Cover Songs

In a previous piece I wrote on cover songs, I explained a couple of formulae that make for a successful cover. These songs fit the formulae best.

Not every kid can be in the A crowd and not every cover song can be praised by Rolling Stone. Here are the songs that didn't make you turn the radio station while driving in your car, but that you have probably since forgotten about.

In the first article of a new series, I'll detail my five cover songs of all time and the reasons why I love them.

Rise Against, H.I.M., Everclear and Shinedown are just a few of the bands that produced decent covers of some favorite classic hits. See if your favorite cover song is on the list!

Here, I'm going to provide you with ten more songs that are worth checking out, no matter what you're musical taste.

Nearly every singer in the popular music business has done at least one cover. The ones that work best either stay true to the original or completely turn the song on its ear.

A great cover song can be amazing or it can be terrible.

This list contains some of the most interesting genre-crossing cover songs of all time.

Five of the best genre-crossing cover songs.

A brief list and description of some of the more interesting and better cross-genre cover songs, as judged by the writer.

This is the Top 5 list for the best cover songs that ever made a genre jump.

If you have a hit song that you love, and would like to hear it in a brand new light, check out this list.

An overview of five of the best genre-crossing cover songs of all time.

Here are five movers and shakers of covers.

Hit songs turned into hit songs in another genre

Music today is riddled with cover songs that manage to cross genres. This article dissects the top 5 genre crossing covers, and gives information on the original artists and the covers.

Everyone loves to hear a song that has been redone in a cool way. Sometimes these cover songs can sound horrible but occasionally one comes out that is as good or better than the original. Here is my list of the top 5 genre-crossing cover songs.

5 of the best cover songs that crossover to different genres

This articles gives a list of the top 5 genre-crossing cover songs

These are my 5 favorite genre crossing cover songs that managed to respect the original versions while successfully becoming popular on their own again.

A list of the songs I feel to be the top five songs to jump musical genres.

In music, a lot of people see genres as unbreakable rules or undefiable labels, but these top 5 songs are proof that genre is just another element that can be changed to create something amazing. Check these top 5 cross-genre cover songs.

Cover songs are often a love them or hate them topic. Some of the best cover songs, though, are those that cross genres to bring new life, new meaning, or a new audience to a song. This is a list of five of the greatest cross-genre covers made.

Cover songs are redone versions of another musician or group's work, often with a different twist than the original. These 5 cover songs are big departures - in completely different genres than the original songs.

Successful cover versions often take a song in entirely different directions than the original. Crossing genre lines is one way to accomplish this. Here, the author picks five great genre-crossing cover songs and compares them to the originals.

From hard rock to hillbilly. From Country to Punk. From classic rock to New Wave. Cover songs cross genres all the time. Some times to great effect and sometimes not so great. Here are five of my favorites.

A list of the top 5 cover songs. There's nothing like turning a pop song into a metal song with an amazing artist.

Cover songs usually either a great rendition, or an atrocious fail. However, if you're looking for some great cover songs that break the confines of their genre, you're in the right spot.

There is a great chance that at least half of your favorite songs are actually covers of songs that are older than you.

The top five genre-crossing cover songs range from pop to rap to country to rock to folk to techno. Does your favorite make the cut?