Cover versions, eh? Always a talking point.

In one corner, a band whose back catalogue has touched millions, allowing them to translate their own pain, their personal troubles into something unifying.

In the other corner... The Darkness.

Yet somehow, this cover of 'Street Spirit' works. Long a fixture of the metal group's live set, it has a comedic value that touched us on a Thursday afternoon.

Stream it below and see what we mean.