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24th Dec 2015

Twelve Of Our Favourite Music Covers Of 2015

Any we missed? Comment with your favourite covers of the year.

Megan Cassidy

Taking on a hit and making it your own is a brave and treacherous task. 

The “why fix what isn’t broken” mentality often prevails, meaning people often approach and receive tribute tunes with caution.

However, there are always undeniably some cover songs that hit the nail on the head – whether they offer a unique twist, take the song into another genre, or find something new and beautiful in the piece – they sit happily alongside the original, sometimes even surpassing it.

Here are few great covers from 2015 that we think you should check out.

Hot Chip – Bruce Springsteen’s Dancing in the Dark

Video via YouTube/HotChipVEVO

Hozier – Sam Smith’s Lay Me Down 

Video via YouTube/BBCRadio1VEVO

Gavin James – Michael Jackson’s Billie Jean X The Weeknd’s Can’t Feel My Face 

Video via YouTube/SBTV:Music

Orla Gartland – James Bay’s Hold Back The River

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2D75h0r4h3g

Video via YouTube/OrlaGartland

Dixie Chicks – Lana Del Ray’s Video Games 

Video via YouTube/ShannonWilson

Sam Smith and Disclosure – Drake’s Hotline Bling 

Video via YouTube/BBCRadio1VEVO

Ryan Adams – Taylor Swift’s Blank Space

Video via YouTube/RyanAdamsVEVO

Demi Lovato – Hozier’s Take Me To Church 

Video via YouTube/BBCRadio1VEVO

Hermitage Green – The Fugee’s Ready or Not 

Roisin O – Michael Jackson’s Man in the Mirror

Ed Sheeran – Christina Aguilera’s Dirty 

Video via YouTube/BBCRadio1

Wyvern Lingo – Joni Mitchell’s River