# Covers of Songs That Radically -- And Successfully -- Re-interpreted the Work

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [December 31, 2010, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covers-of-songs-that-radically-and-successfully-re-interpreted-the-work/565927 "2010-12-31T08:05:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2015, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covers-of-songs-that-radically-and-successfully-re-interpreted-the-work/565927/301 "2015-03-31T21:39:49Z")

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Okay, here’s some more:

Joe Cocker’s cover of “Unchain My Heart”  
The Byrds’ cover of “Mr Tambourine Man”  
The Earl Scruggs Revue cover of “Most Likely You’ll Go Your Way And I’ll Go Mine”.  
Derek & The Dominos cover of “Little Wing”.  
The New Riders of the Purple Sage cover of “Hello Mary Lou”  
Jimi Hendrix’s and the Byrds covers of “Hey Joe”.  
Pete Townsend’s cover (from the Secret Policeman’s Ball) of “Drowned”.  
Art Garfunkel and The David Bromberg Band both covered “(What a) Wonderful World”.  
Jerry Lee Lewis’s cover of “I Saw Her Standing There”.  
Eric Bogle likes John McDermott’s cover of “And The Band Played Waltzing Matilda” better than his version.  
Keb’ Mo’s interpretation of “America The Beautiful” I like better than Ray Charles’ version.

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