Gender bender


Name a cover that is better than the original sung by the opposite gender.

Angel by Lucinda Williams and Charles Marvel. (Jimi Hendrix)
Wall of Death by Shawn Colvin. (Richard Thompson)
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Joan Baez The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down.....a tie with The Band’s Version with Levon
Cowboy Junkies (everything)
--I was thinking of their version of Neil Young’s Powerderfinger, or One by U2, but you have a point. (both youtube)

Can’t Find My Way Home - Rachael Price (youtube)
--Hard to beat Blind Faith, but a great cover.

Jennifer Warnes--Famous Blue Raincoat (Leonard Cohen)
--Between the sax and her voice...

Bow Wow Wow’s version of I Want Candy comes to mind, originally done by The Strangeloves. Whether or not it’s better than the original - ?
+1 on the Sundays cover of Wild Horses. 

Also, Macy Gray's cover of Metallica's Nothing Else Matters is pretty good. 
Leonard’s Cohen’s "Alexandra Leaving" done solo by his long-time collaborator Sharon Robinson

This one is a close call but Holly Cole’s "I Want You" is about dead even with Tom Waits’ original.