“Muskrat Love”, by Willis Alan Ramsey, was originally titled "Muskrat Candlelight and was released on his Willis Alan Ramsey album in 1972. America cover it in 1973, then The Captain and Tenille did their version in 1976.
“Making Memories Of Us” from Keith Urban was done previously by country singer Tracy Byrd. 
God bless you and them always!!!
Holly
P.S. The song is from Tracy’s album named The Truth About Men.
Rascal Flatts “Life is a Highway” is a country ahem cover of Tom Cochrane’s rock song
^^^ Country singer Chris LeDoux actually did that song sometime in between them two acts, may he rest in peace.
God bless you always!!!
Holly
Another Cub fan by way of TMBG! I also tracked down the rest of their catalogue in the days before Spotify and iTunes. Not quite an example, since I know they’re covers, but I’m so used to the Cub versions of “Vacation” and “Surfer Girl” that the Go-Gos’ and the Beach Boys’ recordings, respectively, sound wrong to me, the tempo is off for both.
“Scarborough Fair”; the original predates audio recording.
My go-to example is “I Fought the Law”. But it really depends on your cultural context. I’ve known people for whom the Ataris version of “Boys of Summer” is the definitive one, or the SNtR version of “There She Goes”, or even Counting Crows doing “Big Yellow Taxi”. For me, “Hazy Shade of Winter” brings to mind the Bangles, though I know it’s S&G.
I did briefly think “Telegram Sam” was a Bauhaus song.
I met Tracy Byrd ages ago…sometime in 1993 when I was working in country radio. I don’t think I ever met a genuinely nicer guy.
Interesting. I never knew They Might Be Giants covered this. What album was this on? Or was it just a single?
I think it’s safe to say that Santana’s cover of Black Magic Woman is more well known than the Fleetwood Mac original.
So, who did the english, faster and harder rockin’ version of this? I have it on an old cassette and don’t know who it is and can’t find it anywhere. I love the song and was disgusted when I heard the Imbruglia heresy.
Did Ednaswap do 2 versions?
Mick Jagger and Keith Richards wrote As Tears Go By in 1964. It was first recorded by Marianne Faithfull, who had pretty good success with it in both the U.S. and Great Britain. The Stones came out with their version in 1965 and performed it on the Ed Sullivan Show. The Stones’ version charted higher in the U.S. than Faithfull’s, but her version was a bigger hit in Britain. Which version is better remembered depends on who was listening to what at the time.
He looks so good in his video for “Just Let Me Be In Love” and I love his duet with Mark Chesnut named “A Good Way To Get On My Bad Side” too. 
God bless you and Mark and Tracy always!!!
Holly
Is it this version? I’m actually having difficulty following all the different versions of “Torn.” ETA: That might actually be the original version. I always thought it was the slower one I linked to before, but it sounds like that might be another version by Ednaswap that came out later.
OK, I just listened to them on allmusic.com.
It seems the one I linked to above is the one on the self-titled debut Ednaswap album, released in 1995. The slower, more laid-back version I linked to in my first post on this topic was released on an EP entitled Chicken, realeased in 1996.
ETA: And “original” is confusing here, too, as the Danish version was the first recorded one by a couple of years.
I actually prefer the Bauhaus version. They also do a really good version of Bowie’s “Ziggy Stardust”.
Yeah, but Devo’s cover is better.
Blue Suede Shoes is identified with Elvis Presley, butthe original was by Carl Perkins.
Without looking it up I think it was Factory Showroom.
Most baby boomers are familiar with Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels’ rocked-up version of “Devil With the Blue Dress,” but few probably are aware of the slower sultry original version by Shorty Long (who co-wrote the song).
Don’t know and am too lazy to go look it up, but both Kris Kristofferson and Carole King wrote songs that became hits for other singers, but that they recorded themselves; Oakminister’s already mentioned Kristofferson’s* Me and Bobby McGee*, and he also wrote Sunday Morning Comin’ Down, which was a hit for Johnny Cash.
King wrote Locomotion, You’ve Got A Friend, and* Natural Woman*, which were all hits for, respectively, Martha and the Vandellas, James Taylor, and Aretha Franklin.
Little Eva recorded the original “Locomotion”. I don’t think Martha and the Vandellas recorded it at all.
ETA: It was later covered by quite a few artists, but the ones that charted were Grand Funk Railroad in the 70s and Kylie Minogue in the 80s.