5 Song Remakes That Were Better Than the Originals

2. "I Will Always Love You" - Whitney Houston

Original by: Dolly Parton Leave it to the late, great Whitney Houston to turn Dolly Parton's lifeless, listless country song into a chart-topping showstopper. Despite breaking all the rules (a country song covered by an R&B artist; an odd, a cappella opening; and a relatively long runtime for a pop song at almost 5 minutes), the power ballad from the movie soundtrack of The Bodyguard went on to stay number 1 for 14 weeks and became the best-selling single of all time by a female artist. (In other words: bad movie, great song.) And, as we now all know, the song was even played at her funeral, as her casket was ushered out of the church€”a fitting tribute to her lasting legacy.
 
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Michael Perone has written for The Baltimore Sun, Baltimore City Paper, The Island Ear (now titled Long Island Press), and The Long Island Voice, a short-lived spinoff of The Village Voice. He currently works as an Editor in Manhattan. And he still thinks Michael Keaton was the best Batman.