The Rebel Black Dot Song o' the End o' the World

Great Big Sea, "The End of the World as We Know It (and I Feel Fine)" from Play (The Last Angry Man)

Commentary: Finally, a cover of a song about the end of the world without a romantic subplot!

"A tournament, a tournament, a tournament of lies!
You offer me solutions and offer me alternatives, and I decline…"

There is a playfulness in Great Big Sea's cover that is lacking in R.E.M.'s original. Fitting, I suppose, given that the album is titled Play.