9 Songs So Good You Didn't Know They Were Covers

5. Amy Winehouse - Valerie (Originally By The Zutons)

Amy Winehouse helped revive vintage soul sounds and bring the R&B stylings of the 50s and 60s back into mainstream music, and would go on to inspire the likes of Duffy and Ellie Goulding before her untimely passing in 2011. Meanwhile, across the pond in Liverpool, The Zutons were busy offering up their own brand of nostalgic rock, meshing the sounds of fellow Liverpudlians the Beatles into 60s Psychedelic and surf rock motifs.

So when the two revivalists collided in Winehouse's cover of The Zuton's "Valerie," the combination was electric. Winehouse's version, produced by neo-soul expert Mark Ronson, keeps the peppiness while adding a little swing. And it's utterly fantastic.