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Best cover songs?

What, in your opinion are the best cover songs ever recorded?

My top picks, in no particular order:

Jeff Buckley's "Hallelujah" (Leonard Cohen)
Dar Williams' "Comfortably Numb" (Pink FLoyd)
Matt Nathanson's "Romeo and Juliet" (Dire Straits)
R.E.M.'s "Dream" (Everly Brothers)
Jimi Hendrix' "All Along the Watchtower" (Bob Dylan)
Johnny Cash's "Hurt" (Nine Inch Nails)
The Beatles' "Twist and Shout" (Top Notes)
The Cowboy Junkies' "Sweet Jane" (Lou Reed)
The Sundays' "Wild Horses" (Rolling Stones)
Mindy Smith's "Jolene" (Dolly Parton)
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Agree with Tvad about the Vanilla Fudge cover of "You Keep Me Hangin' On" (we used to do that in my band back in high school and everyone loved it) and the multiple nominations of "All Along the Watchtower".

I'll add the Byrds' covers of Dylan songs, particularly "Mr. Tambourine Man", and of "Turn Turn Turn" (Pete Seeger). It seems Dylan songs were great for covers.
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