->''We got asked to play on MTV Unplugged\\
You should've seen it...\\
We went right out there and refused to play acoustical versions of the electrical songs\\
That we refused to record in the first place''
-->-- '''Todd Snider''', ''Talking Seattle Grunge Rock Blues''

One of the most common and traditional ways for budding musicians to get a foot in the door with record companies is to make acoustic demo recordings of their songs. Some bands, such as {{Music/ACDC}}, will write their songs using acoustic instruments even if their recordings and concerts will be electric. [[WellThisIsNotThatTrope This trope applies to neither of those.]]

The UnpluggedVersion is when a musician releases a new version of one of their songs played primarily with acoustic instruments. Acoustic guitars are used most often, but any instrument capable of being played without amplification is fair game. It is not uncommon for an artist to release an entire album of Unplugged Versions, either as a collection of older songs or a complete rerecording of a previous album with acoustic instrumentation.

When an ensemble does this, the Unplugged Version may include the entire band on acoustic instruments, or it may be ADayInTheLimelight for someone in the band (often literally in a spotlight with an acoustic guitar).

Sometimes inverted, where an artist will release the Unplugged Version of a song ''first,'' and rerecord it later with everyone plugged in. This is most common with folk-rock acts that "go electric."

Only counts as Unplugged Version if the musician or song isn't already an acoustic act... unless they manage to make it ''more'' acoustic. For harder acts, this can be a SurprisinglyGentleSong, but soft-rockers are just as likely to ditch their electric guitars from time to time. If an artist does an acoustic version of somebody else's song, that's a SofterAndSlowerCover, not this trope.

At least partially [[TropeNamer named for]] ''MTV Unplugged'', a TV series in which well-known artists are invited to play an all-acoustic set. Artists on ''Unplugged'' will include a Unplugged Version of at least one of their songs (as shown in examples below), but typically also play acoustic {{Cover Version}}s of other songs they like.
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[[folder: Examples from ''MTV Unplugged'']]
* Music/EricClapton did acoustic versions of both "Layla" and "Tears in Heaven" for his ''Unplugged'' set. This version of "Layla" is nearly as well known as the original and in a bit of AdaptationDisplacement, he exclusively plays the acoustic version in concert now, due to the [[EpicRocking sheer difficulty]] of coordinating the electric version live.
* Music/DashboardConfessional's performance on ''MTV Unplugged'' (and indeed, their entire career) is an amusing inversion. Dashboard was originally Chris Carrabba's solo acoustic outing and many of the songs on their ''Unplugged'' album, while still acoustic, appeared for the first time played by a full band. Dashboard would later on release several electrified versions of previously acoustic songs.
* Music/PaulMcCartney's ''Unplugged (The Official Bootleg)'' album is among the first unplugged albums ever released and was the very first MTV Unplugged performance/album.
* Music/{{Nirvana}}'s performance on MTV Unplugged, ''Music/MTVUnpluggedInNewYork'', contains several of these. Pretty much any pop culture TV show featuring Nirvana will feature the clip of Cobain singing "All in all is all we are" from the UnpluggedVersion of "All Apologies." While the instrumentation IS gentler, because Cobain was so insecure about playing unplugged, he was playing an electro-acoustic guitar plugged into an amp hidden in the stage. You can even hear mild distortion effects on a few of the songs (such as the CoverVersion of Music/DavidBowie's "Music/TheManWhoSoldTheWorld").
* Subverted on Music/BruceSpringsteen's ''MTV Unplugged'' appearance. He first played an UnpluggedVersion of the unreleased song "Red Headed Woman." Then, he turned to his band, shrugged, and they all plugged in and played an electric set. The album MTV released for the show had the "Un" of "Unplugged" scratched out.
* Music/TheCorrs did a show for MTV Unplugged and released it as an album and DVD. Despite not being a huge stretch due to having a central set of instruments of a tin whistle, one guitar, a violin and drums, it let them perform more vocal harmonies and put a larger focus on the violin.
* Music/BryanAdams did an MTV Unplugged show in 1997, which was released as an album and DVD; he debuted three songs in this performance, with another being released on CD for the first time in it. His performance mainly emphasised the acoustic guitar, with heavy drum support.
* Music/{{Kiss}} famously did an edition of "Unplugged" that included both '90s members Eric Singer and Bruce Kulick and original members Ace Frehley and Peter Criss, reuniting the original foursome for the first time since 1980. It actually quite jarring to hear the self-proclaimed "Hottest Band in the World" doing a stripped-down unplugged set, but oddly enough, it's a surprisingly cool listen...except for the notorious country version of "God of Thunder."
* Music/{{The Eagles}} did their 1995 album "Hell Freezes Over" with several fully-produced new songs alongside a semi-unplugged set of their classic hits, including their famous unplugged version of "Hotel California" that became a hit single in 1995. (Though other songs off the set were fully plugged-in, including an epic version of "Life in the Fast Lane".)
* Music/LaurynHill's only other album after ''Music/TheMiseducationOfLaurynHill'' is an MTV Unplugged album of mostly brand new songs.
* Music/JayZ also appeared on ''Unplugged'' which required what may have amounted to an orchestra to recreate his beats using acoustic instruments.
* Music/EltonJohn and Melissa Etheridge took the format to their logical conclusions by performing their concerts entirely solo on piano and acoustic guitar, respectively.
* The ''MTV Unplugged'' special featuring Tony Bennett (with a piano trio accompanying him, and special appearances by Music/ElvisCostello and k.d. lang) arguably [[CareerResurrection revitalized his career]], helping bring his music (and The Great American Songbook Bennett specialized in singing) to a rock audience. Not long after, he would perform similar concerts at Lollapalooza festivals.
* Music/{{Shakira}} did an MTV unplugged special for the latin version of the network. Be wary that this was before her American crossover, when she still had red/black hair and was mostly know as a pop-rock artist.
* Music/NeilYoung had a performance and album in 1993 - the first half of the set was performed by Neil alone, while on the second half he was joined by a band. A lot of the featured songs were acoustic to begin with, but there were some notable rearrangements: "Like A Hurricane", originally one of his heavier songs and an example of EpicRocking, was cut down to five minutes and played on pump organ, while one of the most surprising inclusions was "Transformer Man", originally from the synthesizer and vocoder-heavy NewSoundAlbum ''Trans''. It's also notable for once being the only official release of "Stringman", a song written for the previously-unreleased album ''Chrome Dreams''.
* Music/{{Roxette}} were the first artists to perform as non-native English speakers in their 1993 appearance. They covered "[[Music/NeilYoung Heart Of Gold]]", setting a career milestone by singing something that made sense in the process.
* Music/FlorenceAndTheMachine put together a latter-day appearance with a gospel choir reproducing Welch's [[SelfBackingVocalist studio-crafted harmonies]]. Though [[Music/QueensOfTheStoneAge Josh Homme]] made a guest appearance, Florence's solo cover of "Try A Little Tenderness" is the signature moment of the show.
* Music/StevieRayVaughan performed "Rude Mood" "Pride & Joy" and "Testify" in his 1990 appearance.
* Music/JoeSatriani appeared on the same episode as SRV, he is more known for electric guitar playing that is sometimes effects laden.
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[[folder:UnpluggedVersion albums]]
* Music/AgainstMe inverted this by releasing an acoustic EP in 2001, several songs from which would eventually be rerecorded with an electric band for their proper debut LP, ''Reinventing Axl Rose''.
* Music/GarthBrooks' ''Double Live'' version of "Unanswered Prayers" is just him, his guitar, and [[AudienceParticipationSong 50,000 of his closest friends]].
* The Music/FooFighters fifth album ''In Your Honor'' was a two-disc set, one being electric and the other being unplugged. The tour for that originated a live unplugged album, ''Skin and Bones''. They also have several slower songs on their sixth album ''Echoes, Silence, Patience, and Grace''.
* Music/{{The Cure|Band}}'s ''Acoustic Hits'' was released as a bonus disc on some versions of their ''GreatestHits'' album; it contained newly recorded acoustic versions of all eighteen songs on the North American version of ''Greatest Hits''.
* Music/DelaneyAndBonnie recorded ''Music/MotelShot'' in 1971, a likely candidate for TropeMakers.
* Music/{{Hella}} released ''Acoustics'' in 2006, an EP consisting of six acoustic versions of previous songs.
* In Music/JarsOfClay's DistinctDoubleAlbum ''Furthermore: From the Studio, From the Stage'', the "From the Studio" disc consisted of unplugged versions of prior tracks.
* Music/JoyElectric's album ''Unelectric'' covers his prior Synth Pop songs on acoustic guitar (though they still have some synths, so it's not completely unplugged).
* Music/AlanisMorissette released ''Music/JaggedLittlePill Acoustic'', which is the UnpluggedVersion of her entire debut album.
* Music/{{Tesla}}: ''Five Man Acoustical Jam''.
* Tomas Kalnoky of Music/StreetlightManifesto has released two - ''Streetlight Lullabies'', which is an acoustic sampling of the band's first three studio albums, and ''The Hand that Thieves'', an acoustic version of their album ''The Hands that Thieve''.
* Music/LosCampesinos' 2010 EP ''All's Well That Ends'' consists of acoustic (and slightly re-arranged) versions of a handful of songs from their ''Romance is Boring'' album.
* Music/ClintBlack's ''D'lectrified'' was done entirely with acoustic instruments.
* Music/TheVeronicas have at least two Unplugged EP's in circulation
* Music/{{Erasure}} have ''Union Street'', a compilation of unplugged versions of songs from their back catalog; and ''World Beyond'', an acoustic orchestral arrangement of ''World Be Gone''.
* Music/WovenHand: ''Black of the Ink'', an EP with acoustic versions of six songs from prior albums.
* ''Switched-Off Bach'' by Joe [=DeGeorge=], a normal acoustic recording of Music/JohannSebastianBach's Brandenburg Concertos, is a sort of parody of the more famous (and controversial) ''Music/SwitchedOnBach'' by Music/WendyCarlos, a recording of the Brandenburg Concertos played on a Moog synthesizer.
* J Mascis' ''Martin + Me'', consisting of live solo acoustic performances of his Music/DinosaurJr material and a few {{Cover Version}}s. "Martin" is [[ICallItVera his acoustic guitar]].
* Music/ThePixies have an entire DVD of unplugged performances from the Newport Folk Festival.
* Music/IceNineKills have "Undead and Unplugged: Live from the Stanley Hotel", a live recording of 5 songs [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin played at the Stanley Hotel]].
* Music/JethroTull released an acoustic live album in 1992 called ''A Little Light Music''. Tull claimed (not without good reason) to have [[OlderThanTheyThink pre-dated the trend by many years]] by having an acoustic/acoustical section in their concerts years before the MTV show.
* Music/DanielAmos' ''When Everyone Wore Hats'' (released 2002) is an acoustic re-recording of their 1995 album ''Songs of the Heart'' (though it omits the cover song "I Can't Take My Eyes Off of You").
* Music/{{Sublime}}'s ''Sublime Acoustic'' is a hodge-podge of acoustic tracks, some recorded in the studio and others performed live.
** Music/SlightlyStoopid's ''Acoustic Roots: Live & Direct'' is arguably a spiritual successor, though it was entirely recorded during one radio session.
* Music/BonJovi's album ''This Left Feels Right'' reworks many of the band's greatest hits with a focus on Jon playing acoustic guitar. The associated ConcertFilm from the support tour also features an unplugged version of "Last Man Standing" from their next album ''Have A Nice Day'', which Jon claims he left off the acoustic album because it was too personal.
* Music/{{Lights}} has the ''Acoustic'' EP, ''Siberia Acoustic'', ''Midnight Machines'', and ''Skin & Earth Acoustic''.
* Diary of Dreams' ''Anatomy of Silence''.
* Music/{{Noah|Indonesia}} held an acoustic virtual concert mostly consisting of songs from the ''Keterkaitan Keterikatan'' album in December 2020 and released the concert recordings as a two-part album in the next year.
* Music/VNVNation's ''Resonance: Music For Orchestra Vol. 1''.
* In 2021, Music/JoanJett released "Change-Up," an album featuring 25 acoustic versions of songs she's recorded over the years.
* Robert Plant and Jimmy Page of Music/LedZeppelin released ''No Quarter: Page and Plant Unledded'' featuring several Zeppelin songs played acoustically with a variety of acoustic instruments and musicians backing them up. Most of those songs originally featured electric instruments.
* Resurrection Band recorded ''Ampendectomy'' which featured acoustic version of several songs. The album was inspired by a concert in an old venue where their normal volume levels could have caused damage and endangered concert-goers.
* {{Music/Melvins}}' ''Five Legged Dog'' is a two-disc studio album featuring acoustic versions of songs from throughout their career and some covers. Drummer Dale Crover still makes use of his full kit, and their heavier songs are generally played with the same amount of aggression, just without the benefit of electric guitar, making for an unusually rowdy "unplugged" album.
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[[folder:Unplugged songs]]
* Perhaps the TropeCodifier is Music/BonJovi's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28cdgGCBIrA performance]] of "Livin' on a Prayer/Wanted Dead or Alive" at the 1989 VideoMusicAwards. It is credited with inspiring MTV Unplugged. An Unplugged Album was released in 2003.
* Music/{{Daughtry}} have released acoustic versions of a few of their songs.
** The deluxe version of their 2006 SelfTitledAlbum contains acoustic versions of both "Home" and "What About Now".
** "Battleships" on the 2013 deluxe version of ''Baptized'' was also given the acoustic treatment.
** On October 1st, 2023, the band released a version of "Artificial" dubbed the "Bare Bones Edition" as it's a recording of a live performance from the acoustic "Bare Bones" tour.
* Music/ElvisPresley did a [[OlderThanTheyThink prototype]] of the Unplugged session on his [[Music/ElvisNBCTVSpecial 1968 comeback special]], which featured an informal jam session surrounded by a small studio audience in which Elvis and a few electric and acoustic guitar players, joined by a drummer who kept the beat on a guitar case, played a mix of Elvis' early hits and a few blues classics.
* Music/BanditsOfTheAcousticRevolution is an all-acoustic ensemble founded by ex-members of Catch-22. Most of their material is original, but they did record an version of "Dear Sergio," originally a song from their old band. Two different bands, but the same songwriter.
* Music/DaveMatthewsBand did an acoustic version of Dave Matthews' solo song "Grave Digger."
* Music/GeorgeHarrison:
** George Harrison recorded a well-known acoustic version of "While My Guitar Gently Weeps." It was finally released on ''Music/TheBeatles Anthology''.
** He performed "Here Comes The Sun" acoustically with Pete Ham of Badfinger in ''Music/TheConcertForBangladesh'', then performed in again "unplugged" with Music/PaulSimon in 1976 on ''Series/SaturdayNightLive''.
* Music/DaftPunk released an unplugged version of "One More Time," performed by Romanthony (the original singer, without vocoder this time).
* Music/{{Starflyer 59}}'s song "Mr. Martin" started off as an electric guitar-heavy demo on the ''Ghosts of the Future'' boxed set, with a softer version on piano and acoustic guitar recorded as a B-side. Then when it came time to re-record the demos for the album ''Dial M'', the band decided they liked the B-side better, so the unplugged version became the official version. And then the next EP featured two more tracks from the album--"The Brightest of the Head" and "I Love You Like the Little Bird"--and a cover version of The Church's "Under the Milky Way", all performed in the same unplugged style.
* The Music/FooFighters have a solo acoustic version of "Everlong" played by Dave, along with full band acoustic versions of "Floaty", "Everlong", "Next year", "ain't it the life", "Walking after you" (these five were released as b-sides to various singles), "Friend of a Friend", and "Marigold". The last two were both originally penned by Dave Grohl in 1990 and released on a cassette of his songs called the "Pocketwatch demos", and rereleased as full fledged Foo Fighters songs in 2005 on ''In Your Honor'' (with "Friend Of A Friend") and 2006 on their ''Skin and Bones'' live cd/dvd (Marigold). Out of all of their acoustic songs, "Everlong" is the best known, and is always played at their concerts, in recent years being played completely unplugged.
* Music/{{Rush|Band}} released a live acoustic version of their song "Resist" on the live album Rush in Rio. Geddy and Alex perform the song, while Neil takes a break after performing his [[AllDrummersAreAnimals drum solo.]]
* Music/StoneTemplePilots did an unplugged version of their hit ''Plush'' on Series/HeadbangersBall. This version is still played on radio to this day.
* Music/{{Weezer}} have officially released a few acoustic versions as b-sides, namely versions of "No One Else", "Jamie", "Pink Triangle" and "The Good Life" (they've done acoustic versions of other songs which have been bootlegged too): These were all live recordings originally done for radio or TV, and typically feature Rivers Cuomo and Brian Bell playing acoustic guitars, and Matt Sharp singing backup but not playing any instruments - drummer Patrick Wilson would either be totally absent from sessions or would be there to sing backup and participate in between-song interviews, but not to play.
** The band released an acoustic version of "Feels Like Summer" as a digital single - some fans preferred the acoustic version, as the original had a divisive EDM-influenced arrangement.
* Even Music/MarilynManson have done this-- ''Remix And Repent'' includes an acoustic version of "The Man That You Fear" subtitled "Acoustic Requiem", and they also did acoustic versions of "Heart-Shaped Glasses" and "Putting Holes In Happiness" as b-sides. Including an acoustic version of "Cake And Sodomy" InTheStyleOf country on ''Music/SmellsLikeChildren'' may or may not count, since no one who is actually in the band performed it (Music/{{Oasis}}' batshit insane bus driver Tony F. Wiggins, who was at the time friends with the band, did). Additionally, there are acoustic versions of "Coma White", "The Last Day On Earth" and "The Nobodies" and acoustic covers of "[[Music/JohnLennon Working Class Hero]]" and "[[Series/{{Mash}} Suicide is Painless]]".
* Five Finger Death Punch got in on it too: Some versions of The Way of the Fist include an acoustic version of The Bleeding as an unlisted track.
* Kouji Wada performed an acoustic cover of "Hirari", the second themesong of ''Anime/DigimonDataSquad'', for the ''Digimon Savers Flash Back'' album in 2008.
* Music/YellowMagicOrchestra's Rydeen 79/07
* Music/DragonForce did an accoustic version of their song ''Seasons'' in place of that album's power ballad.
* The "10th Anniversary Edition" of ''Give Up'' by The Postal Service included an acoustic version of "Recycled Air" performed live on the radio. Though it's credited to the band, it's actually just vocalist Ben Gibbard singing and playing acoustic guitar.
* One of the Music/{{Minutemen}}'s last performances before D. Boon's untimely death in 1985 was [[http://rhade-zapan.tumblr.com/post/18351969946/the-minutemen-unplugged-la-public-access-tv an unplugged set]] for Los Angeles public access television, featuring their drummer playing bongos rather than a drum kit.
* Music/MileyCyrus has been known to do "unplugged" sections in her concerts, notably "These Four Walls" from her 2009 Wonder World Tour. A full, live-broadcasted ''MTV Unplugged'' special occured January 29,2014.
* Music/GreenDay featured an acoustic version of "One For the Razorbacks" from ''Kerplunk!'' on the enhanced CD version of their debut album.
* E-Type released acoustic versions of his massive dance hits ''Set The World On Fire'' and ''This Is The Way'', called ''Set The World Unplugged'' and ''This Is The Way Too'' respectively. Both songs are pretty advanced funky jazz compositions.
* Music/{{Paramore}} have released many acoustic versions of their songs on deluxe editions of albums: some examples include “Misery Business” on ''Riot!'' and “Brick by Boring Brick”, “Ignorance”, and “Turn It Off” on ''brand new eyes''.
* Music/{{Sia}} has an acoustic version of "I'm in Here" as the final track on ''We Are Born''. It's labeled "Piano Vocal Version" because those are the only instruments.
* Mariachi El Bronx, a side project of hardcore punk band The Bronx, owe their existence to this trope. Fuel TV asked The Bronx to perform a live acoustic show. Since the band members hated the way unplugged rock songs usually turn out, they decided to challenge themselves and rearrange their songs as mariachi. The show was a success, and Mariachi El Bronx went on to put out several albums. (And the first studio song they released was a cover of "I Would Die 4 U" for a Music/{{Prince}} tribute album.)
* "The Piano Song" by A Cursive Memory has the original, rock version and a softer version.
* {{Music/Amorphis}} played a half-hour acoustic set at Wacken Open Air festival 2013, adding horns and jazz to their instrumentation. This can be seen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nb1hY3sNYdM here]].
* Finnish AlternativeRock band Music/PoetsOfTheFall does this frequently when performing live, but only a few have seen official release.
** The band's first single, "Late Goodbye," contains multiple versions of ''VideoGame/MaxPayne2'''s SolemnEndingTheme, one of them [[https://youtu.be/ND0TqSS6F1Q?list=PLjACqN5i5sDVBPJGHevomO4YZd9wwVLkS fully]] acoustic.
** The single for BreakUpSong "The Ultimate Fling" includes "[[https://youtu.be/Cy-PlCBnm9E?list=PLjACqN5i5sDVO4HgjvSj475vj7drkiFF4 The Impromptu Alternate Version]]," an acoustic version that sands off the original's hard rock edges.
** When performed live, ''VideoGame/AlanWake'' PowerBallad "War" is often played with an acoustic guitar.
** ''Temple of Thought Bonus Edition'' has unplugged live studio versions of love songs "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NfVGvY7p1sU Temple of Thought]]" and LoveNostalgiaSong "[[https://youtu.be/SSEIuy7J1t4?list=PLjACqN5i5sDUEienDV52g85W6J7chzLXV Skin]]."
** The digital single of "Daze" also includes an unplugged version of ''Carnival of Rust's'' "[[https://youtu.be/-XGIDOP5VKI?list=PLjACqN5i5sDUzZKeWiG7qz4AnUMIjDtpR King of Fools]]" which lengthens the song considerably, turning it torchy and {{Surprisingly Gentle|Song}}.
** For their live performance at Radio Nova's Nova Stage, they performed acoustic versions of ''Jealous Gods'' songs "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQ8GDgqq7qA Daze]]" and "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQnO7m5L8e0 Love Will Come to You]]" as well as a CoverVersion of Music/{{Adele}}'s "[[https://youtu.be/GBrzryFr-G8 Rolling in the Deep]]".
* Music/LindseyStirling recorded an orchestral version of "Transcendence" with the Landfill Harmonic.
* Music/AvengedSevenfold did a short acoustic concert in the Grammy Museum in 2018. While most of the songs they played ("Roman Sky", "So Far Away", the midle part of "Exist" and a cover of [[Music/TheRollingStonesBand "As Tears Go By"]]) were already partly acoustic ballads, they also performed an unplugged version of "Hail to the King", originally a straight heavy-metal song.
* Music/FerryCorsten has "Cry Unplugged" from his System F project, and an orchestral version of his Moonman single "Galaxia".
* Music/TheCruxshadows' "Winter Born (Sacrificial Acoustic Version)".
* Music/CollectiveSoul's "Shine Acoustic".
* Music/{{Cascada}} produced "Candlelight" versions of "Everytime We Touch" and "What Hurts The Most". DJ Sammy, Yanou(co-founder of Cascada) and Do likewise did a candlelight version of their cover of Music/BryanAdams' "Heaven", in addition to Adams himself including it in his aforementioned MTV Unplugged set.
* German trance act Ayla has "Atlantis (Atmosphere)" and "Angelfalls (Particular Beach)".
* Music/{{Lights}}' ''The Listening'' ends with a piano & vocal reprise of "Pretend".
* While the band didn't do this themselves, a fan covered the album Somewhere Along the Highway by Music/CultOfLuna '''in its entirety''' on piano. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TyjuRVLDnzI it has to be heard to be believed]].
* Music/RickAstley recorded a [[https://youtu.be/GHMjD0Lp5DY "Pianoforte"]] version of his [[MemeticMutation memetic]] SignatureSong "Never Gonna Give You Up" for his 2019 GreatestHitsAlbum ''The Best of Me'', which also includes "Reimagined" acoustic versions of "Together Forever", "Whenever You Need Somebody", and others.
* Bronski Beat's synthpop hit "Smalltown Boy" has two of these. First, in 1994, TheBandMinusTheFace recorded an acoustic version with Steve Bronski on vocals. Then in 2014, original singer Jimmy Somerville did a solo piano & vocals version [[MilestoneCelebration in honor of the song's 30th anniversary]].
* UsefulNotes/{{Synthwave}} diva Parallels(Holly Dodson) acoustically re-recorded "Edge Of The Universe", her 2019 collaboration with Futurecop!, for her 2021 solo album ''Supersymmetry''.
* During Papa Emeritus III's time as the singer of Music/{{Ghost|Band}}, they occasionally did acoustic performances of their cover of Roky Ericson's "If You Have Ghosts" and their songs "Jigolo Har Megiddo" and "Ghuleh/Zombie Queen". For the latter song, Papa would play the keyboard parts on a kazoo, lending a song about an undead ruler [[KazoosMeanSilliness an odd air of silliness]]. He would also dramatically announce it as "the Kazoo of Destiny" when it came out.
* Music/TheRedJumpsuitApparatus's "[[https://youtu.be/I1JSVxySIoI Face Down: Symphonic Edition]]".
* Music/MidgeUre and backing band Right The Stars performed an unplugged version of the CharityMotivationSong "[[https://youtu.be/uF3Eatm3VM0?si=2cdHlIfPACLwWLze Do They Know It's Christmas?]]" as an encore at World Café Live on January 10, 2013.
* Music/{{Moby}} has done an acoustic version of "Natural Blues" with Gregory Porter and Amythyst Kiah providing live vocals.
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[[folder: Examples of UnpluggedVersion invoked in-work]]
* ''[[Radio/TheMaryWhitehouseExperience Newman and Baddiel in Pieces]]'' has a series of sketches in which they would pretend to be a techno or synthpop band doing an Unplugged concert. They'd come on, shout the line from the band's big hit, and then shuffle off again in embarrassment.
* MTV's ''Series/TheState'' would often lampoon other MTV shows, including ''Unplugged.'' One parody was an unplugged version of a song called "You'll Always Give Me A Boner."
* In the ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' episode "The Mane Attraction", Coloratura says "This song [[ImpliedTrope may be familiar]], but yet, it's totally different" before performing "The Magic Inside" as a piano, strings, and vocal number, suggesting a more mainstream pop version is part of her normal repertoire.
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[[folder:Rockumentaries]]
* ''Series/ClassicAlbums'': In this {{Rockumentary}} series about classic music albums artists will often demonstrate how a certain song was constructed by playing it acoustically or with some electronic accompaniment.
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