Of course it's all subjective (as always), but in the CH your opinion matters.
 
Here are a few of my favs.:
 
Geoge Benson: On_Broadway (original by The Drifters)
 
Van Halen: Ice_Cream_Man (original by John Brim)
 
Van Halen: Dancing_in_the_Street (original by Martha & the Vandellas)
 
G3: Red_House (original Jimi H.)
 
Sooooo many more.....
 
 
 
 
 

Ruby Baby.  Although Gene Vincent's version is definitive of a genre and killer diller, that ol wife beater (dern his hide) Donald Fagen's version is transformative.

Mesh
 
G3: Red_House (original Jimi H.)
 
 

Blasphemer!!!!!!!

Lol Bapsi......I gnu I was treading hot water with that Juan.......but I jumped in.

This is great, Moon found a whole different song in the Rush original.
 

I  like my 'bad moon rising' cover better than the original

batsbrew
I  like my 'bad moon rising' cover better than the original

link?

Mesh

batsbrew
I  like my 'bad moon rising' cover better than the original

link?

 
here you go:
 
https://www.dropbox.com/s/sl6ug0lyamsdhda/BB11-BAD%20MOON%20RISING.mp3?dl=0
 
 
feel free to share, it was a licensed cover off of my first album, "Trouble",
which i gave away for free to anyone that picked up my 2nd album, "The Time is Magic"

Twist and Shout
Along The Watchtower.

Much easier to find examples of remakes that shouldn't have been done...
 
How about Madonna's horrid disco cover of American Pie?
 
Britney Spears doing Satisfaction.