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The Cover-Up

By now, everyone has been exposed to the viral infection that is "Friday." It's auto-tuned, catchy, sophorific, and a bunch of other terrible adjectives. So obviously, the covers have been abundant. But this one is different: it was for a good cause. Best Friends for Six Months Stephen Colbert and Jimmy Fallon challenged their audiences that if Jimmy could raise $26,000 for a charity project,...

Roxanne vs. Rudolph: A Cover-Up Christmas Miracle!

Who knew Claymation and Sting mashed so well?

I've decided to not only feature covers, but also mash-ups as well, because if they're done as well as this viral charmer, they're just as fantastic as covers. So when I heard that someone made a Christmas mash of "Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer" and "Roxanne," I was...pretty scared of how terrible it would be.


Harry Potter Fans Feeling Fly Like a G6

While you may not understand everything in rap hit "Like a G6" — like, for example, what it means to get "slizzered" — no one can deny that the Far East Movement's jam is s a club hit with a great beat and an infectious hook that will get even the biggest wallflower away from the bar and on the dance floor.


Don Ross is Crazy

There seem to be a lot of people lately covering Cee-Lo Green. First Eliza Doolittle covering "F*** You" in a post I put up a few weeks ago, and then Gwynnie Paltrow on Glee sang the radio-friendly version of "Forget You." Guitar freak Do Ross decided to take a little more old school with his rendition of Gnarls Barkley's "Crazy." Done completely on an acoustic guitar.


If Reba McEntire Were A Boy

Yo, Beyonce, I'm really happy for you, and I'ma let you finish. But Reba McEntire has the best cover of your song of all time.


A "Cover Up" First: Lit vs. Llamas

This blog has covered everything from the Killers covering "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" to an acoustic cover of Outkast's "Hey Ya" by Obadiah Parker. But never before has a band had to face off with wildlife to see whose rendition of a song is better.


Eliza Doolittle to Cee-Lo: F*** You

Cee-lo may be better known to some as the soulful singing half of Gnarls Barkley, with hits like "Crazy." He has a voice bigger than his body, and this summer came out with a great break-up anthem which we can't fully print on this website. His song "F*** You" — or "Forget You," if you prefer the radio edit — is his ode to a gold-digging object of his affection.


Weezer Will Un-Break Your Heart

You can say that she can't manage her money. But you can't say that Toni Braxton can't sing. In 1996, she released her smash hit "Un-Break My Heart," wrapping her silken vocals around the most begging, sad break up song in a while. The song hit #3 on the Billboard Top 100 Hip-Hop/R&B and #10 on the Billboard Hot 100 All-Time Songs.

The Rescues Are My Teenage Dream

With her recent Sesame Street controversy and marriage to British comedian/scoundrel Russell Brand, Katy Perry has become quite the fixture in pop culture. Thankfully, she had something good to back up that hype.


Kids Sing MGMT Kids

It's sort of tough to cover dance music without making it sound ridiculous. So seeing a cover of MGMT's "Kids" (of which there are many, believe me) is sort of like playing Russian Roulette in terms of enjoyment. It could be awesome, or it could kill you.


Maroon 5 Won't Look Back In Anger

Hello from the land of Beatles, Brit Pop, Blur, and other wonderful things starting with B. In honor of my belated post from London, I decided to go with another Maroon 5 cover of a British band. This time, it's Oasis.


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