If e'er there was a ringing endorsement of a song, your disapproval may well be the definition thereof
FNM's "Easy" is probably the clearest-cut example of a cover version being comprehensively better than the original that I can think of
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Tue 1 Nov 2011, 16:04, 3 replies, latest was 14 years ago)

All Along the Watchtower
/Monty
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Tue 1 Nov 2011, 16:04, Reply)

That's not a bad shout
Needs MOAR Mike Patton though
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Tue 1 Nov 2011, 16:05, Reply)

Route 66 - Depeche Mode

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Tue 1 Nov 2011, 16:06, Reply)

Agreed.
Especially the Beatmasters remix.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Tue 1 Nov 2011, 16:08, Reply)

Yeah
I love the Enjoy the Silence remix on there too. It is fucking excellent
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Tue 1 Nov 2011, 16:09, Reply)

I've got pretty much everything Depeche Mode ever did, in one form or another.
Up to the singles from Exciter. Then it's just albums after that.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Tue 1 Nov 2011, 16:12, Reply)

Just got the remixes album
It is good
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Tue 1 Nov 2011, 16:12, Reply)

I bought the second one a while back.
It's not as good as the first one.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Tue 1 Nov 2011, 16:28, Reply)

The Live Lounge cover that Pendulum did of The Catalyst is superb
As is Lostprophets' Cry Me A River
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Tue 1 Nov 2011, 16:15, Reply)

as in by the Timberlake?

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Tue 1 Nov 2011, 16:15, Reply)

Yep
I know, it sounds like a horrible combination, but somehow it works really well. I don't think they were taking it entirely seriously, which helps.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Tue 1 Nov 2011, 16:18, Reply)

Like Faith by Limb Bizkit

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Tue 1 Nov 2011, 16:18, Reply)

it gets really shouty at the end and that upsets me

(Quintno EXPERIMENT RUINED CANCELLED, LEFT 4EVER, Tue 1 Nov 2011, 16:19, Reply)

Another good example
As is Marilyn Manson's mental version of Rock'n'Roll Nigger
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Tue 1 Nov 2011, 16:30, Reply)

but were you carrying a licence at the time?

(Quintno EXPERIMENT RUINED CANCELLED, LEFT 4EVER, Tue 1 Nov 2011, 16:18, Reply)

Even Dylan acknowledges this
and usually performs the Hendrix version.

You better have meant the Hendrix version and not the U2 *spits* version, because if you didn't...
*shakes fist*
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 1 Nov 2011, 16:08, Reply)

I wasn't aware that U2 had done it!
Dylan cannot sing at all either. Hendrix can, a bit
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Tue 1 Nov 2011, 16:09, Reply)

I'm not going to enter into a debate about this
I'm just going to say that Dylan can sing (or rather could, bit ropey these days)
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 1 Nov 2011, 16:12, Reply)

i'm not going to speak to you until you confirm whether or not you carry a gay licence

(Quintno EXPERIMENT RUINED CANCELLED, LEFT 4EVER, Tue 1 Nov 2011, 16:04, Reply)

That's the best news I've had all day

(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Tue 1 Nov 2011, 16:05, Reply)

ANSWER THE QUESTION

(Quintno EXPERIMENT RUINED CANCELLED, LEFT 4EVER, Tue 1 Nov 2011, 16:06, Reply)

Young Darth, I take your 'Easy' by FNM
and raise you a 'Higher Ground' by RHCP.
(Reverend Fister "a disciplined fuckwit", Tue 1 Nov 2011, 16:40, Reply)