Top 10 Modern Covers

Enough of this depressing shit! I have for you a new Top 10 list and this time it's a Top 10 covers of top 40 songs! So these are current (well, maybe within the past 10 years) songs covered by other artists of varying level of fame. I picked these songs because the performer did something unique or put their signature on the song.

1) Royals by Walk off the Earth- You need to see the video for this song, it's really cool. (I don't want to spoil it for you). I could easily bulk up this list with several other covers by Walk off the Earth from Gotye to Eminem.
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgD5p1XiVT0

2) Radioactive by Lindsey Stirling and Pentatonix. Not gonna lie, I like this version much better! They harmonize well during the chorus of "radioactive, radioactive"
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aE2GCa-_nyU

3) We Found Love by 2Cellos. How two cellos can recreate the computer generated sounds that are the main sound of this song is beyond me, but wow! Do they do it! They do a lot of other songs by popular artists such as Michael Jackson, Guns N Roses, Nirvana and so many more.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Am_VZFps9o

4) Crazy in Love by The Puppini Sisters- Swing music and Beyonce. Whodathunk? These girls are the Andrews Sisters reincarnated.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkAP3W5WGPY

5) Bad Romance by Halestorm- Now this is what a bad romance is supposed to sound like. Edgy, sexy, and dark.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vmhnxVF1GU
 
6) Viva La Vida by Taylor Swift. During her Speak Now tour, she would cover an artist that was born in that city. I considered putting "Lose Yourself" by Eminem because it's the antithesis of Taylor, but she doesn't do the whole song. It's now up as an honorable mention.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjHX1wdWvVk 
Honorable Mention: Lose Yourself https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSHcdT6dzsY

7) Locked out of Heaven by Bastille. Slower, sung at a lower pitch, and in places it sounds like the soundtrack that's played right before some kind of epic battle scene. Bonus points because it has a violin. I'm not sure how I feel about this one, but it sure is different from the original and that's why it's on here.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLuKEyFmMcM

8) Thoughtless by Evanescence. If you don't like whiny, emo Evanescence, check out this head-banging, air guitar rocking Korn cover.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtC744jVWmE

9) What Hurts the Most by Cascada. If the Rascal Flatts version is a song that laments the loss of love, Cascada's version is a song that has come to grips with the pain and is moving on. It's a dance song, so it's upbeat and "modernized 80's" synthesizers.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0YuEPJeGSI

10) If I Ain't Got You by Maroon 5. At the beginning of the song, it doesn't sound like Adam Levine and Maroon 5, but towards the end it sounds exactly like him. It's still a great version.
 http://youtu.be/OXvRjxkXvBI

I hope you like this list, and find a few new artists or at least songs to add to your playlist.