Charles Mann's "Walk of Life" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZOvIga4aLY
Dr Feelgood "I'm a Hog For You Baby" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ha914XeQtKU
Pink Fairies "Walk Don't Run" https://www.youtube.com/w...ist=PL51EFCAA5F97AFAA8
The Pretenders "Stop Your Sobbin'" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANaP26V1tFw
And for something a bit different, Gene Vincent's "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" (Apparently Judy Garland thought his was the best version). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYIx1pJnrVM

Mesh

Rain

craigb
 

 
Another that me and my friends used to cover when we jammed.

I see that and raise you one Diamonds and Rust.
 

.....and I'll raise you to Post #12

As they say: Better by You, Better than Me...
 
 
 
:P

Wow!!....there's so much good music (just in this thread) that I never knew existed.....until now.
Keep em coming!!!

How about one from the same artist (even though his original was also a remake)?  Compare the awesome live version to the pathetic studio one.
 

 

Already mentioned but Hendrix's version of "All Along the Watch Tower"
 
There are quite a few other good intrepretations of Dylan Songs.
 
Sandy Denny's cover of Richard Thompsons "For the Shame of Doing Wrong" and Elton's "Candle in the Wind" on her "Rendezvous" album.
 
I always liked Nazereth's version of "This Flight Tonight", so different from Joni Mitchells version, not better just very different.
 
Richard Thompson's album 1000 Years of popular music is a very entertaining set of covers. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4WGsMplGxU
 

Glyn Barnes
I always liked Nazereth's version of "This Flight Tonight", so different from Joni Mitchells version, not better just very different.
 

 
This ^^^^
 

Moshkito
Steve Hackett can do Genesis way better than they did ... of course, they quit doing it, which did not help!

+1

craigb

Glyn Barnes
I always liked Nazereth's version of "This Flight Tonight", so different from Joni Mitchells version, not better just very different.
 

 
This ^^^^
 

 
..and their version of Tomorrow's 'My White Bicycle', excellent.