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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OH A big one that I forgot---The whole Dark Side of the Moon live at the Appolo in London by Dream Theater Great DVD--playing especially by Jordan Rudess and John Petrucci, singing by Teresa Thomason is incredible!
Stone temple Pilots doing doing Led Zeps "Dancing Days", Smashing Pumpkins doing Stevie Nicks "Landslide", Patty Smith doing Prince's "When Doves Cry", and lastly Stevie Ray Vaughn doing Jimi Hendrix's "Little Wing".
Absolutely agree with many that have been mentioned but...wow - all the way down here:

Elvis Presley - "Hound Dog" (Big Mama Thorton)
Aretha Franklin - "Respect" (Otis Redding)