What's your favorite remake of a song

I will second the Cowboy Junkies "Thunder Road" and add:

Shonen Knife: "Top of the World" (Carpenters)
Bob Dylan/Tiny Tim: "I've Got You Babe" (Sonny and Cher)
Be Good Tanyas: "Waiting Around to Die" (Townes Van Zandt)
William Shatner: "Mr. Tambourine Man" (Dylan, Byrds)
Nazareth: "Love Hurts" (Roy Orbison)
Persuations: "The Wanderer" (U2)
Ike and Tina Turner: "Proud Mary" (John Fogerty/Credence)
Tom Waits: "Hi Ho, Hi Ho" (from Seven Dwarfs)
Aretha Franklin: "Jumpin Jack Flash" (Rolling Stones)
Sebastian Cabot: "It Aint Me Babe" (Dylan)

What about those songs where the original version is far less popular/known than the cover?

Examples:

"Sister Morphine" came out on the Rolling Stone's Sticky Finger album in 1971. I like the Marianne Faithful version more, but when it was released in 1969 the lyrics were deemed too controversial and the album was actually banned in some places.

"The Rose" is listed on a number of uniformed websites as being written by Bette Midler. She performed the most popular version of the song, but it was written by Amanda McBroom; I actually prefer McBroom's version of the song.

I know Jackson Browne can't stand the fact that the Eagle's cover of "Take it Easy" was much more popular than his.

Also, what about "covers" which are only loosely based on another song, such as Patti Smitth's "Gloria" which is a take off on Van Morrison's song of the same name.

Let's not forget the covers of "Stairway to Heaven." I like the Dolly Parton version.

Even better is the curious "hybrid" version that takes the lyrics from the opening to Gilligan's Island and sets them to Stairway. It's called "Stairway to Gilligan's Island."

I also like the various Porky Pig covers of songs, done by various comedians such as Robin Williams. Springsteen's "Fire" is amusing, as is "Slow Hand" (I'm dwiving in my car. I turn on the wadio. . .").

Okay, I've been posting both amusing and serious covers.

In the seriously good category, I like the entire album of covers of Carpenters songs: "If I Were a Carpenter" by various alternative rock artists. I particularly liked Redd Kross' cover of "Yesterday Once More," Sonic Youth's "Superstar," Shonen Knife's "Top of the World" and Crakers "Rainy Days and Mondays."

Does anyone else like Johnny Cash's cover of Trent Reznor's "Hurt?"

Although I really like the original much more, Emmylou Harris' cover of Dylan's "Every Grain of Sand" is terrific too.