Name a cover song that is a) better than the original, or b) better known than the original. Specify if the song is a, b, or both. Go.

Most popular answer so far for a cover both better and better known than the original is Hendrix’s “All Along the Watchtower.” (I agree.)

Runner-up popular responses for both a and b: Johnny Cash’s “Hurt” and Jeff Buckley’s “Hallelujah”.

Surprisingly, no one has mentioned Sinéad O’Connor’s “Nothing Compares 2 U”, vastly superior to and better known than The Family’s original.

Most surprising of all, none of the cover songs respondents have claimed are better than the originals have been blasphemous (to me).