Who sang it better?

I have sooooooo many of these I could post, but I'll post the most recent one I found.

The original song I always tried to stay away from, just cuz, but the cover actually made me like it.
The song I'm talking about it "Chandelier" by Sia.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vjPBrBU-TM

The music video is still weird as hell though...

As compared to this version:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=833NxIYFStg

I enjoy Pvris a lot, but regardless even if I didn't, I still say Pvris did a better job at Sia's song that Sia did lol.
It just sounds like it has more energy to it than Sia's version, and the music video isn't weird either. >_>

 

The song "Hanging Tree" as sung by Jennifer Lawrence is alright, but to me it lacks a certain atmosphere that I feel the song needs in order to feel deep and powerful. Her voice doesn't really change throughout the song, and the only thing that gets added is a background chorus and a string part. It's good, but when the lead singer doesn't change at all throughout a song it just feels lacking.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3hTW9e20d8



Thankfully, Peter Hollens did an acapella version that improves it tremendously. He starts low and controlled, and "builds" his voice as the song progresses. Also, every sound is made by the human voice. That's just awesome.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJISG67FjeM

 

I don't listen to covers that much, but I have found one that I like WAY better than the original.

Toxic by Britney Spears, while it's not bad song, there's just something I don't like, mainly the high voice in some parts. Blowsight's cover fixes that problem, and changes the songs genre to rock from pop, which I enjoy more.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOZuxwVk7TU

I found it when I was watching different AMVs so I figured I'd post that here.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSBXgEFo8PU

 

This one may be a tad controversial.

In my opinion, this is one of the few times that the cover is better than the original.

I'm talking about Behind Blue Eyes by The Who.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3wQdm54w_A

Compared to the (arguably better) cover

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEGI9NbH-mk

Yeah, both are amazing. But I still think that the cover is, and always will be better than the original. Not to take anything away from The Who or anything, they're pretty great (One of my fave bands even.)

 

Refuse/Resist by Sepultura

Here's the cover by Hatebreed:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10gZe5cYQ5c
Now in my opinion, their voices are very monotone and almost always sound the same. This is exactly like their other songs, no inflections in their voice.
It's heavier, which I like though.

As compared to the original
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwNtbutSwwM
I like their voices better for this song. Chaos AD is one of my fave albums too, so that could be a bias. I also like the music too, it has a better intro I think.