When your best song isn't yoursr

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The following musical artists are best-known for one or more cover songs that far outstrip their own originals commercially and/or artistically, whether they or their fans think so or not. These are in no particular order and may piss you the hell off. I'm not including "interpreter" artists who do almost only covers. Also some of these 'artists' really suck and you don't need to tell me that, mmkay. Add as you wish!

The Lemonheads
Alien Ant Farm
Orgy
Natalie Imbruglia
Bauhaus
Cowboy Junkies
Dillinger Escape Plan
Sixpence None the Richer
Anthrax
Soft Cell
Dynamite Hack
Kim Carnes
Manfred Mann
Quiet Riot (Slade, TWICE!)
Jose Feliciano

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coversproject.com is down right now and it's cramping my style...

[nosrialleon.livejournal.com]

Manfred Mann did it TWICE!
Once with Bruce Springsteen (Blinded By The Light) and once with The Police (Demolition Man)

Um, The Jam? Trying to decide if I like Beat Surrender or Dead End Street (The Kinks) better...

UB40.

Bow Wow Wow.

Re: coversproject.com is down right now and it's cramping my style...

[salome-st-john.livejournal.com]

Manfred Mann did it three times - "Mighty Quinn."

Re: coversproject.com is down right now and it's cramping my style...

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The Jam was never a big commercial artist here, but they did pretty well with "A Town Called Malice" near the end of their career. They had enough legimitate hits and good songs in their career to be excused anyway, I think.