My Favorite Covered Songs

I've read a few lists online of critics' favorite songs that are covered by other bands, and I thought I'd make my own version. I'm sure some of these choices will be frowned upon by some people but I don't care. I'm not saying they're the best, just that I enjoy them. Some of them are serious, while some are supposed to be silly, like Year 3000 and the metal/screamo version of Baby Got Back. There are even a few that I didn't know for the longest time were even cover songs, like Mad World by Tears for Fears, but more hauntingly done by Gary Jules. Youtube some of them if you're interested, cause this is a good list here.

Song Name	Cover Band	Original Band
Simple Man	Shinedown	Lynyrd Skynyrd
Maybe I'm Amazed	Jem	Paul McCartney
Burning Down the House	The Used	Talking Heads
Spooky	Imogen Heap	Classics IV
Such Great Heights	Iron and Wine	The Postal Service
The Boys of Summer	The Ataris	Don Henley
The Heart of the Matter	India.Arie	Don Henley
Year 3000	Jonas Brothers	Busted
Love Song	311	The Cure
Life is a Highway	Rascal Flatts	Tom Cochrane
Mad World	Gary Jules	Tears for Fears
Careless Whisper	Seether	Wham!
Time After Time	Quietdrive	Cyndi Lauper
Free Fallin'	John Mayer	Tom Petty
Saturday Night's Alright (For Fighting)	Nickelback	Elton John
Baby Got Back	Throwdown	Sir Mix-a-Lot
Take On Me	Reel Big Fish	a-ha
This is Halloween	Marilyn Manson	Danny Elfman
Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)	Marilyn Manson	Eurythmics
Holding Out For a Hero	Frou Frou	Bonnie Tyler
Total Eclipse of the Heart	Cast of Glee	Bonnie Tyler
Don't Stop Believing	Cast of Glee	Journey
Across the Universe	Jim Sturgess	The Beatles
Feeling Good	Michael Buble	Nina Simone
The Best is Yet to Come	Michael Buble	Tony Bennett
It's My Life	No Doubt	Talk Talk
Higher Ground	Red Hot Chili Peppers	Stevie Wonder

I would also like to say: No one can ever produce a greater version of most classic rock songs, like My Generation (*cough*Green Day) or Stone Cold Crazy (Metallica? No, they are NOT the original artist of that song). It's best to leave them how they were in the beginning, which is perfect.