’s “Pie Jesu.”

The B-Side to Debby Boone’s “You Light Up My Life” was ABBA’s “Hasta Manana.” I haven’t heard it yet, but it made about a million dollars for songwriters Bjorn Ulvaeus Benny Andersson and Stig Anderson. Some people have all the luck.

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**Author:** ![doctordoowop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecc23a/32.png) [@doctordoowop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doctordoowop)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2004, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-cover-songs/241478/63 "2004-04-24T22:07:33Z")

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Beach Boys- “Why do fools Fall in Love”(Teenagers)

Re “Twist & Shout” -a little known fact-The Isley Brothers covered the Topnotes, whose poor original version was produced by Phil Spector.

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