Press Assoc. - 15 minutes ago

Celine Dion is responsible for the world's worst cover song, according to music experts.

The Canadian singer received the ignominious title for her rendition of the AC/DC track You Shook Me All Night Long. Dion, 40, has never released the song as a single but performed the "musical offence" at a Las Vegas concert six years ago.

A Sugababes and Girls Aloud version of Walk This Way, which had been a huge hit for Aerosmith and rappers Run DMC, came second.

Westlife's 1999 cover of the ballad More Than Words by rock band Extreme was third in the list compiled by Total Guitar magazine.

Will Young's cover of The Doors' Light My Fire, which reached Number One in 2002, and an easy listening arrangement by The Mike Flowers Pops of Oasis ballad Wonderwall completes the top five.

Experts also delivered a verdict on the most successful cover versions.

Jimi Hendrix's cover of the Bob Dylan song All Along the Watchtower topped the list, followed by The Beatles' rendition of Twist and Shout, first recorded by the Top Notes.

The Guns N' Roses version of the Wings' song Live and Let Die, Nirvana's cover of The Man Who Sold the World by David Bowie, and Muse's Feeling Good, made famous by Nina Simone, are also in the top five.

Total Guitar magazine editor Stephen Lawson said: "Cover versions have never been bigger. Producer Mark Ronson became a household name on the back of his quirky covers album, with Amy Winehouse's version of Valerie outselling The Zutons' original.

"It's good to see that Hendrix still is Number One. The first time you hear All Along The Watchtower, with that heavy vibe, it sounds like it's from another planet. The number one worst cover song - Celine Dion covering AC/DC - is sacrilege."

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Celine Dion covering AC/DC??? :faint: What were she and her people thinking/smoking?? Her cover of All By Myself was horrible, but then I didn't like Eric Carmen's original, either. puke:

Celine Dion covering AC/DC??? :faint: What were she and her people thinking/smoking?? Her cover of All By Myself was horrible, but then I didn't like Eric Carmen's original, either. puke:

not to mention roy orbison's 'i drove all night' as well. although i prefer the cyndi lauper's version overall

not to mention roy orbison's 'i drove all night' as well. although i prefer the cyndi lauper's version overall
I like Cyndi's version of that song, too. :D

I like Cyndi's version of that song, too. :D

btw, i also cannot stand all by myself. i hate that song. i also cannot stand without you by mariah carey. i cannot remember who sang the original though but mariah's was a cover. either way, i cannot stand that song one bit

btw, i also cannot stand all by myself. i hate that song. i also cannot stand without you by mariah carey. i cannot remember who sang the original though but mariah's was a cover. either way, i cannot stand that song one bit

Harry Nilsson went to #1 with his version of Without You in 1971. It went #1 in the US, UK and Canada!! The original version was recorded by Badfinger. I've never heard the Badfinger version, but I liked Nilsson's. I never cared much for the Mariah version myself.

I can't believe that they didn't include Gwenyth Paltrow and Huey Lewis's cover of Smokey Robinson's "Crusin". That was a terrible cover.

how isn't William Hung on this list? lol

I can't believe that they didn't include Gwenyth Paltrow and Huey Lewis's cover of Smokey Robinson's "Crusin". That was a terrible cover.
Call me crazy:crazy: , but I love that song! I can't figure out why, but I just start singing at the top of my lungs (maybe to drown them out?:lol: ) whenever I hear it!

not to mention roy orbison's 'i drove all night' as well. although i prefer the cyndi lauper's version overall

I love Cyndi's version of "I Drove All Night". I had no idea that Roy Orbison had done a version as well. I take it he was the originator? He died a long time ago, which is why I'm asking about that. The Celine Dion version I can take or leave. Don't really care for it that much. It doesn't have the same "meaning" as when Cindy does it.

Andrea

"I Drove All Night" is kind of a weird scenario.

Roy recorded it in 1988, but then decided to scrap it, then Cyndi recorded it in 1989 and her version became a big hit, but then Roy's version was released on a posthumous album in 1992. So I can see where you could say it's eithers song. To me, it's Cyndi's song because her version was released first. It's just like how Apollonia 6 demoed Manic Monday but Prince scrapped it and gave the song to The Bangles, but I'd consider it a Bangles song and not an Apollonia 6 cover.