@JWentu
I have NO idea in which fantasy world "the sound of silence" sung by S&G is less famous than any of its covers
@devangel3614
Tracy Chapman. The depth, the pain, the honesty in her voice can't be surpassed ever.
@Fuzzy100666
Roberta Flack's version of "Killing me softly" is timeless and hypnotic.
@OeyvindH
A few good ones here, but in what world have Simon & Garfunkel’s Sound of Silence and Tracy Chapman’s Fast Car been topped by anyone?
@RicardoGeraldesPinto
More popular than the original? Sound of Silence? Fast Car? No way
@abrahamesparza01
I don't think Luke Combs cover is more popular than Tracy's
@valerieheath-harrison9955
I agree with most of these, but Tracy Chapman’s “Fast Car” can never be topped.
@joermnyc
Trent Reznor originally was NOT happy that anyone would touch “Hurt” a deeply personal song for him. But after hearing Cash’s version Trent admitted, “that’s not my song anymore, it belongs to him.”
@horace650
The Pet Shop Boys' covers of Go West and Always On My Mind turned out to be more popular than the originals, at least in the UK and Europe.
@itanasoaie
Fun fact, in an interview Dolly Parton said she was so pleasantly surprised and touched by Whitney's version that she almost had a car crash when she heard it on the radio!
@davidnipper78
"More popular" doesn't necessarily mean "better".
@1957DLT
This is first time I've heard about Lori Leiberman not being included in song writing credits for Killing Me Softly. Egregious treatment of an artist.
@roberthudson1959
Cash's version of "Ring of Fire" is so iconic that most people don't even realize it is a cover.
@Kristine49erfan82
I cry every time I watch the Cash version of hurt. It's just so raw and honest. Just beautiful. I love the NIN original very much too. That's my late teens and holds a special place in my heart ❤️
@kiwakiwastar
🤔 Tracy’s version is THEE version
@wxkat
I would have nominated Israel Kamakawiwoʻole’s “Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World” for at least an honorable mention. It brought new life to both songs in his own way and helped highlight island music in the process.
@lornamackay4069
I will always love Leonard Cohen's version, but Jeff Buckley's was out of this world! i still can not hear him sing it without tears.
@wallyman292
I can't watch Joe Cocker perform without immediately picturing John Belushi imitating him in that SNL skit from the 70's.
@gl2996
A couple of oldies worth mentioning: Peter, Paul and Mary's cover of Leaving on a Jet Plane, a John Denver song Patsy Cline's cover of Crazy, a song by Willie Nelson
@WatchMojo