Dylan's great, but I personally prefer Neil Young.

Plus she's kinda mousy and completely bat-shit crazy, which makes her pretty much my dream woman. I loooooooove emotionally unstable women for some reason, just ask my friends.

You Really Got Me has to be an obvious one that nobody mentioned. The singular song that encapsulated what made Van Halen great. Hell, i didn't know it was a cover from The Kinks until i took a music class my senior year in high school

Money's Too Tight to Mention By Reggie Watts (Originally by Simply Red)

If remixes count: Human After All redone by Justice (Originally by Daft Punk)

I don't know how to classify this one, but Lupe Fiasco performed "The Coolest" on top of Justice's "Let There Be Light" and it sounds better than either song did (and that's saying something).

Speaking of Hallelujah, k. d. Lang did quite the cover at the opening ceremonies of the Olympics. Though I still prefer both Wainwright and Buckly's versions.

I prefer Pearl Jam's version of Last Kiss to the original. Same foes for Johnny Cash's rendition of Hurt (Nine Inch Nails). Jackson 5's version of Who's Loving You (Smokey Robinson).

I'm on the fence about Springsteen's cover of Jersey Girl. I do love Tom Waits original.

These are ones that came immediately to mind. I'll post more if I think of anymore.

Favorite ones on here would have to be Framing Hanley with Lollipop and Miss May I with Swing

Sorry, but I can't help but to correct two posts in this thread:

"Personal Jesus Depeche Mode (Johnny Cash original )" => it's the other way round, the song was written by DM's Martin Gore ("Violator" is one of the best pop albums of the 90s imo) and covered by Cash.

"Money's Too Tight to Mention By Reggie Watts (Originally by Simply Red)" => the Simply Red version is already a cover of a song by The Valentine Brothers, though I admit no one knows the original version.

Lots of great mentions in this thread.

There are many cover songs I like (e.g. I lately listened to Kate Bush's nice version of Marvin Gaye's Sexual Healing, where she gives the song her typical, charming twist), but very few are better than the original.

I agree though with Jeff Buckley's version of Hallelujah as my favourite one of the song ("Grace" is an incredible album) and especially with Johnny Cash's brilliant version of Trent Reznor's "Hurt", which is easily among the best cover versions I ever heard.

One that always stands out for me is Gram Parsons'/ The Flying Burrito Brothers' brilliant cover of the Jagger/Richards song "Wild Horses", which was actually released earlier than the Rolling Stones original. I actually like Parsons' version a bit more.

Well I just re-read the OP and I noticed that I did not really follow the one video to post request....So I apologize for that... :p

That was the biggest disgrace I've ever seen in my life. How you can find that preferable is baffling.

My answer: Twist and Shout by The Beatles.

Good God, that Groove Coverage version is fucking terrible. I generally despise hair metal but Alice Cooper pretty much had that song nailed the first time. No way in hell should that song ever be electronic pop. Great, now I'm going to have to spend the next 6 hours drinking that song out of my memory.