Submission Rule:

We are looking for new(ish) performances of old(er) music. All songs submitted must have been either first recorded/released or first performed at least 20 years ago -- give or take a couple of years, we won't be hard-asses about it. Also, the performance/recording you're submitting must have been recorded/released/performed no more than 20 years ago.

We call this the 20/20 rule. Learn it, love it, live it.

Example

So, for example, imagine it's 2014. Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers' cover of Fats Domino's "I'm Walkin'" was recorded in 2007, and the song was originally recorded in 1957. This would be acceptable to submit to /r/classiccovers.

However, John Lennon's cover of Fats Domino's "Ain't that a Shame," which was recorded in 1975, would not be allowed, even though the song was written in 1955, because the recording by Lennon is more than 20 years old.

Submission Guidelines:

A few (not-strictly-mandatory) guidelines the mod(s) would like everyone to follow to keep this organized:

• Submissions should be in the following format: [Cover Artist Name] covering [Original Artist/Songwriter]'s "Song Title" (Year Cover was Recorded/Performed)

So, for example, if someone were submitting Rage Against the Machine's live cover of N.W.A.'s "F*** tha Police," performed in 2008, it would look like this:

Rage Against the Machine covering N.W.A.'s "F*** the Police" (2008)

Other related subreddits:

/r/coversongs

/r/ICoveredASong

/r/CoverThis

/r/CoverBattles

/r/IndieCovers

/r/MetalCovers

/r/Acoustic

/r/PianoCovers

/r/addictingtunes

/r/TheBeatlesCovers