The "Cover Song Rating" thread inspired me to create a list of my own.

1. "I'm A Believer"---Smash Mouth
2. "Fly Like An Eagle"---Seal
3. "Big Yellow Taxi"---Counting Crows
4. "Always Something There To Remind Me"---Naked Eyes
5. "Mony Mony"---Billy Idol
6. "The Way You Do The Things You Do"---UB40
7. "Boys Of Summer"---The Ataris
8. "Is She Really Going Out With Him"---Sugar Ray
9. "You Really Got Me"---Van Halen
10. "American Pie"---Madonna
11. "Knock On Wood"---Amii Stewart
12. "Wild Night"---John Mellencamp
13. "All By Myself"---Celine Dion
14. "You Make Me Feel Brand New"---Simply Red
15. "Funkytown"---Pseudo Echo
16. "Where The Streets Have No Name"---Pet Shop Boys
17. "Don't Dream It's Over"---Sixpence None The Richer
18. "Killing Me Softly (With His Song)"---The Fugees
19. "La Bamba"---Los Lobos
20. "Mrs. Robinson"---The Lemonheads
21. "Sweet Child O Mine"---Sheryl Crow
22. "Heaven"---DJ Sammy
23. "I Can See Clearly Now"---Jimmy Cliff
24. "Lean On Me"---Club Nouveau
25. "Cruisin'"---Huey Lewis/Gwyneth Paltrow

I will post my ratings later.

1. "I'm A Believer"---Smash Mouth 0 piece of crap....only give credit to the fact that they made the song their own....not necessarily a good thing (PS the Monkees version is a cover too)
2. "Fly Like An Eagle"---Seal 2 egh..Steve Miller rules
3. "Big Yellow Taxi"---Counting Crows with Vanessa Carlton 2....nothing special in any which way
4. "Always Something There To Remind Me"---Naked Eyes 4 best version of the song!
5. "Mony Mony"---Billy Idol 3.5 decent effort
6. "The Way You Do The Things You Do"---UB40:???
7. "Boys Of Summer"---The Ataris 3 not  awful, but not good
8. "Is She Really Going Out With Him"---Sugar Ray 3
9. "You Really Got Me"---Van Halen 3 the most tolerable of the Van Halen covers....still not that great
10. "American Pie"---Madonna 0!!!!!!!!
11. "Knock On Wood"---Amii Stewart :??? oh I hope she didnt
12. "Wild Night"---John Mellencamp 4 Im in the minority, but I like it
13. "All By Myself"---Celine Dion :???
14. "You Make Me Feel Brand New"---Simply Red:???
15. "Funkytown"---Pseudo Echo 3 decent rock version.....nothing special
16. "Where The Streets Have No Name"---Pet Shop Boys :??? no always on my mind?
17. "Don't Dream It's Over"---Sixpence None The Richer 1 dont mess with the classics
18. "Killing Me Softly (With His Song)"---The Fugees 1 different spin, but the song was crappy in the first place
19. "La Bamba"---Los Lobos 3 alright
20. "Mrs. Robinson"---The Lemonheads 2 "grunge" version....shouldnt have been grunge
21. "Sweet Child O Mine"---Sheryl Crow 2 blasfamy
22. "Heaven"---DJ Sammy 1
23. "I Can See Clearly Now"---Jimmy Cliff 3
24. "Lean On Me"---Club Nouveau 2.75 decent, but doesnt hold a candle to the original
25. "Cruisin'"---Huey Lewis/Gwyneth Paltrow 3 alright version...I likes the duet aspect, but the original is better

1. "I'm A Believer"---Smash Mouth 0
2. "Fly Like An Eagle"---Seal 0, I don't care who sings it, it sucks
3. "Big Yellow Taxi"---Counting Crows 1.5, they shouldn't have put Vanessa in the song either.. Amy Grant's version is best of all
4. "Always Something There To Remind Me"---Naked Eyes 4
5. "Mony Mony"---Billy Idol 3
6. "The Way You Do The Things You Do"---UB40 I'm not really into UB40  2
7. "Boys Of Summer"---The Ataris I'm with Billy's comment on this one (loses a point because I hate it when they have to mess with the LYRICS
8. "Is She Really Going Out With Him"---Sugar Ray 4, Joe Jackson's is still better
10. "American Pie"---Madonna I heard it once, and that was too many times  1
11. "Knock On Wood"---Amii Stewart I never thought it was so bad, but the video is just creepy  3.5
12. "Wild Night"---John Mellencamp 1
13. "All By Myself"---Celine Dion 1
17. "Don't Dream It's Over"---Sixpence None The Richer Leave it alone, people  1.5
18. "Killing Me Softly (With His Song)"---The Fugees 3
19. "La Bamba"---Los Lobos 3
21. "Sweet Child O Mine"---Sheryl Crow Never heard it, but knowing that she covered such a song is already too much information
22. "Heaven"---DJ Sammy LEAVE IT ALONE PEOPLE   0
23. "I Can See Clearly Now"---Jimmy Cliff I grew up not even knowing this was a cover.. heard it way too many times.. 2.5
24. "Lean On Me"---Club Nouveau The original gets a 10 compared to this joke of a song (keep in mind that I hate the original too)

1. "I'm A Believer"---Smash Mouth 0-nuff said
2. "Fly Like An Eagle"---Seal 0- I don't like Seal, liked the original much much better
3. "Big Yellow Taxi"---Counting Crows 1- overplayed, liked the original & Amy Grant's cover.
4. "Always Something There To Remind Me"---Naked Eyes 3
5. "Mony Mony"---Billy Idol 3-many a club nights to this..ahh the memories of the added words!
6. "The Way You Do The Things You Do"---UB40 1-uggg
7. "Boys Of Summer"---The Ataris  ???-not really??
8. "Is She Really Going Out With Him"---Sugar Ray 0-say it ain't so.
9. "You Really Got Me"---Van Halen 3
10. "American Pie"---Madonna 1-once was enough for me too
11. "Knock On Wood"---Amii Stewart 4-this is a cover?  I didn't know that!
12. "Wild Night"---John Mellencamp 2
13. "All By Myself"---Celine Dion 0-soo overplayed
14. "You Make Me Feel Brand New"---Simply Red 2
15. "Funkytown"---Pseudo Echo 2-original disco is better
16. "Where The Streets Have No Name"---Pet Shop Boys 1
17. "Don't Dream It's Over"---Sixpence None The Richer 0-yuck!!
18. "Killing Me Softly (With His Song)"---The Fugees 0-NONONO
19. "La Bamba"---Los Lobos 3-not a bad attempt
20. "Mrs. Robinson"---The Lemonheads 1-there's only one Mrs. Robinson!
21. "Sweet Child O Mine"---Sheryl Crow 0-good god NO!
22. "Heaven"---DJ Sammy 1
23. "I Can See Clearly Now"---Jimmy Cliff 3-again, didn't know this was a cover too
24. "Lean On Me"---Club Nouveau 0- nope, can't touch the original
25. "Cruisin'"---Huey Lewis/Gwyneth Paltrow 0- not a duet to hear!