# The "Ha! What the...wow! Nice cover of that song" thread. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 11, 2014, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ha-what-the-wow-nice-cover-of-that-song-thread/681070 "2014-02-11T17:39:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dale\_Sams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/779978/32.png) [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2014, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ha-what-the-wow-nice-cover-of-that-song-thread/681070/1 "2014-02-11T17:39:17Z")
Miley Cyrus doing ["Look What They’ve Done to My Song "](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSpkaBeZckY) Also, though it really doesn’t qualify (Some might think it does)…I’m going to post it anyway cause he knocks it out of the \*\*\*\*ing park…Phil Collins doing [Golden Slumbers](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgoQ1gi_7i0) ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2014, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ha-what-the-wow-nice-cover-of-that-song-thread/681070/2 "2014-02-11T17:48:41Z")
[Jolene…with Dolly Parton.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37992PnfEqQ) And they sound like sisters. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2014, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ha-what-the-wow-nice-cover-of-that-song-thread/681070/3 "2014-02-11T17:50:33Z")
Norah Jones’s [Somewhere Over The Rainbow.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KI-AOq3O_PQ) ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2014, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ha-what-the-wow-nice-cover-of-that-song-thread/681070/4 "2014-02-11T18:00:43Z")
Counting Crows, _ **Big Yellow Taxi** _ Smashmouth, _ **I’m a believer.** _ ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2014, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ha-what-the-wow-nice-cover-of-that-song-thread/681070/5 "2014-02-11T18:03:24Z")
[Shawn Colvin - Crazy.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7ITHanhV6A) I love the original, and I love this cover - such a nice, acoustic take on the song. ETA: If I could make a request, when posting a song, could you link for us? It’s not a rule or anything, it just makes it so much easier to check out what everyone else is talking about. ---
**Author:** ![jrsone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f0a364/32.png) [@jrsone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jrsone)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2014, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ha-what-the-wow-nice-cover-of-that-song-thread/681070/6 "2014-02-11T18:42:44Z")
I can’t link media at work but: Faith No More - Easy ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2014, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ha-what-the-wow-nice-cover-of-that-song-thread/681070/7 "2014-02-11T18:53:08Z")
Stevie Wonder [doing](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zB24z00ajU4) the Beatles “We Can Work it Out”. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2014, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ha-what-the-wow-nice-cover-of-that-song-thread/681070/8 "2014-02-11T19:10:52Z")
> [@jrsone](#): > > I can’t link media at work but: > > Faith No More - Easy [Here’s the link.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ko4ah-a4IJk) ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2014, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ha-what-the-wow-nice-cover-of-that-song-thread/681070/9 "2014-02-11T19:11:26Z")
I post these two songs everytime this topic comes up and I’ll post them again. [While My Sitar Ketar Weeps by Lemon Demon](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5ioD3KcVSE) & [Comfortably Numb by Dar Williams and Ani DiFranco](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqQFWXWVBNA) ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2014, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ha-what-the-wow-nice-cover-of-that-song-thread/681070/10 "2014-02-11T19:12:20Z")
Joe Cocker – With a Little Help From My Friends. Elton John – Honky Tonk Woman ---
**Author:** ![jrsone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f0a364/32.png) [@jrsone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jrsone)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2014, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ha-what-the-wow-nice-cover-of-that-song-thread/681070/11 "2014-02-11T19:20:54Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > [Here’s the link.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ko4ah-a4IJk) Thank you. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2014, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ha-what-the-wow-nice-cover-of-that-song-thread/681070/12 "2014-02-11T19:25:25Z")
again, with links Counting Crows, [Big Yellow Taxi](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvtJPs8IDgU) Smashmouth[, I’m a believer.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mYBSayCsH0) ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2014, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ha-what-the-wow-nice-cover-of-that-song-thread/681070/13 "2014-02-11T19:48:53Z")
Johnny Cash - [Hurt](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmVAWKfJ4Go) ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2014, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ha-what-the-wow-nice-cover-of-that-song-thread/681070/14 "2014-02-11T19:55:00Z")
Nina Gordon’s [Straight Outta Compton](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NG2EGOB9-lc). ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2014, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ha-what-the-wow-nice-cover-of-that-song-thread/681070/15 "2014-02-11T20:03:49Z")
This is a little unfair since this is basically Richard Cheese’s whole shtick but here it is: [Richard Cheese: Gin and Juice](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=draifMpM5ck) ---
**Author:** ![Srsly\_Dad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/53a042/32.png) [@Srsly\_Dad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Srsly_Dad)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2014, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ha-what-the-wow-nice-cover-of-that-song-thread/681070/16 "2014-02-11T20:04:33Z")
This was just on an NPR interview with Cedella Marley (Bob’s daughter). They asked her about her favorite cover. She replied the Annie Lennox cover of Waiting in Vain [http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player\_embedded&v=i74Y-5WKFsA](http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=i74Y-5WKFsA) I always liked this version also for some reason. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2014, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ha-what-the-wow-nice-cover-of-that-song-thread/681070/17 "2014-02-11T20:09:02Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > Nina Gordon’s [Straight Outta Compton](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NG2EGOB9-lc). Awesome. ---
**Author:** ![Cognoscant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Cognoscant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cognoscant)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2014, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ha-what-the-wow-nice-cover-of-that-song-thread/681070/18 "2014-02-11T20:18:37Z")
A couple years back while scanning the radio I heard what sounded like an odd remix of “Seven Nation Army” with a piano replacing the bassline and voices replacing its famous guitar riff. It was so strange and catchy that I listened it out to hear who it was by…wait, seriously, it was by [The Oak Ridge Boys](http://http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWSQ9YQa_6w)? ---
**Author:** ![Octarine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/22d042/32.png) [@Octarine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octarine)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2014, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ha-what-the-wow-nice-cover-of-that-song-thread/681070/19 "2014-02-11T20:19:05Z")
The [Stand By Me](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gx0Mkq1TZzo) cover by John Lennon? Also, on that note, the Beatle’s [Twist and Shout](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVlr4g5-r18) cover. Always a good sign when most people don’t know the song you covered wasn’t the original. ---
**Author:** ![Cognoscant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Cognoscant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cognoscant)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2014, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ha-what-the-wow-nice-cover-of-that-song-thread/681070/20 "2014-02-11T20:22:10Z")
But seriously, a great contender for “best unexpected cover” has to be Earth, Wind, and Fire doing [Got to Get You Into My Life](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJPWXq6b1fA). This is what a massive funk infusion can do for an already great song. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ha-what-the-wow-nice-cover-of-that-song-thread/681070.md?page=2)