Greatest cover songs in the history of earth. Ever.

Big Black- "The Model" (Kraftwerk)
David Bowie- "Amsterdam" (Jacques Brel)
David Bowie- "White Light/White Heat" (Velvet Underground)
John Cale- "Heartbreak Hotel" (Elvis Presley)
Johnny Cash- "Bird on a Wire" (Leonard Cohen)
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds- "All Tomorrows Parties" (Velvet Underground)
Marianne Faithfull- "Strange Weather" (Tom Waits)
Flying Lizards- "Get up (Sex Machine)" (James Brown)
Flying Lizards- "Great Balls of Fire" (Jerry Lee Lewis"
Pogues- "And the band played Waltzing Matilda" (Eric Bogle)
Primus- "Have a Cigar" (Pink Floyd)
The Specials- "Maggie's Farm" (Bob Dylan)
Talking Heads- "Take me to the River" (Al Green)
Tom Waits- "Return of Jacky and Judy" (Ramones)