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* "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.

* [[Older Than Radio]]: "Silvered is the raven hair" from [[Gilbert and Sullivan]]'s ''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.

* 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".

* The antiwar play ''Johnny Johnson'' by Paul Green, with songs composed by Kurt Weill, ended with "Johnny's Song," the philosophical ballad of a [[Wide-Eyed Idealist]] turned [[Knight in Sour Armor]] 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.

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