It’s the end of the year! That means it’s once again my favorite time: best-of list season. We’re getting started with a perennial favorite: best cover songs of 2023.

Here’s the (unranked) track list:

1. Alexandra Kay: Dammit
2. Blinker the Star: Little Lies
3. Brothertiger: Take a Picture
4. Christy Nockels: In Your Eyes
5. Crooks & Nannies: Islands in the Stream
6. David Gray: Place to Be
7. Dolly Parton: (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction (ft P!nk & Brandi Carlile)
8. Emilie Weiss: Death in Reverse (ft. John Mark McMillan)
9. Florence + the Machine: Just a Girl
10. Flower Face: You Oughta Know
11. Francesca Blanchard: Wicked Game
12. Garbage: Cities in Dust
13. Henry Jamison: Our House
14. Ismay: Linger
15. Jessye DeSilva: The Boys of Summer
16. John Paul White: Big Love
17. Jon Bellion: Meant to Live
18. Joshua Ray Walker: Linger
19. King Hannah: Like a Prayer
20. Lake Street Dive: Can’t Help Falling In Love With You
21. Lana del Rey: Take Me Home, Country Roads
22. lilo: Addicted to Love
23. Lola Marsh & RedBand: Feel it Still
24. Lydia Loveless & Jason Hawk Harris: Portions For Foxes
25. Maple Glider: You’re Still the One
26. Miya Folick: Walking On Broken Glass
27. MS MR: Flagpole Sitta
28. New Friends: High and Dry
29. Phoebe Bridgers: The Gold
30. Razor Braids: Buddy Holly
31. Rosie Thomas: Eternal Flame
32. Rufus Wainwright: Cotton Eyed Joe (ft. Chaka Khan)
33. Rufus Wainwright: Harvest
34. Slothrust: Pony
35. Smoking Popes: Don’t You Want Me (ft. Sincere Engineer)
36. Soccer Mommy: Soak up the Sun
37. Solaya: Criminal
38. Spectre Jones: Bad Moon Rising
39. Storefront Church: Pure Imagination
40. The Regrettes: Dancing on My Own
41. Theo Tams: Cowboy Take Me Away
42. Trans-Canada Highwaymen: Rock Me Gently
43. Trans-Canada Highwaymen: Lovin’ You Ain’t Easy

You can find it on Apple Music and Spotify.

Apple Music
Spotify