Why it works: Great White frontman Jack Russell had one of the most powerful and distinctive voices of the hair metal era. He ...

Most cover songs aim to honor the source material. The artist learns the chords, finds their own vocal take, maybe adjusts ...

Already making her mark on the zeitgeist in 2023 with Did you know that there’s a tunnel under Ocean Blvd, Lana Del Rey had one more thing to say earlier this month with her take on John Denver’s ...

No matter the wave or subgenre, most emo bands seem to have a knack for covering songs from the ’80s and ’90s. Maybe it’s the ...

Cover songs are a tricky thing to master, and Van Halen's 1978 cover of 'You Really Got Me' split opinions between The Kinks' ...

Another song list! This one is a personal favorite of mine, because it means I get to spend a lot of time with artists I like covering other artist’s songs. Last December, Paste crowned Merce Lemon’s ...

"Same Drugs" is more of a piano-based ballad with Chance the Rapper peppering in Peter Pan references as he tells a story of ...

Before Kelly Clarkson went viral for singing every hit song better than the original artist, Beyoncé was the queen of covers. During her illustrious career, Bey has been unafraid to take some of the ...

Nirvana’s frontman Kurt Cobain was one of the most beloved songwriters in 1990s rock music. The band’s original music is timelessly brilliant, but they’ve also performed a few killer covers of other ...

When an artist covers a song that's already popular, they always run the risk of facing criticism. But in these 10 cases, country artists were able to take successful songs from other genres and make ...

Covers are tricky things. It’s not always easy to cover a famous song correctly, and even the best musicians out there have failed to put out a good cover song. Let’s take a look at some of the worst ...