简介：Documentarywhichcelebratestheroleofthecoverversioninthepopcanonandinvestigateswhatittakestoreinventsomeoneelse'ssongasasmash. ThroughtencarefullychosencoverversionsthatwhiskusfromtheBritishInvasiontoanoughtiesXFactorfinal,thisfilmjourneysoverfivedecadestotrackhowartistsasvariedastheMoodyBlues,SoftCell,PuffDaddyandAlexandraBurkehavescorednumber1swiththeirretakeonsomeoneelse'ssong.Eachofthetenclassiccoverversionshasitsownparticulartale,tiednotonlyintoitsmusicalandculturalcontextbutalsothepersonaltestimonyoftheartists,producersandsongwriterswhoseliveswerechangedintheprocess. NarratedbyMeeraSyal,itexploresthestoriesbehindsuchiconichitsasHouseoftheRisingSun,Respect,TaintedLove,I'llBeMissingYouandHallelujah,withcontributorsincludingJohnCale,GloriaJones,MarcAlmond,RickRubin,FaithEvansandBritishsinger-songwriterNerinaPallot. Thecoverversionhasalwaysbeenastapleofthepopcharts.Yetit'softenbeenviewedasthepoorrelationofwritingyourownsongs.Thisfilmchallengesandoverturnsthatmisconceptionbycelebratinganexciting,underratedmusicalformthathasthepowertomakeorbreakanartist'scareer.Whetherastribute,reinterpretationorasanactofsubversion,theextraordinaryalchemyinvolvedincoveringarecordcancreateanew,definingversion-insomecases,evenmoreoriginalthantheoriginal.…