Top10 Awful Covers of Great British Songs
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- Top10 Awful Covers of Great British Songs
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Some songs just shouldn’t be messed with. For this list, we're counting down the worst examples of a British rock or pop classic, covered. From Korn mimicking Pink Floyd, to Paris Hilton riffing Rod Stewart, these famous tracks definitely didn't need redoing.
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#10: “Another Brick in the Wall” by Korn (2004)
#9: “Never Gonna Give You Up” by Ashley Tisdale (2008)
#8: “Do Ya Think I’m Sexy?” by Paris Hilton (2006)
#7: “My Generation” by Hilary Duff (2004)
#6: “Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds” by The Flaming Lips feat. Miley Cyrus and Moby (2014)
#5: “Faith” by Limp Bizkit (1998)
#4: “True Faith” by George Michael (2011)
#3, #2, #1: ???
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Who should have covered "Never Gonna Give You Up"? *you can say "nobody" if you like 😉*
WatchMojoUK Like to see Pomplamoose give it a go!
Nobody
WatchMojoUK My thoughts exactly.
WatchMojoUK An older Rick Astley
@Clean SuperMarioLogan Us Directioners just got through 1000 days without them.
The best cover of all time in my opinion, was when the fairy-god mother sang I Need A Hero in Shrek 2.
I'm a believer from shrek 1 karaoke is blooming amazing
Yes so true no dabate
😊😊😊
@@BigBlackpoolPhill 🤗👍
The best cover I've ever heard is Johnny Cash's version of Hurt.
Bohemian Rhapsody is one of those songs you don’t mess with
I LOVE Shatner`s cover, better than original.
CH7 AFC Exactly, it’s like doing a cover of Whitney Mariah or Celiné ya just don’t do it absolutely nothing will stand up to nor be acceptable to the original just leave well alone.!!
@@marguskiis7711 Forgive me for being ignorant, but who the hell is Shatner?
Unless ur Adam Lambert or Mark Martel
Except Brendon Urie. Obviously not as good as the original, but awesome nevertheless
Lesson: Never ever do a cover of any song by Queen 😑
Mary Noveloso or the Beatles
Laibach "Geburt Einer Nation" is an uncanny masterspiece.
Oh, I don't know about that: th-cam.com/video/u_ZNVHiHXrk/w-d-xo.html
There are actually a few pretty good covers of some of their simpler songs. And groups of multiple people (who know what they're doing) seen to be ok at it. P!ATD did a pretty good covers of Bohrap and I've seen a good cover of '39 on YT. Then again, nothing could ever live up to basically any song by Queen (because they're great and I don't know a single human who hates them) but then again that's not a covers job.
let's forgive the guy. i think he was playing karaoke drunk alone at home
At least Shatner's version of Bohemian rhapsody is entertaining.
Kanye's is just awful.
Kanye's was also a live one-off, so it doesn't fit the criteria for this list, luckily for him
Honestly the Panic At The Disco version I feel is much worse than Kanye's
@@IamKratosful nah, St least that one stayed true to the original and is actually listenable
Both are awful as heck
You never ever EVER mess with a Queen song.
I still think that Kanye West cover of Bohemian Rhapsody was more terrible
Wait, what?
Should be somewhere on youtube. Execrable.
it was in live concert wich made it worst
Not possible... I now have to hear both.
oh jesus really? thats something i hope i never hear. :O
In all realness thr original Never Gonna Give You Up is a bomb tune. Cheese but good cheese like a vintage mature cheddar. Rick Astley is a living legends
I love 'Never Gonna Give You Up'. Always did - it's a good song, sung well, and I remember being slightly disappointed that a big voice like that came from a skinny white bloke. Before I saw him, I pictured him looking like the great Luther Vandross. How wrong I was!
I liked Never Gonna Give You Up. It's harmless and enjoyable.
Though I think Together Forever is better.
So is Ashley
hey hey hey. rick aint no a legend, hes a god. hes the funniest guy and his new songs on his 50 album are fucking bops too
It's one of those tunes of the 80s and will last forever!
I'm a grown ass man, but Marlyin Manson scares me
Lol I enjoy his stuff
Watch him doing interviews. He becomes much less terrifying lol
he's actually a pretty nice guy.
i mean he’s terrifying
He never should've messed with Sweet Dreams
Can't people just leave classics alone and not put there modern shit on it.
I love 💩 on everything
Adrian Preston i really hate to say it but sadly no its like movies, leave it alone for years then someone will pick it up, and put modern crap in it
Yes!!! Thank you!!
Just like Never Gonna Give You Up. I fkn love it ngl
Beatles and Elvis both made many covers from older songs that ended up being better than the originals so dont act like your favorite band/singers dont do it because they do a lot
Bill Shatner's Bohemian Rhapsody is one of the funniest things I've ever heard, and I genuinely can't hate it just because it's so damn hilarious. Kanye West's on the other hand has no redeeming factors.
I just listened to it and it was the worst musical thing I have heard to my knowledge.
The Jonin Cactuar I agree he’s clearly doing it for a bit of fun and it shouldn’t be taken seriously
Shatner's version of BR is both excruciating (those poor sound engineers!!) and hilarious. I was laughing so hard I had tears running down my face.
I thought it would be his version of "Rocket Man," but indeed, the "Bohemian Rhapsody" is an even bigger abomination.
A Berlin Newspaper once called Kanye West's performance "Bohemain Blasphemy"
That moment when Ashley Tisdale Rick Rolled an entire generation of tweens
She Rick rolled herself
That song makes me happy I'm socially aquard.
@@Prototale1487 *awkward
The Beatles and Queen are the two bands where you can’t remaster their songs.
Yes, leave Rick Astley's "Never Going to Give You Up" alone. I Love it just the way it is!👍
Yes ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
@@laurenpayne3822 you’ve been Rick Rolled!!
The worst thing about the George Michael cover is that if he’d sang it properly it would’ve been absolutely beautiful
Why they figured they had to autotune the living shit out of George Michael I have no idea.. That song is the epitome of overproduction.
Charlotte Rae it was beautiful thats is how he sang he was not 24 anymore his voice had survived Pneumonia and a tracheotomy I think h did a pretty damn good job he made it haunting and personal to him
@@scottdaniels8129 Faith was released 1987. Autotune, created by Apple in collaboration with Antares was released 1997. Apart from that little fact I totally agree.
@@jsaldert they were talking about the new order cover
It sucks But it's still better than New Order's version.
Moral of the story: Don't touch the classics. Ever.
But how else will young Ex-Disney starlets prove their musical street cred unless they take an iconic song and pour a shit tonne of saccharine on it?
Before a few days ago I thought Johnny Cash wrote Hurt, he did not, I think it was Nine Inch Nails, I'm not sure though.
+Isaiah Albers
It was NIN and it is from the 90's. There are a bunch of Top Ten songs you didn't know were covers lists. Watch Mojo has done a few and Hurt is included in a few of them.
@@tiacho2893 That is how I found out, it also doesn't really help that to me any way I listen to lesser known artists, like Acceptance, MAE, Project 86, Red, Wolves at the Gate, to name a few. I don't really listen to old music, the oldest is Queen.
In most cases yes.. But on the other hand there are covers that have been done right.
I Will Always Love You. Original artist AND writer Dolly Parton.
Whitney Houston did a fantastic job!
I remember someone raving about KORN's cover of "Another Brick In The Wall" thinking it was the original... I nearly cried!
I personally would have punched them
That idiot must've had a bad taste, because nothing is as bad as KORN's cover
@@WonHakWoon umm comfortably numb the scissors sisters?
I thought nothing could beat "I Can't Get No Satisfaction" by Brittney spears, until I heard Shatner sang Bohemian Rhapsody. That was all I needed to hear
Devo did an excellent cover of the song tho.
At least with William Shatner, it's not meant to be taken seriously.
Rule one: no one ever covers Bohemian Rhapsody
michael fisher Rule two: NO 👏 ONE 👏 EVER 👏 COVERS 👏 BOHEMIAN 👏 RHAPSODY!
michael fisher There are loads of choirs who've covered it(and have videos on TH-cam), some of which are really good - just not released as singles.
+Johnny Calvino or Opera singers.
Disagree. The Muppets and Bad News both did great comedy versions.
True. The Muppets did an amazing job. Also Johnny Fiama and Sal the monkey, also from the Muppets, did a great parody of "Bohemian Rhapsody" once.
Panic at the disco is probably the only band that serve Bohemian Rhapsody justice. Plus Adam Lambert who is currently touring with the remaining members of Queen.
The Muppets did an awesome version.
It's so crazy to encounter someone who actually enjoys Lambert in queen cuz so many queen fan circles and rock fan circles in general that I've seen online? They always go on and on about how he's "trying to replace Freddie" even though he's never set out to do that lol
Puscifer's cover isn't terrible, a little weird though.
@@fortunamajor7239 I read in an interview that he did that he never wants to replace him or imitate him. He also said that he felt intimated, but never wants to change how the tracks sound.
I dont know about that. Rockapella did a fantastic cover of Bohemian Rhapsody.
William Shatner could be the whole list.
Lucy in the sky isn’t about diamonds. It’s literally about a drawing John Lennon’s kid made
Unironically, Paris Hilton's singing is the best thing about her.
Her DJ career is better.
commatoes stars are blinda is pretty good actually ps j i love paris she does everything at least she doesn’t like to be just spending her daddy’s fortune
You being sarcastic
She really is a great DJ, it's super weird to think about.
That’s a stretch
I take personal offence to the Jonas Brothers version of Year 3000.
Clara I-M nope sksks I will always prefer and love the jonas Brothers, not that I don’t like the original version it’s just ya know I prefer their vocals
Thank God someone agrees
I hate that they ruined that amazing song
Busted was amazing
All true Busted fans do, honey.
Medieaval Beabe Busted and Jonas brothers are both terrible.
Definitely agree
Rule one of covering the Beatles: Never cover the Beatles
unless you are elton john
@@KeeperOfPoops I agree
@@KeeperOfPoops or Joe Cocker.
Haha see oasis covering the Beatles class
Sidney Price that’s the same rule with covering Queen
"It's music Jim, but not as we know it" just killed me.
I might get banned from this channel for saying this, but when it comes to "Do Ya Think I'm Sexy," both versions are crap. One just stinks worse than the other.
Stewart was very anti-disco. But his record company convinced them they HAD to do a disco song. You can tell in their video they thought it was all crap. But after the money started rolling in then all bets were off. Stewart also said some bad things about various crooners. Yet that's what he's become. He's very much a hypocrite who took the money and ran. (Much like Genesis who actually admitted doing the same.)
I'd defend you. It was an awful song that Stewart didn't even want to do. Disco did that to a lot of people, unfortunately.
But come on BS hav the better body !
I feel the same way bout “Lucy in the Sky w/Diamonds”. It’s a dumb song that’s never been worth covering. Comes as no surprise that the newer version sux rox.
I agree
Excuse me Marilyn Mansons version of Sweet Dreams is fabulous
you are clearly over medicated
It’s different that is what a cover is
It’s amazing
It was also the theme song for the remake of House on Haunted Hill.
Annie Lennox has more talent in the tip of her pinky finger than that guy has in his entire band, and there is no excuse for you.
Had to laugh - I saw "Cover of Faith by Limp Biskit" and immediately thought "Cover of True Faith by George Michael needs to be in here" - Next cover was...
All I want for Christmas is a copy of William Shatner’s album ;)
I kinda wish I wouldn't have seen this, I really wouldnt need to be aware of these horrible covers
Seems like the perpetrators are desperate to make terrible recordings to make good on a bet that people are generally stupid and will pay for total crap.
#SorryNotSorryButActuallyGenuinelySorry
Not gonna lie, I really like Tatu’s Version. 😬
I love older bands/artist especially ones like the Who and the Beatles, so for someone to make such a horrible pop version of a brilliant song disgusts me.🤢
Timezy - same here someone makes a disgusting pop version of a beautiful song, I'll instantly get disgusted
In fairness, Shatner's music career is one with his tongue firmly placed in his cheek and is a bit of an exercise in trolling, just because he can lol. Like one of his albums (an actually decent one if you give it a chance) is called Has Been...haha.
We are currently living in an era of people ripping off legendary songs.
Musicians have been covering each other's songs for years, it's nothing new. it's just unfortunate there a lot shit covers.
Master Splinter-There are no new ideas anymore! Notice the movies, music, and TV shows over the past 10 years! Copying everything that’s been done already! Just STOP!!!!
We've always lived in the era of people ripping off legendary songs.
Nothing wrong with covering songs. If you don't like it then you should be telling all the people listening to it to stop. For example, the band Bad Wolves has plenty of great songs on their new album but people are only listening to their Zombie cover for the most part.
[Master Splinter] "Sadly we are truly living in an era where people make worse covers or original songs".
everytime i hear this guys voice i feel he's gonna introduce art attack
"And when the duo hit the high notes they sound like they've been sucking on helium. Alvin and the chipmunks could tackle this with more dignity." Savage! 😂😂😂
You know who actually was good a covering bohemian rhapsody.....
Brendon Urie
Yeemø Katherine agreed
no it wasn't you fucking fake emo kid
Nope. Brendon Urie is a good singer, if he would just be himself. He wants to be a mix of Patrick Stump and the guy from The Killers so bad and everything he’s put out since that one guy left the band and stopped writing the songs for him, everything he does is so transparent and bad. And again, he can be a good singer, but he’s nothing super special and I really hate how people think he’s this amazing performer 🙄
God• Is• Seven thanks :)
Sydney Kohai ok whatever u say 👌🏼
#1 is Shatner. Why...am...I notsurprised?
They should've given a shoutout to Kanye West's equally crappy version of the song too XD
Ashley Tisdales album cover looks like they said, “ok, can you smile like the cameraman just farted? Ok great, that’s perfect.”
I still stand that T.a.t.u's cover is amazing 👏
I just finished watching the video and I can’t remember what they covered. That’s how unimpressive it was 😂😂
@@spongebobsjellyfish lol
I’ll admit I didn’t hate it
It's pretty good, but they do still sound like chipmunks.
I didn't think George could ruin a song...Plot twist.
Neither did I. But clearly we were both wrong. Who knew?
If he had sung it naturally and not had so much auto tune it would have been amazing 😖
Who ever engineered the song ruined it. George could easily have sang that
It was for comic relief it was a joke
He did ruin that New Order song, he ruined it by that awful autotune
If I learned anything from this list, it's that American's need to learn to leave the originals alone sometimes. Like the old saying goes "If it's not broken, don't fix it"
Unless it's Jim Steinman songs. Over half the time the remakes are way better than the originals.
Yes, Americans (I suppose you mean those of us in the US?) are always wrong. Always the Bad Guy. Always this, that, or the other thing. People in other countries make bad covers of British songs, too. You wouldn't know that though. Your media is skewed to always portray us as Great Satan. So be it.
You should also learn that plurals don't use apostrophes. It's just Americans.
I'm American and I agree!
Yes, I definitely agree with your picks. I didn’t know Rick Astley was British, though.
Really!?!
Rick is most definitely British 🤣
Britney Spears covering I love rock n roll made my ears bleed how can anyone compare to Joan
OMG that Shattner cover was tragic!! I'd never heard of it and now I wish I hadn't heard it.
I know.. I like his acting but singing.
Just
NO
The less said about Nimoy's Ballad of Bilbo Baggins, the better.
I may be crazy, but I like what Marilyn did with ‘Sweet Dreams’. The lyrics are very sinister and creepy and he achieved that beautifully. It is the very definition of what a cover should be.
A lot of people don't like, or think, that screaming counts as singing or music. I agree, but if people like it then why should I give two shits?
Blondesense same. watched him sing that on stage when i was 15 and i loved it.
I love his version way more than the original
I agree with you.
I agree.
TH-cam crashed at the limp bizkit one, so I'm gonna take that as my phone saving me from death
It really did save you
The others were salvageable, but. William Shatner. That was truly terrible.
When I think of " How Soon Is Now " , I cannot think of anything else but " CHARMED " .
Omg samme gurll spread that halliwell love ♡♡
It was also used in The Craft movie. Story is about... witches. Surprise! :D
How sad
It was on from The Craft soundtrack first
At least William Shatner makes me laugh.
Never heard the William Shatner version. Now I'm glad I didn't. Wow he ruined it!
When you got to number one and I saw what the cover was, I was legitimately excited. There is no way it wasn't going to be a beautiful, boated disaster. I got what I came for and my life is better now I know this exists.
Korn is not as good as the original OBVIOUSLY but I think is good enough I mean I personally liked it. William S. should stick to intergalactic travel.
I find it better
Korn should have left it alone you should never cover pink floyd
@@hardingryan42 sorry but that's bullshit.
Nope it is quite correct
Montserrat Elechiguerra Chávez I agree, I feel like the narrator is very anti-rock/ alternate :/
Now I'm gonna have to listen to Beatles' Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds 1000 times before I forget that horrible, horrible cover. I think there's no amount of soap and water that would wash away these awfulness. 😢
Saaammeeee
hey I love t.A.T.u.'s version of "How Soon Is Now?"
Yo Mansons Sweet Dreams cover is lit!
No it's not, it's creepy.
@@oldmusic123 Marilyn Manson whole career is creepy, but that doesn't mean this cover is not good.
I love the cover version
It's not
Was William Shatner drunk when he covered Bohemian Rhapsody?
He also did a cover of various "Major Tom" songs, like by David Bowie and Peter Schilling. Both are horrible.
Well, he was awake when he did it, so - yes, probably.
No, he has sense of humour, unlike you.
Am I high or did Captain Kirk cover actually Queen?
I went into this thinking it wouldn't be so bad... I was WRONG!
I agree 😂🤣😂🤣😂
Limp Bizkit covering Faith is one of my top 100 tracks. As is sweet dreams by Manson. I think this list is pretty correct other than those.
I'd swap one out for Mike Flowers doing Wonder wall and the terrible cover of my perogative by spears
I loved the Marilyn Manson cover of “Sweet Dreams”.
Most ppl did, not sure why it's on here?
This guys voice sounds in his 30s but his opinions are in his 70s.... 'ooooo that racket in the background'. ffs
'Sweet Dreams' was a bit shit, but his cover of Depeche Mode's 'Personal Jesus' was pretty good.
Same
I loved it, I felt Manson's Version fit the grittieness of the theme
Shatner just sounds so high
All these artists gave their permission for their songs to be covered that's the sad thing.
It depends on who owns the rights. I think MJ owned the rights to the Beatles back catalog and allowed them to be in used in commercials.
Yeah, except that's how Nike/Michael Jackson got in trouble. They used The Beatle's Revolution in a commercial and had to pull it off air. While MJ had the rights to the song, he didn't have rights to the actual Beatle's recording of the song.
They didn't, their record labels did.
Pink floyd did mot gove korn permisson to cover another brick in the wall
You don't need permission for a cover version from anyone.
The witty comments by WatchMojoUK on the terrible covers make this video so entertaining.
Marilyn Manson's cover of sweet dreams was freaking epic.
No, it was awful
Brie cheesy feet
@@HP-dx5ln 🙄💩
Holy Jesus........I need to wash my ears
True.
Same
Same
11:00 Still better than Kanye’s cover...
I couldn’t stop laughing at the way William shatner sings
OK, you're not great fans of metal, but keep in mind that some people are.
I haven't heard Ashley Tisdale's version of "Never gonna give you up", but from what I could gather from the segment included in this video, it doesn't sound very different from Rick Astley's original.
I agree with your opinion of t.A.T.u's version of "How soon is now?" - they really do sound like chipmunks.
As a heterosexual male, I can't get mad at Britney for flaunting what she's got, but i will admit that "(I can't get no) satisfaction" is not my favourite song from "Oops! I did it again". I'm more partial to "Stronger".
Silly, chipmunks, not that mood ok. But still not in top 3 for worst. All covers was far worse especially LB.
9:05 "i can't get no..."
"happiness?"
"NO!"
"satisfaction?"
"...Yes."
Jen Brooks I love when I get the reference
I love t.a.t.u though
ljubovv tatu For life!
I liked the cover
I like this cover in both English and Russian.
I'm with you guys on this, I liked it when it came out
I love Tatu.. I didn’t realise anyone else did lol... x
Limp Bizkit's version of "Faith" is actually one of my favorite LP tracks ahahah
I think the only reason Paris got to cover Da Ya Think I’m Sexy, is because she’s friends with Rod Stewart’s daughter Kimberly.
William Shatner is as good as singing as an elephant is at thermo nuclear science
Faith is a song that just never has to be touched George Michael is an artist who’s songs can never be redone just no
HAHAHAHAHAHA THE SHATNER ONE I CAN'T 😂😂😂😂
I’m obsessed with Pink Floyd but Korn’s cover was awesome.
Marilyn Manson’s Sweet Dreams was good and less boring than Eurythmics’ version.
This list is gonna piss off a lot of metalheads.
Scott Foster your right haha
I guess metal turns music into shit
I'm a metal-head, but JESUS, most metal covers are atrocious, excepting Disturbeds' sound of silence, which in my opinion is the best cover song ever.
I made it to 10:11 and instantly stopped the vid. Any cover of Queen is mostly garbage, but I couldn't stand to try hearing Shatner's attempt.
and he did it better than Kanye West live concert bohemian rhapsody cover 👀
It is ok, you gave them the view
Korn did a brilliant cover of The Who's Another brick in the wall.
listening to Shatner’s cover of BR made my intestines throttle my brain!!
Are you insane? MM's Sweet dreams is amazing!
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After hearing all the clips but most importantly William Shitner at the end... yes i absolutely agree with your choice of song. Omg
I think t. A. T. u. version of" How Soon Is Now" is good
Is William Shatner being serious, though? It sounds like a parody.
Shatner's spoken poetry album has to be heard to be believed, the trouble is it can never be unheard, it will haunt you until time itself ends.
The last one made me cry
Thank you for the picks! Enjoy these picks of British songs!
Yep, the number one was more than I could ever expect...
William Shatner covered Bohemian Rhapsody? Really?
I DJ online and I occasionally play Shatner - Bohemian Rhapsody as a gag. Hilarity always follows. LOL
I love the Limp Bizkit cover of Faith best version ever
Speaking of LSD, this lot must have been on some when they thought it would be a good idea to cover these classics!
Its not good,but I think Elton John's version was even worse.
😂
Nah, just their own inflamed egos!!
LMAO @ William Shatner's. That really took me by a surprise. I even didn't know he had song for real. 😂
although I am a big fan of another brick in the wall by pink floyd and think that no cover could ever reach to it, I still think that the cover version by Korn is actually really good :)
No1 was a joke. It should have been Gary jules's "mad world" cover. It kills the point and essence of the tears for fears original and the cover just makes the song overly depressing intstead of the isolated observation feeling of the original
Yep that was shit
I like Britney's cover of Satisfaction....the original Stones version is obviously better, but Britney's cover isn't THAT bad.
its better than most on this list
not saying its her finest work but it doesnt deserve to be in every worse cover song list Watchmojo does
maybe someone at Watchmojo really hates her lol
Nah it was fucking garbage.
I liked how she really got into the song too and her dancing was actually pretty good
Freddie would be turning in his grave listening to that version of Bohemian Rhapsody. Jesus that was funny to listen to!
i thought covering the beatles is considered a federal offence
We don't do federal in Britain
Covering Queen is worse
I actually liked the behind blue eyes cover.
Well at least I never heard that version of that song I heard how awful it was but good thing I've never heard it before. Man the original must be better. I've heard that cover appeared on their album results May Vary. They should have dropped that cover off that album. I just wish it was an unreleased cover. I would rather that they should have canceled the album or just dropped the song off the album. That should have been one lesson they should have learned before releasing that album.
Oh dear
I actually love it! I prefer it over the original 😂