14 famous songs you didn't know are covers

The internet was in shock this week over a reminder that Natalie Imbruglia’s “Torn” is a cover, but the 1997 smash is far from the only popular recording that eclipsed its original. Sure, you might already know that “I Will Always Love You” was released by Dolly Parton way before Whitney Houston made it one of the best-selling singles of all time, but did you know that Cyndi Lauper’s career-defining female-empowerment jam “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun” was actually written and first...

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