Classic Rock Covers That Went Terribly Wrong

Releasing a cover isn’t always a great idea, especially when it’s a classic song.  UltimateClassicRock.com put together a list of classic rock covers that are, for a lack of a better word…terrible. Here are 20, in no particular order:

1.  “Dancing in the Street”,  Mick Jagger and David Bowie

2.  “Purple Haze”,  The Cure

3.  “Fortunate Son”,  U2

4.  “What’s Going On”,  Cyndi Lauper

5.  “Big Yellow Taxi”,  Counting Crows

6.  “Faith”,  Limp Bizkit

7.  “Behind Blue Eyes”,  Limp Bizkit

8.  “American Pie”,  Madonna

9.  “My Generation”,  Hilary Duff

10.  “Imagine”,  Avril Lavigne

11.  “The Sound of Silence”,  Disturbed  (This one was pretty good, I’m surprised to see it on here.)

12.  “Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)”,  Marilyn Manson  (This one too!)

13.  “One Way or Another”,  One Direction

14.  “I Love Rock ‘n’ Roll”,  Britney Spears

15.  “Do Ya Think I’m Sexy”,  Paris Hilton

16.  “Blitzkrieg Bop”,  Rob Zombie

17.  “Saturday Night’s Alright for Fighting”,  Nickelback featuring Kid Rock

18.  “I’m a Believer”,  Smash Mouth  (“Shrek” fans would disagree with this one.)

19.  “You Shook Me All Night Long”,  Celine Dion and Anastacia

20.  “Is She Really Going Out with Him?”,  Sugar Ray

(You can see more at UltimateClassicRock.com.)