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Number seven on the Halloween list (not a ranking). The previous is here: https://www.scivillage.com/thread-2918-p...l#pid46647

A song that's inclusive of that now defunct, treacherous hippie trail to Bombay (and other destinations).

Sympathy for the Devil

The 1968 original: https://youtu.be/Jwtyn-L-2gQ

Here's the Natalie Merchant cover of it (live, 1995): https://youtu.be/gMC1aiwjDeA

Ann Wilson (of Heart): cover of "Sympathy for the Devil" - The Rolling Stones

David Bowie and Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7APmRkatEU

Number eight on the Halloween list (not a ranking). The previous is here, check out everybody else's offerings in between and amidst. 

Ava Adore

Light pop cover by Paprika Kinski: https://youtu.be/sl4KTYWodsA
Tina Root's gothic-industrial cover: https://youtu.be/LnDaMupQXP8
Acoustic guitar vocal cover (Iggy Mont): https://youtu.be/ic1ORUVuNm8

The Smashing Pumpkins: "Ava Adore" (1998)

Number nine on the Halloween list (not a ranking). The previous is just above this post.

Twilight Zone (Golden Earring, not the TV show theme)

The R rated, original 1982 European video is here (topless scene warning): https://youtu.be/F9AzBiJaFxo
The original song set to footage from "The Americans": https://youtu.be/4Ak_kJ-WsTg
An acoustic (band) version by Golden Earring themselves (1992, live): https://youtu.be/m2MFNbNzNsE
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Traditional guy vocalist cover with Mike Massé (guitar) & Sterling Cottam (bass):
https://youtu.be/iIIKhC6fbls

Minimalist, lounge music like cover by Tess Gaerthe (excellent vocals) & Thomas Zwijsen (guitar):
https://youtu.be/c7nTgbTv5Bg
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In terms of something different, the following three bands (the last one embedded) deliver energetic covers featuring female singers. All the latter are "husky" or mature voiced enough that they maintain the masculine mood of the original (i.e., these are not "sweet" renditions).

Some Canadian Band. Good performance, but the recorded audio quality is slightly inferior to the one below.
https://youtu.be/m1Mq7m8-h7Y

The Pheromones. Good performance & sound; but taking place at a nightclub, dance floor, or gathering slash reunion setting.
https://youtu.be/-xYec634C2w

The Retro Rockets: cover of "Twilight Zone" - Golden Earring ... https://youtu.be/jhqDf37kscE

Number 10 on the Halloween list (not a ranking). The previous is above or the post before.

Throbbing Gristle (live) - "Dead Souls" ... https://youtu.be/kL3RGKy364g

Number eleven on the Halloween list. The previous is above or the post before.

Tom Waits: "What's He Building?" (1999) ... https://youtu.be/04qPdGNA_KM

Number twelve on the Halloween list. The previous is above or the post before.

Frankie Teardrop (1977)
by Suicide: “The band that will always sound like the future.” – Dangerous Minds

The development in morbid, pathological intensity is quite slow, so the listener will have to hang in there. 

Suicide: "Frankie Teardrop" ... https://youtu.be/Ugyp4CZF8rU

London Grammar---"Strong"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6drfp_3823I

Number thirteen on the Halloween list (not a ranking). Previous is here: https://www.scivillage.com/thread-2918-p...l#pid46727

It becomes quite meaningless if you don't first listen to the gradually evolving monotony of the opening necrophonic thuds and trans-Earthly din. So don't jump to the xeno-demonic vocals at around the 3:18 mark, or you will lose that primary edification.

Wolf Eyes - "Black Vomit" ... https://youtu.be/QprzMD6Xevk

Number fourteen on the Halloween list (not a ranking). Previous is here: https://www.scivillage.com/thread-2918-p...l#pid46782

Why? Because hillbilly music and its precursor of "Old Timey Music" were the pioneers of psycho ballads. KN dates back to long before this 1956 recording,

The Louvin Brothers: "Knoxville Girl" ... https://youtu.be/KhMiKeSffns