10 Greatest Cover Songs In Rock Music History

10. Train Kept A-Rollin - Aerosmith

In the early days of rock and roll, you were pretty limited in what songs you could cover effectively. Unless you were the one band that tried your hand at covering Johnny B Goode for the thousandth time, you were going to have to do something a little more musical to separate yourself from the pack. When Aerosmith were coming up the ranks though, they really did their homework with Train Kept Arollin.

Being a staple of the Yardbirds' setlist during the time of the British Invasion, Aerosmith's rendition is a lot more forceful, kicking up the tempo a little bit and Steven Tyler giving Keith Relf a run for his money with a swaggering vocal performance. Aside from the raw song though, the best part of this track has to be the midsection, which brings in some stuff the original couldn't even pull off.

After sprinkling in some crowd noise, Joey Kramer's drum roll gets your heart pumping all over again, as Joe Perry's guitar lick acts as the train pulling into the station. By the time the main riff kicks in again, the entire band feels a lot tighter and are absolutely grooving until the finish. Since Aerosmith were known as Stones rip offs back in the day, this is the first time that they started to hit on something that was uniquely theirs.