Andrew
May 23, 2009 / 11:32

Interesting ranking....

My own:

5. Steve Earle (Season 5)
4. DoMaJe (Season 4)
3. Neville Brothers (Season 3)
2. Blind Boys of Alabama (Season 1)
1 Tom Waits (Season 2)

Of course they are all very closely ranked.

elvis
May 23, 2009 / 12:01

You like the Wire Mike? Who knew?

Niall
January 2, 2010 / 07:54

Blind Boys of Alabama is best IMO

Anonymous
January 7, 2010 / 08:15

Interesting! My list is exactly the opposite. But I really like the song and think all are well done.

Mike
September 6, 2010 / 08:33

1. BLIND BOYS
2. Steve Earle
3. DoMaJe
4. Nevilles
5. Tom Waits

Waits is by far the worst, hard to listen to, but appropriate as the show (which I love) has some scenes that are hard to watch.

Blind Boys is sweet and by far the best. The other 3 are close.

wow
December 30, 2010 / 14:07

wow. How could ANYONE say that the Waits version is anything but the best. Incredible song by an incredible artist. If you like the Blind Boys better - then you don't understand the intent of the song. Seriously. Go watch a Tom Waits concert, maybe you'll "get it."

Angry Joe
June 20, 2011 / 09:19

DoMaJe was the worst.. especially the middle part by the one young girl, how about you clear your nose before you lay down a song that's going to play for millions every week?

Huthomie
October 13, 2011 / 02:22

It's possible to like and respect Tom Waits as an artist yet dislike his rendition of the song, even if he wrote it. I agree that Waits' is the worst of the bunch ... monotonous, repetitive and colorless vocal performance.