@Gaby I like the Lorde cover of Tears for Fears as well. And Cash’s “Hurt” as well as many of his others, like covering Sting’s “I Hung My Head”. I like Buckley’s “Hallelujah”, but I am tiring of everyone covering that song these days. Aretha’s “Respect”, of course. If some fresh thoughts pop into my head, I’ll add more.

My least favorite is Rascal Flatts covering Tom Cochrane’s “Life Is a Highway”. It baffles me that probably most people think that is a Radcal Flatts song when the Cochrane version was played nonstop on the radio when it was released. The Cochrane version was the definition of overplayed and it’s amazing to me that some other artist could be more associated with the song than Cochrane. What’s worse, though, is the cover adds nothing to the song. It’s almost identical, but with a mild country twang. What was the point?