Top 3 crowd-pleasing covers?

[lonegroover]

Interested to hear your favourites from gigs, the ones you know you can rely on the get the crowd going.

Am in a UK band and my top 3 would be:

1. Can't take my eyes of you (punked-up version).
2. American idiot
3. Allright now (cliched I know, but the customer is king right?)

[gdawg27]

From my experience playing in NYC bars, the 3 songs we play that always seems to get an immediate response from the crowd are:

1. Brown-Eyed Girl (I can't stand this song but, every girl seems to love this song)
2. Mustang Sally
3. Like a Rolling Stone

[deesonic]

I live in Alabama, so as you might guess 'Sweet Home Alabama' is an obligotory song in any band's set around here, whether you're a punk, rock, or hip hop outfit. And after that, pretty much anything by Skynyrd people will scream for (and yes, 'Freebird').

Then of course, there's always...

Mustang Sally-which we refuse to do
Brown Eyed Girl
Come On Eileen by Dexy's Midnight Runners
Angel of Death by Slayer
Down in the Park by Gary Numan & Tubeway Army

oh wait, this was supposed to be most crowd-pleasing covers Just jokes on the last three of course.

[Phalex]

Brown eyed girl

Crazy B!tch

Funky Music

[Loose Cannon]

There have been a few similar lists lately and some of the same songs pop up every time, so here are three that people seem to like much more than you would think.

1: Folsom Prison Blues- Johnny Cash

2: Takin' Care of Business- Bad Company

3: Luchenbach, Texas - Waylon Jennings

We play a little bit of everything and these songs always get people dancing. Folsom Prison Blues? Every time, some guy in the back goes "Yeaaaaah!!"

[Bassbarbie]

Well here on the Isle of Wight in the U.K
Sweet Home Alabama always goes down well!

Also, 'One Way or Another' - Blondie

and 'Bohemian Like You' - The Dandy Warhols

[MistaMarko]

sadly but truely, freebird

mustang sally

uhh many others

[GoatGruff]

People ALWAYS go nuts when we play "Too Many Puppies".

I think it suprises people because we are a metal band, and we dont sound anything like Primus. and plus who doesnt love that song?

[Bluesdog]

White Room , . . . . .Cream,

Brown Sugar , . . . . Rolling Stones

Moondance, . . . . . Van Morrison

[justabass]

Brickhouse
Sweet Home Alabama(seeing how im the only white guy in a band that play mostly Earth Wind and Fire,Brothers Johnson,Gap Band etc seems like a silly request but we get it all the time)
Mustang Sally....sigh