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)
theraiguy
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)
Academy Fight Song REM
Across the Universe Rufus Wainwright
After the Gold Rush Thom Yorke
Angel The Faces
Another Girl, Another Planet The Replacements
Atlantic City The Band
Badfish Jack Johnson
Brand New Cadillac The Clash
Bridge Over Troubled Water Aretha Franklin
Chinese cafe/unchained Joni Mitchell
Dancing Barefoot U2
Day Tripper Otis Redding
Fire RHCP
I am The Walrus Oasis
manfred mann(2)-the mighty quinn(bob dylan..the byrds-mr tambourine man(dylan)...the greg kihn band-the man who shot liberty valance(gene pitney)....the rationals-respect(otis redding, and yes it even trumps Aretha).....mc5-back in the usa(chuck berry)