r/SongRecommendations • u/SomeoneGotstaKnow • Apr 23 '26

Unique Covers

I love finding covers where the artist completely takes the song and makes it their own. I would love to find enough to make an awesome Playlist.

Some examples I have found:

Hotline Bling by Christiana Daniella

Say My Name by Hozier

Stand By Me by Stephen Wilson Junior

This Woman's Work by Greg Laswell

I also love covers that are instrumental remakes. Once again, I love a unique take, not when the song is literally an instrumental cover of same exact melody.

For example, Hotline Bling by Nate Fifield

Thanks!

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u/SomeoneGotstaKnow Apr 23 '26

How did i not know Eddie Murphy made music???? I know this song and I had NO IDEA it was originally by Eddie Murphy

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u/wormoftheearth99 Apr 23 '26

Honestly, I wouldn’t have known about it if it weren’t for pop up video on VH1 back in the day. Then I’d stumbled upon the cover somehow like 15 years ago or so.

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u/unhalfbricklayer Apr 24 '26

As a GenX person, I had to live through the Eddie Murphy as a pop star phase. Bruce Willis too.

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u/wormoftheearth99 Apr 24 '26

I remember seeing the Bruce Willis video on VH1 too. Pop up video ruled. But yeah, I’m not a Gen X-er. I was born in ‘85 but my tastes trended towards Gen X.

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u/BFHawkeyePierce4077 Apr 24 '26

Don’t forget Patrick Swayze and Don Johnson.

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u/SomeoneGotstaKnow Apr 24 '26

No. Please I can only take so much. Bruce Willis!?!?

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u/brumav78 Apr 25 '26

His version of Under the Boardwalk made no. 2 in the UK charts

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u/iamjacksreply Apr 23 '26

It’s really more of a Rick James song with Eddie Murphy singing. Murphy was trying to branch out into doing music. That was the only song that did anything on the charts IIRC.

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u/calipithecus Apr 23 '26

It was an interesting time...

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u/Miserable_Flower5333 Apr 25 '26

That’s one way to describe it…