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** Not to mention their cover of The Beatles' "Day Tripper", which transformed a lighthearted ode to LSD into a mournful lament on being driven to suicide by an apathetic lover.
** Or their cover of Seals and Croft's "Summer Breeze," which becomes a song about domestic violence. At the very least.
* In Flames covered the synth-pop number "Everything Counts" by [[Depeche Mode]] and completely altered its meaning. The original was a [[Lyrical Dissonance|simplistic synth driven pop song about the greed, competitiveness and materialism of 80's Wall Street capitalism.]] However in the In Flames version the song describes the [[Humans Are
* "Get It On The Long Hard Road," from the Kleptone's mashup album [http://www.kleptones.com/pages/downloads_24h.html ''24 Hours''], takes the playful [[Intercourse with You]] lyrics from T.Rex's song [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIZRD4Noxnk "Get It On"] and makes them creepy and possessive... using the original vocals. The only alteration is the music that plays behind them.
* Everyone in the world may well have covered Katy Perry's "I Kissed A Girl", but Scottish indie band Travis totally change the meaning with their cover, turning a [[Les Yay]]-infested hit single into a folk-tinged ballad about a gay man questioning his sexuality.
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