Rank Carrie's Post-Idol Covers

[supercarriefan]

Time for another ranking game! This one is all about the awesome covers Carrie has done since winning Idol. For the purposes of this ranking, I didn't include Christmas songs because we can do a separate game for those later.
Basically, it is a ranking of Carrie's covers of other artists' songs from her concert tours, Idol finale and Idol Gives Back performances, special events, and albums. If Carrie has done a song both as a duet and as a solo performance, I included both versions on the list. I also included the three different duets she has done of Go Your Own Way. The two performances of How Great Thou Art are also both on the list.

Videos for each of the performances are fairly easy to find on Youtube.
If you feel that I am missing a cover, please let me know.
Update to the voting system: People don't seem to want to rank all the songs, so just send me your top 10. I'll figure out a points system for the results.

Here are your choices:

I'll Stand By You (Idol)
Praying For Time (Idol)
Home Sweet Home (Idol)
She's Leaving Home (Idol – Season 6 finale)
Through The Rain (Idol – Season 5 finale)
Girl Group Medley (w/ Kristin Chenoweth and Christina Applegate – Holiday Special)
Louisiana Woman, Mississippi Man (w/ Brad – Holiday Special)
I Will Always Love You (w/ Dolly – Holiday Special)
Alone (iHeart)
Alone (w/Heart-Decades Live)
Sound Of Music (Movies Rock)
How Great Thou Art (ACM Girls’ Night Out)
Bless The Broken Road (Studio Sessions)
Instant Karma (Points of Light Tribute)
Neon Moon (ACM Brooks & Dunn)
Paradise City (w/ Jason Aldean @ CMA FanFest ’11)
For Once In My Life (Group Performance on Oprah)
Suddenly Seymour (w/Patrick Wilson on Broadway)
Islands In The Stream (w/Kenny Rogers @ Kennedy Center)
Go Your Own Way (w/Lindsey Buckingham @ Fashion Rocks)
Go Your Own Way (w/David Cook – Idol experience)
Does He Love You (w/Jamie O'Neal)
Desperado (Grammys)
San Antonio Rose (Grammys)
Traveling Band (Group Performance at ACMs)
Earth Song (Group Performance at Grammys)
Make The World Go Away (w/Brad Paisley @ '08 ACMs)
Life In The Fast Lane (w/Rascal Flatts @ '07 Grammys)
Stand By Your Man (@ Opry)
How Great Thou Art (@ Opry)
Baby Got Her Blue Jeans On (Opry)
Remember When (Opry)
Patience (Live)
Sweet Child Of Mine (live)
November Rain (live)
Paradise City (solo-live)
I Remember You (live)
Jolene (live)
9 to 5 (live)
Livin on the edge (live)
Summer of 69 (live)
Take me home, country roads (live)
Never Tear Us Apart (live)
Fix You (live)
Go Your Own Way (w/LBT - live)
Umbrella (w/ Keith Urban -live)
Stop Draggin' My Heart Around (w/Keith Urban - live)
Whiskey Lullaby (w/Brad Paisley- live)
Drift Away (w/Kenny & Uncle Cracker - live)
Chasin that neon rainbow (w/ Craig Morgan - live)
Don't rock the jukebox (w/ Craig Morgan -live)
Voices Carry (Live)
Sweet Emotion/Love In An Elevator (w/ Steven Tyler – Crossroads)
Born To Be Wild (w/ Steven Tyler - Crossroads)
Crying (w/ Steven Tyler - Crossroads)
Walk This Way (w/ Steven Tyler at Crossroads)
It Had To Be You (w/ Tony Bennett)
You’re Looking At Country
Is It Still Over? (w/ Randy Travis)
I Told You So (w/Randy Travis)
I Told You So (Album version)
Look At Me

[supercarriefan]

Is anyone interested in doing this?

[Carrie&Taylor]

Sin Wagon was my favorite cover. Wish she would record it.

[supercarriefan]

Sin Wagon was my favorite cover. Wish she would record it.

She hasn't done it post-idol though lol. Are you interested in ranking the covers she has done post-idol?

[liz278]

I loved Alone at the iHeart Concert thing. She sounded so mature and awesome!
The other one that I keep listening to is Remember When - Opry.
And I love the HGTA at the GNO (I also love her just singing it at the Opry)

Those are my top 3 for now

[maddkat]

she covered Voices Carry

can we just do our top 10?

I'll Stand By You (Idol)
Alone (iHeart)
How Great Thou Art (ACM Girls’ Night Out)
Bless The Broken Road (Studio Sessions)
Remember When (Opry)
Make The World Go Away (w/Brad Paisley @ '08 ACMs)
Neon Moon (ACM Brooks & Dunn)
Paradise City (solo-live)
Fix You (live)
Whiskey Lullaby (w/Brad Paisley- live)

[Mirasa45A]

To me, for country song, "Neon Moon" is the BEST. It suits her voice perfectly ! For Rock / Pop: "Alone". For Gospel: "How Great Thou Art".

[supercarriefan]

Alright, since people aren't interested in ranking everything, make a list of your top 10. Post it or pm it to me. In order for me to count your vote though, you must list a top 10. It won't work if some people give me a top 10 list while others only give me top 3 lol.

If some people actually want to post their ranking of all 62, go ahead. I put a lot of work into getting the list together, so it would be awesome if some people ranked all of them.

[Pi314CA]

Alright, since people aren't interested in ranking everything, make a list of your top 10. Post it or pm it to me. In order for me to count your vote though, you must list a top 10. It won't work if some people give me a top 10 list while others only give me top 3 lol.

If some people actually want to post their ranking of all 62, go ahead. I put a lot of work into getting the list together, so it would be awesome if some people ranked all of them.

Yes, it's a superb compilation! I haven't heard 1/3 of these songs. I'll do a top 10. Thanks.

[Burst]

I have no idea how to start ranking these... no way could I even pick a #1.. I'll try though.

[Carrieflattsfan]

I'm going to rewatching all the covers, but I'll rank them
all. Just bear in mind it may take some time. lol.

[allamericangirl8]

Dear Lord, this is a huge list. This isn't based on overall performance, right? Just on the vocals? I'll go listen to them and send you my rankings.

[supercarriefan]

Dear Lord, this is a huge list. This isn't based on overall performance, right? Just on the vocals? I'll go listen to them and send you my rankings.

It's really more of a personal preference kind of thing lol. The performances that may be great for you might not be as great for someone else. Just rank them according to your tastes, and send it in .
Your list for the AI performance rankings was really quite different from the other lists I got, so I'm excited to see how you'll rank the covers.

[allamericangirl8]

I didn't wanna wussy out, and since I was staying up all night anyway, I just watched these videos all night! It really does take forever, so I understand you people only doing a top 10 list. Plus, if you don't have Vinman's cap of CMT Crossroads, you're kind of screwed.

She's Leaving Home isn't available on YouTube. You can listen to it here, though. She's Leaving Home (American Idol 6).mp3 - 4shared.com - online file sharing and storage - download - Julya Damian

I included the other Walk This Way, too, if you don't mind. I wish Carrie sang more than just one line on Super Bass so that it would count. x)

1. How Great Thou Art (Opry)
2. Sweet Child O' Mine (I HATE the one with the acoustic intro, though. I love the 2010 one -- more than the original.)
3. Look At Me
4. Praying For Time
5. You're Looking At Country
6. Desperado
7. Neon Moon
8. Bless the Broken Road
9. Louisiana Woman, Mississippi Man
10. Paradise City (with Jason Aldean -- would've scored higher if she included the outro and Jason didn't exist)
11. Home Sweet Home
12. How Great Thou Art (GNO -- even Jennifer Nettles is impressed: "What a voice.")
13. November Rain (even with the wrong lyrics lol. I wish she'd do the full one live, complete with a piano.)
14. Whiskey Lullaby
15. Travelin' Band (she oughta do more songs like this)
16. San Antonio Rose
17. She's Leaving Home
18. Walk This Way (ACMs)
19. I Told You So
20. Make the World Go Away
21. It Had to Be You
22. Baby Got Her Blue Jeans On
23. Stand By Your Man (though I hate the lyrics/message, it's a fantastic performance)
24. Sound of Music
25. Remember When
26. Jolene
27. Paradise City (solo)
28. Livin' on the Edge
29. Fix You
30. Alone (iHeart)
31. Summer of '69
32. I'll Stand By You
33. Patience (My least favorite of the GN'R covers. I just love how low the singing is on the original, and I love the whistling, so that's why.)
34. Life in the Fast Lane
35. I Told You So (with Randy Travis)
36. Does He Love You
37. Voices Carry
38. Walk This Way (CMT Crossroads)
39. Take Me Home, Country Roads
40. Cryin'
41. I Remember You
42. Sweet Emotion/Love in an Elevator
43. Is It Still Over?
44. Earth Song
45. Born to Be Wild
46. Never Tear Us Apart
47. Instant Karma
48. Chasin' That Neon Rainbow
49. I Will Always Love You
50. Go Your Own Way (with Little Big Town)
51. 9 to 5
52. For Once in My Life (would've been higher if she'd done it solo)
53. Go Your Own Way (with David Cook)
54. Alone (with Heart)
55. Drift Away
56. Stop Draggin' My Heart Around
57. Islands in the Stream
58. Umbrella
59. Don't Rock the Jukebox
60. Girl Group Medley
61. Suddenly Seymour
62. Through the Rain
63. Go Your Own Way (with Lindsey Buckingham -- who ends up upstaging her)

[supercarriefan]

She's Leaving Home is available on Youtube: She's Leaving Home - YouTube

I assumed that where Crossroads was so recent that people would remember well enough to rank them lol.
Thanks for ranking the full list, Nicole.

[Carrieflattsfan]

My list is based off personal favorites. I find it harder (and less enjoyable) to rank them on her personal best. This is a partial list for now:

1. How Great Thou Art
2. I'll Stand By You
3. Home Sweet Home
4. Paradise City (solo)
5. Despardo
6. Neon Moon
7. November Rain
8. Whiskey Lullabye
9. Make The World Go Away
10. Bless The Broken Road
11. Baby's Got Her Bluejeans On
12. Voices Carry
13. San Antonio Rose
14. Voices Carry
15. Patience
17. Instant Karma
18. Never Tear Us Apart
19. Go Your Own Way (with David Cook)
20. Alone (I prefer the cover from her FC party
21. Summer of '69
22. Louisiana Woman, Missippi Man
23. It Had To Be You
24. Life In The Fastlane
25. Travelin Band
26. Earth Song
27. Don't Rock The Jukebox

[vs758]

My Top Ten , For now:

1. NEON MOON (IMO HER BEST VOCAL EVER, JUST ABSOLUTELY PERFECT)
2 I'LL STAND BY YOU (IN A WORD, BEAUTIFUL)
3. HOME SWEET HOME
4. I TOLD YOU SO (ONE OF CARRIE'S NEAR PERFECT VOCALS)
5. PRAYING FOR TIME
6. LOOK AT ME
7. DOES HE LOVE YOU (TERRIFIC DEBUT IN FRONT OF HER PEERS)
8. SWEET CHILD OF MINE ( SHE STUNNED ALL OF US WHEN SHE INCLUDED IT ON HER FIRST SET LIST)
9. STAND BY YOUR MAN
10. HOW GREAT THOU ART

[allamericangirl8]

She's Leaving Home is available on Youtube: She's Leaving Home - YouTube

I assumed that where Crossroads was so recent that people would remember well enough to rank them lol.
Thanks for ranking the full list, Nicole.

Ah. I looked for the first ten pages and didn't see it. Thanks.

I don't even know why the CMT Crossroads videos aren't working. I would think watching all of the videos, including the CMT ones, at one time would make the list more accurate, though, since you won't just be going by memory.

[supercarriefan]

Ah. I looked for the first ten pages and didn't see it. Thanks.

I don't even know why the CMT Crossroads videos aren't working. I would think watching all of the videos, including the CMT ones, at one time would make the list more accurate, though, since you won't just be going by memory.

I love how seriously you take these ranking games, worrying about accuracy lol. It is what is. Some people, like yourself, are deeply concerned about making your rankings as accurate as possible, while others are just going to pick their personal favorites.

I don't know why you couldn't find the video for She' Leaving Home. All I had to do to find it was search "carrie underwood she's leaving home". It was the first video that popped up. Weird.

[magenta]

Although, I love all Carrie's songs I will just pick my favorite five.

How Great Thou Art (ACM Girls’ Night Out)
Home Sweet Home (Idol)
Voices Carry (Live)
Remember When (Opry)
Chasin that neon rainbow (w/ Craig Morgan - live)