Originally Posted by mrklixx

If you've listened to Rock, Pop or Country radio in the last 30 years, then you've heard a cover song. There's almost always a cover of some sort in rotation.

Also if you've ever seen any of the following movies (as well as a host of other movies and tv shows) then you've heard a cover:

Less Than Zero
I am Sam
Shrek 1 & 2
Zoolander
Lost Boys
The Faculty
Sky High
Doinnie Darko
Cursed
Frighteners
50 first dates
Not Another Teen Movie
Clueless
Threesome
The Punisher
Interview with a Vampire
200 cigarettes
Jawbreaker
Stir of Echoes
Gothika
Runaway Bride
Bride of Chucky


In response to the OP, one of my favorites is Phantom of the Opera by Nightwish, originally by Andrew Lloyd Weber.

I love a good cover song, as long as it is different from the original in that the covering artist adss their own spin, otherwise there is no point in re-doing a song.