The worst ever cover version?

[TightEnd]

Dion sang 'worst ever cover song'


Celine Dion is responsible for the world's worst cover version, a poll of music experts has decided.

The Canadian star's rendition of the AC/DC track You Shook Me All Night Long was given the dubious honour in the Total Guitar magazine survey.

Editor Stephen Lawson said Dion's cover was "sacrilege".

The experts also judged the best cover versions, with Jimi Hendrix's performance of the Bob Dylan song All Along the Watchtower top of the list.

"Cover versions have never been bigger," said Mr Lawson.

"Producer Mark Ronson became a household name on the back of his quirky covers album, with Amy Winehouse's version of Valerie outselling The Zutons' original."

Dion, 40, who performed You Shook Me All Night Long at a Las Vegas concert six years ago, never released the track as a single.

A Sugababes and Girls Aloud version of Walk This Way, a huge hit for Aerosmith and Run DMC, came second in the list of worst covers.

Westlife's 1999 version of the ballad More Than Words by rock band Extreme was third in the list.

Will Young was fourth with his cover of The Doors' Light My Fire, which reached number one in the UK top 40 charts in 2002, and The Mike Flowers Pops rounded off the top five with their cover of Oasis' Wonderwall.

In the list of best covers, The Beatles' rendition of Twist and Shout, first recorded by the Top Notes, was in second place, followed by the Guns N' Roses version of the Wings song Live and Let Die.

Nirvana's cover of The Man Who Sold the World by David Bowie, and Muse's Feeling Good, made famous by Nina Simone, also appeared in the top five.

[sledge13]

Guns N Roses version of Live And Let Die seemed to lose the power of the original for me...

No Doubts cover of Its My Life only proved how good Talk Talk were...

[Colchester Kev]

Nirvanas "Man who sold the world" is better than Bowies IMO.

[kinboshi]

Claw & kinboshi - covering Oasis, truly awful.

[Claw75]

Claw & kinboshi - covering Oasis, truly awful.

bollocks - we rocked!

[Laxie]

Claw & kinboshi - covering Oasis, truly awful.

bollocks - we rocked!

*cough...yeah ya did

[Snatiramas]

Claw & kinboshi - covering Oasis, truly awful.

bollocks - we rocked!

and rocked would be defined how exactly...............

And what were the Buzzcocks thinking when they gave permission to Fine young Cannibals.........cannibalism indeed

[Karabiner]

Sid Vicious's version of "My Way" has to be my favourite cover of all time.

[LeKnave]

Nirvanas "Man who sold the world" is better than Bowies IMO.

QFT.  Great cover.

[Claw75]

Claw & kinboshi - Cigarettes and Alcohol.  Better than Oasis IMO.

QFT.  Great cover.

FYPs

[kinboshi]

Therapy's cover of Hüsker Dü's 'Diane' is one of the best covers, imo.

[LeKnave]

Claw & kinboshi - Cigarettes and Alcohol.  Better than Oasis IMO.

QFT.  Great cover.

FYPs

I'm afraid to say, i think we'd moved on by then.  repeat performance @ bb7 ftmfw?

[kinboshi]

Claw & kinboshi - Cigarettes and Alcohol.  Better than Oasis IMO.

QFT.  Great cover.

FYPs

I'm afraid to say, i think we'd moved on by then.  repeat performance @ bb7 ftmfw?

GFY

[FuglyBaz]

Worst cover versions go to Mark Ronson for everything he has ever done. Making tons of dough off the back of other peoples work its a disgrace.

I wouldn't be so bothered if he hadn't ruined the song 'Just' by Radiohead. That song is an absolute classic and the video was awesome too. Then Ronson comes along and ruins the song and sucks any passion out of it.

Covers that are better than the original - Oasis' version of 'Come on feel the noise' and Chad Vaders cover of 'Chocolate Rain'

[pokefast]

Anyone who has ever murdered a Bee Gees song imo should be shot!