{"id":6466,"date":"2026-10-23T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-23T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.songfacts.com\/articles\/?p=6466"},"modified":"2026-10-23T09:35:23","modified_gmt":"2026-10-23T13:35:23","slug":"6-covers-that-became-bigger-hits-than-the-original-songs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.songfacts.com\/articles\/6-covers-that-became-bigger-hits-than-the-original-songs\/","title":{"rendered":"6 Covers That Became Bigger Hits Than the Original Songs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cover songs are a great way for musicians to pay tribute to their own favorites, and sometimes, they\u2019re more than just an homage\u2014a great cover can give a song an entirely new life. Some versions are so well-known, they\u2019re more closely associated with the artist doing the cover than they are the original writer and are often assumed to be their original song.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u201c1985\u201d by Bowling for Soup<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Bowling For Soup - 1985\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/K38xNqZvBJI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 2004, pop-punk band Bowling for Soup scored their biggest hit with the nostalgic \u201c1985,\u201d which made it to No. 23 on the Billboard Hot 100. But the song was originally recorded <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/rock\/bowling-for-soup-1985-sr-71-history-1235665052\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">by the band SR-71<\/a> for their final album, <em>Here We Go Again<\/em>, released earlier that same year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u201cBlinded By The Light\u201d by Manfred Mann\u2019s Earth Band<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Blinded By The Light\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/33ptulhhQPg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bruce Springsteen first recorded \u201cBlinded By The Light\u201d for his debut album, \u00a0Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J., released in 1973, but it became a hit for Manfred Mann\u2019s Earth Band four years later, in 1977. It\u2019s the only song written by Springsteen to ever hit No. 1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u201cI Will Always Love You&#8221; by Whitney Houston<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Whitney Houston - I Will Always Love You (Official 4K Video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3JWTaaS7LdU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Singer Whitney Houston released her famous cover of \u201cI Will Always Love You\u201d in 1992. But Dolly Parton wrote and recorded it years earlier, in 1974. Parton originally wrote the song for \u00a0Porter Wagoner, her business partner and mentor, when she decided to pursue a solo career.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u201cHallelujah\u201d by Jeff Buckley<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah (Official Video - Live at Bearsville)\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/y8AWFf7EAc4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Leonard Cohen\u2019s 1984 album <em>Various Positions<\/em> included <a href=\"https:\/\/www.songfacts.com\/facts\/jeff-buckley\/hallelujah\">\u201cHallelujah,\u201d<\/a> which was later covered by John Cale. And that version, in turn, inspired Jeff Buckley. He recorded the track for his 1994 album <em>Grace<\/em>, but it wasn\u2019t until after his death in 1997 that the song received widespread attention and acclaim.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u201cI Love Rock \u2019N\u2019 Roll\u201d by Joan Jett and The Blackhearts<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"I Love Rock &amp;apos;N Roll - Joan Jett &amp; the Blackhearts (Official Music Video) [Remastered HD]\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wMsazR6Tnf8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Joan Jett is best known for her 1981 hit \u201cI Love Rock \u2019N\u2019 Roll\u201d. But it was originally released by glam-rock band The Arrows as a B-side in 1975. The band wrote the track as a response to The Rolling Stones\u2019 \u201cIt\u2019s Only Rock \u2018N\u2019 Roll.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u201cNothing Compares 2 U\u201d by Sin\u00e9ad O\u2019Connor<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Sin\u00e9ad O&amp;apos;Connor - Nothing Compares 2 U (Official Music Video) [HD]\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0-EF60neguk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Prince wrote and recorded a demo version of \u201cNothing Compares 2 U\u201d in 1984, but he never released it. 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