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Guide To Top10Covers.com • top10covers | cover songs | best covers
Covers are songs you know, performed by people you probably don't know. But you should, because many of them are great singers, instrumentalists, and overall performers. Did you know that famous artists like Justin Bieber, Alessia Cara, Ariana Grande, Karmin, Tori Kelly, Shawn Mendes, and Pentatonix got their start by posting video covers online? Or that Ed Sheeran still loves performing covers? Did you know that singers Arnel Pineda of Journey and Tommy DeCarlo of Boston replaced the original lead vocalists in those bands after being discovered from covers they posted on the web? Here at Top10Covers.com we are dedicated to helping you hear the best of these performers.
Prince, Tom Petty, Jeff Lynne, Steve Winwood, Dhani Harrison | "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" cover (Beatles) • top10covers | cover songs | best covers
A monumental performance of the Beatles classic by Prince, Tom Petty, Jeff Lynne, Steve Winwood, Dhani Harrison, and other great musicians in tribute to George Harrison at his 2004 Rock N' Roll Hall of Fame induction as a solo artist. Worth watching alone to see Dhani Harrison's reaction as Prince lights the fuse on his incendiary outro guitar solo.
PAB Music | "Paranoid Android" cover (Radiohead) • top10covers | cover songs | best covers
PAB Music performs a cover of Radiohead's gorgeous track "Paranoid Android" from their masterpiece album OK Computer. This is a multitrack cover on which the cover artist plays all the parts and assembles them together. Great details here and very well done!
Alice Kristiansen & Jessie Marie Villa | "Rhiannon" cover (Fleetwood Mac) • top10covers | cover songs | best covers
Alice Kristiansen & Jessie Marie Villa sat on a bench here and with only an acoustic guitar and their voices created a nuanced cover of Fleetwood Mac's 1976 hit "Rhiannon" from their mega-selling eponymous album.
Angelina Alexon One Girl 15 Voices • top10covers | cover songs | best covers
Angelina Alexon here with an entertaining performance including excerpts from the following 15 artists/tracks: Ariana Grande "Into You," Mariah Carey "Dreamlover," Celine Dion "I'm Alive," Britney Spears "Baby One More Time," Iggy Azalea "Fancy," Selena Gomez "Hands to Myself," Shakira "Whenever Wherever," Christina Aguilera "Ain't No Other Man," Cher "Believe," Ellie Goulding "Love Me Like You Do," Amy Winehouse "Valerie," Thalia "Dicen Por Ahi," Katy Perry "Dark Horse," Sia "Alive," Bebe Rexha "I Got You."
Keane's Tom Chaplin Nails Queen's "The Show Must Go On" • top10covers | cover songs | best covers
Tom Chaplin of Keane absolutely kills on this version of Queen's classic "The Show Must Go On," channeling his inner Freddie Mercury so well it's astonishing. Chaplin has said that Mercury has been a life long vocal influence.
Tears For Fears Singer Joins Cover Artist To "Rule The World" • top10covers | cover songs | best covers
If you were impressed by Ted Yoder's "Everybody Wants To Rule The World" Tears For Fears cover on dulcimer, so was Curt Smith, lead singer of Tears For Fears. He and his drummer Jamie Wollum stopped by Yoder's backyard in September 2016 to add vocals and percussion to the dulcimer specialist's version in this video. (Note: Audio is intermittent for the first few seconds): DULCIMER (Ted Yoder), VOCALS (Curt Smith), PERCUSSION (Jamie Wollum):
Albert Chang | "Gangnam Style" cover (PSY) • top10covers | cover songs | best covers
The popularity of PSY's "Gangnam Style," (in 2017 it still holds the record for most YouTube views of all videos), is likely in large part due to his inventive moves and quirky video as much as the musical composition itself. Here Albert Chang creates a "Gangnam Style" cover using a loop pedal and various instruments, filmed in a parking garage. UKULELE/BASS/BEAT BOXING/VIOLIN (Albert Chang):
Bronski Beat's Jimmy Somerville Joins Street Performer • top10covers | cover songs | best covers
Bronski Beat vocalist Jimmy Somerville pops in suddenly on this street performer's version of "Small Town Boy," the 1984 hit that put his group on the map. Somerville clearly enjoys himself, as does the cover performer.
Mike Tompkins | Paradise (Coldplay) • top10covers | cover songs | best covers
Here Mike Tompkins covers Coldplay's 2011 hit "Paradise" covering all instruments and vocals with solely with his voice in a cappella style with beatboxing. Check out the very end to see how he does his instrument emulations.
Coldplay's Chris Martin Sings With 8th Graders • top10covers | cover songs | best covers
While the 8th grade performers seemed to know what's up, the audience at this fundraising concert for Chords 2 Cure (a pediatric cancer research foundation) in Santa Monica, California were surprised when Chris Martin jumped on stage with the little band. They performed Coldplay's "Fix You" and "Twisted Logic" before launching into a bit of Prince's "Raspberry Beret" to close out the video.
The Badpiper Lights Up AC/DC's "Thunderstruck" • top10covers | cover songs | best covers
The next time you see a flame-spewing, tattooed bag piper playing AC/DC, it'll probably be The Badpiper. Here he is lighting up AC/DC's "Thunderstruck" some time after he appeared on Australia's Got Talent, the down under version of the show made famous in the USA. BTW, R.I.P. Malcolm Young!
Deraps | "Eruption" cover/tribute (Van Halen) • top10covers | cover songs | best covers
Van Halen's "Eruption" appeared on the band's 1978 debut album Van Halen. Guitarist Jacob Deraps is from Quebec, Canada and his band Deraps pay tribute to the mighty Eddie Van Halen here. R.I.P. EVH (1955-2020) indeed, rockin' in the skies now…
Alessia Cara | "Love Yourself" cover (Justin Bieber) • top10covers | cover songs | best covers
Here is Canada's Alessia Cara, now a Juno Award winner, covering Justin Bieber's 2015 hit "Love Yourself" which appeared on his Purpose album. Cara is one of many new artists that have achieved great success music after achieving initial popularity with video covers.
Jimmy Fallon, Paul Rudd Bring Styx Classic "Too Much Time" Back To Life • top10covers | cover songs | best covers
Okay here's something a bit different: A video cover, as has become popular on late night talk shows. Here Jimmy Fallon and Paul Rudd hilariously cover Styx classic "Too Much Time On My Hands" in a shot-by-shot remake of the original 1981 music video. And, just for fun, here's a split screen of the original music video next to the Fallon show re-creation:
Boyce Avenue | "Don't Let Me Down" cover (The Chainsmokers ft. Daya) • top10covers | cover songs | best covers
Boyce Avenue (Alejandro Luis Manzano, Fabian Rafael Manzano, Daniel Enrique Manzano) here covers 2016 hit "Don't Let Me Down," originally recorded by The Chainsmokers featuring vocals by Daya. VOCALS/INSTRUMENTS (Boyce Avenue):
Megan Davies | "See You Again," "Love Me Like You Do," "Sugar" medley mashup • top10covers | cover songs | best covers
Megan Davies is joined here by her friends Tasha Peter and Jacs, covering “See You Again” by Wiz Khalifa featuring Charlie Puth, “Love Me Like You Do” by Ellie Goulding, and “Sugar” by Maroon 5 in medley/mashup style.
Gabriel Brown | One Guy, 22 Singers • top10covers | cover songs | best covers
Gabriel Brown (sometimes known online as Black Gryph0n) here covering 22 singers including: Adam Levine (Maroon 5) "Animals," David Bowie "China Girl," Justin Bieber "Sorry," Michael Buble "Hollywood," Bruno Mars "When I Was Your Man," Elvis Presley "Love Me Tender," Sam Smith "Stay With Me," Justin Timberlake "Mirrors," Barry Gibb (Bee Gees) "Stayin' Alive," Frank Sinatra "Fly Me To The Moon," Michael Jackson "I Just Can't Stop Loving You," Louis Armstrong "What a Wonderful World," Travis Clark (We The Kings) "Check Yes Juliet," John Mayer "In Your Atmosphere," CeeLo Green "Forget You," Bryan Adams "Summer of '69," Richie McDonald (Lonestar) "Amazed," Chad Kroeger (Nickleback) "Photograph," Sir Elton John "I Guess That's Why They Call It
Mike Massé ft. Jenny Oaks Baker | "More Than A Feeling" cover (Boston) • top10covers | cover songs | best covers
Mike Massé is joined here by violinist Jenny Oaks Baker on 1976 Boston classic "More Than A Feeling" while Massé covers acoustic guitars and vocals while Terry Cole plays bass and Joel Stevenett drums.
"Just The Two Of Us" Impromptu Street Jam • top10covers | cover songs | best covers
Piano Around The World, as street pianist Dotan Negrin calls his performing show on the road, talks a violin case-carrying stranger named Ada into performing a duet with him on Bill Withers 70s hit "Just The Two Of Us." Hard to tell if this is really impromptu or planned with the terrific arrangement but either way still an entertaining performance.
Mike Tompkins ft. Samantha Harvey | "It Ain't Me" cover (Kygo & Selena Gomez) • top10covers | cover songs | best covers
Here is Mike Tompkins in a collaboration with Samantha Harvey covering "It Ain't Me," a track from Kygo & Selena Gomez. These artists created everything you hear with their voices only.
Shawn Mendes | "The A Team" (Ed Sheeran) • top10covers | cover songs | best covers
As Canadian artist Shawn Mendes was trying to develop his talent and garner attention, he posted some video covers online to help. Here he is covering Ed Sheeran's 2011 hit "The A Team" in 2013 when he was 15 years old. VOCALS/GUITAR (Shawn Mendes):
Claudio Sanchez of Coheed and Cambria Covers Adele's "Hello" • top10covers | cover songs | best covers
Claudio Sanchez, lead singer of Coheed and Cambria here covering Adele's "Hello" apparently as a gesture to his mother, who said as his band released a recent album that it was "just as good, if not better, than the new Adele."
The Waffle Stompers | "Somebody That I Used To Know" cover (Gotye) • top10covers | cover songs | best covers
Okay, here's something unique, a cover of a cover. Six guys playing "Somebody That I Used To Know" by Gotye on a single ukulele while a couple of them sing the track, just like Walk Off The Earth did before they were featured on The Ellen Show. The Waffle Stompers are also pretty good. Who did it better? Rate them both and tell us! Here is Walk Off The Moon's version on a single guitar. Giving them credit, WOTM were first... UKULELE/VOCALS (The Waffle Stompers):
Milky Chance Join AnnenMayKantereit To Cover "Roxanne" • top10covers | cover songs | best covers
German groups AnnenMayKantereit and Milky Chance (vocalist/guitarist Clemens Rehbein, DJ/producer Philipp Dausch, and guitarist Antonio Greger) join up here on the street next to an abandoned building to cover The Police classic "Roxanne." The two groups are joined here by Malte Huck on bass.