Torn is a cover, and we just have to accept it…

So it’s been a few days now since the internet dropped a collective bombshell on all children of the 90’s…

As much as we don’t want to believe it, unfortunately it’s true.

Natalie Imbruglia’s 1997 iconic hit ‘Torn” is a cover.

I know…just let it sink in for a minute.

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Need proof? Feast your eyes…

Here’s the version we all know and love, the one we sing embarrassingly loudly in the car, the one we’ve belted into our hairbrushes while dancing in the mirror (don’t pretend you haven’t):

And here’s the original, recorded two years earlier in 1995 at the peak of the grunge movement by EDNASWAP, check it out:

It certainly has a more ominous tone… not half bad though!

So if a tune like Torn has been a cover all along, what other covered classics have been hiding out there in plain sight?

We decided we had to know, so we did some digging and found a few surprises!

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Scroll on at your own risk!

Here goes.

Say it ain’t so Smash mouth!

Yep, ”I’m a Believer,” the song you heard 1000-times while re-watching Shrek is a cover!

The original actually comes from the Monkees, from all the way back in 1966!

This one is a shock! No Doubt’s 2003 banger ”It’s My Life” is a cover as well:

The original is just as good though, it comes from English rock band Talk Talk, this song/video couldn’t be any more 80’s if it tried, have a listen:

It’s the anthem of Hens Parties around the world, but did you know you Cyndi Lauper’s 1983 cult hit ”Girls Just Wanna Have Fun” is a cover?

 AND would you believe the original was actually written by a guy?

Start believing! Robert Hazard recorded the original in 1979:

Wow. That happened… Think we’ll stick with Cyndi’s version, no offence Robert.