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Lana Del Rey hopped on UK rapper Smiler’s track “Big Spender” back in 2010, but fans are just now getting a taste of the cool cover. 

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Smiler sampled Shirley Bassey’s “Big Spender” track and enlisted the talents of Lana Del Rey to do the record justice, which she did. 

Lana Del Rey’s cover of “Big Spender” will appear on Smiler’s forthcoming mixtape All I Need, which is due out February 27th. 

In other cool ass cover news, videos of country singer LeAnn Rimes and rocker Chris Cornel of Soundgarden’s tributes to Whitney Houston’s “I Will Always Love You” have surfaced. 

When the news first broke that Whitney Houston has passed away, LeAnn Rimes was performing in Reno, Nevada. Citing that Whitney was one of three women who’ve inspired her music career, she immediately decided to switch up her show to tribute the fallen singer. 

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An emotional LeAnn belted out the love ballad as best as she could until she broke down crying in the middle of the song. After receiving encouragement from a cheering crowd, LeAnn finished “I Will Always Love You” with a bang.

Chris Cornel decided to tribute the R&B diva during a fundraiser for President Obama. Telling the audience that he just learned the words, Chris gave an awesome rock interpretation of the classic love song.

Take a listen to all the cool ass covers in the videos above and below! 

LeAnn Rimes covers Whitney Houston’s “I Will Always Love You”

Soundgarden’s Chris Cornel covers Whitney Houston’s “I Will Always Love You”