| 1 | A form of OlderThanTheyThink where the original version of a song is lesser known than the remix or revised version. Unlike CoveredUp, the original artist themselves is outshining the previous version of their song. This often occurs when a song gets a more danceable SpeedyTechnoRemake. On the internet, it's not uncommon to see {{Nightcore}} videos with more views than the original song's videos. |
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| 3 | Compare and contrast to ParodyDisplacement (a parody becomes more popular than the original), SampledUp (a song samples another and becomes more popular), and SequelDisplacement (a sequel becomes more popular than its predecessor). |
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| 7 | !!Examples (sorted alphabetically by song): |
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| 12 | * The most popular version of "19-2000" (also known as "19/2000" or "[[RefrainFromAssuming Get the Cool Shoeshine]]") by Music/{{Gorillaz}} is the Soulchild remix; while the original version is fairly popular, the remix is one of the band's most popular songs of all time, to the point where many believe it ''is'' the original. Considering it was intentionally engineered to be a hit song with crossover appeal, this may be a possible example of an [[InvokedTrope invoking]]. |
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| 16 | * The most popular version of Music/ElvisPresley's "A Little Less Conversation" is a remix by Music/JunkieXL, released in 2002 (25 years after the King died). This remix was a #1 hit in much of Europe. |
| 17 | * 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. |
| 18 | * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37IbGnxwvzM DJ Taucher's remix]] of Ayla's self-titled song was [[InNameOnly radically different]] and far more popular than the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=niixHS5NrWA original]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfTthu6pxiY 1995]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-61K70llBeE mixes,]] therefore nearly all subsequent remixes, including frontman DJ Tandu's own [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Sw-saRb7BI 1999 remix,]] were based on Taucher's arrangement. |
| 19 | * The 1980 remix of Music/TheHumanLeague's "Being Boiled", featured on ''Music/{{Travelogue}}'', is better known than the 1978 single version. |
| 20 | * Russian rapper and producer Breezy Montana recruited LSP, a hip hop act from Belarus, to feature on his track "Bezumie" (Madness). LSP, who only got to sing the hook of the original, wanted to add a verse of his own, but Breezy objected since he felt that would drag on the song for a bit too long. LSP settled on recording a remix (with a guest verse from Oxxxymiron). The remix was released a month after the original dropped (which took some time). LSP and Oxxxymiron's version of the track ended up absolutely eclipsing the original, becoming one of LSP's {{signature song}}s. In fact, after the relationship between LSP and Oxxxymiron went south (a long story in its own right), LSP recorded a solo version of the remix, with a new second verse. |
| 21 | * She Moves' "Breaking All The Rules", originally a typical '90s boy band/girl group pop ballad, was overtaken by the Berman Brothers dance remix. |
| 22 | * 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. |
| 23 | * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xB0zgtTxzM The original 1997 version]] of Pigeonhed's "Battle Flag" never charted, but once the British group Lo-Fidelity All Stars [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZuwWvPGul3o completely revamped it]] the following year, it became a massive hit on American alternative rock radio and reached #6 on the Billboard Hot Modern Rock Tracks chart. |
| 24 | * 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. (the Stephen Hague remix from ''[[GreatestHitsAlbum The Best of New Order]]'' also gets more airplay than the original) |
| 25 | * Music/{{Underworld|Band}}'s signature song [[https://youtu.be/XiMrrleH_hI "Born Slippy .NUXX"]] is a "remix"[[note]](more like a completely different track with an inexplicably similar name)[[/note]] of their 1995 single "Born Slippy". The ".NUXX" version was an overlooked B-side until its inclusion in the ''Film/{{Trainspotting}}'' soundtrack, after which its popularity exploded and absolutely dwarfed the original. These days, when you hear someone mention "Born Slippy" (even the band themselves), they're almost definitely talking about ".NUXX" rather than the original. |
| 26 | * Music/PublicEnemy's original 1987 release of "Bring the Noise" was a sleeper hit at best and has since faded into obscurity. The best known version is the 1991 {{rap metal}} remake with Music/{{Anthrax}}. |
| 27 | * For most audiences, the definitive version of Energy 52's trance hit "Cafe del Mar" is the 1998 [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vlkm2T9LfE "Three 'n' One" mix,]] which eclipsed [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFIOGnp0DdU the original]] from 1993. |
| 28 | * "Call on Me" by Eric Prydz is a convoluted example. The song was originally a bootleg track created by Together, a duo consisting of DJ Falcon and Thomas Bangalter (yes, [[Music/DaftPunk that one]]). Eric Prydz' version was a cleaned-up and more pop-friendly remix of the track, which became a big hit in 2004. Eric Prydz however was credited as the sole artist behind the track once it began to receive radio play, which obscures the song's origin as a remix and makes this a rare case of an EDM song being CoveredUp. |
| 29 | * The version of the dance classic "Can You Feel It" by Mr. Fingers that is most fondly remembered is the vocal version credited to "Fingers Inc.", which takes the original song and places a lengthy [[SpokenWordInMusic spoken word]] sample (lifted from "My House" by Rhythm Controll) over it. |
| 30 | * The original version of "JustForFun/{{Caramelldansen|Vid}}" is actually a midtempo Eurodance song. The version that is a {{meme|tic mutation}} is the much faster [=SpeedyCake=] remix. |
| 31 | * The 2015 Felix Jaehn remix of OMI's "Cheerleader" is vastly more well-known than the 2012 original. |
| 32 | * Music/{{Skrillex}}'s remix of "Cinema" by Benny Benassi and Gary Go is considerably more well-known than the original and even won a Grammy for Best Remixed Recording |
| 33 | * In the UK, Ed Case's 2-step garage refix of Music/{{Gorillaz}}’ “Clint Eastwood” featuring Sweetie Irie is more well known than the original featuring Del The Funky Homosapien, mostly due to how popular the garage sound was in the UK at the time of its release. |
| 34 | * Music/{{The Cure|Band}} had a UK hit with "Close To Me" in 1985, and then again with a remix in 1990. It's one of their most enduring radio staples, but the two versions that became hits were remixed from the original. The 1985 single added a horn section, while the 1990 version was fully remixed with an AlternativeDance beat for their ''Mixed Up'' album. The former is the best known version in America, while you're more likely to hear the latter on British radio. The original album cut is barely heard in comparison. |
| 35 | * The more upbeat, Single mix of "Cooler Than Me" by Mike Posner is more popular than the original. Still, the original was the version that was converted into Similish for ''VideoGame/TheSims3''. |
| 36 | * Music/NewOrder's "Confusion" isn't too much known, if compared to its remix by Pump Panel, as it appears in the soundtrack of the movie ''Film/{{Blade}}''. Note that both versions of the song [[InNameOnly lacks similarities]], except the lyrics, that were vocoded in the remix. |
| 37 | * Subverted with Music/APerfectCircle's song "Counting Bodies Like Sheep To The Rhythm Of The War Drums". It is more popular than "Pet" and ''sounds'' like a remix of it, but WordOfGod is that it's a SequelSong. |
| 38 | * Played with in regards to Music/BruceSpringsteen's "Cover Me". A remix of the song was made by Arthur Baker, which Bruce liked so much that, when performing the song live, he followed the remix version instead of the original. |
| 39 | * The "Stop!" remix of Music/BritneySpears' "(You Drive Me) Crazy", featured in the film ''Film/DriveMeCrazy'', is much better known than the album version, which received little if any public promotion. |
| 40 | * Music/{{Calexico}}'s song "Crystal Frontier" was originally a rock song on their relatively obscure tour CD ''Aerocalexico''. Then they recorded a mariachi-flavored "Widescreen Mix", which was much more widely released (it got a music video and appeared on the ''Even My Sure Things Fall Through'' EP, and the European version of the album ''Hot Rail''). Now, the Widescreen Mix is the version they play at their live shows, and it's more or less their SignatureSong. |
| 41 | * Fifty Fifty's "Cupid" was originally recorded in Korean with GratuitousEnglish mixed in. The "Twin" version with fully English lyrics, featuring Sabrina Carpenter, is much better known internationally. |
| 42 | * The Crookers remix of Music/KidCudi's "Day 'n Nite" is more popular and better known than the original, becoming an international dance hit and being featured on numerous video game soundtracks such as ''VideoGame/MidnightClub: Los Angeles'', ''NBA Live '09'', and ''VideoGame/WatchDogs''. |
| 43 | * "Despacito" was originally by Music/LuisFonsi and Music/DaddyYankee. The most popular version is a remix with Music/JustinBieber that features some lyrics in English. The remix is the version that's usually played on non-Spanish language radio stations. |
| 44 | * "Deep Cover" by Music/DrDre and Music/SnoopDogg still holds some recognition, primarily for the importance of being Snoop's first official appearance on a song, but is mostly overshadowed by "Twinz (Deep Cover '98)" by Music/BigPun and Fat Joe, which is the former's SignatureSong and is still often in contention as one of the best hip-hop remixes ever. |
| 45 | * Music/TheLivingTombstone's remix of the Odyssey song "Discord" has overtaken the original to the point that it has over five times more views on Website/YouTube than the latter, and to the point that [[CoveredUp many firmly believe that Tombstone's version is the original, and Odyssey's version is the remix]], even though it's clearly Odyssey who sings in both versions. |
| 46 | * Mylo's [[https://youtu.be/IH-CyuXfC-Q "Doctor Pressure"]], a mashup of his own "Drop the Pressure" with the vocals of [[Music/GloriaEstefan Miami Sound Machine]]'s "Dr. Beat", eclipsed both of the original songs. |
| 47 | * Azzido Da Bass's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZzKxruRHAc "Dooms Night"]] was eclipsed ''twice'', first by [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDBBPozOtaA the Timo Maas remix]], then by [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUMHxHBu8z4 the Stanton Warriors "Revisited" mix.]] |
| 48 | * Music/RobZombie's "Dragula" is one of his most popular songs in his solo career, but the Hot Rod Herman remix is way more popular than the original theme, even appearing in some OST like ''Film/TheMatrix'' and ''VideoGame/JetSetRadio''. |
| 49 | * Music/TheCorrs's cover of Music/FleetwoodMac's "Dreams" didn't do much until Todd Terry got hold of it; the remix's success sparked a slew of other remixes from the parent album, all of which vastly outperformed the originals. A Special Edition rerelease of the album, with the originals replaced with their remixes, boosted the album to the top of the charts. |
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| 53 | * "Eternity" by Orion, a project of trance DJ-producer Darren Tate, was originally a slow chillout song. Said version was overshadowed by Tate's club remix, and later the Ayla mix. |
| 54 | * Music/HunterHayes' "Everybody's Got Somebody but Me" was originally a solo outing. However, he rereleased his debut album with a version that had Music/JasonMraz on guest vocals, and this was the version that became a single. |
| 55 | * 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''. |
| 56 | * 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. |
| 57 | * The Blue Satellite remix of "Feisty" by Jhameel is more popular than the original. |
| 58 | * "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. |
| 59 | * The Music/CardiB remix of Music/BrunoMars' "Finesse" is most popular. It's also the one featured in the music video. |
| 60 | * The Vanic remix of "FML" by K.Flay is much more well-known than the original. |
| 61 | * 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 outside of country. 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. |
| 62 | * 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 2006 ''LEF'' album. |
| 63 | * Elmo & Patsy originally recorded "WesternAnimation/GrandmaGotRunOverByAReindeer" in 1979 and released it on their own label, before striking up a distribution deal with a Nashville label. 1983 was the year it finally became a hit AntiChristmasSong. Then the next year, they signed with Creator/EpicRecords to release an album, and took the opportunity to re-record and re-release the song, and the re-recording, which prominently features a piano in the mix and a hammy lead vocal, is the one everyone knows. The original, with just drums, guitars and bass and a more deadpan vocal performance by Elmo Shropshire, is largely forgotten. |
| 64 | * Music/{{Orbital}}'s original "Halcyon" was released as a single and has rarely been re-released. The remix "Halcyon + On + On" was included on their influential album ''Orbital II'', on several {{Greatest Hits Album}}s and several movie soundtracks. And at all of their live shows, they would remix "Halcyon" even further by adding vocal samples from Music/BonJovi and Belinda Carlisle. Both of those remixed versions are much better known than the original. |
| 65 | * Music/YeahYeahYeahs’ “Heads will Roll” was the second single to their third album “It’s Blitz”. A catchy dance-rock composition, it would later be remixed by Canadian DJ A-Trak which was notably used on Film/ProjectX2012. Then, the remix ''itself'' was remixed by Soundcloud artist J-VHC, which saw his creation used on a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pf5R2ke7ogI meme of a Brazilian dancing dog which went viral.]] Today, most people would either express shock over learning there is an original version of the song, or even glee of finally hearing the unremixed version. |
| 66 | * The well-known "original" version of ItaloDisco artist Ken Laszlo's SignatureSong "Hey Hey Guy", which opens with a phone conversation between Ken and his gay lover, is actually a re-recording. [[https://youtu.be/D9wdWzOIsUg The true original version]], recorded in 1983 but unreleased until 2009, is slightly slower and lacks the conversation, instead featuring an early example of AWildRapperAppears between the second verse and the chorus. |
| 67 | * Kygo's remix of Music/WhitneyHouston's cover version of "Higher Love" (originally a Japan-only bonus track on ''I'm Your Baby Tonight'') became a worldwide smash hit in 2019, [[PosthumousCollaboration seven years after her death]]. In some countries, it even surpassed the Steve Winwood original, also making it a minor case of CoveredUp. |
| 68 | * When the song "History" by Music/MichaelJackson was released as a single in 1997, a remix was chosen instead of the album version by the record company. Michael was too busy with doing a world tour at the time to be able to stop it, and the music video consists people dancing to clips from his older music videos. |
| 69 | * The Music/{{Skrillex}} and Music/{{Nero}} remix of Monsta's "Holdin' On" (you know, that [[RefrainFromAssuming "my hope will never die"]] song) is more popular than the original version, largely thanks to its inclusion in numerous [[MemeticMutation MLG Montage Parodies]] on Website/YouTube and ''VideoGame/{{Asphalt}} 8''. |
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| 73 | * The popular 1986 version of Music/NuShooz's "I Can't Wait", which was a Top 10 hit on both sides of the Atlantic, is a remix by Dutch producer Peter Slaghuis. Hardly anyone remembers the original mix, which was released a year earlier and never charted anywhere. |
| 74 | * The "Tarro Remix" of Music/{{Blackbear}}'s song "idfc" is more popular than the original. |
| 75 | * The non-remixed version of "Ignition" by Music/RKelly is almost never played. Most don't even know that it's a remix, despite the lyrics saying it's a remix at the start and the fact it literally contains the line "It's the remix to 'Ignition'". The original is a lot slower and puts more emphasis on the IntercourseWithYou elements. |
| 76 | * Music/JenniferLopez's first version of her 2001 single "I'm Real" is a upbeat pop song that was initially popular, but it was then remixed into a slower R&B ballad featuring Ja Rule and its own popularity ''exploded'' with it having many times more views on Website/{{YouTube}} and being seen as the [[{{Pun}} real]] version of the song. |
| 77 | * The Hani Num remix of Deborah Cox's "I Never Knew" overshadowed the original album version. Same for the Hex Hector mixes of "Nobody's Supposed To Be Here", "Things Just 'Aint The Same", and "It's Over Now". |
| 78 | * Music/SpiceGirls member Music/MelanieC's "I Turn to You" is best known from the trance remix by Hex Hector. |
| 79 | * Music/MikePosner originally composed "I Took a Pill in Ibiza" as a folk pop song. It wasn't until it got remixed by Seeb, making it more of a Tropical House song, that it reached the top 10 in various countries. |
| 80 | * Music/WhitneyHouston's original version of "It's Not Right But It's Okay" from her 1998 album ''My Love is Your Love'' is a well-known song, but the Thunderpuss remix released shortly after soon overtook the radio stations and was more requested of the two singles (to the point that it eventually wound up on her next Greatest Hits album). |
| 81 | ** From the same album, her solo version of "If I Told You That" was eclipsed by the duet remix with Music/GeorgeMichael. |
| 82 | * The Furious F-EZ remix of [=DHT=]'s cover of [[Music/{{Roxette}} "Listen To Your Heart"]] is more popular than the slower original. |
| 83 | * A nocturne-style remixed version of Music/LaRoux's "In For The Kill", the original being faster paced and with chip-tune style sounds, appeared in a trailer for the game ''VideoGame/{{Bayonetta}}'', and was a lot of people's first introduction to La Roux's music. It is arguably more well known than the original version of the song. |
| 84 | * The Twelve's remix of "I'm Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How to Dance With You" by the Music/BlackKids is far more popular than the original, being featured on the soundtrack of [[VideoGame/FIFASoccer FIFA 09]] and getting performed on {{Series/Glee}}. |
| 85 | * The popular version of Faithless's "Insomnia" is actually the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2MJ9hRZhvQ "Monster Mix,"]] which had its lyrics almost completely rewritten due to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmWi9hXydu4 the original's]] [[{{Bowdlerise}} referencing weed (marijuana) use]]. |
| 86 | * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80SPko_gPlY The breakbeat remix]] of {{Music/Sonique}}'s "It Feels So Good" was a worldwide hit in 2000, while few people outside of [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff Australia]] remember [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ioYkuSYwIAQ the original trance mix.]] |
| 87 | * Music/RunDMC's "It's Like That" was a modest hit when it first came out in 1983, but experienced an international surge in popularity via the Jason Nevins remix in 1998. |
| 88 | * Crush's [[OneHitWonder lone hit]] "Jellyhead" was originally a dance-rock tune remniscent of fellow British group Republica. The better known version, included on their self-titled album, is the Motiv-8 remix. |
| 89 | * The Music/FerryCorsten remix of Apoptygma Berzerk's "Kathy's Song (Come Lie Next to Me)" is more recognized than the original. |
| 90 | * Music/EricChurch's "Kill a Word" was originally a solo song with Rhiannon Giddens singing backing vocals. However, the remix had her sing most of the second verse by herself, and this is the version that became more familiar to listeners. |
| 91 | * The {{Music/Vengaboys}}' "Kiss (When The Sun Don't Shine)" originally met with mixed to negative reception, with the bubblegum dance genre being CondemnedByHistory [[AmericansHateTingle in most countries]] by the time of its release, whereas the InNameOnly Airscape remix was far more popular, particularly among the EDM/trance community. |
| 92 | * R&B group Jagged Edge's 2001 hit "Let's Get Married" was originally a slow ballad that was soon remixed into an upbeat party song that is more likely to receive airplay (and subsequently played at weddings, especially receptions). |
| 93 | * Music/TheBlackEyedPeas released "Let's Get Retarded" around the 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 song's production. ValuesDissonance undoubtedly applies today, but even at the time of release "Let's Get It Started" was probably one of the few {{Bowdlerise}}d versions of a song that is more well-liked than the uncensored original. |
| 94 | * Music/FreddieMercury released the single "Living On My Own" from his first solo album ''Mr. Badguy'', which only peaked at #50 on the UK charts. Two years after his death, a remix by No More Brothers climbed straight to #1 in the UK and did similarly well in other markets. In addition, an earlier remix by Julian Raymond was included on Music/{{Queen}}'s ''Greatest Hits III'' instead of the original. |
| 95 | * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MIb5eknCKSA "Local Forecast"]] by Music/KevinMacLeod is far better known for its [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgXYzF5-Yiw "Elevator" version]], where the song's tempo is slowed down and the instruments are more subdued, so it sounds like the song comes from [[TheElevatorFromIpanema an elevator speaker]]. This is likely because of many Website/YouTube videos using the "Elevator" version of the song during time-lapsed segments that indicate a lengthy wait, a similar experience to waiting in an elevator while music plays in the background. The original version, meanwhile, is hardly ever heard in [=YouTube=] videos. |
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| 99 | * "Macarena" by Los del Río was an folky Latin pop song about a woman who cheats on her boyfriend while he's serving in the military. Three years after it's release, a remix by obscure DJ duo the Bayside Boys hit #1 on the Hot 100 and spawned a massive DanceSensation. |
| 100 | * The Art of Trance's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6IKl4CUNio original version]] of "Madagascar/[[TyopOnTheCover Madagasca/Madagasga]]" was overshadowed by the [[InNameOnly almost completely different]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RiIIteLQ3gQ Cygnus X mix]], which in turn was the basis for the even more popular Music/FerryCorsten [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuH_nYKXqHM remix.]] |
| 101 | * There are at least three versions of "[[Creator/TobyFox Megalovania]]": The original was in ''VideoGame/TheHalloweenHack'', then it was fixed up and repurposed as a song for ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'' (specifically for the flash, [S] Wake.), and then it was remixed and put into ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'' (specifically, it's [[spoiler: Sans']] boss battle music). The ''Undertale'' version is the most well known. |
| 102 | * Music/{{BTS}}' "Mic Drop" was eclipsed by the Steve Aoki remix, mostly due to the fact that the music video uses the remix and not the original song. |
| 103 | * The Music/{{Beyonce}} remix of "Mi Gente" by Music/JBalvin and Music/WillyWilliam is the version usually used on non-Spanish language radio stations. |
| 104 | * Todd Terry's [[HouseMusic deep house]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Lfo2IPvXMw remix]] of Music/EverythingButTheGirl's "Missing" outshone the SophistiPop [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9VdJA6BCww original]] to the point that the band underwent a total GenreShift to the remix's style. |
| 105 | * The [=DotEXE=] Dubstep remix of "Monster" by Music/MegAndDia is much more well-known than the original. |
| 106 | * Music/LoreenaMcKennit's "The Mummers' Dance", if only because the version in the music video is the remix by DNA. |
| 107 | * X-Cabs' original hard trance version of "Neuro" from 1994 was overshadowed by the more melodic '99 remix. |
| 108 | ** Speaking of X-Cabs, his remix of Transa's "Prophase" is much better known than the original mix, being a favorite of superstar DJ Paul Oakenfold during his residency at the Cream nightclub. |
| 109 | * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkNTff4R4KE The Sinister Strings mix]] of Brainbug's "Nightmare", with its characteristic ''Film/{{Jaws}}''-esque strings ostinato and creepy pizzicato synth hook, completely eclipsed [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGavYK6qnJk the original dream trance version.]] |
| 110 | * Music/{{Bastille}}'s song "No Angels" is a remix of their cover of Music/{{TLC}}'s "No Scrubs" with quotes from ''Film/{{Psycho}}'' added in. |
| 111 | * Music/DestinysChild had a hit with their first single, "No, No, No", a low tempo ballad with a staid music video. The remix however was seen as their BreakthroughHit and the accompanying music video received heavy rotation on television and made them into HouseholdNames. |
| 112 | * The version of the track "Nobody Like U" from ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'' that Disney released as part of the official soundtrack features a {{City Shout Out|s}} to Glendale while the version heard in the film itself instead shouts out Toronto (in the form of T.O.). The latter version is only clearly heard in the credits and Disney only promotes the former version so few people who have heard the song even realize Disney changed it. |
| 113 | * In many circles "Numb/Encore" ft. Music/JayZ is more well-known than the original Music/LinkinPark version of "Numb". It usually depends on what genre the listeners prefer. |
| 114 | * Music/LilNasX's remix of "Old Town Road" featuring Music/BillyRayCyrus is more well-known than the base song. It's the version used in the music video. |
| 115 | * Bad Boy remix of 112's "Only You" is more popular than the original. |
| 116 | * Music/EricBAndRakim's "Paid in Full" is well-liked in its original form, but Coldcut's "Seven Minutes of Madness" remix is probably the best known version of the song as it became a dance hit overseas, and its sample-heavy style was influential for a wide range of genres. |
| 117 | * The most well-known version of Music/MichaelJackson's "A Place With No Name" is a remix. The original is much slower. |
| 118 | * Exposé's first version of their SignatureSong "Point of No Return", recorded with the [[ThePeteBest "Mk. 1" lineup]] of Alejandra Lorenzo, Sandra Tola Harvey, and Laurie Miller, never caught on as a pop hit despite topping the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart, and was pushed off the public radar by the 1987 re-recording sung by Jeanette Jurado, which peaked at #5 on the Hot 100 alongside "Come Go with Me". |
| 119 | * "Ferrari Horses" was a modest hit in 2021 for British hip hop collective D-Block Europe and singer Raye. Two years later, an unofficial remix by Cassö blew up on [=TikTok=], and was released as a single, under the title "Prada". It charted at #2 in the UK Singles Chart, much higher than the original's #14 peak. |
| 120 | * DJ Sakin's "Protect Your Mind", a SpeedyTechnoRemake of the ''Film/{{Braveheart}}'' theme, had its original mix released in 1997 to little fanfare. The version most people know, which directly samples the original movie theme and is the basis for the [[WithLyrics vocal version]], is the 1999 Suspicious remix by Torsten Stenzel. |
| 121 | * The most known version of Nightcrawlers' "Push the Feeling On" isn't the original version, but [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBR2sraqEVI "The Dub of Doom,"]] mixed by Marc Kinchen, while the ''true'' original version is [[https://youtu.be/A4tZiThZPdE this]], released in 1992. Wait... [[InNameOnly Is that the same song]]? Yes. Note the [[SampledUp lyrics sampled]] in 1:14 and 1:29. |
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| 125 | * "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. |
| 126 | * 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. |
| 127 | * "Roses" by rapper [=SAINt=] JHN became an out-of-nowhere chart hit three years after its release when it was given an upbeat HouseMusic remix by Kazak producer Imanbek, largely driven by its use in a Snapchat filter. |
| 128 | * The original version of SWV's "Right Here" was the band's debut single, released late in 1992. It was quickly overshadowed by the Human Nature Remix. |
| 129 | * Several remixes of "Run Rabbit Run" by Massive are more popular than the original. |
| 130 | * Music/InformationSociety's [[KeepCirculatingTheTapes rare first release]] of their [[BreakthroughHit breakthrough single]] "Running", also included on their similarly hard-to-find debut LP ''Creatures of Influence'', was rushed out by Wide Angle Records with embarassingly bad vocals by [[ThePeteBest Murat Konar]]. It was quickly pulled from stores and remixed by freestyle producer Joey Gardner into the definitive version featured on their 1988 SelfTitledAlbum, with re-recorded vocals and a revamped chorus. The 2008 rerelease of ''Creatures'' uses the instrumental of the original, but the vocals of the remix. |
| 131 | * As with the aforementioned "Insomnia", [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2NXgqFbfrd8 the trance remix]] of Faithless's "Salva Mea" is far better known than [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24MpKavde6I the original trip-hop version]]. |
| 132 | * Real Life's 1989 remix of "Send Me An Angel" out-performed the original 1983 version. |
| 133 | * The hit version of Robin S.'s "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ps2Jc28tQrw Show Me Love]]" is actually a remix by a Swedish producer called Stonebridge. The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzXirtCj5mo original mix]] came out a couple of years earlier, was never a hit, and remains obscure today. The reason for the popularity of the remix are probably the catchy bass and synth riffs; the only part Stonebridge used from the original version are the vocals, everything else was added by him. |
| 134 | * The Tiesto and Airscape remixes of Music/{{Delerium}} & Music/SarahMcLachlan's "Silence", the latter mix being used in the video, are both much better known than the original. |
| 135 | * "Sing it Back" by British electro band Moloko was originally a percussion-heavy techno single combined with sultry vocals from singer Róisín Murphy. However, the version most familiar to the public was the remix made by German DJ Boris Dlugosch, which replaced the percussions with a catchy disco-inspired Main/HouseMusic beat. As a result, it became the band's Main/SignatureSong, was a critical and commercial success (Hitting number one on the UK Singles Chart, and charting highly in Europe, North America, and Australasia), and has been hailed as one of the best dance songs ever composed. |
| 136 | * "Situation" by Music/{{Yazoo}} was originally a B-side running less than two and a half minutes. François Kevorkian remixed it into a five and a half minute 12" single, and it became a huge hit in the American dance market. Few Americans even know the original exists. Even UK listeners are far more likely to be familiar with the Kevorkian remix as although the original ''can'' be found on CD, both ''Upstairs At Eric's'' and their most popular "Best Of" collection ''Only You'' contain the remix. |
| 137 | ** Likewise, Francois K.'s remix of Music/{{Kraftwerk}}'s "Tour de France", featured in ''Film/{{Breakin|1984}}'', eclipsed the original "Kling Klang Analog" mix. |
| 138 | * The best-known version of Newcastle-born singer Duke's "So In Love With You", which was an international club hit in the late '90s, is the [[https://youtu.be/L_wM6lHdnog house remix]] by Full Intention. Few if any people remember the pop-disco [[https://youtu.be/sGbVyOnHUpw original version.]] |
| 139 | * For quite a while, the 1965 remix of Simon & Garfunkel's "The Sound Of Silence" was more well known than the original 1964 version. It took some time for the original to become more popular again. |
| 140 | * Music/{{The Living Tombstone}}'s remix of "Spooky Scary Skeletons" seems more popular than the original. It at least has more recognition/views on Website/YouTube. |
| 141 | * CJ Bolland's original version of "Sugar is Sweeter" never caught on, whilst Armand van Helden's speed garage remix was a #1 dance hit in 1996. In turn, the Sol Brothers mashed up this version with Praxis & Kathy Brown's "Turn Me Out" for its "Turn to Sugar" remix the following year, which eclipsed that song's original as well. |
| 142 | ** Armand's Dark Garage remix of Music/SneakerPimps' "Spin Spin Sugar" also outshone its original mix. |
| 143 | ** Not to mention his remix of Music/ToriAmos' [[https://youtu.be/Zqae5qyopok "Professional Widow"]]. Armand really has a knack for turning in remixes that completely dwarf the originals. |
| 144 | * Music/{{Scooter}}'s "Sunrise (Ratty 's Inferno)" was originally an obscure instrumental BSide, which they remixed WithLyrics as the much more famous "Sunrise (Here I Am)" under their Ratty alias. |
| 145 | * The Rank 1 remix of Cygnus X's "Superstring", from 2000, is much better known than the original mix from 1993. Same goes for Music/FerryCorsten(as Moonman)'s remix of "The Orange Theme", which was often [[MisattributedSong misattributed to]] [[Music/{{Tiesto}} DJ Tiesto]]. |
| 146 | * "Surfin' Bird" by the Trashmen is a remix combination of two songs originally relaeased by The Rivingtons: "Papa-Oom-Mow-Mow" and "The Bird's the Word." "Papa-Oom-Mow-Mow" peaked at #48 in the top 100 and "The Bird's the Word" didn't break into the 100, but "Surfin' Bird" hit #4. |
| 147 | * Many listeners in the US don't realise that Soft Cell's cover of "Tainted Love" was originally 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?". The parent album ''Non Stop Erotic Cabaret'' featured "Tainted Love" as a standalone track; modern reissues add both the standalone version of "Where Did Our Love Go?" and the combined 12" mix as bonus tracks. |
| 148 | * 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. |
| 149 | * 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}}'' and its consequent inclusion on the hugely popular soundtrack album. |
| 150 | * Rock group Terrorvision's biggest hit was a dance remix of "Tequila" (an original song, not a Champs cover). It was something of a BlackSheepHit for them. |
| 151 | * Age of Love's 1990 single [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNfBl6FnfYQ "The Age of Love,"]] reognized as one of the first genuine trance songs, is better known from the 1992 [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNJ58M3gIzg Jam & Spoon "Watch Out For Stella" mix,]] which added the [[EpicRiff iconic synth climax]] not present in the original. |
| 152 | * The Disco Fries remix of [=VenSun=]'s "The Dragon Flies", being the mix used for the video, is better recognized than the original mix. |
| 153 | * [[https://youtu.be/rD22ok7r3ts?si=iskRTjPmhVHQ3lNU The original mix]] of Music/{{Tiesto}}'s "Theme from Norefjell" was never released except as an ultra-rare acetate test pressing and on the DJ mix compilation ''In Trance We Trust 001''. The definitive version is the "Magikal Remake" mix. Ironically, the 2004 remix, featured on the Olympic Games live mix album ''Parade of the Athletes'' as "Coming Home", was based on the DJ Jan & Christophe Chantzis mix, which has a completely different melody than the other versions. |
| 154 | * "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. |
| 155 | * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWjW6pjxoEQ "Toca's Miracle,"]] a [[JustForFun/XMeetsY mashup]] of Fragma's trance instrumental [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wN8uLf_B-Q "Toca Me"]] with the vocals of Coco Star's UK garage single [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0lYo1NGDhg "I Need a Miracle,"]] was far more popular than either of its predecessors. |
| 156 | * Everyone remembers DNA's remix of "Tom's Diner" from Music/SuzanneVega. Who remembers Vega's acapella version, in which the "do do do-do, do do do-do" hook only turns up right at the end? It was actually released as a single a couple of years earlier; it wasn't very popular. |
| 157 | * "Treaty" by Yothu Yindi. The Filthy Lucre dance mix is more recognized than the original within Australia, and even got a fair amount of play in the US and UK. |
| 158 | * ''Franchise/TouhouProject'': Some pieces that tend to have more recognition outside of the fandom are "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 "Music/BadApple feat. nomico" (a remix of the stage 3 theme "Bad Apple!!" from ''VideoGame/TouhouGensokyoLotusLandStory'') , 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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| 162 | * Music/SteveWinwood first recorded the song "Valerie" in 1982, but it barely missed the top 50 in his native UK and peaked at #70 in the US. After Winwood started working with mixer Tom Lord-Alge on his albums to achieve greater success in 1986, Lord-Alge remixed and rereleased the song in 1987, which hit the top 10 in the US and the top 20 in the UK. And this was before it was sampled for "Call On Me" in the 2000s, which was in itself an example of this trope (see above). |
| 163 | * Although Music/VeraLynn's 1939 recording of "We'll Meet Again", backed by a solo electric organ, was hugely successful at the time, it has since been eclipsed by two orchestral remakes: one produced for the 1942 film of the same name, and another made for a 1955 Vera Lynn album which was later used at the end of ''Film/DrStrangelove''. |
| 164 | * The dance classic "Weekend" has an interesting history. Originally a relatively unnoticed disco track by the musical project Phreek, it was revived with a post-disco cover by Class Action (a studio group headed by EDM pioneer Larry Levan) in 1983, which made it a minor dance hit. It was then subsequently given a HouseMusic remix by the Todd Terry Project in 1988, which made it an arguably bigger hit and gave it recognition as one of the first widely successful EDM songs. |
| 165 | * 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 by Julian Mendelsohn into the much better-known version that kicks off ''Actually'', and "Opportunities"(Let's Make Lots Of Money), produced by [[Music/ArtOfNoise JJ Jeczalik]] and Nicholas Froome in its 1985 single release, then also remixed by Stephen Hague for ''Please'' the following year. |
| 166 | * The Above & Beyond trance remix of Music/{{Madonna}}'s "What It Feels Like for a Girl" is better remembered than the original, thanks to being used in the video. |
| 167 | * Music/YellowMagicOrchestra: In a case where a whole ''album'' was subjected to this, the 1979 US mix of ''Music/{{Yellow Magic Orchestra|Album}}'' by Al Schmitt is generally much better-known than the original 1978 Japanese mix by bandleader Music/HaruomiHosono. Part of this is due to the Schmitt mix being the only version officially available outside of Japan before 2003, but even in Japan it overtook the Hosono mix in popularity and was even functionally adopted by the band as the canonical version of the album, to the extent where the Hosono mix took until 1992 to see a CD release in its home country (CD releases before then exclusively used the Schmitt version). To this day, the Schmitt mix is the one most heavily prioritized in reissues; on double-CD and double-LP releases that contain both versions, Schmitt's version is consistently placed on disc one. |
| 168 | * Partial example with the 1999 remix of "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pO40TcKa_5U You Gotta Be]]" by Des'ree quickly rose to the charts and has received more airplay across the UK and Europe compared to its [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTmdBXvmlz0 original version,]] which was more successful in the US. |
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