Playlist: "covers that left the original lying in a ditch"

Across the Universe: Fiona Apple

That's All I Ask-Live at Prince Patrick Hotel, Melbourne, Australia-Feb 9 1995: Jeff Buckley

Just in Time-Live at the Village Gate: Nina Simone

You've Got To Hide Your Love Away: Oasis

It Ain't Me Babe: Joan Baez

Army of Me- Spotify Single: Madison Cunningham

My Hero-Acoustic: Paramore

Don't You (Forget About Me)- live from Abbey Road Studios, London: beabadoobee

Knowing Me, Knowing You- triple j like A version: Angie McMahon

Take Me to the River: Talking Heads

Back in the U.S.A. - Live at Television Center Studios, Hollywood, CA 4/24/1980: Linda Ronstadt

Little Wing: Derek & the Dominos

Fade Into You: Inhaler

Just Like a Woman: Live at Sin-é, New York, NY-July/August 1993: Jeff Buckley

My Sharona- Live Session from Abbey Road Studios, London, UK: Royal Blood

Is it Really So Strange?: Solvents

Gunshot Glitter: MIRRORS

Covering a song is an artist's way of paying homage to those who have inspired them.  Covers revive the love that an artist feels as a listener and allows them to integrate their own style into a work they feel connected to. At times, however, their homages supersede that of which they sought to imitate.

Each song in this playlist not only emulates the original but adds the cover artist's spin in a way that reinvents the work entirely. Whether it be by stripping back the song acoustically or completely genre shifting, these artists introduce a new audience to the singer/band that they are covering.