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See also, Boys of Summer by the Ataris, and that one's a lot closer as Don Henley's original is nearly as good. Some might argue better, and I wouldn't disagree with them directly, but I prefer the cover.
Most cover songs, you don't know they're covers, they're that much better.
Despite being an 80s kid, my introduction to KISS was Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey, with God Gave Rock n' Roll To Ya. Later found out it was a cover. In fact, Christian group Petra, which probably rivals Fleetwood Mac for number of past members (albeit for different reasons — Petra styles itself a missionary, not a band in the traditional sense, so their revolving door of members is to be expected), covered the song before KISS did. I don't even recall who did it first.
Of course, a lot of popular songs aren't even written by the performer. The Bangles' Manic Monday was written by Prince, but there wasn't a Prince version until later. Prince never released it in his lifetime, it was released after he passed. So that wasn't a cover. Prince literally wrote the song for them and they recorded it. He recorded it too, but didn't release it. Maybe they got to hear it, but it was not made public. Still not thought of as a cover.
Prince did a lot of "ghost writing" for other artists back in the day, like way more than most people realize.
I had that Petra cd lol. I was later on like wait who wrote this kiss or petra
Neither! (Obviously. We both know that now.)
I had Beyond Belief and Unseen Power. I'm not religious, per se — but they made some good music. Back then I fell in with some Christians and they were playing Beyond Belief, and I thought it sounded awesome. I had no idea who the band were, but I bought the disc, and then the one after.
I would later (much later) come to find out that they had built an effective business of copying what was popular in secular rock to drive people to the Christian message. I felt a little cheated, but I still liked the music. I still do like the music. I don't believe as they do and I certainly don't appreciate that it's a commercial enterprise and I essentially paid for an hour of advertising... but I still like the music. And I still think the opening to Beyond Belief — the title track, I mean — is one of the coolest grooves in rock music. The band were always humble about their music — they'd tell you it's not about the craft of the music, but about praising God. But, they were all very talented musicians and they weren't churning out garbage. They made good music. So even if their intentions weren't pure, the music was good. Though, that's highly subjective.
I can only comment on this part. I don't like Don Henley's music so the cover does nothing for me.