The Best Cover Songs of February 2026

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Mar 032026
 
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Asher White — Casper (Jessica Pratt cover)


Why does Asher White have a record titled Jessica Pratt? Because, as it turns out, it is a full-length cover of singer-songwriter Jessica Pratt’s 2012 debut record—which happens to be self-titled. Pratt herself approves: “White’s curiously inventive renditions took me by surprise,” she said in a press release. “A broad sweep stylistically and production-wise. Not just homage, but a record in its own right.”

The Belair Lip Bombs — Happiness (The 1975 cover)

“It was the first single that came out of their latest record and I just listened to it for like two years straight,” singer Maisie Everett said of the 1975 song the band covered on Like a Version. “I still do.” Continue reading »

Pulp Cover ABBA with BBC Radio Orchestra

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Feb 102026
 
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There’s something about Jarvis Cocker‘s voice; it’s always fun to hear him tell a story in a Pulp song, and this storytelling has reached a new level as the band appeared with the BBC Radio Orchestra for Radio 2’s Piano Room. The two groups of performers came together for two Pulp songs and a great story-telling song: ABBA’s “The Day Before You Came.” Continue reading »

Carla Wehbe’s ABBA Cover Was a Long Time Coming

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Jun 182025
 
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Australian musician Carla Wehbe appeared on the popular radio program “Like A Version” in her home country and her cover choice was something that was a long time coming.

“I grew up listening to ABBA,” Wehbe said in a video released alongside the song. “My mum is obsessed with ABBA. So it was just a song that soundtracked my growing up, I guess. And I always dreamed of doing an ABBA song if I ever got to do Like A Version.”

But, she started out knowing that she couldn’t do a direct cover. She knew that she would have to do something different. Wehbe slowed down the song, playing up the drama in the lyrics. “I love drama, I love feeling, I love big, orchestral strings,” she added. “So I got all the instruments I love the most and put them all in there. I just wanted to make it as emotional and powerful as possible.” And in her cover, she does everything she set out to do. The end result is powerful, sometimes overfilled with emotion.

Wehbe rose to prominence in her homeland of Australia with her 2020 EP Half Past Nine. Her most recent EP Dark in the Light is scheduled for release this summer.

The Best Cover Songs of January 2024

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Jan 312024
 
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BABii — Lovefool (The Cardigans cover)

Brent Amaker And The Rodeo – Gut Feeling (Devo cover)

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James Elkington Records American-Primitive Guitar Cover of ABBA’s “The Winner Takes It All”

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Jan 022024
 
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On his new double album Me Neither, Chicago singer-songwriter James Elkington recorded an array of instrumental guitar improvisations, ditching words entirely in favor of 29 evocative soundscapes. 28 of those 29 are original compositions. The final track, however, is not. It’s a cover of ABBA’s classic “The Winner Takes It All”—although, without words, anyone not listening closely might early miss that. In Elkington’s literal hands, it fits right into the John Fahey style of American primitive guitar. Continue reading »

The Best Cover Songs of November 2023

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Nov 302023
 
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boygenius ft. Ye Vagabonds — The Parting Glass (Trad. cover)

Every year, Phoebe Bridgers releases a surprise cover around the holidays to benefit charity. This year, she brought in her boygenius bandmates as well as vocal group Ye Vagabonds to cover “The Parting Glass.” It’s a traditional Irish tune, but their version pays specific homage to Sinead O’Connor, who covered it in 2002. Sales benefit the Aisling Project, an after-school project working with children and young people growing up in a disadvantaged area of Dublin. The beneficiary was chosen by the estate of O’Connor, who died in July. Continue reading »

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