The Best Cover Songs of August & September 2025

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Sep 302025
 
Best Cover Songs
Benson Boone — When We Were Young (Adele cover)

Benson Boone gets clowned on, but dude can sing (and, yes, backflip). “When We Were Young” is not exactly an easy song to nail. But, at a tour stop in Columbus, he did just that—one of many covers he’s been doing on the road.

BRAINSTORM — The Boys Of Summer (Don Henley cover)

Every summer comes, inevitably, more “Boys of Summer” covers. This metal-ish version comes from German power-metal vets BRAINSTORM (all caps so you know they’re serious). Singer Andy B. Franck says: “Even though ‘The Boys Of Summer’ deals with rather nostalgic themes of ‘summer love’ and the memory of a past relationship, for me – at the time a 13-year-old – it was, beyond the metal anthems of the 80s, a great song that I associated with summer, girls and the corresponding feeling for many, many years…Even today, this song still evokes great memories for me, and since it’s also a song about questioning the past, this track fits perfectly into our times.” Continue reading »

Mansionair Perform Driving Drum-and-Synths “Wicked Game”

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Sep 082025
 
Mansionair

When they were asked to return to the Like a Version studios, Australian band Mansionair already knew what they were going to choose to cover: Chris Isaak’s “Wicked Game.”

“It’s always just stuck with me, it’s that smoky, ballady feel,” said singer Jack Froggatt. And while part of the draw of the original was the almost weeping slide guitar and Roy Orbison-like vocal from Chris Isaak, that’s seemingly one of the first things the band threw out when approaching it. Froggatt, along with Lachlan Bostock and Alex Nicholls, almost create a new kind of ache in their take on the song. Continue reading »