History Bowdlerise / Music

** A bizarre one is the line "Here we go, here we go, satellite radio" has the word '''''satellite''''' blanked and replaced with some audio distortion. Apparently terrestrial radio doesn't want you to know about Sirius XM.

* The song "Vintage" by High Dive Heart says "you can call me old-school, but I like to hear my music on that FM band" on the album, but on SiriusXM, "that FM band" is changed to [[ProductPlacement SiriusXM]].

* "The Duck Song" by Music/{{Songdrops}} is a more small child friendly version of an old joke about a duck repeatedly going into a bar (or in some versions a hardware store) and asking if they have grapes. The bartender/clerk gets fed up and says that if he comes back again he'll nail his feet (or beak) to the floor. The duck comes back and asks if they have any nails, the bartender says that they don't, and then the duck asks for grapes again, the joke ending there. "The Duck Song" changes the setting to a lemonade stand, and the threat is changed to being glued to a tree, the song ends with the two becoming friends and the worker buys grapes for the duck.

** The radio edit of "Burn It to the Ground" not only mutes out the three uses of "shit", but also mutes the "s" sound in "ass". It's also worth noting that when the third "shit" is muted, the "n" sound before it (which is short for "and") is muted as well, presumably so that listeners won't think that the censored word starts with the letter N.

* Music/SickPuppies' song "You're Going Down" originally contained the lines "Define your meaning of fun. Is it fucking, druggin', or guns?" and "When my fist hits your face and your face hits the floor." The more common cleaner version replaces the lines with "Define your meaning of fun. To me it's when we're getting it done" and "With my fist in your face and your face on the floor" (which is barely different but is ''somewhat'' less graphic). The "little petty shit" is also edited so that "shit" is masked by a guitar sound, though not completely. The "cry like a bitch" part is left perfectly intact.

* The cover art of [[Music/RobZombie White Zombie]] remix album ''Supersexy Swingin' Sounds'' is a pin-up-style photo of a nude Sheri Moon Zombie on a hammock: She's [[HandOrObjectUnderwear strategicially posed in a way that you don't actually see anything]], but nonetheless a "clean" version sold at K-Mart and Walmart gave her a blue airbrushed bikini.

* The album version of "Life Of The Party" (on the deluxe version of ''Donda'') bleeps out some words said by André 3000. The standalone single version of the song is uncensored.

* The single version of Music/MarilynManson's song "The Beautiful People" changes one line to "There's no time to discriminate/Hate every other hater that's in your way." This version also mutes the word "shit".

* "The Duck Song" by Music/{{Songdrops}} is a more small child friendly version of an old joke about a duck repeatedly going into a bar (or in some versions a hardware store) and asking if they have grapes. The bartender/clerk gets fed up and says that if he comes back again he'll nail his feet (or beak) to the floor. The duck comes back and asks if they have any nails, the bartender says that they don't, and then the duck asks for grapes again. "The Duck Song" changes the setting to a lemonade stand, and the threat is changed to being glued to a tree, the song ends with the two becoming friends and the worker buys grapes for the duck.

* Ihe soundtracks for the live action ''Film/AlvinAndTheChipmunks'' movie series change some lyrics to the songs they cover. For instance, the Chippettes version of "Single Ladies" leaves out the lyrics in the middle of the song, "Trouble" removes references to drugs, and "We'll Be Alright" changes "Our middle fingers in the air" to "We wave our tails in the air".

* The Song "Big Rock Candy Mountain" is a supreme example of this, in its original form it was about a hobo convincing a young boy to follow him with tales of mountains made of candy, who he then forced to "[[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything sit on his peg]]". The original ending of the song even went like this:

** Mark Knopfler has said that he originally wanted the aforementioned verse to also include the word "motherfucker", but back when the song was released, it would have been very shocking to hear that in a pop song. He has sang the verse with this word in certain live performances, while in other he has sang "mother trucker".

** The clean album version of "San Quentin" only mutes the one use of "shit". However, there is a version available to radio stations and Internet jukeboxes that also mutes every instance of "hell".

* The song "Almost" by Music/BowlingForSoup, a title quite appropriate in that after the edits its [[{{Pun}} almost]] a different song. For example:

* The song "Almost" by Music/BowlingForSoup, a title quite appropriate in that after the edits its [[IncrediblyLamePun almost]] a different song. For example:

* In a [[https://www.facebook.com/x929calgary/videos/10155180213626219/
live performance]] of "Blood in the Cut" by Music/KFlay that was recorded exclusively for CFEX-FM (X92.9 Calgary), she changed the line, "He might be fucking her right now," to "He might be up with her right now."

3 live performance]] of "Blood in the Cut" by Music/KFlay that was recorded exclusively for CFEX-FM (X92.9 Calgary), she changed the line, "He might be fucking her right now," to "He might be up with her right now."

* In a live performance of "Blood in the Cut" by Music/KFlay that was recorded exclusively for CFEX-FM (X92.9 Calgary), she changed the line, "He might be fucking her right now," to "He might be up with her right now."

* Near the end of "Look It Up", Ashton Shepherd says the word "asshole". The radio version and the album both have it edited out, but the standalone single on iTunes has it uncensored. The uncensored version was also a bonus track on early pressings of the album.

* "The Duck Song" by Music/{{Songdrops}} is a more small child friendly version of an old joke about a duck repeatedly going into a bar (or in some versions a hardware store) and asking if they have grapes. The bartender/clerk gets fed up and says that if he comes back again he'll nail his feet (or beak) to the floor. The duck comes back and asks if they have any nails, the bartender says that they don't, and then the duck asks for grapes again. "The Duck Song" changes the setting to a lemonade stand, and the threat is changed to being glued to a tree.

* The edit of Music/{{Zayn}}'s "Pillowtalk" that plays on Macy's "mstyle" radio station, in addition to blanking out the word 'piss' in the chorus (which isn't censored in the traditional radio edit), blanks out any words that even slightly allude to sex, such as "bodies together" and "dirty and raw".

** Cher Lloyd's "Want U Back" has the self-censorship of "I don't give a (shh)" additionally censored, blanking out the "shh".

* On Music/{{Creed}}'s GreatestHitsAlbum, the "god" is muted out of "goddamn" in the song "What's This Life For". The song is also shortened by half a minute to entirely remove the first instance of the word.

** "C'est La Vie" by the Irish GirlGroup B*Witched had both its lines of "I'll show you mine, if you show me yours" replaced by "I'll be the queen, and you'll be the king". This resulted in [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment the latter line being heard three times]]: once in the first verse and twice in the second. Considering what the song is about, it's a wonder that Radio Disney even considered playing the song in the first place.

* When the Music/ButtholeSurfers played the Newport Centre, the venue insisted on them being advertised as "the Buttonhole Surfers".

** Christian parody band [=ApologetiX=] did a parody of "Pepper" (titled "People") - because the band name wasn't appropriate for their audience, they credited the original to "The Buttonhole Surfers".