Are there any cover version of songs that you consider so superior to the original, that you associate the song with that artist instead of the original. Some obvious answers would be Aretha stealing Respect from Otis Redding, after Otis himself had done the same with Try A Little Tenderness [[which was a tin pan alley song). David Ruffin took ownership of Who's Lovin' You from Smokey before little Michael came along and stole it from him.

Here's my list

Message from Maria-David Ruffin [[originally by Joe Simon)
Bye Bye Love- Ray Charles [[Original by The Everly Brothers)
Ain't That Lovin' You [[For More Reasons Than One) -tie between Luther Ingram and 100 Proof aged in Soul [[original by Johnnie Taylor)
I Just Don't Know What to Do with Myself-Isaac Hayes[[original by Tommy hunt)
The Masquerade is Over-David Porter [[original by ???)
A House is Not a Home- Luther Vandross [[original by Dionne Warwick)
Wildflower- New Birth [[original by Skylark)
Until it's Time For you to Go-New Birth [[Original by Buffy St. Marie)