Cover versions

later version of a song recorded by an earlier performer

type of band that plays cover songs

WhoSampled is a website and app database of information about sampled music or sample-based music, interpolations, cover songs, and remixes. As of February 2026, the website contains 1,294,557 songs and 402,043 artists in its catalog.

SecondHandSongs (or Second Hand Songs) is a collaborative website that maintains a global database of mainly cover versions of original works. It also contains information about adaptations and samples. The website allows performers and volunteer curators to add songs and update their metadata. It includes links to freely accessible recordings of the covers, and external identifiers for those works and performances in other databases.