It's almost a tradition: Taking a song from other genres outside of Hard Rock or Heavy Metal and giving it a heavy rock makeover, transforming the song into something often even better than the original.
An almost endless list didn't make it into our Top 11. Very well-arranged covers, such as the version of " House Of The Rising Sun Black Label Society 's version of the classic "Ain't No Sunshine" by Bill Withers.
Not to mention the humorous versions of "It's Raining Men" by the Manhattan Project or the classic " Staying Alive" by the Bee Gees, sung by the Prince of Darkness, Ozzy Osbourne .
The list is huge. You Really Got Me and Pretty Woman with Van Halen. Message In A Bottle with Machine Head. God Save The Queen with Anthrax . And much more.
Check out the videos of the best non-Metal song covers according to Wikimetal's Top 11 and listen to the songs in the playlist at the end of this post (sync it to your mobile device to listen wherever you want). And most importantly:
Leave a comment below with other songs that should be on this Top 11 list.
11. Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (Abba) with Yngwie Malmsteen
10. Should I Stay Or Should I Go (The Clash) with Living Color
09. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (Elton John) with Dream Theater
08. Cross-Eyed Mary (Jethro Tull) with Iron Maiden
07. Heaven On Their Minds (Jesus Christ Superstar) with Queensrÿche
06. Easy (The Commodores) with Faith No More
05. Please, Don't Touch (Stray Cats) with Motörhead & Girlschool
04. Loverman (Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds) with Metallica
03. Sweet Dreams (Eurythmics) with Marilyn Manson
02. Anarchy In The UK (Sex Pistols) with Megadeth
01. Diamonds & Rust (Joan Baez) with Judas Priest
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