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* The Music/PetShopBoys' original version of "West End Girls", [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXRqGfF64zQ produced by Bobby Orlando in 1984]], was only a minor club hit that year and is all but unknown to the mainstream. [[https://youtu.be/p3j2NYZ8FKs The 1985 Stephen Hague-produced re-recording]], which is slower and has slightly different lyrics, was a #1 international pop hit, and is the version featured on their ''Please'' album.

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* The Music/PetShopBoys' original version of "West End Girls", [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXRqGfF64zQ produced by Bobby Orlando in 1984]], was only a minor club hit that year and is all but unknown to the mainstream. [[https://youtu.be/p3j2NYZ8FKs The 1985 Stephen Hague-produced re-recording]], which is slower and has slightly different lyrics, was a #1 international pop hit, and is the version featured on their ''Please'' album. Ditto "One More Chance", which was first released as a [[BSide double A-side]] with "West End Girls" before being reworked into the much better-known version that kicks off ''Actually''.
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* The best-known version of Music/NewOrder's "Bizarre Love Triangle" is the Shep Pettibone remix, which has been the basis for all live performances of it since 1998.
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* The Music/PetShopBoys' original version of "West End Girls", [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXRqGfF64zQ produced by Bobby Orlando in 1984]], was only a minor club hit that year and is all but unknown to the mainstream. [[https://youtu.be/p3j2NYZ8FKs The 1985 Stephen Hague-produced re-recording]], which is slower and has slightly different lyrics, was a major international pop hit, and is the version featured on their ''Please'' album.

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* The Music/PetShopBoys' original version of "West End Girls", [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXRqGfF64zQ produced by Bobby Orlando in 1984]], was only a minor club hit that year and is all but unknown to the mainstream. [[https://youtu.be/p3j2NYZ8FKs The 1985 Stephen Hague-produced re-recording]], which is slower and has slightly different lyrics, was a major #1 international pop hit, and is the version featured on their ''Please'' album.
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* The Music/PetShopBoys' original version of "West End Girls", [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXRqGfF64zQ produced by Bobby Orlando in 1984]], was only a minor club hit that year and is all but unknown to the mainstream. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=km7cKmsudfk The 1985 Stephen Hague-produced re-recording]], which is slower and has slightly different lyrics, was a major international pop hit, and is the version featured on their ''Please'' album.

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* The Music/PetShopBoys' original version of "West End Girls", [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXRqGfF64zQ produced by Bobby Orlando in 1984]], was only a minor club hit that year and is all but unknown to the mainstream. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=km7cKmsudfk [[https://youtu.be/p3j2NYZ8FKs The 1985 Stephen Hague-produced re-recording]], which is slower and has slightly different lyrics, was a major international pop hit, and is the version featured on their ''Please'' album.
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* The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=km7cKmsudfk more familiar version]] of the Music/PetShopBoys' "West End Girls" featured on their ''Please'' album is slower and has somewhat different lyrics than the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXRqGfF64zQ original single version]].

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* The Music/PetShopBoys' original version of "West End Girls", [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=km7cKmsudfk more familiar version]] of com/watch?v=vXRqGfF64zQ produced by Bobby Orlando in 1984]], was only a minor club hit that year and is all but unknown to the Music/PetShopBoys' "West End Girls" featured on their ''Please'' album is slower and has somewhat different lyrics than the mainstream. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXRqGfF64zQ original single version]].com/watch?v=km7cKmsudfk The 1985 Stephen Hague-produced re-recording]], which is slower and has slightly different lyrics, was a major international pop hit, and is the version featured on their ''Please'' album.
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* "This Girl" by Cookin' on 3 Burners remained an underground funk track until seven years later, when a 2016 tropical house remix by Kungs made it a worldwide smash hit.
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* X-Cabs' original hard trance version of "Neuro" from 1994 was overshadowed by the more melodic '99 remix.
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* Kygo's remix of "Higher Love" by Music/WhitneyHouston (originally a Japan-only bonus track on ''I'm Your Baby Tonight'') became a worldwide smash hit in 2019. In some countries, it even surpassed the Steve Winwood original, also making it a minor case of CoveredUp.

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* Kygo's remix [[PosthumousCollaboration posthumous remix]] of Music/WhitneyHouston's cover version of "Higher Love" by Music/WhitneyHouston (originally Love"(originally a Japan-only bonus track on ''I'm Your Baby Tonight'') became a worldwide smash hit in 2019.2019, [[DeadArtistsAreBetter seven years after her death]]. In some countries, it even surpassed the Steve Winwood original, also making it a minor case of CoveredUp.
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* The album version of "[[Music/LikeAPrayer Express Yourself]]" by Music/{{Madonna}} was overtaken by the HouseMusic-inspired Shep Pettibone remix, which was used for its music video and is also the version featured on both ''Music/TheImmaculateCollection'' and ''Celebration''.
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* Kygo's remix of "Higher Love" by Music/WhitneyHouston (originally a Japan-only bonus track on ''I'm Your Baby Tonight'') became a worldwide smash hit in 2019. In some countries, it even surpassed the Steve Winwood original, also making it a minor case of CoveredUp.
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* Many listeners in the US don't realise that Soft Cell's cover of "Tainted Love" didn't originally segue into their cover of "Where Did Our Love Go?". They were originally standalone tracks released as the A and B side of a 7" single, and the megamix was just a gimmick they did for the 12". On the parent album ''Non Stop Erotic Cabaret'', "Tainted Love" appears as a standalone track (modern reissues also add both the 12" megamix ''and'' the standalone "Where Did Our Love Go?" as bonus tracks).

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* Many listeners in the US don't realise that Soft Cell's cover of "Tainted Love" didn't was originally segue into a standalone track since they're more familiar with the 12" megamix where it's [[SiameseTwinSong segued into]] their cover of "Where Did Our Love Go?". They were originally standalone tracks released as the A and B side of a 7" single, and the megamix was just a gimmick they did for the 12". On the The parent album ''Non Stop Erotic Cabaret'', Cabaret'' featured "Tainted Love" appears as a standalone track (modern track; modern reissues also add both the 12" megamix ''and'' the standalone version of "Where Did Our Love Go?" and the combined 12" mix as bonus tracks). tracks.
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* Many listeners in the US don't realise that Soft Cell's cover of "Tainted Love" didn't originally segue into their cover of "Where Did Our Love Go?". They were originally standalone tracks released as the A and B side of a 7" single, and the megamix was just a gimmick they did for the 12". On the parent album ''Non Stop Erotic Cabaret'', "Tainted Love" appears as a standalone track (modern reissues also add both the 12" megamix ''and'' the standalone "Where Did Our Love Go?" as bonus tracks).
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* The version of Music/{{Aha}}'s "Take On Me" that everybody remembers is the second version of the song. The first, released in 1984, was a commercial flop, but was recognised by the label as a hit in the making. Record producer Alan Tarney was brought in to remix the song, which alongside its iconic music video became an international hit in 1985.
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* The remix of "Fantasy" by Music/MariahCarey, which paired her with [[Music/WuTangClan Ol' Dirty Bastard]], was a massive hit that completely overshadowed the original, and today is often credited for being the TropeCodifier for AWildRapperAppears.

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* Music/LoreenaMcKennit's "The Mummers' Dance", if only because the version in the music video is the remix by DNA.

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* Music/LoreenaMcKennit's "The Mummers' Dance", if only because Music/TheBlackEyedPeas released "Let's Get Retarded" around the version time they were transitioning into a pop act, and accompanied it with a radio-friendly remix, "Let's Get It Started", which in addition to changing sensitive lyrics also slightly polished the music video is song's production. ValuesDissonance undoubtedly applies today, but even at the remix by DNA.time of release "Let's Get It Started" was probably one of the few [[{{Bowdlerise}} Bowdlerised]] versions of a song that is more well-liked than the uncensored original.


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* Music/LoreenaMcKennit's "The Mummers' Dance", if only because the version in the music video is the remix by DNA.
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* Cornershop released "Brimful of Asha" in 1997 where it reached the dizzying heights of number 60 on the UK singles chart. Enter Music/FatboySlim who remixed that song for them and the 1998 re-release of his version hit number one.

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* Cornershop Music/{{Cornershop}} released "Brimful of Asha" in 1997 where it reached the dizzying heights of number 60 on the UK singles chart. Enter Music/FatboySlim who remixed that song for them and the 1998 re-release of his version hit number one.
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* Music/RunDMC's "It's Like That" was a modest hit when it first came out in 1983, but became much better known via the Jason Nevins remix in 1998.

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* Music/RunDMC's "It's Like That" was a modest hit when it first came out in 1983, but became much better known experienced [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff an international surge in popularity]] via the Jason Nevins remix in 1998.
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* Music/RunDMC's "It's Like That" was a modest hit when it first came out in 1983, but became much better known via the Jason Nevins remix in 1998.
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* Music/NewOrder's 1982 single "Temptation" is best known for the 1987 re-recording included on ''[[Music/SubstanceNewOrderAlbum Substance]]'', largely owing to its brief inclusion as diegetic music in ''Film/{{Trainspotting}}''.

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* Music/NewOrder's 1982 single "Temptation" is best known for the 1987 re-recording included on ''[[Music/SubstanceNewOrderAlbum Substance]]'', largely owing to its brief inclusion as diegetic music in ''Film/{{Trainspotting}}''.''Film/{{Trainspotting}}'' and its consequent inclusion on the hugely popular soundtrack album.
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* The Motiv-8 remix of Dubstar's "Stars" was more popular than the slow original version.
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* Solarstone's remix of [[Music/FerryCorsten Moonman]]'s "Galaxia" was the most popular version, and became the basis for Ferry Corsten's own remake on his 2005 ''LEF'' album.

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* Solarstone's remix of [[Music/FerryCorsten Moonman]]'s "Galaxia" was the most popular version, and became the basis for Ferry Corsten's own remake on his 2005 2006 ''LEF'' album.
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* Music/JaySean's 2008 single "Ride It" was a sizable hit in his native UK [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff and a number of East European countries]]; however, the 2019 remix by Regard was much more popular worldwide.
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** From the same album, her solo version of "If I Told You That" was eclipsed by the duet remix with Music/GeorgeMichael.
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* The Disco Fries remix of [=VenSun=]'s "The Dragon Flies", being the mix used for the video, is better recognized than the original mix.
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* "Ready, Set, Don't Go" was originally a solo release by Music/BillyRayCyrus, but after a few weeks on the charts it was remixed with his daughter, Music/MileyCyrus, on duet vocals. That was the version that became a hit, and the only version played by most stations ever since.
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* "Find Out Who Your Friends Are" by Music/TracyLawrence was originally a solo release. But after lingering at the bottom of the charts for several weeks, it was re-done with guest vocals from Music/TimMcGraw and Music/KennyChesney, turning the song into a SleeperHit nearly a full year after release. Virtually all airplay of the single since then has been of the remix.


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* Music/ShaniaTwain's "From This Moment On" was originally a duet with Bryan White, but was turned into a solo song for the pop remix due to White not being very well-known. Due to the crossover appeal of the solo version, the Bryan White version has largely been pushed aside except for the occasional country music station.
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* If you know Easton Corbin's "Are You with Me" at all, it's most likely through the remix by Belgian DJ Lost Frequencies. While Corbin later tried to popularize on the remix by releasing the original version as a single, this did not pan out as well.

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** Same goes with the Music/{{Beyonce}} remix of "Mi Gente" by Music/JBalvin and Music/WillyWilliam.



* The "Tarro Remix" of Blackbear's song "idfc" is more popular than the original.

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* The Music/{{Beyonce}} remix of "Mi Gente" by Music/JBalvin and Music/WillyWilliam is the version usually used on non-Spanish language radio stations.


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* The most well-known version of Music/MichaelJackson's "A Place With No Name" is a remix. The original is much slower.
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* ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'': Some pieces that tend to have more recognition outside of the fandom are Death Waltz (a remix of Flandre's theme "U.N. Owen Was Her?"), Night of Nights (a remix of Sakuya's theme "Flowering Night"), and Bad Apple!! feat. nomico (a remix of the stage 3 theme "Bad Apple!!" from ''Lotus Land Story'') , perhaps the SignatureSong of the entire ''Touhou'' remix community (especially in {{Rhythm Game}}s; it's hard to find a current arcade rhythm game that ''doesn't'' have it).

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* ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'': Some pieces that tend to have more recognition outside of the fandom are Death Waltz Saishuu Kichiku Imouto Flandre S (a remix of Flandre's theme "U.N. Owen Was Her?"), Night of Nights (a remix of Sakuya's theme "Flowering Night"), and Bad Apple!! feat. nomico (a remix of the stage 3 theme "Bad Apple!!" from ''Lotus Land Story'') , perhaps the SignatureSong of the entire ''Touhou'' remix community (especially in {{Rhythm Game}}s; it's hard to find a current arcade rhythm game that ''doesn't'' have it).
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* The techno remix of the [=DHT=] cover of "Listen To Your Heart" is more popular than the slower original.

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* The techno Furious F-EZ remix of the [=DHT=] [=DHT=]'s cover of [[Music/{{Roxette}} "Listen To Your Heart" Heart"]] is more popular than the slower original.

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