# what are your top five, desert island favorite cover songs?

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**Created:** [March 23, 2006, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-top-five-desert-island-favorite-cover-songs/349622 "2006-03-23T18:39:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![Monkey\_Chews](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/65b543/32.png) [@Monkey\_Chews](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monkey_Chews)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2006, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-top-five-desert-island-favorite-cover-songs/349622/61 "2006-03-24T22:19:06Z")

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[QUOTE=Monkey Chews]  
“Proud Mary” by Ike & Tina Turner (Credence Clearwater Revival)  
“Hazy Shade of Winter” by The Bangles (Simon & Garfunkel)  
“Everlasting Love” by U2 (Robert Knight)  
“Midnight Train To Georgia” by the Indigo Girls (Gladys Knight and the Pips)  
“Bizarre Love Triangle” by Frente (New Order)  
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Gah! I was pondering this last night and can’t believe I left out one of my favourite songs. Strike out the U2 song and replace it with:

“Superstar” by Sonic Youth (The Carpenters)

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**Author:** ![mojave66](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5f9b8f/32.png) [@mojave66](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mojave66)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2006, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-top-five-desert-island-favorite-cover-songs/349622/62 "2006-03-24T23:25:54Z")

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LOTS of great picks. Here’s mine:

Come As You Are – Charlie Hunter Trio (Nirvana)  
Carmelita-- Dwight Yoakam & Flaco Jimenez (Warren Zevon)  
May This Be Love – Emmylou Harris (Jimi Hendrix)  
Favorite Things – John Coltrane (Mary Martin, if you’re counting Broadway)  
Air That I Breathe – kd lang (Hollies)

Honorable Mention, being that it’s a holiday song:

Little Drummer Boy – Brave Combo (trad)

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**Author:** ![mojave66](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5f9b8f/32.png) [@mojave66](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mojave66)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2006, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-top-five-desert-island-favorite-cover-songs/349622/63 "2006-03-24T23:27:21Z")

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Gah. I’m gonna get greedy here. Monkey Chews reminded me of this one:

In the Name of Love – Hapa (U2)

Strike out, uh… oh hell, I love 'em all.

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**Author:** ![Rubystreak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Rubystreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rubystreak)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2006, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-top-five-desert-island-favorite-cover-songs/349622/64 "2006-03-25T00:18:40Z")

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[QUOTE=whole bean]  
Yeah, it’s like saying Elton John covered a Bernie Taupin song.  
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I know Hunter does a version of the song but the Dead probably did it first.

I’d replace “Friend of the Devil” with “Hey Joe” Jimi Hendrix (The Leaves).

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