Weezer’s biggest hit wasn’t theirs; their cover of Toto’s ’80s classic Africa became a surprise phenomenon for a new ...

One person’s success can be another person’s major success. That is the very truth about a good deal of the world’s most famous cover songs. Many artists have created original works without ...

The best country music cover songs convince fans that they're originals. Darius Rucker did it in 2013 with "Wagon Wheel," and Chris Stapleton did too, in 2015. Miranda Lambert did it a few years ...

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 ...

Making a good cover song isn’t easy, and most bands are lucky if they can simply do justice to the original. However, there's a short list of bands and musicians that have outdone the original song ...

Every catchy pop track hides possibilities. And once a metal band picks it up, the song shifts character—sometimes darker, sometimes heavier—always in an unexpected way. That’s the joy of reinvention ...

Listen, I love David Guetta. Bebe Rexha has a stunning voice, too. But this cover is just not it. However, some would not describe “I’m Good (Blue)” by David Guetta and Bebe Rexha as a cover of the ...

It is never easy to cover one of the biggest bands of all time, but some musicians have pulled off phenomenal interpretations of incredible Metallica songs. This is no simple task, especially since ...

Back in March, during the kickoff to the latest leg of her Radical Optimism tour in Melbourne, Dua Lipa told the crowd she had a crazy idea. “To make my life a little bit harder, I thought, ‘Why don’t ...

Ben Platt’s recent cover of Addison Rae’s “Diet Pepsi” has gone viral on social media. The appeal was the song choice and change in performance style – an unexpected crossover between Platt’s musical ...

Now, I don’t think anyone should be covering PJ Harvey’s music—as a rule of thumb. I’m just not quite sure there’s another musician who could channel Harvey’s haunted masterpiece properly. But, then ...

There are a couple of songs Megadeth have stepped away from in the past, but one of them is a cover that Dave Mustaine says the band will never play live again. Mustaine was the latest guest on the ...