Taking on a hit and making it your own is a brave and treacherous task.
The “why fix what isn’t broken” mentality often prevails, meaning people often approach and receive tribute tunes with caution.
However, there are always undeniably some cover songs that hit the nail on the head – whether they offer a unique twist, take the song into another genre, or find something new and beautiful in the piece – they sit happily alongside the original, sometimes even surpassing it.
Here are few great covers from 2015 that we think you should check out.
Hot Chip – Bruce Springsteen’s Dancing in the Dark
Video via YouTube/HotChipVEVO
Hozier – Sam Smith’s Lay Me Down
Video via YouTube/BBCRadio1VEVO
Gavin James – Michael Jackson’s Billie Jean X The Weeknd’s Can’t Feel My Face
Video via YouTube/SBTV:Music
Orla Gartland – James Bay’s Hold Back The River
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2D75h0r4h3g
Video via YouTube/OrlaGartland
Dixie Chicks – Lana Del Ray’s Video Games
Video via YouTube/ShannonWilson
Sam Smith and Disclosure – Drake’s Hotline Bling
Video via YouTube/BBCRadio1VEVO
Ryan Adams – Taylor Swift’s Blank Space
Video via YouTube/RyanAdamsVEVO
Demi Lovato – Hozier’s Take Me To Church
Video via YouTube/BBCRadio1VEVO
Hermitage Green – The Fugee’s Ready or Not
Roisin O – Michael Jackson’s Man in the Mirror
Ed Sheeran – Christina Aguilera’s Dirty
Video via YouTube/BBCRadio1
Wyvern Lingo – Joni Mitchell’s River
