10 Rock Cover Songs Better Than The Original

1. "Lean On Sheena" By Joe Gittleman – Covered by The Bouncing Souls

Lastly, we have an original song that pretty much never had a chance. Originally written and performed by Joe Gittleman, the bass player for the Mighty Mighty Bosstones and front man for Avoid One Thing, the original version of this song is boring, bland and does not feel like it has much passion behind it.

Luckily The Bouncing Souls covered this song a mere 4 years after released by Avoid One Thing and have become so synonymous with the song that most fans don’t know it is a cover song. By injecting their tried and true east coast punk sound, The Bouncing Souls blew this song so far out of the water that it could not be anything but number 1 on this list.