13. Santigold "Proud Mary"

Original artist: Creedence Clearwater Revival
Think about everything you've come to expect from "Proud Mary" (minus Lisa Simpson's beauty pageant song and dance), and erase it from your mind. Enter: Santigold's version, a hardly recognizable electronic effort, which is different, unabashed, and "Santi" through and through. Frankly, anything else would be disappointing.