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** Following the example of ''Den-O'', its successor ''[[Kamen Rider Kiva]]'' had three mixes of [[The Rival]]'s theme "Individual-System" (the standard version sung by the star, and two remixes, "Fight for Justice" and "Don't Lose Yourself", sung by the rival to reflect his changing attitude over the series). About a year after the show ended, a reunion album was released, which included more remixes, such as the main character and his father swapping their respective theme tunes.
*** And its successor ''[[Kamen Rider Decade]]'' included a series of albums that rearranged all of the theme songs of the nine previous series by the official rock band RIDER CHIPS and "Climax Jump"'s composer Shuhei Naruse. This resulted in '''two more''' versions of "Climax Jump".
**** And then along comes the fifth ''Den-O'' movie, split into three separate movies, each with its own song. The first gets a ballad version of "Action-ZERO", the second a mix of Double-Action for the hero's [[Kid From the Future|Grandkid From The Future]] and his partner (rock 'n roll), and the third gets "Climax-Action ~[[The Den-O History~]]", which is said to be a combination of '''every''' version of "Climax Jump" and "Double-Action" to date.
* Perhaps taking a cue from ''Den-O'', ''[[Engine Sentai Go-onger]]'''s ending theme comes in several cover versions as well. Each of the [[Humongous Mecha]] trios has their own mix ("Engine First Rap -Type Normal-", "Second Rap -Turbo Custom-", "Third Rap -Aero-Dynamic Custom-", "Final Rap -Type Evolution"), then there's one that's a musical [[Green Aesop]] ("Engine Eco Rap -Recycle Custom-"), one for The Movie ("Engine Formation Rap -GekijouBANG! Custom-"), a cover sung exclusively by the show's female cast ("G3 Princess Rap ~[[Pretty Love Limited~]]"), a cover sung exclusively by the show's ''male'' cast ("G5 Prince Rap ~Bombaye Limited"), and then a final version covering all 12 of the [[Humongous Mecha]] for the finale ("Engine Winning Run -Type Formula-"). The five songs for the mecha (First, Second, Third, & Final Lap, and Winning Run) were later strung into a continuous 17 minute song for a soundtrack release.
** An then for the ''[[Samurai Sentai Shinkenger]] VS Go-onger'' [[Intercontinuity Crossover]] [[The Movie|Movie]], "Samurai First Rap ~[[GinmakuBANG!!~]]".
* The themes to ''[[Mighty Morphin Power Rangers the Movie]]'' and ''[[Power Rangers Zeo]]'' were remixed versions of the original ''[[Mighty Morphin Power Rangers]]'' theme. The season after ''Zeo'', ''[[Power Rangers Turbo]]'', worked in the six-note "Go, go, Power Rangers!" riff, but was otherwise unique. Years later, Saban's reclaiming of the franchise led them to resurrect the theme and use an updated version for ''[[Power Rangers Samurai]]''.
* ''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000]]'' had its theme song lyrics changed several times throughout its run to reflect on changes within the show (such the switch from Joel to Mike).
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* The final season of ''[[Blake's Seven|Blakes Seven]]'' used a faster and jollier muzak-like version of the theme for its end credits only, without changing the opening credit version. This created a rather odd effect after some of the grimmer episodes of the show, especially [[Kill'Em All|the last one]].
** Incoming producer Vere Lorrimer wanted lyrics over the end credits. They were going to be sung by Steven Pacey (Tarrant). Thankfully we were spared that.
{{quote| There's a distant star in a distant sky<br />
past the edge of time way past Gemini.<br />
Peace is there, only beauty meets the eye.<br />
Oh my love, that's where we must fly,<br />
and let the world go by, just you and I.<br />
 
<br />
 
Come, hit the Stardust Trail, we'll throw our cap at Mars;<br />
we'llCome, catchhit athe comet'sStardust tailTrail, and we'll sailthrow toour thecap stars!<brat />Mars;
we'll catch a comet's tail, and we'll sail to the stars!
<br />
 
Though the years go by like a silver stream,<br />▼
 
if our love is true, we will find our dream.<br />▼
▲Though the years go by like a silver stream,<br />
Travellin' on, suddenly that's where we are;<br />▼
▲if our love is true, we will find our dream.<br />
That distant star, that distant star,<br />▼
▲Travellin' on, suddenly that's where we are;<br />
▲That distant star, that distant star,<br />
that shining distant star! }}
* ''[[The Wire]]'' used a remixed version of its theme song each season. In later seasons, the singers they used represented a theme of that season. Ex: Season 4 was about the plight of young black boys in Baltimore, and the theme was sung by a Boy's Choir.
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* [[Radiohead]] has done this with "Morning Bell" (rearranged on their next album, ''Amnesiac'', as (appropriately enough) "Morning Bell/Amnesiac") and the b-side "Fog" (a live piano version titled "Fog (Again)").
* The Justified Ancients of Mu-Mu aka [[The KLF]] are credited with pioneering a new approach to song mixing. They would continually tweak, remix, and rerelease their material, with no version being the definitive one. Engineer Mark Stent told ''Sound on Sound'' magazine:
{{quote| It was in working with Bill Drummond and Jimmy Cauty that things really started to happen in a new way, using mixing as a work-in-progress, rather than an end stage. We were running everything live in the studio, from sequencers and samplers. Obviously there was also stuff on tape, but they would come in with their Ataris and Akai samplers, and we would end up rearranging the whole song whilst mixing things. They would then take away what we did, work on it again, and come back a while later, and I'd mix stuff again. My KLF work put me in the picture, and after that the phone never stopped ringing.}}
** They did at least two rearrangements of "What Time is Love?": "America (What Time is Love)" in 1991, and "Fuck the Millenium"(as 2K) in 1997.
* Chiodos did two different rearrangements of the demo "Thermacare" (recorded with old vocalist Craig Owens). After the band's split, Chiodos recorded a different version of the song with different lyrics, "Stratovolcano Mouth" featuring new vocalist Brandon Bolmer, whereas Owens recorded [[Recycled Lyrics|a new song over Thermacare's lyrics]], "The Only Thing You Talk About".
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* Underworld's biggest song, "Born Slippy .NUXX" is actually an [[In Name Only]] remix of their song "Born Slippy". ".NUXX" became so popular that it overshadowed the original after its use in the film ''[[Trainspotting]]''. Underworld revisited ".NUXX" in 2003 for a greatest hits album, downplaying the relentless percussion-only accompaniment with a piano part.
* A rare unreleased edition of the [[Backstreet Boys]]' "I Want It That Way", subtitled "No Goodbyes", had revised lyrics:
{{quote| No goodbyes (Ain't nothing but a heartache)<br />
No more lies (Ain't nothing but a mistake)<br />
That is why (I love it when I hear you say)<br />
I want it that way }}
* Bjorn Lynne(formerly Dr. Awesome)'s ''Revive'' album consisted of reworks of his old [[MOD]] songs.
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