BigJim

If we're gonna do recent stuff:

Alien Ant Farm: Smooth Criminal (couldn't even succeed with an original, but had to do a Michael Jackson cover)

Jimmie's Chicken Shack: Hell, I can't even remember which song inspired me to buy that CD. I don't have the CD anymore, just the jewel case.


Oh, how about Living Color: Cult of Personality.

Randi

I have to second Steeler's Wheel

"Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right, here I am, stuck in the middle with you"

Manfred Mann's Earth Band, "Blinded by the Light"

Chris DeBurgh's "Don't Pay the Ferryman", though technically he had a hit also with "Lady in Red"

How about the "Shaving Cream" song from the seventies? I have no idea who did it, but I still get that damn song in my head every so often.."and he stepped in a big pile of....Shaving cream, be nice and clean, shave everyday and you'll always look keen"

"The Night Chicago Died" by Paperlace