Of course, if I had to pick, I'd be true to Ella and Billie, but Janis' version is pretty swell. It, along with her Bobby McGee and Piece of My Heart brings back North Georgia Waffle House in the Middle of the Night Memories from 9th grade like whoa.
Here's Bobby so you can close your eyes and smell the memories too:
Oh, how I love me some Janis.
Used to sing "Bobby McGee" every day after P.E. in junior high. We used our roll on deoderant applicators as microphones. We thought we were so HOT.
And so angsty.