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* [[Stephen Sondheim]] partially rewrote the lyrics of "Putting It Together" from ''Sunday In The Park With George'' for Barbra Streisand's ''The Broadway Album''. "Girl" was substituted for "George," and several lines were changed in less trivial ways.

* "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" has somewhat more depressing lyrics in ''[[Meet Me in St Louis]]''.

* "Fugue For Tinhorns" from ''[[Guys and Dolls]]'', with its lyrics rewritten to be a more generic round, was issued under the title "Three-Cornered Tune." However, the original "Fugue For Tinhorns" still got several pop covers. There was also a solo version of "Sue Me," whose verse has completely different music and lyrics ("So you're all the time right and I'm all the time wrong") than the show version ("You promise me this, you promise me that").

* "I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing", a Coca Cola commercial jingle so popular ''extended versions of the commercial were made'' was reworked into a single with the soft drink references re-written. In a way, this is almost a double subversion; not only is the commercial more remembered than the single, omitting the parts about "buying the world a Coke" made the tune less commercial. Well, less ''of'' a commercial, anyway.

* 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.)

* Sammy Davis Jr's "The Candyman", originally from the movie ''Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory'', changes one line: "Willy Wonka makes" becomes "The Candyman makes".

* Another Disney example is "Reflection" from ''[[Mulan]]''.

* Early in its development/workshopping, the title song from ''[[The Phantom of the Opera]]'' was released as a single (complete with video) with dramatically different lyrics from those in the final theatrical production. If you compare them, both sets of lyrics are totally innocuous, just different. The Phantom's singer on the single, Steve Harvey, ''was'' in the running for the role, but in the end [[Andrew Lloyd Webber]] and company decided his rock-trained voice wasn't quite what they needed for the final show.

* "Tessie" from ''The Sliver Slipper'' was played on a whim at the 1916 World Series, and became known as a good luck song. In 2004, Dropkick Murphys rereleased it with lyrics explicitly about the Red Sox and Nuff Ced McGreevy, and it proved to be a good luck song.

* The [[Cirque Du Soleil]] concert tour ''Delirium'' was based around rewritten and/or rearranged pop versions of songs from most of the shows from ''[[Saltimbanco]]'' through ''[[Varekai]]''.

* The theme of ''[[The Raccoons]]'', "Run with Us", was initially sung by Steve Lunt, then re-recorded by Lisa Lougheed, who also voiced Lisa Raccoon and produced several other songs for the show. Her version was featured on her ''Evergreen Nights'' album along with the other songs sung or co-produced by her.

* Those who are used to hearing The Seekers' cheery "Georgy Girl" on oldies radio may be shocked by the version used in the original film, where the lyrics are much darker and more cynical, and reference the title character's specific situation ("Though he's not a dream come true, at least he's a millionaire ...").

* Several songs from [[Team Starkid]] productions were reworked for [[Darren Criss]]' live music performances. Compare the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f16urHxNpGs&feature=player_profilepage#t=307s theatrical, Potter-ised version of "Stutter"] to the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnpJFXYt9fo live performance version].