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25 Best Cover Songs of 2008

Dec 23, 2008, 11:32pm

Wrapping up the year-that-was would seem incomplete without taking a look back at the year's best cover songs. (After all, 2008 seemed to be a particularly ace year for cover-lovers...) If you're as busy as I am swilling eggnog and trying to organize for the travel home, you'll understand why ...

Artist: Abba
Title: Mamma Mia
Link Text: ABBA - Mamma Mia
File Name: 10. Mamma Mia.mp3
Bitrate: 192 kbps
Year: 2001

Artist: Adam Green & Lissy Trullie
Title: Just A Friend (Biz Markie cover)
Link Text: Adam Green Lissy Trullie - Just A Friend (Biz Markie cover)
File Name: Just A Friend (Biz Markie cover).mp3
Bitrate: 64 kbps

Artist: Alicia Keys
Title: No One
Link Text: Alicia Keys - No One
File Name: 04-alicia_keys-no_one-whoa.mp3
Bitrate: 175 kbps
Year: 2007

Artist: All-American Rejects
Title: Womanizer (Britney Spears cover)
Link Text: All-American Rejects - Womanizer (Britney Spears cover)
File Name: Womanizer(Britney Spears cover).mp3
Bitrate: 128 kbps
Year: 2008

Artist: Bat For Lashes
Title: A Forest
Link Text: Bat For Lashes - A Forest (The Cure cover)
File Name: A Forest.mp3
Bitrate: 192 kbps
Year: 2008

Artist: Bill Monroe
Title: Blue Moon of Kentucky
Link Text: Bill Monroe - Blue Moon of Kentucky
File Name: 01. Bill Monroe - The Very Best of -- Blue Moon of Kentucky.mp3
Bitrate: 192 kbps
Year: 2002

Artist: Biz Markie
Title: Just A Friend
Link Text: Biz Markie - Just A Friend
File Name: biz_markie-just_a_friend.mp3
Bitrate: 165 kbps
Year: 1989

Artist: Boyce Avenue
Title: 4 Minutes
Link Text: Boyce Avenue - 4 Minutes
File Name: 4 Minutes.mp3
Bitrate: 64 kbps

Artist: Britney Spears
Title: Womanizer
Link Text: Britney Spears - Womanizer
File Name: Britney_Spears_Womanizer.mp3
Bitrate: 320 kbps

Artist: Calico Horse
Title: Idioteque
Link Text: Calico Horse - "Idioteque" (Radiohead cover)
File Name: Idioteque.mp3
Bitrate: 160 kbps

Artist: Coldplay
Title: Violet Hill
Link Text: Coldplay - Violet Hill
File Name: 08 - Violet Hill.mp3
Bitrate: 234 kbps
Year: 2008

Artist: Conan O'Brien
Title: Blue Moon of Kentucky
Link Text: Conan O'Brien - "Blue Moon of Kentucky" (Bill Monroe cover)
File Name: Blue Moon of Kentucky.mp3
Bitrate: 62 kbps
Year: 2008

Artist: Dave Matthews
Title: Gravedigger (Acoustic)
Link Text: Dave Matthews - Gravedigger
File Name: Dave_Matthews_-_Some_Devil_%5b CD1%5d_-_14_.Gravedigger_(Acou stic).mp3
Bitrate: 192 kbps
Year: 2003

Artist: dublinStu
Title: Oxford Comma (Vampire Weekend cover)
Link Text: dublinStu - Oxford Comma (Vampire Weekend cover)
File Name: Oxford Comma (Vampire Weekend cover).mp3
Bitrate: 128 kbps
Year: 2008

Artist: First Aid Kit
Title: Tiger Mountain Peasant Song
Link Text: First Aid Kit - "Tiger Mountain Peasant Song" (Fleet Foxes Cover)
File Name: Tiger Mountain Peasant Song.mp3
Bitrate: 320 kbps
Year: 2008

Artist: Fleet Foxes
Title: Tiger Mountain Peasant Song
Link Text: Fleet Foxes - "Tiger Mountain Peasant Song"
File Name: tiger_mountain_peasant_song.mp 3
Bitrate: 256 kbps
Year: 2008

Artist: Gnarls Barkley
Title: Reckoner (Radiohead cover)
Link Text: Gnarls Barkley - Reckoner (Radiohead cover)
File Name: Reckoner (Radiohead cover).mp3
Bitrate: 64 kbps

Artist: Hot Chip & Peter Gabriel
Title: Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa (Vampire Weekend Cover)
Link Text: Hot Chip Peter Gabriel - Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa (Vampire Weekend cover)
File Name: 01 Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa _Vampire Weekend Cover_.mp3
Bitrate: 160 kbps

Artist: Katy Perry
Title: I Kissed A Girl
Link Text: Katy Perry - I Kissed A Girl
File Name: katy_perry_-_i_kissed_a_girl.m p3
Bitrate: 247 kbps
Year: 2008

Artist: LCD Soundsystem
Title: All My Friends
Link Text: LCD Soundsystem - All My Friends
File Name: AllMyFriends.mp3
Bitrate: 320 kbps
Year: 2007

Artist: Lightspeed Champion
Title: Thriller (Michael Jackson cover)
Link Text: Lightspeed Champion - "Thriller" (Michael Jackson cover)
File Name: Thriller (Michael Jackson cover).mp3
Bitrate: 60 kbps

Artist: Lykke Li
Title: Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa
Link Text: Banjo or Freakout - Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa (Vampire Weekend cover)
File Name: 06 Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa.mp3
Bitrate: 192 kbps
Year: 2008

Artist: Madonna
Title: 4 Minutes
Link Text: Madonna Ft Justin Timberlake - 4 Minutes
File Name: 02-madonna-4_minutes.mp3
Bitrate: 226 kbps
Year: 2008

Artist: Maureen McGovern
Title: He's a Rebel
Link Text: Maureen McGovern - Hes a Rebel
File Name: 07. He's a Rebel.mp3
Bitrate: 128 kbps

Artist: Max Vernon
Title: I Kissed a Girl
Link Text: Max Vernon - I Kissed A Girl (Katy Perry cover)
File Name: Max Vernon - I Kissed A Girl.mp3
Bitrate: 160 kbps
Year: 2000

Artist: MGMT
Title: Kids
Link Text: MGMT - "Kids"
File Name: Kids.mp3
Bitrate: 267 kbps
Year: 2007

Artist: Michael Jackson
Title: Thriller
Link Text: Michael Jackson - Thriller
File Name: jackson_thriller.mp3
Bitrate: 192 kbps

Artist: Miniature Tigers
Title: Mamma Mia (Abba Cover)
Link Text: Miniature Tigers - Mamma Mia (ABBA Cover)
File Name: Mamma Mia (Abba Cover).mp3
Bitrate: 160 kbps
Year: 2008

Artist: Neil Young
Title: Tell Me Why
Link Text: Neil Young - Tell Me Why
File Name: tell_me_why.mp3
Bitrate: 192 kbps
Year: 1970

Artist: Of Montreal
Title: Jimmy
Link Text: Of Montreal - "Jimmy" (M.I.A. cover)
File Name: Jimmy.mp3
Bitrate: 224 kbps

Artist: Parvati Khan
Title: Jimmy Jimmy Aaja Aaja
Link Text: Parvati Khan - "Jimmy Jimmy Aaja Aaja"
File Name: Jimmy Jimmy Aaja Aaja.mp3
Bitrate: 188 kbps

Artist: Pete Yorn & Kinky
Title: Use Me
Link Text: Pete Yorn Kinky - "Use Me" (Bill Withers cover)
File Name: 03 Use Me.mp3
Bitrate: 128 kbps

Artist: Portishead
Title: The Rip
Link Text: Portishead - The Rip
File Name: rip.mp3
Bitrate: 128 kbps
Year: 2008

Artist: Pun Lovin' Criminals (Alex Turner & Lightspeed Champion)
Title: Reptilia (The Strokes cover)
Link Text: Pun Lovin' Criminals (Alex Turner Lightspeed Champion) - "Reptilia (The Strokes cover)"
File Name: Reptilia (The Strokes cover).mp3
Bitrate: 59 kbps

Artist: Radiohead
Title: Creep
Link Text: Radiohead - Creep
File Name: radiohead-creep.mp3
Bitrate: 217 kbps
Year: 1993

Artist: Radiohead
Title: Idioteque
Link Text: Radiohead - Idioteque
File Name: 08 - Idioteque.mp3
Bitrate: 200 kbps
Year: 2000

Artist: Radiohead
Title: Reckoner
Link Text: Radiohead - Reckoner
File Name: 07 Reckoner.MP3
Bitrate: 160 kbps
Year: 2007

Artist: Radiohead
Title: Tell Me Why (Neil Young cover)
Link Text: Radiohead - "Tell Me Why" (Neil Young cover)
File Name: Tell Me Why (Neil Young cover).mp3
Bitrate: 64 kbps

Artist: Radiohead
Title: The Rip (Portishead cover)
Link Text: Radiohead - "The Rip (Portishead cover)"
File Name: The Rip (Portishead cover).mp3
Bitrate: 64 kbps

Artist: Rihanna
Title: SOS (Rescue Me)
Link Text: Rihanna - S.O.S.
File Name: Rihanna_SOS (Rescue Me).mp3
Bitrate: 206 kbps
Year: 2006

Artist: Spoon
Title: Panic (The Smiths)
Link Text: Spoon - Panic (The Smiths cover)
File Name: 24 Panic (The Smiths).mp3
Bitrate: 159 kbps

Artist: The Cure
Title: A Forest
Link Text: The Cure - A Forest
File Name: 02-the-cure-a-forest.mp3
Bitrate: 221 kbps
Year: 2008

Artist: The Flying Change
Title: All My Friends
Link Text: The Flying Change - All My Friends (LCD Soundsystem cover)
File Name: All My Friends.mp3
Bitrate: 128 kbps

Artist: The Honorary Title
Title: No One (Alicia Keys cover)
Link Text: The Honorary Title - "No One" (Alicia Keys cover)
File Name: No One (Alicia Keys cover).mp3
Bitrate: 80 kbps

Artist: The Kooks
Title: Kids (MGMT Cover)
Link Text: The Kooks - "Kids" (MGMT cover)
File Name: Kids (MGMT Cover).mp3
Bitrate: 128 kbps

Artist: The Kooks
Title: Violet Hill
Link Text: The Kooks - "Violet Hill (Coldplay cover)"
File Name: Violet Hill.mp3
Bitrate: 128 kbps

Artist: The Last Shadow Puppets
Title: S.O.S (Rihanna Cover)
Link Text: The Last Shadow Puppets - "S.O.S (Rihanna cover)"
File Name: 04 S.O.S (Rihanna Cover).mp3
Bitrate: 192 kbps
Year: 2008

Artist: the morning benders
Title: hes a rebel (crystals cover)
Link Text: The Morning Benders - "He's A Rebel" (The Crystals cover)
File Name: hes a rebel (crystals cover).mp3

Artist: The Smiths
Title: Panic
Link Text: The Smiths - Panic
File Name: smiths-panic.mp3
Bitrate: 234 kbps
Year: 1986

Artist: The Strokes
Title: Reptilia
Link Text: The Strokes - Reptilia
File Name: strokes.mp3
Bitrate: 128 kbps
Year: 2003

Artist: The Very Best (Esau Mwamwaya & Radioclit)
Title: 05 Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa
Link Text: The Very Best (Esau Mwamwaya Radioclit) - Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa
File Name: 05 Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa.mp3
Bitrate: 128 kbps
Year: 2008

Artist: The Who
Title: Pinball Wizard
Link Text: The Who - Pinball Wizard
File Name: the_who_pinball_wizard.mp3
Bitrate: 64 kbps

Artist: Timid Tiger
Title: Womanizer (Britney Spears cover)
Link Text: Timid Tiger - Womanizer (Britney Spears cover)
File Name: Womanizer (Britney Spears cover).mp3
Bitrate: 224 kbps

Artist: Vampire Weekend
Title: Everywhere (Fleetwood Mac Cover)
Link Text: Vampire Weekend - Everywhere (Fleetwood Mac cover)
File Name: Everywhere (Fleetwood Mac Cover).mp3
Bitrate: 128 kbps
Year: 2008

Artist: Willie Nelson
Title: Gravedigger
Link Text: Willie Nelson - Gravedigger (Dave Matthews cover)
File Name: 05 Gravedigger.mp3
Bitrate: 202 kbps
Year: 2008

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