Hello,

So the Lemonheads are releasing a covers album (reviewed here: http://drownedinsound.com/releases/14462/reviews/4137143 ) and it got me thinking, what is the greatest cover version of all-time? I know this thread comes up every so offen but let's get ot the bottom of it.

I spent a while on Spotify, as you do, are any of these contenders?

http://open.spotify.com/user/seaninsound/playlist/2SBkkKyBurPpBV34hyz1ni

Tracklisting for those not on Spotify

Johnny Cash – Hurt
Patti Smith Group – When Doves Cry
Ryan Adams – Wonderwall
Cat Power – (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
Band of Horses – Plans - Cover Version - Original By Grizzly Bear
Grizzly Bear – He Hit Me
Lightspeed Champion – Back to Black
Adam Green – Born To Run
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Disco 2000
Pulp – Whiskey In The Jar
Arctic Monkeys – Diamonds Are Forever
Faith No More – Easy
Ben Folds – Bitches Ain't Shit
Feist – Sealion
Bright Eyes – Mushaboom
The Be Good Tanyas – When Doves Cry
Iron & Wine – Such Great Heights - Iron & Wine Album
Jeremy Warmsley – Girl Inform Me
LCD Soundsystem – All My Friends (Franz Ferdinand Version)
Sufjan Stevens – Free Man in Paris
TV on the Radio – Heroes
The Dandy Warhols – My Sharona
The Futureheads – Hounds of Love (Mystery Jets' Pirate Invasion mix)
Placebo – Running Up That Hill
Sonic Youth – I'm Not There
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Stagger Lee
Diamanda Galas – I Put a Spell on You
Tricky – Black Steel
Marilyn Manson – Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)
Peaches – Search And Destroy
Iggy Pop – Real Wild Child (Wild One)
Sex Pistols – C'Mon Everybody
Nouvelle Vague – This Is Not A Love Song
Tom Jones – Lust for Life (feat. The Pretenders)
Rage Against The Machine – Kick Out the Jams
MC5 – Tutti Frutti (1969)
Gossip – Careless Whisper - Live at Radio 1 One Big Weekend
Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Sheena Is A Punk Rocker
Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Mr You're on Fire Mr
The Moldy Peaches – Big Girls Don't Cry (Live '99)
Smash Mouth – I'm a Believer
Cake – I Will Survive
Soulwax – Pop Life
Lily Allen – Mr Blue Sky
The Vandals – Summer Lovin'
MxPx – Take On Me
Supersuckers – Hey Ya!
Ash – Punkboy
The Donnas – Kids in America
Rammstein – Amerika
Meat Loaf – Martha
Foo Fighters – Band On The Run
R.E.M. – Moon River
mechanical bride – Umbrella
Manic Street Preachers – Umbrella
Weird Al Yankovic – Smells Like Nirvana
Weird Al Yankovic – Eat It
Supergrass – Beat It (XFM Session)
Fall Out Boy – Beat It - Studio Version
Alien Ant Farm – Smooth Criminal
Deftones – Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want
thisGIRL – Shoplifters of the World Unite
YOURCODENAMEIS:MILO – Death of a Disco Dancer
Calexico – Just Like a Woman
Antony & The Johnsons – Knockin' on Heaven's Door
The Kills – I Call It Art (La chanson de Slogan)
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – I'm Your Man
Martha Wainwright – Tower of Song
Rufus Wainwright – Stormy Weather
Leonard Cohen – Hallelujah
Jeff Buckley – Hallelujah
Bon Jovi – Hallelujah - Live
Alexandra Burke – Hallelujah
Rolf Harris – Waltzing Matilda
Bob The Builder – 500 Miles
William S. Burroughs – William S. Burroughs Recites Edgar Allan Poe’s The Mask Of The Red Death
Avril Lavigne – Imagine
Limp Bizkit - Faith
Sid Vicious - My Way

What's your favourite cover?