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There have been some really bad covers of heavy metal songs over the years, and we’re not even including any of the ones Pat Boone did on his absurd album In a Metal Mood: No More Mr. Nice Guy (1997). Just off the top of our heads, Die Krupps demolished nearly all of Metallica’s biggest songs on their electronic barf bag A Tribute to Metallica (1993), Tori Amos butchered Slayer’s “Raining Blood” and Fall Out Boy made mincemeat of Pantera’s “Walk” onstage with Every Time I Die singer Keith Buckley.
But, according to a survey by UK mag Total Guitar, Celine Dion’s rendition of AC/DC’s “You Shook Me All Night Long” is the worst cover version of all time. The publication’s editor Stephen Lawson described the track as “Sacrilege,” reported the BBC.
Dion performed “You Shook Me All Night Long” at a 2002 concert in Las Vegas, but never released the song commercially. Coming in second on the list of worst covers was Sugababes and Girls Aloud with Aersomith’s “Walk This Way” and taking third was Westlife with a truly awful version of Extreme’s truly dreadful ballad “More Than Words.”
If you can think of anything nearly as horrifying, leave your comment below.
