Most people are fans of a good musical cover, but have you ever stopped to consider which ones are better than their originals? From the obvious – think Jeff Buckley’s ‘Hallelujah’- to the controversial, like Cat Power’s rendition of ‘Wonderwall’ trumping Oasis’, we take a look back at some of music’s most iconic and surprising covers and ask the question, who really did it better?

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