Poll: Which of these songs is better, the cover or the original? + Win a Cadbury chocolate hamper

Brought to you by: Cadbury Dairy Milk

If there's one topic of conversation that is guaranteed to cause a fiery debate amongst music fans, it's the concept of the cover version.

While some may argue that it's impossible to improve upon the original and a cover simply cannot capture the same essence and honesty of an original song, others will say that the whole idea is to breathe new life into a song - and when it's done well, it can make you hear the tune differently.

So, can you possibly make a classic even better? With that in mind - and the new Cadbury Dairy Milk Flavourites range aiming to do just that - we've come up with a few of the most well-known cover versions of all time and thrown them to the floor for you to decide which is best: the original, or the cover?

You can also be in with a chance to win a delicious Cadbury hamper by telling us your flavourite song of all time that has been covered at some stage in the comments below, and if you preferred the original or the cover version. Remember you can comment with your Facebook account.

Competition closes Thursday 23rd February. Competition now closed. Congratulations to Ruairi O'Sullivan who wins. More hampers to give away over in TV news!

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Story by Lauren Murphy | 12:54 | Friday 17th February 2017 | Music News

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Day

cats in the cradle, ugly kid joe

Posted 09:04 | Fri 17th Feb 2017
Emma

The Man who Sold the World - cover by Nirvana

Posted 09:29 | Fri 17th Feb 2017
degunner

Joe Dolan "The Universal"

Posted 09:31 | Fri 17th Feb 2017
Slanted & Enchanted

Johnny Cash "Hurt" - originally performed by Nine Inch Nails. Both songs great, but Cash edges it!

Posted 09:47 | Fri 17th Feb 2017
Dave-D

Suspicious Minds by Elvis Presley then covered by Fine Young Cannibals. Both great :)

Posted 09:55 | Fri 17th Feb 2017
AoifeO

Johnny Cash's cover of NIN Hurt <3

Posted 11:44 | Fri 17th Feb 2017
KdeBurca

Personal Jesus covered by Johnny Cash original by Depeche Mode. Cash's version was better

Posted 11:48 | Fri 17th Feb 2017
emerb

Against All Odds - Phil Collins is better than Mariah Carey

Posted 11:50 | Fri 17th Feb 2017
Darren

Voted :-) Rythem of the night, Bastille :-)

Posted 11:51 | Fri 17th Feb 2017
Barney

Live and let die - Guns N'Roses and Wings. The cover is better

Posted 11:55 | Fri 17th Feb 2017
Wex4d

Whitney Houston's I will always love you is so much better that the original Dolly Parton version

Posted 12:03 | Fri 17th Feb 2017
louiserenehan

The Man who Sold the World - cover by Nirvana

Posted 12:04 | Fri 17th Feb 2017
biggles29

Dolly Parton over Whitney as the best original seen live awesome

Posted 12:15 | Fri 17th Feb 2017
gavindillon

Whitney what a voice .

Posted 12:28 | Fri 17th Feb 2017
keenan_enda

Bell X1 - Like I love You (Origianlly by Justin Timberlake)

Posted 12:57 | Fri 17th Feb 2017
Westcork84

Against All Odds - Phil Collins version

Posted 13:13 | Fri 17th Feb 2017
Ula

Against All Odds Phil Collins version

Posted 13:16 | Fri 17th Feb 2017
Dermbob

Tainted Love Soft Cell better than original by Gloria Jones

Posted 13:31 | Fri 17th Feb 2017
pablo

It's got to be Johnny Cash's version of the NIN classic 'Hurt'.

Posted 13:50 | Fri 17th Feb 2017
ruby

Nothing compares to you sung by Sinead O' Connor . I also like Tom Jones with Cerys Matthews singing Baby, it's cold outside.

Posted 14:39 | Fri 17th Feb 2017
seamieg

Tainted love by Marlyin Manson

Posted 14:46 | Fri 17th Feb 2017
caoilainnito

Hallelujah by Jeff Buckley! Even though I've been a huge Cohen fan since I was little, I have to say that Jeff Buckley had one of the most haunting voices of all time, which just made the song even better!

Posted 14:52 | Fri 17th Feb 2017
collywogs2003

Fairytale of New York. The Pogues vs Ronan Keating. Ronan's version shades it

Posted 15:21 | Fri 17th Feb 2017
Burnsie912

Band On The Run - The Wings and Foo Fighters. Always be a special place in my heart for the Foo Fighters' version

Posted 15:31 | Fri 17th Feb 2017
Grace

I will always Love you.

Posted 15:33 | Fri 17th Feb 2017
fiona9203

"Wonderwall" by Oasis is much better than Ryan Adams' 2003 version!!

Posted 16:19 | Fri 17th Feb 2017
Garyg

James Vincent McMorrow's cover of Chris Isaak's "Wicked Game"

Posted 16:19 | Fri 17th Feb 2017
Srfc_1928

Live and let die. Original by Paul Mcarthy and wings is a good tune but guns n roses cover is 10 times better.

Posted 16:21 | Fri 17th Feb 2017
Eoin

'And I Love Her' by The Beatles - covered by Vyvienne Long https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXIYO7MyppU&list=PLZxl7Ffq0h3XP6YcV_R-SroCS6VzY4LJ-&index=23

Posted 16:37 | Fri 17th Feb 2017
jen quinn

Ellie Gouling 'your song', she was better than Elton John's original

Posted 16:38 | Fri 17th Feb 2017
Vicky

Whitney Houston was a great version

Posted 17:05 | Fri 17th Feb 2017
Chiron

Money's Too Tight by Simply Red

Posted 17:13 | Fri 17th Feb 2017
jane___

Mundy Galway Girl all day long

Posted 17:23 | Fri 17th Feb 2017
Aisling

A Little Less Conversation, I think Elvis would have been chuffed with Junkie XL take on his song. Great.

Posted 17:37 | Fri 17th Feb 2017
Cathy

Paul Weller's version of 'Thinking of You', originally by Sister Sledge

Posted 17:41 | Fri 17th Feb 2017
G_Birch

Fleetwood Mac- Dreams much better then The Corrs version.

Posted 18:39 | Fri 17th Feb 2017
Colm

Jimi Hendrix - All Along the Watchtower has to be one of the best covers of all time for me! Dylan is always great, but Hendrix's take on it is just magic

Posted 18:50 | Fri 17th Feb 2017
nighteyes

Jimi Hendrix's cover of All Along the Watchtower

Posted 18:58 | Fri 17th Feb 2017
Fudge

Johnny cash and hurt

Posted 20:16 | Fri 17th Feb 2017
SmileLucySmile

Livin la vida loca by Leo Moracchioli

Posted 22:39 | Fri 17th Feb 2017
Maksim

Whitney Houston's I will always love you

Posted 23:36 | Fri 17th Feb 2017
Andrew

Birdy version of 'Skinny Love'.

Posted 23:39 | Fri 17th Feb 2017
win oksana

Whitney what a voice .

Posted 23:39 | Fri 17th Feb 2017
ColinC

Whiskey in the Jar Thin Lizzy covered by Metallica, I prefer the Metallica version.

Posted 09:30 | Sat 18th Feb 2017
Mickyrog

Home - Michael Buble V Westlife, gonna have to stay loyal to the local lads, Westlife was better!

Posted 10:32 | Sat 18th Feb 2017
Mariae

the fugees cover of perry comos "and i love you so"

Posted 10:35 | Sat 18th Feb 2017
Emmaalex

London Grammar version of wicked game!

Posted 12:15 | Sat 18th Feb 2017
msaz

Gavin James-book of love

Posted 13:37 | Sat 18th Feb 2017
emmal

Whitney - I will always love you!

Posted 13:54 | Sat 18th Feb 2017
seany76

I will always love you by the Whitney RIP

Posted 16:58 | Sat 18th Feb 2017
Rango

Cats In The Cradle - Ugly Kid Joe do an amazing cover version (original by Harry Chapin)

Posted 16:59 | Sat 18th Feb 2017
CiaranLincolnDunne

Everybody Wants to Rule the World was best covered by Lorde for The Hunger Games: Catching Fire soundtrack

Posted 17:13 | Sat 18th Feb 2017
Declan Fogarty

Under pressure by Queen & David Bowie.

Posted 18:07 | Sat 18th Feb 2017
Niamh Roche

Johnny Cash Hurt & Kylies Love is the Drug

Posted 20:48 | Sat 18th Feb 2017
Kenz

Paul McCartney "Live and Let Die"; is still better than the Guns 'n' Roses version (but only slightly)

Posted 20:48 | Sat 18th Feb 2017
jane___

Mundy Galway Girl, absolutely great song

Posted 20:54 | Sat 18th Feb 2017
Super-Fairy

Johnny Cash's Hurt. I always say he didn't cover it. He perfected it .

Posted 22:02 | Sat 18th Feb 2017
FilmBuff76

Mad World - Gary Jules.

Posted 22:34 | Sat 18th Feb 2017
millie35

Bad Moon Rising is my favourite song and has been covered many times. The original by Creedence Clearwater Revival is my favourite. It was the first single I bought, good memories.

Posted 01:25 | Sun 19th Feb 2017
Frauli

Astral Weeks by Van Morrison Many covers but of course the origional version is BEST!

Posted 12:03 | Sun 19th Feb 2017
sissifranz

I will always love you.....Whitney Houston

Posted 12:31 | Sun 19th Feb 2017
jingleheimerr

Toto - Africa. Hands down, best song! Col?iste Lurgan covered it last year but the original will always be the best!

Posted 12:48 | Sun 19th Feb 2017
Lulu97

'Your Song'- I prefer the Ellie Goulding version to the Elton John version!

Posted 14:10 | Sun 19th Feb 2017
Ruth

"How do I live" by Trisha Yearwood. She was a million times better than Leanne Rhymes cover of it.

Posted 20:46 | Sun 19th Feb 2017
Bubblefitz

Naive Melody by Talking Heads, beautiful song but then Arcade fire came along and knocked it out of the park. A gem either way!

Posted 22:33 | Sun 19th Feb 2017
SharonDolan

O

Posted 07:55 | Mon 20th Feb 2017
Louise

Johnny Cash?s ?Hurt? is the most amazing cover of a song!

Posted 08:40 | Mon 20th Feb 2017
Aoiferian

I much prefer dollys version of I wil always love you

Posted 08:58 | Mon 20th Feb 2017
mike

Whitney Houston - I Will Always Love You

Posted 09:43 | Mon 20th Feb 2017
Robthetruestory

This must be the place by Miles Teller is better than Talking Heads

Posted 09:48 | Mon 20th Feb 2017
James P

James Vincent McMorrow's cover of 'Higher Love by Steve Winwood'. Love the dark, haunting tone it is compared to the original.

Posted 10:51 | Mon 20th Feb 2017
Lizzie

Loved the Smashing Pumpkins cover of The Animals "A Girl Named Sandoz" - surpassed the original for me!

Posted 11:59 | Mon 20th Feb 2017
stuart

Steve Earle/Mundy & Sharon Shannon - 'Galway Girl'

Posted 12:06 | Mon 20th Feb 2017
franerd

All along the watchtower jimi hendrix

Posted 12:50 | Mon 20th Feb 2017
GimmieGimmie

Ben E Kings - Stand By Me, covered by my all time favourite Florence and the Machine. But the original wins by a hair!

Posted 13:29 | Mon 20th Feb 2017
Fiona

Jeff Buckley, Hallelujah

Posted 15:41 | Mon 20th Feb 2017
Colm

NIrvana do a great version of Love Buzz

Posted 15:46 | Mon 20th Feb 2017
LisaLils

The man who sold the world - nirvanas cover over bowie

Posted 17:03 | Mon 20th Feb 2017
blossimhill

Thunder Road by Bruce Springsteen

Posted 17:20 | Mon 20th Feb 2017
Derek N

Chiquitita by ABBA covered by Sinead O'Connor

Posted 17:40 | Mon 20th Feb 2017
Steve

Hurt by Johnny Cash! Slightly better that the Nine Inch Nails original.

Posted 20:00 | Mon 20th Feb 2017
LindaHayden

Coronas version of Justin Timberlake's My Love. Chocolate....mmmmmmm

Posted 21:45 | Mon 20th Feb 2017
claire

Elton John - your song

Posted 23:27 | Mon 20th Feb 2017
JonnyD1

gavin james- fairytale of new york, I prefer this version (controversial :)

Posted 08:05 | Tue 21st Feb 2017
MissShivvers

Johnny Cash's version of Personal Jesus isn't better than Depeche Mode but it is just as good. Also, any and all covers of Such Great Heights are better than the original by The Postal Service.

Posted 10:36 | Tue 21st Feb 2017
freakycacher

Whitney Hustons cover of "I will always love you" is so much better than Dolly Parton's ....No offence to the great Dolly 😃

Posted 14:37 | Tue 21st Feb 2017
taramckinney

Mundy & Sharon Shannon version.

Posted 14:41 | Tue 21st Feb 2017
Briano

Mah Na Mah Na was written by Piero Umilian- the Muppets Cover version is the best song ever sang sober or drunk.

Posted 14:49 | Tue 21st Feb 2017
SCK

Whitney Houston - I Will Always Love You

Posted 16:53 | Tue 21st Feb 2017
joan

no one can sing unchained melody like the righteous brothers

Posted 17:40 | Tue 21st Feb 2017
EvilStar

Harry Nilsson's version of "Somewhere Over The Rainbow" is awesome vocally.

Posted 20:04 | Tue 21st Feb 2017
Hannah Kelly

I really liked the Zutons version of 'Valarie' but then Amy Winehouse's one was overplayed and ruined it for me

Posted 21:15 | Tue 21st Feb 2017
spizzy

Gary Jules version of mad world.. Haunting

Posted 22:21 | Tue 21st Feb 2017
jane___

Mundy Galway Girl, so feel good!!

Posted 00:51 | Wed 22nd Feb 2017
LindaCurran

Johnny Cash - Hurt, great cover

Posted 10:41 | Wed 22nd Feb 2017
spatula72

The Zutons "Valerie" is greatly improved by the vocals of Amy Winehouse. I loved the Zutons, but even Dave McCabe the frontman for the band praises her version

Posted 11:10 | Wed 22nd Feb 2017
sligokid

I will always love you by the Whitney RIP

Posted 11:59 | Wed 22nd Feb 2017
Kelvin Doran

Thin Lizzy/Metallica - Whiskey In The Jar Favourite being Thin Lizzy

Posted 22:19 | Wed 22nd Feb 2017
PammyReid

Johnney Cash 'Hurt' much better than the original Nine Inch Nails version.

Posted 22:32 | Wed 22nd Feb 2017
Lokipop

Deftones cover of Sades No Ordinary Love!

Posted 23:31 | Wed 22nd Feb 2017
Kerry

Stand by me by Ben E. King, the orginal song is great

Posted 00:13 | Thu 23rd Feb 2017
Dinkydee

I prefer Whiskey in the jar by Thin Lizzy rather than Metallica.

Posted 09:51 | Thu 23rd Feb 2017
Joyce

Jimi Hendrix- All along the watchtower

Posted 09:57 | Thu 23rd Feb 2017
Eoin

Hurt... Johnny Cash... brilliant cover

Posted 11:01 | Thu 23rd Feb 2017
Shirley

Can't beat the originals, like Cadbury original dairy milk - l will always love you .

Posted 11:05 | Thu 23rd Feb 2017
Zoe_mac

Voted!

Posted 11:46 | Thu 23rd Feb 2017
anita

I will always love you - Whitney Houston

Posted 11:55 | Thu 23rd Feb 2017
jane___

Dollys I will always love you

Posted 13:42 | Thu 23rd Feb 2017
taramckinney

Whitney Houston I will always love you

Posted 13:49 | Thu 23rd Feb 2017
Trynice

Fairytale of New York by the pogues prefer that one to the cover by gavin James 😊

Posted 14:25 | Thu 23rd Feb 2017
tc

Johnny Cash-Hurt better than original

Posted 16:09 | Thu 23rd Feb 2017
gcjan

The Man Who Sold the World - love the Nirvana cover

Posted 20:06 | Thu 23rd Feb 2017
John3606

Somewhere over the rainbow by Israel Kamakawiwoʻole

Posted 23:21 | Thu 23rd Feb 2017

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