Cover Songs

"In popular music, a cover version, or simply cover, is a new rendition (performance or recording) of a previously recorded, commercially released song"... (Wikipedia)

Here is an example:

Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) by Marilyn Manson		Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) by Eurythmics

The song on the left, released in 1995, is a new recording of the 1983 song on the right. Covers are often recorded in a musical style that is very different to the original.

To start discovering cover songs on WhoSampled, you can use the search box on the top-right of every page to look for a specific artist or a song name, or browse the database by artist name or year. You can also filter your browsing to your musical genre of choice. Every cover on the site is displayed as two videos side-by-side, and on every cover page you can find a "Similar Covers" list that recommends more interesting covers for you to enjoy.

The following is our current chart of the most covered artists in the database, and the artists who covered the most songs.

	Most Covered Artists		Top Covering Artists
1 The Beatles Got covered 2119 times 2 Traditional Folk Got covered 815 times 3 Bob Dylan Got covered 412 times 4 Stevie Wonder Got covered 379 times 5 Marvin Gaye Got covered 329 times 6 Queen Got covered 328 times 7 The Rolling Stones Got covered 311 times 8 Michael Jackson Got covered 286 times 9 The Temptations Got covered 249 times 10 Led Zeppelin Got covered 228 times		1 Vitamin String Quartet Covered 979 songs 2 ApologetiX Covered 272 songs 3 Fausto Papetti Covered 221 songs 4 Kidz Bop Kids Covered 176 songs 5 Rockabye Baby! Covered 145 songs 6 Gregorian Covered 131 songs 7 The Supremes Covered 130 songs 8 Tracy Huang Covered 129 songs 9 Diana Ross Covered 117 songs 10 Glee Cast Covered 115 songs