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

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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

• teaplease

  Where did you sleep last night- The Nirvana version is great but the original Leadbelly one clinches it for me :)

  Posted 12:43 | 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

• Valerie Hughes

  Running Up That Hill - Kate Bush / Placebo

  Posted 22:50 | 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

• Orla McCormack

  Ed Sheeran's version of The Parting Glass 👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻

  Posted 23:44 | 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

• Ken Gorry

  Some you didn't Menton Wings V GnR live and let die Simon &Garfunkel V Disturbed Sound of silence Bowie V Nirvana the man who sold the world Some best never mentioned again Cheryl Crowd sweet child o' Mine Wheatus a little respect

  Posted 14:47 | 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

• Sabrina FitzPatrick

  Jealous guy- Roxy music Snow patrol- run People are strange- echo and the bunny men Him- solitary man Johnny cash - Hurt Him- wicked game Ville vallo- summer wine Lana del ray - summer wine

  Posted 18:08 | 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

• Sinèad Corboy

  Whitney version of I will always love you is so much better than Dolly Parton

  Posted 21:41 | 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

• Jenn Wade

  I will always love you - Whitney Houston 💖 nothing sounds better to me..x

  Posted 22:10 | 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

• grace

  Jeff Buckley, Hallelujah

  Posted 11:50 | 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

• Rachel Fitzgerald

  No scrubs cover by Bastille (along with "Angels" in a mash up) - TLC original is a classic but the Bastille version is a great take on it!

  Posted 12:35 | 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

• sarah351

  Johnny Cash, 'Personal Jesus' (Depeche Mode)

  Posted 19:38 | 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

• Edel Bethel

  Words by Tracy Chapman later covered by Boyzone but I prefer the original

  Posted 02:55 | Tue 21st Feb 2017

• Seán Domhnall O'Sullivan

  Hurt by Johnny Cash is obviously the greatest cover ever - taking the Nine Inch Nails track and infusing it with so much loss, so much love,so much pain. Wonderful

  Posted 06:44 | Tue 21st 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

• Diana O'Connor

  Emmylou Harris did an amazing version of the Beatles Here There and Everywhere in 1979 which I still love now https://youtu.be/iYWIDO-Nn3c

  Posted 18:37 | 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

• Aoife Birmingham

  I love Deftones cover of No Ordinary Love, definitely one of my favourite covers ever!

  Posted 21:54 | 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

• Marnie Porter

  When you say nothing at all _ Ronan Keating

  Posted 05:49 | Wed 22nd Feb 2017

• Paul Doran

  Bowie's cover of the Kinks Waterloo Sunset is an absolute belting version

  Posted 07:48 | 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

• Sinead Andrews

  I've always loved Simon and Garfunkel's The Sound of Silence but I have to admit, Disturbed's recent cover surpasses it. Dave Dramain's voice gets deep inside your soul.. Haunting..

  Posted 00:31 | 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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