History Main / RereleaseTheSong

* From 1986 to 1992 there was a major trend of rereleased songs becoming big hits in the US, including three that hit [=#1=] (the aforementioned "When I'm With You", "At This Moment" by Billy Vera & The Beaters, and "Red Red Wine" by [=UB40=]). They generally fell into two groups: RevivalByCommercialization ("[[Series/FamilyTies At This Moment]]", "Film/StandByMe" by Ben E. King, "[[Film/FerrisBuellersDayOff Twist & Shout]]" by Music/TheBeatles, "[[Film/DirtyDancing Do You Love Me?]]" by the Contours, "[[Film/GoodMorningVietnam What a Wonderful World]]" by Louis Armstrong, "[[Film/SayAnything In Your Eyes]]" by Music/PeterGabriel, "[[Film/Ghost1990 Unchained Melody]]" by the Righteous Brothers, "[[Film/WaynesWorld Bohemian Rhapsody]]" by Music/{{Queen}}), and Top 40 stations putting older songs that weren't big hits the first time around into their rotation ("Red Red Wine" by UB40, "When I'm With You" by Sheriff, "Where Are You Now?" by Synch, "Into The Night" by Benny Mardones).

* In 2005, after Music/{{D}}'s first bassist (Rena) left and was subsequently replaced (by Tsunehito), the members rerecorded and re-released ''their entire discography'' (which, at the time, consisted of two EP's, one full-length album, and their then-latest single). Later on, in 2012, the band re-released their 2006 single "Ultimate Lover." The international edition of the ''Huang Di ~Yami ni Yumareta Mukui~'' mini-album also includes four of D's older but well-known songs ("[[SignatureSong Night-ship 'D',]]" "[[LongTitle Yami Yori Kurai Doukoku no Acapella to Bara Yori Akai Jounetsu no Aria,]]" "Dearest You," and "Sleeper"), although this was mostly because the original releases [[NoExportForYou are all extremely difficult to obtain outside Japan.]]

Sometimes, an artist will want to give a song a second chance. Maybe it just didn't pan out as a single the first time, or maybe it's just so good that it needs another release.

* Music/FooFighters re-recorded the ''The Colour And The Shape'' album track "Walking After You" for the ''Film/TheXFilesFightTheFuture'' soundtrack a year later, also releasing the new version as a single. The re-recording is similar in feel, but has a less sparse arrangement: While the ''Colour And The Shape'' version was performed solely by Dave Grohl (guitar, vocals, and drums) and Nate Mendel (bass), the re-recording was performed by the full band and also featured Craig Wedren on backing vocals and [[Music/TalkingHeads Jerry Harrison,]] the song's [[RecordProducer producer,]] on piano.

* Music/AlanJackson wanted to release "Home" from his debut album, but decided against it because Music/JoeDiffie [[NamesTheSame had a song called "Home" out at the same time]]. Alan later included the original on a GreatestHitsAlbum and released it as a single in 1996.

* From 1986 to 1992 there was a major trend of rereleased songs becoming big hits in the US, including three that hit [=#1=] (the aforementioned "When I'm With You", "At This Moment" by Billy Vera & The Beaters, and "Red Red Wine" by [=UB40=]). They generally fell into two groups: RevivalByCommercialization ("[[Series/FamilyTies At This Moment]]", "Film/StandByMe" by Ben E. King, "[[Film/FerrisBuellersDayOff Twist & Shout]]" by Music/TheBeatles, "[[Film/DirtyDancing Do You Love Me?]]" by the Contours, "[[Film/GoodMorningVietnam What a Wonderful World]]" by Louis Armstrong, "[[Film/SayAnything In Your Eyes]]" by Music/PeterGabriel, "[[Film/{{Ghost}} Unchained Melody]]" by the Righteous Brothers, "[[Film/WaynesWorld Bohemian Rhapsody]]" by Music/{{Queen}}), and Top 40 stations putting older songs that weren't big hits the first time around into their rotation ("Red Red Wine" by UB40, "When I'm With You" by Sheriff, "Where Are You Now?" by Synch, "Into The Night" by Benny Mardones).

* From 1986 to 1992 there was a major trend of rereleased songs becoming big hits in the US, including three that hit [=#1=] (the aforementioned "When I'm With You", "At This Moment" by Billy Vera & The Beaters, and "Red Red Wine" by [=UB40=]). They generally fell into two groups: RevivalByCommercialization ("[[Series/FamilyTies At This Moment]]", "Film/StandByMe" by Ben E. King, "[[Film/FerrisBuellersDayOff Twist & Shout]]" by Creator/TheBeatles, "[[Film/DirtyDancing Do You Love Me?]]" by the Contours, "[[Film/GoodMorningVietnam What a Wonderful World]]" by Louis Armstrong, "[[Film/SayAnything In Your Eyes]]" by Music/PeterGabriel, "[[Film/{{Ghost}} Unchained Melody]]" by the Righteous Brothers, "[[Film/WaynesWorld Bohemian Rhapsody]]" by Creator/{{Queen}}), and Top 40 stations putting older songs that weren't big hits the first time around into their rotation ("Red Red Wine" by UB40, "When I'm With You" by Sheriff, "Where Are You Now?" by Synch, "Into The Night" by Benny Mardones).

* Suicidal Tendencies' ''Still Cyco After All These Years'' is almost entirely a re-recording of their [[SelfTitledAlbum self-titled debut album]] from ten years earlier, plus remakes of two songs from the album ''Join The Army'' and a straight re-release of a song that was originally a BSide. At the time, the original self-titled album was out of print, a lot of their current fan base had never even heard it, and the band didn't have the rights to reissue the original recordings themselves. While they tried to be as faithful to the original versions as possible, there were inevitable differences since vocalist Mike Muir was [[IAmTheBand the only original member left]] in the band, and even Muir himself had significantly changed his singing style over the course of 10 years.

* The original release from Music/{{Prince}}'s break-out album 1999 was actually the title song, which only hit #44 during its first release. After Little Red Corvette became a top ten hit, however, the party anthem was re-released and hit #12.

* Music/PaulMcCartney: "Maybe I'm Amazed" and "Coming Up" were solo songs which also saw live releases by Wings. "Another Day / Oh Woman, Oh Why", his debut single, was also made available for Record Day 2012.

* From 1986 to 1992 there was a major trend of rereleased songs becoming big hits in the US, including three that hit [=#1=] (the aforementioned "When I'm With You", "At This Moment" by Billy Vera & The Beaters, and "Red Red Wine" by [=UB40=]). They generally fell into two groups: RevivalByCommercialization ("[[Series/FamilyTies At This Moment]]", "Film/StandByMe" by Ben E. King, "[[Film/FerrisBuellersDayOff Twist & Shout]]" by the Beatles, "[[Film/DirtyDancing Do You Love Me?]]" by the Contours, "[[Film/GoodMorningVietnam What a Wonderful World]]" by Louis Armstrong, "[[Film/{{Ghost}} Unchained Melody"]] by the Righteous Brothers, "[[Film/WaynesWorld Bohemian Rhapsody]]" by Queen), and Top 40 stations putting older songs that weren't big hits the first time around into their rotation ("Red Red Wine", "When I'm With You", "Where Are You Now?" by Synch, "Into The Night" by Benny Mardones).

* After Music/DavidBowie became a GlamRock star, a number of his older music saw reissues that brought them bigger success than when they were first put out. Most notably, Creator/RCARecords re-released Bowie's self-titled second album (rechristened ''Music/SpaceOddity'') and ''Music/TheManWhoSoldTheWorld'' in 1972, with TrendCovers featuring his Ziggy Stardust stage persona (despite both albums sharing no immediate relation to Ziggy), Deram Records (on whom his [[Music/DavidBowie1967 self-titled debut album]] was released) reissued the OldShame novelty single "The Laughing Gnome", and [=B&C=] records reissued the original single release of "Moonage Daydream"/"Hang On to Yourself" with the sides switched (both songs were featured on ''Music/TheRiseAndFallOfZiggyStardustAndTheSpidersFromMars'' in [[RearrangeTheSong re-recorded forms]]).

* After Music/DavidBowie became a GlamRock star, a number of his older music saw reissues that brought them bigger success than when they were first put out. Most notably, Creator/RCARecords re-released Bowie's self-titled second album (rechristiened ''Music/SpaceOddity'') and ''Music/TheManWhoSoldTheWorld'' in 1972, with TrendCovers featuring his Ziggy Stardust stage persona (despite both albums sharing no immediate relation to Ziggy), Deram Records (on whom his [[Music/DavidBowie1967 self-titled debut album]] was released) reissued the OldShame novelty single "The Laughing Gnome", and [=B&C=] records reissued the original single release of "Moonage Daydream"/"Hang On to Yourself" with the sides switched (both songs were featured on ''Music/TheRiseAndFallOfZiggyStardustAndTheSpidersFromMars'' in [[RearrangeTheSong re-recorded forms]]).

* After Music/DavidBowie became a GlamRock star, his former record company re-released both his first major hit "Space Oddity" (first in 1973 in the US and then in 1975 in the UK, both times it was a bigger hit than when it was first released in 1969), and OldShame comedy number "The Laughing Gnome."

* Two of {{Music/Feeder}} 's hits, "Just A Day" and "Shatter", were originally released as B-Sides, but then released as singles in their own right for the "Gran Turismo 3 Soundtrack" and "The Singles" respectively. At the time of their B-Side releases, fans regarded them as Wasted Song s and though unrelated, there were band petitions asking for them to be singles.