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00:0010 Cover Songs So Good You Forgot They Weren't Originals
00:04Number 10 Mad World, Gary Jules and Michael Andrews
00:08Gary Jules and Michael Andrews strip new wave sheen to sparse piano, Donnie Darko's soundtrack
00:14propelling a haunting 2003 Christmas chart topper.
00:18Number 9 Girls Just Wanna Have Fun, Cyndi Lauper
00:22Cyndi Lauper reframes Robert Hazard's Male View song as jubilant empowerment, her exuberant
00:27performance and video transforming culture and eclipsing the original.
00:32Number 8 Hurt, Johnny Cash Johnny Cash strips Trent Reznor's industrial
00:37anguish to bare bones, his age and video transforming it into a devastating end-of-life reflection
00:43meditation.
00:44Number 7 Tainted Love, Soft Cell Soft Cell's synth pop overhaul adds drum machines
00:51and moog hooks, Mark Allman's cool vocals cementing the definitive, enduring club classic.
00:57Number 6 Respect Aretha Franklin
01:00Aretha Franklin flips Otis Redding's plea into a demand, adding R-E-S-P-E-C-T and Sock
01:07it to me, birthing a defining feminist anthem.
01:11Number 5 Valerie, Amy Winehouse
01:15Amy Winehouse with Mark Ronson recasts the Zuton's indie tune as Motown tinge soul, eclipsing
01:21the original as a signature.
01:23Number 4 Higher Ground Red Hot Chili Peppers
01:27Red Hot Chili Peppers turbocharged Stevie Wonder's spiritual anthem with slap bass and
01:31punk urgency, becoming a breakthrough staple.
01:35Number 3 Fast Car, Luke Combs, original Tracy Chapman
01:40Luke Combs honors Tracy Chapman's storytelling with a country lens, topping charts and introducing
01:45her timeless narrative to new audiences.
01:49Number 2 All Along the Watchtower, Jimi Hendrix
01:53Jimi Hendrix transforms Bob Dylan's folk sketch into apocalyptic psychedelia, shifting
01:57to 4-4 with searing wah guitar.
02:00Even Dylan adopted it.
02:02Number 1 Nothing Compares to You, Sinead O'Connor
02:06Sinead O'Connor pairs Prince's composition to stark vulnerability, her tearful video and
02:11vocals creating a definitive worldwide chart-topping moment.
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