This can happen and in my opinion, it has with numerous songs.  Got any favourites?

I will start with a song I came upon called 'Blame it On You' by a Swedish singer named Gathania Holmgren.  She was a contestant on Idol (Sweden's version of Pop/American Idol) and this was her first single in 2009.  As far as I can see, it was not a big hit outside of Sweden, but a remix by The Wideboys appeared on several dance compilations that were released around the world, and it was through one of those that I first came into the song.  The original starts off as a ballad, but morphs into a dance track.  While it is still good, the remix is all dance from start to end and it I prefer more!

Original version:  Blame it on You - Gathania
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Remix:  Wideboys Edit
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Anyone remember the 1994 Eurodance classic 'Think About the Way' by Ice MC?  To this day, it is still one of my all time favourites of the 90s.  In 2007, a DJ called Frisco remixed it and it became one of my favourite songs of that year.  Do I like it better?  I'm not 100% on that, but it is the one I find I listen to a lot more.

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Frisco vs Ice MC - Think About the Way (2007)
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Normally I don't like remixed versions of certain songs, but there are certain occasions when remixing it has actually made it better IMO.

Case in point... in early 1995, American dance-pop singer Stevie B. had a hit song called "When I Dream About You" (from his album Funky Melody), and it was kinda bland and sleepy without any drumbeat. However, one radio station I was listening to regularly at the time later played it with a drumbeat mixed in (starting after the first verse), to make it more lively, and the dj called that version "a remix."

New Order - Blue Monday

or "West End Girls" by the Pet Shop Boys. I know of two different mixes of that song.

I'm not sure if everyone is a Jazz fan like myself or even know what Swing Jazz and Electro Swing is. But here's an example where a remix is better than the original to me.

1943 Original Swing Jazz version
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2011 Electro Swing Jazz version
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This can happen and in my opinion, it has with numerous songs.  Got any favourites?


Rolling Stones 1965 original, featuring Jagger when he still had moves:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWFk9Dj3LsE

But the one most of us remember is the Soup Dragons, 1989:

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Original:

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Remix:

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The song sounds way better when it has a slow tempo IMO.

or "West End Girls" by the Pet Shop Boys. I know of two different mixes of that song.


The original 1984 version of West End Girls was a pop hit in Canada where it peaked at #81 in June of 1985.  It seems no other country welcomed this version outside of a club/dance chart, which still makes me scratch my head in confusion.  Thankfully, the re-recording of it in 1985 was the one that became the world-wide hit by 1986

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Lucas took the Imperial March and made it into something beautiful.

My daughters former orchestra teacher made a loop with bittersweet symphony, it's fantastic (excuse the coughing-why must there always be coughers during performances!). So I guess this would be a form of remix on a remix.  ;D but he did a really great job creating this loop. See if you can spot some of the other songs that he riffed within it.
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Sorry had to add another- I love this version of the song vs Cyndi Lauper.
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Original, White Guy with Acoustic Guitar Version:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41GZVVcxQps

Newer, Fleshier EDM Version:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=foE1mO2yM04

This can happen and in my opinion, it has with numerous songs.  Got any favourites?

Ya probably BUMP AND GRIND by R. Kelly (1994) -- That remix is amazing!!

Whitney's "It's Not Right, But It's Okay" and the bangin' Thunderpuss remix.