Best 885 Cover Songs

 Top Best 885 Cover Songs of All Time

WXPN 2025 Countdown

Each year this radio station does a top 885 countdown and the general public is invited to submit 10 songs. This year's theme is best cover songs. Here is my list for this year:

Hurt- Johnny Cash- Nine Inch Nails

Notihng Compares to You- Sinead O'Connor- Prince

Sounds of Silence- Disturbed- S&G

Jolene- Olivia Newton-John- Dolly Parton

Witcital Line Man- REM- Glenn Campbell

Fast Car- Luke Combs- Tracy Chapman

Knocking On Heaven's Door- Avril Lavagne- Bob Dylan- 

Hallelujahl- KD Lang- Leanord Cohen

Georgia On My Mind- Ray Charles- Hoagy Carmichael

Respect- Athea franklin- Otis Redding

Top 100 Songs

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  My TOP 100 SONGS

1.  Love Is the Only Goal- Wendy Waldon
2. Red Light- James Lang
3. What's Going On- Marvin Gaye
4. Two Grey Rooms- Joni Mitchell
5. Water- Joni Mitchell and Willie Nelson
6. My Secret Place- Joni Mitchell and Peter Gabriel
7. Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow- Carol King
8. I Can't Make You Love Me- Bonnie Raitt
9. Gonna Take Alotta Love- Nicolette Larson
10. People Have The Power- Patti Smith 
11. Philosphoer's Son- Van Morrison
12. Bernedette- Four Tops
13. Somebody That I Used To Know- G
14. 1999- Prince
15. Fast Car- Tracey Chapman
16. Jolene- Dolly Parton
17. Born in the USA- Bruce
18. Summer Rain- Johnny Rivers
19. Holding Back The Tears- Simply Red
20. Both Sides Now- (2000 version)- Joni Mitchell 
21. New Attitude- Patti LaBell
22. Angel of the Morning- Merrilee Rush
23. That Song About The Midway- Bonnie Raitt
24. I Remember Everything- Zach Bryan
25. Jimmie- Shawn Colvin
26. Hallelujah- KD Lang
27. Into the Mystic- Van Morrison
28. I Will Remember You- Sarah McLaughlin
29. On Broadway
30. River-James Blake- Joni Mitchell
31. Knocking On Heaven's Door- anyone but Bob Dylan
32. Sounds of Silence- Simon & Garfunkel
33. Can We Still Be Friends- Todd Rudgen
34. Solitary Man- Neil Diamond
35. Witchita Lineman-  Glenn Campbell
36. I Say A Little Prayer- Dionne Warwick
37. Calling All Angels- KD Lang
38. Billie Jean-  Michael Jackson
39. We Just Disagree-  Dave Mason
40. Who'll Stop The Rain- CCR
41. Time After Time-  Cyndi Luper
42. Walking In Memphis- Marc Cohen
43. Let Me Be A Woman to You- Lana Del Ray
44. Little Red Corvette- Prince
45. Maggie May- Ron Stewart
46. When A Man Loves A Woman- Percy Sledge
47. Peace Train- Cat Stevens
48. Man On Fire - Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros 
49. Night Moves- Bob Seger
50. We Belong Together- Ricki Lee Jones
51. Murder Most Foul- Bob Dylan
52. Romeo and Juliet- Dire Straits
53. Superman's Song- Crash Test Dummies 
54. Wicked Games- Chris Issak
55. Sometime in Winter- Blood, Sweat and Tears
56. Foggy Dew - Sinead O'Connor and the Chieftains
57. Always On My Mind- Willie Nelson
58. If I Were A Painting- Willie Nelson
59. Tangled Up in Blue- Bon Dylan
60. Simply Irresistible. Robert plant
61. Please Forgive Me - David Grey
62. Have A Little Faith In Me- John Hiatt
63. Billy Jean- Michael Jackson
64. Ode to Billy Joe-  Bobbie Gentry
65. One More Cup of Coffee- Bob Dylan
66. River/2000 remake- Joni Mitchell
67. Ain’t No Sunshine- Billy
68. Suspicious Minds- Elvis Presley
69. In My Life- The Beatles
70. Baby I'm Amazed- Paul McCartney
71. Black Coffee- KD Lang
72. Don't Come Around Here No More- Tom Petty
73. Southern Cross- CSNY
74. Take This Heart of Gold- Mandolin Orange
75. The Honey and the Moon- Joseph Arthur
76. One Number Away- Luke Combs
77. Anyone Who Knows What Love Is- Ruby Amanfu
78. White Winter Hymnal- Fleet Fox
79. Central Reservation- Beth Orton
80. I Cry- Macy Gray
81. I Gotta Feeling- Black Eyed Peas
82. Little Talks- Monsters and Men
83. Truth Hurts- Lizzo
84. Home- Ed Sharp and the Magnetic Zeros
85. Turn the Tables- Joanelle
86. Daylight- Mandolin Orange
87. Binko- Peter Gabrielle
88. It's A New Day- Will. I. Am
89. Wagon Wheel- Old Crow Medicine Show
90. Falling Slowly- Glenn Hansard
91. Lover to Lover- Florence & the Machine
92. Louise-  Korey Dane
93. Breakeven (Falling To Pieces)- The Script
94. Beautiful Day- U2
95. What Does It Mean to Travel-  Mary Chapin Carpenter
96. Beat Up Old Guitar- Shemekia Copeland 
97. Wrecking Ball- Emmy Lou Harris
98. Perfectly Good Guitar- John Hiatt
99. Whiter Shade of Pale- Percy Sledge
100. Helplessly Hoping- C,S,N

HONORABLE MENTIONS

• Love Like This- Lauren Dalgle
• In Our Time- AHI
• Rescue- Laura Daigle
• Hell to the NA NA
• On Broadway
• Sophia- Laura Marling
• Little Lion Mean- Mumford and Sons
• Ho Hey- The Lunimeers
• Kinder- Copper Wimmin
• After You- Chasity Brown
• Human- Rag'n'Bone Man
• Dark Paradise- Lana Del Ray
• Slow Burn- Kacey Musgraves
• Love Me- Forest Blakk
• One Heart- Michaela Anne
• The Night Will Save US- The Strumbellas
• Wallingofrd- Gamien Jurado
• End of the Earth- Lord Huron
• The Reaper- Alana Davis
• Flow- Shawn James
• Heaven- Kane Brown
• Wait- Broken Fences
• I'm Getting Ready- Michael Kiwanuka
• Heartless- Diplo
• Let You Down- NF
• Beg, Steal or Borrow- Ray LaMontagne
• Ada- The nationals
• Please Read The Letter- Robert Plant
• Ocean Eyes- Billy Ellish
• Stranger To My Happiness- Sharon Jones
• Nothing But The Water- Grace Potter
• Take This Heart- Mandolin Orange
• Sometimes I Cry- Chris Stapleton
• Fleeting One- First Aid Kit
• In Hell, I'll Be in Good Company- Deep South
• Wait- NoMBe
• My Silver Lining- First Aid Kit
• Parachute - Chris Stapleton

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Best of 2023

 

Best of 2023: Music, Movies, Podcasts, Books

In My Opinion

Music

• Harbor by Beverly Glenn-Copeland
• Just Like That-Bonnie Raitt
• I remember Everything-Zach Bryan and Kacey Musgrave
• A&W- Lana Del Ray
• It Never Went Away- Jon Baptista

Movies

• Nyad
• The Lost King with Sally Hawkins
• Asteroid City-I like everything Wes Anderson makes.
• Barbie-this was one great, great movie
• Theater Camp- 

Podcasts

• Edith Warner's Atomic Tea Room-The Kitchen Sisters-August 1
• Border Trilogy I, II, III - Radio Lab- Oct 13.
• Girl Scout Cookies-Snap Judgement-April 24
• Then and Now-StoryCorps- November 7
• Hurricane Katrina-Against All Odds-Season 30
• Julie Gets Wise With Fran Lebowitz- Wiser Than Me With Julia Dyrefus

Books

• Let Me tell You What I Mean-Joan Didion
• White American Youth-Christian Picciolinni
• My Travels With Mrs Kennedy-Clint Hill
• The Bill of Obligation-Richard Haass
• Stiff- Mary Roach
• Enough-Cassidy Hutchison

Live Performances

• Mary Roach- book talk @ Wilmington Libraries
• Christian Cooper-  book talk @ Philadelphia Library
• Mountain Top- theatre-@  Uptown Theatre
• Tommy And Me- theatre-  @ Uptown Theater
• Ruthie Foster- @ Ardmore Music Hall