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* "Can You Feel The Love Tonight" has very different lyrics in ''TheLionKing'' than the version sung by Elton John. Ditto his versions of "Circle of Life" and "I Just Can't Wait to be King".

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* There is a rock version of "Defying Gravity" from ''Theatre/{{Wicked}}'', which was reworked to remove the references to Oz.

* Ben Folds Five's "Rockin' The Suburbs" was originally a profanity-laced TakeThat aimed at bad radio rock and [[EmoTeen whiny suburban teenagers]] who like it. In ''Over The Hedge'', however, the lyrics instead mocked suburban banality in language suitable for a family film. (This is actually an inversion of the trope, as the original was recorded in 1998.)

* The ending theme of the first season of ''WesternAnimation/JackieChanAdventures'' [[WastedSong (when the station actually played it)]] was a snippet of a Wheatus song credited as "Jackie Chan's The Man". In truth, the song is nothing more than relevant lyrics written over their earlier song "Punk Ass Bitch".

* In the separately published version of "Out Of My Dreams," the lyrics to the bridge are different from those used in ''{{Oklahoma}}!''. (The refrain is identical to what Laurey sings in the show.)

* [[Theatre/{{Wicked}} There is a rock version of "Defying Gravity"]], which was reworked to remove the references to Oz.
* ''[[{{ptitlefiwg8rim}} 13]]'' has single versions of the opening theme and "A Little More Homework".
* Vertical Horizon re-recorded one of their songs from an earlier album, 'Heart in Hand' for the soundtrack for the movie TheNewGuy. The lyrics were much blander for the experience, although the band does mix in some of the new lyrics during live shows.
** Isn't that an inversion?

* Inversion: Moonbaby's "Here We Go" had its lyrics rewritten for its use as the theme of ''TotallySpies''.

* John Parr's "St. Elmo's Fire (Man In Motion)" was originally written for Canadian athlete Rick Hansen, who was raising awareness for spinal cord injuries by touring the world in his wheelchair. It became a hit when it appeared on the ''St. Elmo's Fire'' film soundtrack, minimally rewritten to include a TitleDrop. Something of a subversion, as the lyrics still make far more sense in the context of Hansen's tour than anything in the movie.

* John Parr's "St. Elmo's Fire (Man In Motion)" was originally written for Canadian athlete Rick Hansen, who was raising awareness for spinal cord injuries by touring the world in his wheelchair. It became a hit when it appeared on the ''St. Elmo's Fire'' film soundtrack, minimally rewritten to include a TitleDrop.

* The popular version of "Anything Goes" is a love song; as Cole Porter originally wrote it for the Broadway show of the same name, it was a straight ListSong.

* "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" has somewhat more depressing lyrics in ''Meet Me In St. Louis''.
* "I Will Always Return" is about homecoming and family in ''Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron''. The pop version is a paint-by-numbers love song.

* OlderThanRadio: "Silvered is the raven hair" from ''[[GilbertAndSullivan Patience]]'' was made into the Victorian parlour song "In the twilight of our love," with new lyrics by Hugh Conway to Arthur Sullivan's melody.

* The antiwar play ''Johnny Johnson'' by Paul Green, with songs composed by Kurt Weill, ended with "Johnny's Song," the philosophical ballad of a WideEyedIdealist struggling to survive in a bellicose world. Chappell, who published the songs from the show, had popular songwriter Edward Heyman write entirely new lyrics to "Johnny's Song," and published it as a torch song titled "To Love You And To Lose You." Paul Green was not pleased.

* "Follow Me" from ''{{Camelot}}'' has an alternate lyric having no lines in common with the show lyric except the title and "We shall fly." This was the version sung by FrankSinatra.

* [[{{Wicked}} There is a rock version of "Defying Gravity"]], which was reworked to remove the references to Oz.

* The ending theme of the first season of ''JackieChanAdventures'' [[WastedSong (when the station actually played it)]] was a snippet of a Wheatus song credited as "Jackie Chan's The Man". In truth, the song is nothing more than relevant lyrics written over their earlier song "Punk Ass Bitch".

* A rare unreleased edition of the BackstreetBoys' "I Want It That Way", subtitled "No Goodbyes", had revised lyrics:
---> No goodbyes (Ain't nothing but a heartache)
---> No more lies (Ain't nothing but a mistake)
---> That is why (I love it when I hear you say)
---> I want it that way

* The theme of ''TheRaccoons'', "Run with Us", was initially a ChorusOnlySong sung by Steve Lunt, then re-recorded with full lyrics by Lisa Lougheed, who also voiced Lisa Raccoon and produced several other songs for the show. This overlaps with ThemeTuneExtended. The full version was featured on her ''Evergreen Nights'' album along with the other songs sung or co-produced by her.

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* The theme of ''TheRaccoons'', "Run with Us", was initially a ChorusOnlySong sung by Steve Lunt, then re-recorded with full lyrics by Lisa Lougheed, who also voiced Lisa Raccoon and produced several other songs for the show. This overlaps with ThemeTuneExtended. The full version wasn't released to the public until 1987, if it existed at all before then.

* [[{{Wicked}} There is a rock version of "Defying Gravity"]].

This phenomenon is related to the AwardBaitSong. See also ForgottenThemeTuneLyrics.

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* ''TransformersTheMovie'' used a hair-metal version of the show's theme tune, with full lyrics.

* The theme of ''TheRaccoons'', "Run with Us", was initially a ChorusOnlySong sung by Steve Lunt, then re-recorded with full lyrics by Lisa Lougheed, who also voiced Lisa Raccoon and produced several other songs for the show. This overlaps with ThemeTuneExtended.

* The theme of ''TheRaccoons'', "Run with Us", was initially a ChorusOnlySong sung by Steve Lunt, then re-recorded with full lyrics by Lisa Lougheed, who also voiced Lisa Raccoon and produced several other songs for the show.

* The theme of ''TheRaccoons'', "Run with Us", was initially a ChorusOnlySong sung by Steve Lunt, then re-recorded with full lyrics by Lisa Lougheed, who also voiced Lisa in the show.

* The theme of ''TheRaccoons'', "Run with Us", was initially sung by Steve Lunt, then re-recorded in pop form by Lisa Lougheed, who also voiced Lisa in the show.

* Another Disney example is the song "My Reflection" from ''{{Mulan}}''.