What song did you fall in love with and only later find out that it was a cover version?

1. Tainted Love by Soft Cell is a cover of a mid 60s song by Gloria Jones. Cum On Feel the Noise and Mama Weer All Crazee Now by Quiet Riot are both covers of the English band Slade.
   — Dr_Winston_O_Boogie


2. 1985 by Bowling for soup was originally done by SR-71.
   — pango3001


3. My ex swore up and down that Michael Jackson covered Alien Ant Farm.
   — PmMeYourDiscordChat






4. Jimi Hendrix all along the watch tower
   — DespoticPanda


5. Joe Cocker's version of With a Little Help From My Friends. Damn that was powerful!
   — bongosboytoy


6. Torn by Natalie Imbruglia. The original version is by a band name Ednaswap.
   — CineCynic96






7. Mad World by Gary Jules. I never knew it was originally by Tears for Fears.
   — fatty-boomsticks


8. Jeff Buckley's Hallelujah started my lifelong love affair with Leonard Cohen.
   — parkinglotfields


9. Valerie-Amy Winehouse and Mark Ronson
   — majestic_tortillas






10. This is stupid but i first heard Word up performed by Korn and loved it. A little while later realized it definitely isn't their song.
    — StellaRogue


11. Early Beatles albums had a lot of covers. In my teens, I finally found out that, You really got a hold on me, Roll over Beethoven, Till there was you and a lot more weren't written by the band.
    — Petey57