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A popular song (or even [[CoveredUp a nearly unknown one]]) has a cover version released. Rather than stick to the tone of the original, the band covering it decides to take it a different way. If the original was a happy song, it may be redone sarcastically or sadly. If the song was about the breakup of a relationship, it could be changed to being about the character's SanitySlippage. Either way, the meaning or the tone of the song is completely different in the cover version.

See also SofterAndSlowerCover. Can overlap with TheCoverChangesTheGender and RepurposedPopSong. Can also overlap with InTheStyleOf if the cover changes the tone or the style of the ''music'' as well.

Compare DualMeaningChorus, where the original song is written to offer up several different interpretations of its chorus. Not to be confused with ParodyDisplacement, in which a ''parody'' of a song becomes more popular than the original. If the new version becomes more popular, it may result in the original being CoveredUp. WhatSongWasThisAgain is when a translation of a song in a different language changes the meaning. When done with a song meant for small children, it's an IronicNurseryTune. Don't confuse with CoversAlwaysLie (as in the physical cover).

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!!Examples:

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* TheCoverChangesTheMeaning/SongsAToF
* TheCoverChangesTheMeaning/SongsGToM
* TheCoverChangesTheMeaning/SongsNToZ
* TheCoverChangesTheMeaning/SerialReinterpreters
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