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.
Episodes
Feb 4, 2025
Feb 4, 2025
1hr 36 min
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
Jan 27, 2025
Jan 27, 2025
1hr 38 min
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
Jan 21, 2025
Jan 21, 2025
1hr 37 min
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
Jan 14, 2025
Jan 14, 2025
1hr 46 min
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
Jan 7, 2025
Jan 7, 2025
1hr 49 min
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
Dec 31, 2024
Dec 24, 2024
Dec 24, 2024
1hr 47 min
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
Dec 17, 2024
Dec 17, 2024
1hr 30 min
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
Dec 10, 2024
Dec 10, 2024
1hr 24 min
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
Dec 3, 2024
Dec 3, 2024
1hr 43 min
Do androids dream of electric California?
Covers by: Jose Feliciano, Bobby Womack, The Beach Boys, Die Geschwister Pfister, Safari, Sia, Freischwimmer, Leo
Tidal playlist here