12 Great Cover Songs

Recently I stumbled across an acoustic remake of Rihanna's We Found Love during the same week I couldn't get Glen Campbell's cover of U2's All I Want Is You out of my head (for some odd reason).  I started thinking about the great cover songs I had heard in recent years and I came up with twelve hot ones to share with you, described in the language (again, for some odd reason) of sports anchors:


1.   Hallelujah - Jeff Buckley gives praise to Leonard Cohen.


2.   Take On Me - A.C. Newman takes on a-ha.


3.   Mad World - Michael Andrews and Gary Jules wrings out Tears for Fears.


4.   Smooth Criminal - Alien Ant Farm steals from Michael Jackson.


5.   Umbrella - Marie Digby cover--uver-uvers Rihanna.


6.   Burning Down the House - Tom Jones and The Cardigans torches The Talking Heads.


7.   Beat It - Fall Out Boy and John Mayer clobbers Michael Jackson.


8.   Bohemian Rhapsody - Molotov incinerates Queen.


9.   Oops...I Did It Again - Richard Thompson spears Britney.


10.   The Man Who Sold the World - Nirvana transcends with Bowie.


11.   All I Want Is You - Glen Campbell showers love on U2.


12.   We Found Love - Boyce Avenue crushes on Rihanna.