Over at popdose.com, they’ve put together a list of the top 100 cover songs of all time.

Lists are always fun – always something to argue about, always something to learn (I thought “Sandy” was a Springsteen song covered by Tom Waits. Other way around.).

Just to put my 2 cents in, here are some covers that should be on that list, IMHO (note: – I’ll be adding to this list as I think of them):

• Percy’s Song – Fairport Convention (original by Bob Dylan)
• Whiter Shade of Pale – Annie Lennox (original by Procol Harum)
• Trout – Neenah Cherry, with help from REM’s Michael Stipe (original music by Steppenwolf, from The Pusher). So not a cover per se.
• I Don’t Like Mondays – Tori Amos (original by Boomtown Rats)
• Wooden Ships – Jefferson Airplane (original by Crosby, Stills & Nash)
• Hallelujah – John Cale (original by Leonard Cohen)
• Highway Patrolman – Johnny Cash (original by Bruce Springsteen)
• Gloria – Patti Smith (original by Van Morrison)
• For Shame of Doing Wrong – Sandy Denny (original by Richard Thompson)
• The City of New Orleans – Arlo Guthrie (original by Steve Goodman)
• Ring of Fire – Johnny Cash (original by June Cash’s sister, can’t recall her name. June Cash co-wrote the song)
• Helter Skelter – U2 (original by the Beatles)
• Little Wing – Stevie Ray Vaughan (original by Jimi Hendrix)
• Good Morning Little Schoolgirl – Van Morrison (original by Muddy Waters, written by S.B. Williamson)
• Like a Rolling Stone – Jimi Hendrix; the Live at Monterey version, please (original by Bob Dylan)
• Crazy – Alanis Morissette (original by Seal, I think)
• Friend of the Devil – Counting Crows (original by the Grateful Dead)