Ani, Aimee, and Prince

I always love to see artists cover songs from completely different genres. Usually with Western songs, the melody is preserved or slightly modified while the instrumentation is changed significantly.

Compare, for instance, the two versions of "When Doves Cry," the wildly successful single from Prince's film and album, Purple Rain. The first one is Prince's original version. The latter is a version by Ani DiFranco and Aimee Mann; they found a way to take a Prince song and transform it into a quirky folk pop song.

Prince:


Ani DiFranco & Aimee Mann: