Which British cover version actually beats the original song?

Cocker took Sgt. Pepper's cheeriest tune and dragged it through gravel, sweat and Woodstock. Even Macca reportedly tipped his hat.

Gloria Jones' original barely troubled the charts, but Marc Almond's icy Sheffield reboot became the sound of the eighties. Bleep bleep, done.

Sid sneered, snarled and eventually shot the audience. It shouldn't work, but as a two-fingered salute to old showbiz, nothing beats it.

The Zutons wrote a solid indie tune; Amy turned it into a smoky, swaggering standard nobody's escaped at a wedding since.

Stripped to piano and heartbreak, this Donnie Darko-era rework became the definitive Christmas number one for anyone allergic to joy.