https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30993065/horrendous-covers-that-are-bigger-hits-than-the-originalThe George Michael / Elton John live version of 'Don't let the sun go down on me'This version hit the #1 spot in 1991 and despite some cringe worthy vocal contributions from George, somehow won a grammy award for best vocal performance The original 1https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30993065/horrendous-covers-that-are-bigger-hits-than-the-original?post_id=559271499#559271499Although it’s not the original, The Righteous Brothers version of Unchained Melody is considered the standard - it reached number 14 in 1965.Bothe Robson & Jerome and Gareth gates had number 1 hits with their execrable versions in the 90s.Mon, 04 May 2020 10:51:39 -0500https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30993065/horrendous-covers-that-are-bigger-hits-than-the-original?post_id=559271123#559271123Tainted Love - Gloria Jones. Not saying Soft Cell's version was bad but Jones knocks it out with a Northern Soul classic.Mon, 04 May 2020 09:29:34 -0500https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30993065/horrendous-covers-that-are-bigger-hits-than-the-original?post_id=559268179#559268179^not sure what I was talking about there.Eilert's post-Neolithic, indominaticus uxorem, not to mention in flagrante delicto, quad-track re-working of Elvis Presley's fine, but let's face it, sans culottes, cover of Chuck Berry's Johnny B Goode, was iSun, 03 May 2020 13:54:36 -0500https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30993065/horrendous-covers-that-are-bigger-hits-than-the-original?post_id=553629169#553629169I thought Eilert Pilarm's cover of Elvis Presley's cover of Chuck Berry's Johnny B. Goode got more credit than it deserved.Fri, 02 Mar 2018 16:21:59 -0600https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30993065/horrendous-covers-that-are-bigger-hits-than-the-original?post_id=553628909#553628909dancing in the moonlight- toploaderFri, 02 Mar 2018 15:45:35 -0600https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30993065/horrendous-covers-that-are-bigger-hits-than-the-original?post_id=553628659#553628659Good call!Fri, 02 Mar 2018 15:23:20 -0600https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30993065/horrendous-covers-that-are-bigger-hits-than-the-original?post_id=553628567#553628567I assumed 'I will always love you ' was one of the worst songs ever written , an horrendous dirge from Whitney Houston that was number 1 for about 3 monthsBut then i heard Dolly Parton's original and it is pretty good tbfFri, 02 Mar 2018 15:16:34 -0600https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30993065/horrendous-covers-that-are-bigger-hits-than-the-original?post_id=553627139#553627139The Saints Are Coming by The Skids covered as a charity single by U2 & Green DayFri, 02 Mar 2018 11:38:57 -0600https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30993065/horrendous-covers-that-are-bigger-hits-than-the-original?post_id=553626939#553626939George Benson album song "Nothing's Gonna Change My Love for You" was completely mullered by Glen Medeiros who had a UK NO 1 hit with it in 1988Fri, 02 Mar 2018 11:16:14 -0600https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30993065/horrendous-covers-that-are-bigger-hits-than-the-original?post_id=553626829#553626829sixtwosix 02 Mar 18 16:07 Fine Young Cannibals turgid version of Ever Fallen In Love charted higher than the 1978 classic.Good call! Although I quite liked them!Fri, 02 Mar 2018 11:08:13 -0600