Cover Me
We compare hit original songs to the many covers they inspired to find the best, worst, and weirdest versions of a song! Learn the history of famous songs, discover the meaning behind the lyrics, and find out what it takes to make a cover that outshines the original.
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Episodes
Tuesday Feb 11, 2025
Tuesday Feb 11, 2025
Remember when Cover Me episodes used to be as long as Titanic?
Covers by: Michael Ball, Tasmin and Deja Vu, New Found Glory, Big Daddy, Me First and The Gimme Gimmes, DragonForce
Tidal playlist here
Tuesday Feb 04, 2025
Tuesday Feb 04, 2025
It's the Top Gun song! And uh, the Jessica Simpson hit too...I guess.
Covers by: Lena Philipsson, Jessica Simpson, Diana Ross, Marc Collin and Inga, The Burger Project, Dan Lomax
Tidal playlist here
Monday Jan 27, 2025
Monday Jan 27, 2025
Get Snoop to rap over this album and call it "Diamond Doggs." Also get him to have a fake conversation with David Bowie like he did with Jim Morrison on that cover of Riders on the Storm.
Covers by: Beck, Gilby Clarke, Lindsay Katt, John Vanderslice, Ten Jinn
Tidal playlist here
Tuesday Jan 21, 2025
Tuesday Jan 21, 2025
If John Lennon wrote this song today it'd be called "Twerking Ass Hero."
Covers by: Marianne Faithfull, Tin Machine, The King, Noir Désir, Maja S.K. Ratkje and Poing, Mancho and Ryan Behling
Tidal playlist here
Tuesday Jan 14, 2025
Tuesday Jan 14, 2025
I just know John Lennon would've loved Across the Spider-Verse.
Covers by: David Bowie, Fiona Apple, Jim Sturgess, Supermotozoids, The Reggae Specials, Natt Buntita
Tidal playlist here
Tuesday Jan 07, 2025
Tuesday Jan 07, 2025
Cover Me 2025 kicks off with an in-depth analysis of Fame by the least famous people you've ever heard of.
Covers by: Tommy Lee, Eurythmics, Ingrid James and the Global Collective, David Fonseca with Marta Red, Janette Mason
Tidal playlist here
Tuesday Dec 31, 2024
Tuesday Dec 24, 2024
Tuesday Dec 24, 2024
Baby, it's controversial up in here!
Covers by: Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Jordan; Louis Armstrong & Velma Middleton; Dean Martin; Ray Charles & Betty Carter; Jessica Simpson & Nick Lachey; James Taylor & Natalie Cole; Lady A; Weihnactslieder/Xmas Hits Collective
Tidal playlist here
Tuesday Dec 17, 2024
Tuesday Dec 17, 2024
DK! Donkey Kong! DK! Donkey Kong is here!
Covers by: Jammin' Sam Miller, Michelle Heafy, Brendan Vavra, Michelle Heafy and Josiah Everhart, Theology, Michael Staple, Dark-Grunt, Jazztick, Arathrum
YouTube playlist here
Tuesday Dec 10, 2024
Tuesday Dec 10, 2024
This is the song that convinced God to co-write a single with Mick Jones in 1984.
Covers by: Starsplash, Jack Frost, Sylvain Cossette, Nubya, Jimmy Burns, Double Down
Tidal playlist here