WXPN is curating the 885 Greatest Cover Songs for our annual countdown, and we need your help to make it happen.
Our staff, from producers and engineers to the accounting, development, and IT teams, have submitted their personal top 10 cover songs. Their picks span timeless classics, deep cuts, covers that outshine the originals, and those that take songs in entirely new directions.
Check out their selections, then vote for your own top 10. Choose the covers that’ve stuck with you, and the ones you think deserve a spot on the list that we might have missed.
Voting is open through October 30, and the countdown begins December 4.
Plus, when you vote, you’ll be automatically entered to win two tickets to a WXPN WELCOMES concert every week in 2026.
1.
Hallelujah
•
Jeff Buckley
3.
All Along the Watchtower
•
Jimi Hendrix
5.
Nothing Compares 2 U
•
Sinead O’Connor
6.
With a Little Help From My Friends
•
Joe Cocker
8.
Boogie On Reggae Woman
•
Phish
1.
Respect
•
Aretha Franklin
2.
Common People
•
William Shatner
3.
Sorry
•
Lydia Loveless
5.
Woodstock
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Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
6.
Mad World
•
Gary Jules
7.
Hallelujah
•
Jeff Buckley
8.
Heartbeats
•
José González
9.
Changes
•
Charles Bradley
10.
All Along the Watchtower
•
Jimi Hendrix
2.
Morning Dew
•
Grateful Dead
3.
Nothing Compares 2 U
•
Sinead O’Connor
4.
The Man who Sold the World
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Nirvana
5.
Changes
•
Charles Bradley
6.
Valerie
•
Amy Winehouse
7.
Hard to Handle
•
Grateful Dead
9.
Me and Bobby McGee
•
Janis Joplin
10.
Mrs. Robinson
•
Lemonheads
1.
Nothing Compares 2U
•
Chris Cornell
2.
Trapped
•
Bruce Springsteen
3.
The Chain
•
The Highwomen
4.
Free Fallin
•
Stevie Nicks
5.
Hallejujah
•
Jeff Buckley
6.
Killing Me Softly
•
The Fugees
7.
White Rabbit
•
Grace Potter
8.
Philadelphia
•
Waxahatchee
9.
Oh Mary Don't You Weep
•
Bruce Springsteen
10.
Simple Man
•
Shinedown
1.
Center of Gravity
•
Sidney Gish
2.
You Can Have It All
•
Yo La Tengo
3.
My Favorite Things
•
John Coltrane
4.
I Fought The Law
•
The Clash
5.
Sinnerman
•
Nina Simone
6.
Sea of Love
•
Cat Power
7.
Lake of Fire
•
Nirvana
8.
(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
•
Devo
9.
A Little Lost
•
Sufjan Stevens
10.
Sloop John B
•
The Beach Boys
1.
Valerie (feat. Amy Winehouse)
•
Mark Ronson
2.
Twist and Shout
•
The Beatles
3.
Jealous Guy
•
Donny Hathaway
4.
I Fought The Law
•
The Clash
5.
Tainted Love
•
Soft Cell
7.
If Not For You
•
George Harrison
8.
Respect
•
Aretha Franklin
9.
Jersey Girl
•
Bruce Springsteen
10.
Try A Little Tenderness
•
Otis Redding
1.
Nothing Compares 2 U
•
Sinead O’Connor
2.
Wild Horses
•
The Sundays
4.
I Will Always Love You
•
Whitney Houston
5.
Walkin' After Midnight
•
Patsy Cline
6.
Behind Blue Eyes
•
Limp Bizkit
8.
Smooth Criminal
•
Alien Ant Farm
9.
Better Off Alone
•
Purity Ring
10.
The Boys of Summer
•
The Ataris
1.
Hallelujah
•
Jeff Buckley
2.
The Man Who Sold The World
•
Nirvana
3.
Physical (You’re So)
•
Nine Inch Nails
4.
The Chauffeur
•
Deftones
5.
Valerie
•
Mark Ronson ft. Amy Winehouse
6.
Renegades of Funk
•
Rage Against The Machine
8.
Summer Breeze
•
Type O Negative
9.
Don't Be Cruel
•
Billy Swan
10.
Tainted Love
•
Soft Cell
1.
Hallelujah
•
Jeff Buckley
2.
I Will Always Love You
•
Whitney Houston
3.
Make You Feel My Love
•
Adele
4.
Valerie
•
Amy Whinehouse
5.
Burning Down the House
•
Paramore
6.
Try A Little Tenderness
•
Otis Reading
7.
Come Together
•
Gary Clark Jr., Junkie XL
8.
Sea of Love
•
Cat Power
9.
Godspeed
•
James Blake
10.
I Remember Everything
•
Brandi Carlile
2.
Day Tripper/She's a Rainbow
•
Bad Brains
3.
LIfe on Mars?
•
Seu Jorge
4.
Tainted Love
•
Soft Cell
5.
Valerie
•
Amy Winehouse
6.
Take Me Home, Country Roads
•
Toots & The Maytals
7.
Memories Can't Wait
•
Living Colour
8.
99 Red Balloons
•
7 Seconds
9.
Big Yellow Taxi
•
Pinhead Gunpowder
10.
I Will Survive
•
Cake
1.
Romeo and Juliet
•
Indigo Girls
2.
Angel From Montgomery
•
Bonnie Raitt
3.
When You Were Mine
•
Ani Difranco
4.
Nothing Compares To You
•
Sinead O’Connor
5.
American Woman
•
Lenny Kravitz
6.
Sweet Jane
•
Cowboy Junkies
7.
Space Oddity
•
Brandi Carlile
9.
No More I Love You's
•
Annie Lennox
10.
No Woman No Cry
•
Fugees
1.
Respect
•
Aretha Franklin
2.
All Along the Watchtower
•
Jimi Hendrix
4.
Changes
•
Charles Bradley
5.
Trouble No More
•
The Allman Brothers
6.
Angel from Montgomery
•
Bonnie Rait
7.
Piece of My Heart
•
Big Brother and the Holding Company
8.
Hallelujah
•
Jeff Buckley
9.
Take Me To The River
•
The Talking Heads
10.
It's Oh So Quiet
•
Bjork
1.
Wichita Lineman
•
The Meters
2.
Superstar
•
Sonic Youth
3.
Don't Let Me Down
•
Dillard & Clark
4.
(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
•
Devo
5.
You Can Have It All
•
Yo La Tengo
6.
Jet Plane
•
Sonya Spence
7.
For What It's Worth
•
Miriam Makeba
8.
Rollin' With The Flow
•
Kurt Vile
9.
Iron Man
•
The Cardigans
10.
Mister Sandman
•
Linda McCartney
2.
I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry
•
Yo La Tengo
3.
Isn't It A Pity
•
Nina Simone
4.
Sea of Love
•
Cat Power
5.
Candy Says
•
Samuel Nobles
6.
Hotline Bling
•
Sufjan Stevens
7.
Just Like Heaven
•
Christian Lee Hutson, Shamir
8.
Such Great Heights
•
Iron & Wine
9.
Dreams
•
Japanese Breakfast
10.
Farewell Transmission
•
Kevin Morby, Waxahatchee
2.
Different Drum
•
The Stone Ponys
3.
Valerie
•
Mark Ronson ft. Amy Winehouse
4.
Only Love Can Break Your Heart
•
Saint Etienne
5.
Without You
•
Harry Nilsson
6.
We Can Work It Out
•
Stevie Wonder
7.
When Will I Be Loved
•
Linda Ronstadt
8.
Crimson and Clover
•
Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
9.
Stop Your Sobbing
•
The Pretenders
10.
Wild Horses
•
The Sundays
1.
Twist and Shot
•
The Beatles
2.
Mr. Tamborine Man
•
The Byrds
4.
Positively 4th Street
•
Johnny Rivers
6.
Keep Your Distance
•
Buddy and Julie Miller
7.
1952 Vincent Black Lightning
•
Del McCoury Band
8.
Speed at the Sound of Loneliness
•
Kurt Vile
9.
Detroit or Buffalo
•
Amanda Shires
10.
Tougher Than the Rest
•
Everything But The Girl
1.
I Heard it through the Grapevine
•
The Slits
2.
Midnight Rider
•
Sharon Jones
3.
Eleanor Rigby
•
Aretha Franklin
4.
The Pusher
•
Nina Simone
5.
These Boots Were Made For Walkin'
•
Parquet Courts
6.
We Can Work It Out
•
Stevie Wonder
7.
Graceland
•
Justin Townes Earle
8.
You Got the Silver
•
Susan Tedeschi
9.
Golden Years
•
Car Seat Headrest
10.
Young Americans
•
Durand Jones & The Indications
1.
Changes
•
Charles Bradley
2.
Death Letter
•
The White Stripes
3.
Me and Bobby McGee
•
Janis Joplin
4.
Atlantic City
•
The Band
5.
I Heard It Through The Grapevine
•
The Slits
6.
To Love Somebody
•
The Chambers Brothers
7.
Every 1's a Winner
•
Ty Segall
8.
I Am Trying to Break Your Heart
•
JC Brooks & the Uptown Sound
9.
Proud Mary
•
Ike & Tina Turner
10.
Maggie's Farm
•
Rage Against The Machine
1.
I Just Called To Say I Love You
•
John Prine
2.
The Parting Glass
•
Boygenius, Ye Vagabonds
3.
Hey Jude
•
Wilson Pickett
4.
Stand By Me
•
Florence & the Machine
5.
I Fought the Law
•
The Clash
6.
Me and Bobby McGee
•
Janis Joplin
7.
Whole Wide World
•
Cage the Elephant
8.
Can't Let Go
•
Robert Plant & Alison Krauss
9.
Heartbeats,
•
Jose Gonzalez
10.
A Lesson In Leavin'
•
Sierra Farrell & Nikki Lane
1.
All Along The Watchtower
•
Jimi Hendrix
2.
You Really Got Me
•
Van Halen
3.
Hard To Handle
•
The Black Crowes
4.
With A Little Help From My Friends
•
Joe Cocker
5.
Summertime Blues
•
Blue Cheer
6.
Come Together
•
Aerosmith
7.
Cum On Feel the Noize
•
Quiet Riot
8.
Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door
•
Guns n Roses
9.
With A Little Help From My Friends
•
Joe Cocker
10.
One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer
•
George Thorogood
1.
We All Fall In Love Sometimes
•
Jeff Buckley
2.
Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds
•
Elton John
3.
Blood
•
Mumford & Sons and Gang of Youths
4.
Whole Again
•
Daði Freyr
5.
Can't Help Falling In Love
•
Ingrid Michaelson
6.
Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)
•
Annalisa feat. La Rappresentante di Lista
8.
Valerie
•
Amy Winehouse
9.
Madman Across The Water
•
Brandi Carlile
10.
I'll Stand By You
•
Jake Wesley Rogers
1.
Where did you sleep last night?
•
Nirvana (Lead Belly)
2.
Great Heights
•
Iron and Wine (The Postal Service)
3.
Hurt
•
Johnny Cash (Nine Inch Nails)
4.
Mad World
•
Gary Jules (Tears for Fears)
5.
Sad But True
•
St. Vincent (Metallica)
6.
Fade Into You
•
American Football (Mazzy Star)
7.
Landslide
•
Smashing Pumpkins (Stevie Nicks)
8.
Smells Like Teen Spirit
•
Tori Amos (Nirvana)
9.
Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)
•
Nancy Sinatra (Sonny and Cher)
10.
Ian Sweet (Coldplay)
•
Yellow
1.
Lady Marmalade
•
Missy Elliott, Lil' Kim, Christina Aguilera, Mya and P!nk
2.
Fotos y recuerdos
•
Selena
3.
Ray of Light
•
Madonna
4.
I'll Take Care Of U
•
Gil Scott-Heron and Jamie xx
5.
MacArthur Park
•
Donna Summer
6.
Heaven
•
DJ Sammy and Yanou feat. Do
7.
What Hurts The Most
•
Rascal Flatts
8.
Spring Is Coming With A Strawberry In Its Mouth
•
Caroline Polachek
9.
We Love You
•
Ryuichi Sakamoto
10.
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•
100 gecs feat. Hannah Diamond and Tommy Cash
1.
Baby, Now That I've Found You
•
Allison Krauss
2.
Take Me to the River
•
Talking Heads
3.
Changes
•
Charles Bradley
4.
(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love, and Understanding
•
Elvis Costello
5.
Always Something There to Remind Me
•
Naked Eyes
6.
Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down
•
Johnny Cash
8.
Love has No Pride
•
Linda Ronstadt
9.
All Through the Night
•
Cyndi Lauper
10.
The Ghost in You
•
Counting Crows
1.
Funeral
•
Spanish Love Songs
2.
(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love & Understanding?
•
Elvis Costello
3.
Where Did You Sleep Last Night?
•
Nirvana
4.
Christmas Card from a Hooker in Minneapolis
•
Neko Case
5.
Don't Go Breaking My Heart
•
Frightened Rabbit & Craig Finn
6.
Raspberry Beret
•
Hindu Love Gods
7.
Because the Night
•
10,000 Maniacs
8.
Wildflowers
•
Wailin' Jennys
9.
I Don't Wanna Grow Up
•
The Ramones
10.
First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
•
Johnny Cash
1.
All Along the Watchtower
•
Jimi Hendrix
2.
Nothing Compares 2U
•
Sinead O’Connor
4.
Me and Bobby McGee
•
Janis Joplin
5.
A Little Help From My Friends
•
Joe Cocker
6.
Changes
•
Charles Bradley
7.
City of New Orleans
•
Arlo Guthrie
8.
Georgia
•
Willie Nelson
9.
El Paso
•
Grateful Dead
10.
High Hopes
•
Harry Kalas