History Main / SecondVerseCurse

* In ''VideoGame/{{Bejeweled}}'', the bridge section of the TimeTrial song "Data Jack" by Skaven is DummiedOut and can only be heard with a UsefulNotes/{{MOD}} tracker program (some trackers will ignore the loop point and play the unused patterns after the main song). In the song's [[https://youtu.be/ThmznU1W47w?si=qytj4wRc9otAIrHI?=2m21s original S3M file]], the bridge plays normally in the middle of the song, though Skaven himself considers that version to be CanonDiscontinuity.

* The 12" single version of Music/IreneCara's "Flashdance (What a Feeling)" from ''Film/{{Flashdance}}'' has an extra stanza that was omitted in the album and 7" versions:

* On the ''LetsPlay/DreamSMP'', the L'Manburg National Anthem is usually only known by its first verse, which was sung throughout the Pogtopia arc and written on the walls of the Button Room. The later verses, forming the "Completed Symphony", was completed by Ghostbur at the start of Season 2, and is known to relatively few in the fandom outside of the odd cover version and the Wiki. Even InUniverse, the only ones who knew of the later verses were Ghostbur and Quackity, and even then, [[spoiler:the Minecraft-book containing the original lyrics of the "Completed Symphony" was destroyed in the Doomsday War]], forcing the two to improvise verses.

* Most people sing only the first stanza to "HappyBirthdayToYou". Probably because the second verse is "How old are you now?", which can be seen as offensive or simply blunt, or they just want to get to the cake and presents. The later-added "Are you one? Are you two?" and so on almost never get sung beyond a child's third or fourth birthday, [[ForTheLulz unless the singers like messing with their family.]]

* "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star" has five stanzas, but most people are only familiar with the first.

** Fiori's "If I (Believe In You)" has two eight-line verses, as heard in the [[https://youtu.be/7oog2SyV0YY?si=rr7oBYtEQCK0A7vf Ibiza mix]], but the radio mix and most others only feature the chorus and the latter half of the first verse.

** Fiori's "If I (Believe In You)" has two eight-line verses, but the radio mix only includes the chorus and the latter half of the first verse.

Sheet music publishers who print only the familiar stanzas can be blamed for this. {{Theme Tune}}s also tend to be subject to this. Has [[JustForFun/IThoughtItMeant nothing to do with]] [[LiteralMinded swearing in the second verse of a song.]]

* In ''VideoGame/{{Bejeweled}}'', the bridge section of the TimeTrial song "Data Jack" by Skaven is DummiedOut and can only be heard with a UsefulNotes/{{MOD}} tracker program (some trackers will ignore the loop point and play the unused patterns after the main song). In the song's [[https://youtu.be/ThmznU1W47w?si=qytj4wRc9otAIrHI?=2m21s original S3M file]], the bridge plays normally, though Skaven himself considers that version to be CanonDiscontinuity.

* In ''VideoGame/{{Bejeweled}}'', the bridge section of the TimeTrial song "Data Jack" by Skaven is DummiedOut and can only be heard with a UsefulNotes/{{MOD}} tracker program. In the song's [[https://youtu.be/ThmznU1W47w?si=qytj4wRc9otAIrHI?=2m21s original S3M file]], the bridge plays normally.

* The 12" single version of Irene Cara's "Flashdance (What a Feeling)" from ''Film/{{Flashdance}}'' has an extra stanza that was omitted in the album and 7" versions:

* In ''VideoGame/{{Bejeweled}}'', the bridge section of the TimeTrial song "Data Jack" by Skaven is DummiedOut and can only be heard with a UsefulNotes/{{MOD}} tracker program. In the song's original S3M file, the bridge plays normally.

* "Home For The Holidays"'s original version possesses a bridge that is significantly faster and more uptempo than the rest of the song, and also [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic so catchy]] that it's really a ''shame'' how often it gets left out:

** Many versions also omit the second verse, which begins "With little tin horns and little toy drums..."

* "Home For The Holidays"'s orginal version possesses a bridge that is significantly faster and more uptempo than the rest of the song, and also [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic so catchy]] that it's really a ''shame'' how often it gets left out:

* DJ Encore's original instrumental version of "I See Right Through To You", used for the first season of ''Series/BigBrother (Denmark)'', includes a B-section that was dropped from the vocal mix featuring Engelina, though there is a bootleg remix combining the two versions.

* "Arabian Nights" from ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}'' originally had [[http://animationarchive.net/Feature%20Films/Aladdin/Removed%20Songlyrics/Arabian%20Nights/ three verses]] (four if you count the B-section), in addition to four reprises at various points in the story, but was cut down to a single stanza for the film. Some of the cut verses and reprises later appeared in the sequels, and more recently, all were restored in the [[ScreenToStageAdaptation stage musical]].

* The liner notes for Judy Crystal's English TranslatedCoverVersion of Kohmi Hirose's "[[https://www.paraparawiki.com/wiki/God_of_Romance God of Romance]]" have two additional refrain stanzas that were translated from the Japanese original but left unused on the recording, even its extended mix. In fact, quite a few {{Eurobeat}} songs have second or third verses in their printed lyrics that are either completely omitted, as in "[[https://www.paraparawiki.com/wiki/Welcome_to_the_Moon Welcome To The Moon]]" by Space Girls, which just repeats its first verse, or only used in their hard-to-find extended versions, as in "[[https://www.paraparawiki.com/wiki/Sex_on_the_Beach Sex on the Beach]]" by Cindy and "[[https://www.paraparawiki.com/wiki/I_Wanna_Be_Fat I Wanna Be Fat" by Go-Go Girls]].

* The liner notes for Judy Crystal's English TranslatedCoverVersion of Kohmi Hirose's "[[https://www.paraparawiki.com/wiki/God_of_Romance God of Romance]]" have two additional refrain stanzas that were translated from the Japanese original but left unused on the recording, even its extended mix. In fact, quite a few {{Eurobeat}} songs have second or third verses in their printed lyrics that are either completely omitted, as in "[[https://www.paraparawiki.com/wiki/Welcome_to_the_Moon Welcome To The Moon]]" by Space Girls, or only used in their hard-to-find extended versions, as in "Sex on the Beach" by Cindy and "I Wanna Be Fat" by Go-Go Girls.

* The liner notes for Judy Crystal's English TranslatedCoverVersion of Kohmi Hirose's "[[https://www.paraparawiki.com/wiki/God_of_Romance God of Romance]]" have two additional refrain stanzas that were translated from the Japanese original but left unused on the recording, even its extended mix.

* On ''VideoGame/SonicAndKnuckles'''s [[KeepCirculatingTheTapes hard-to-find]] OST, nearly every track has a bridge section or extension added to flesh out the songs. Lava Reef and Sky Sanctuary stand out by having entire second verses worth of music that have gone unused in any versions of the songs produced since.

* On ''VideoGame/SonicAndKnuckles'''s [[KeepCirculatingTheTapes hard-to-find]] OST, nearly every track has a bridge section or extension to help flesh out the songs that the game versions lack. Lava Reef and Sky Sanctuary stand out by having entire second verses worth of music that have gone unused in any versions of the songs produced since.

* The liner notes for Judy Crystal's English TranslatedCoverVersion of Kohmi Hirose's "[[https://www.paraparawiki.com/wiki/God_of_Romance God of Romance]]" have two additional refrain stanzas that were translated from the Japanese original but left unused in the recording, even its extended mix.