History Main / RereleaseTheSong

* Easton Corbin had this happen in an unusual way. "Are You with Me", an album cut off his second album ''All Over the Road'', enjoyed success in
Europe in 2014 when Belgian DJ Lost Frequencies remixed it as a dance track. The song's success there led to Corbin also including his version of the song on his third album, ''About to Get Real'', and releasing it as a single in 2016.

* 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.

* Dog Days Are Over by Music/FlorenceAndTheMachine got re-released in early 2010 with a new more to theme video.
* Music/KellyClarkson re-recorded her 2005 single "Because of You" as a duet with Music/RebaMcEntire. The duet version was sent to country radio in 2007.
* In 2005, after Music/{{D}}'s first bassist (Rena) left and was subsequently replaced (by Tsunehito), the members rerecorded and rereleased ''their entire discography'' (which, at the time, consisted of two [=EPs=], one full-length album, and their then-latest single). Later on, in 2012, the band rereleased 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]].
* Music/NeilSedaka's first version of "Breaking Up Is Hard To Do" is [[LyricalDissonance fast and upbeat]]. The re-released version is a SofterAndSlowerCover.

* Music/FaithNoMore's CoverVersion of [[Music/TheBeeGees "I Started A Joke"]] was initially released in 1995, as a BSide of "Digging The Grave". It then became the band's final single in 1998, promoting the GreatestHitsAlbum ''Who Cares A Lot?''.

* Another BSide re-released as a single to promote a GreatestHitsAlbum was Music/{{Soundgarden}}'s "Bleed Together": It was originally an outtake from ''Down On The Upside'' and first saw release as a b-side to "Burden In My Hand". Then it was one of two b-sides placed on the GreatestHitsAlbum ''A-Sides'' and became a single of its own. The song was an outtake to begin with because the band couldn't find a mix they were happy with until after ''Down On The Upside'' came out (as well as because they thought the album might end up being a little too long anyway).
* The Verve Pipe's SignatureSong "The Freshmen" took two re-releases and re-recordings before it became a hit (though only the last of these was promoted as a single anyway). The first version was an acoustic arrangement that appeared on their 1992 album ''I've Suffered A Head Injury''. A full-band version was recorded for ''Villains'' in 1995, but the song was recorded yet a third time when it was released as a single in 1996: The single arrangement was similar to the album version, but was about 30 seconds shorter, added distorted guitar to the chorus, and was recorded with a different RecordProducer (Jack Joseph Puig instead of Jerry Harrison). The earlier versions of this song have sort of become rarities: First, when ''I've Suffered A Head Injury'' was re-released in 1995, three songs were cut, including the original version of "The Freshmen"; Then ''Villains'' was re-released with the single version replacing the album recording. However, the 1995 version of the song was at least re-released as a BSide, where it was re-titled "The Freshmen (Studio D Version)".
* {{Music/Fugazi}} first released "Provisional" on their 1989 ''Margin Walker'' EP, then re-recorded it for 1990's ''Repeater'', giving it the title "Reprovisional". The band may have decided they weren't happy with their original performance and/or production, because both versions are extremely similar in arrangement.
* The second single from Mark Chesnutt's sixth album ''Thank God for Believers'' was "It's Not Over", which originally appeared on his second album, ''Longnecks & Short Stories''. He didn't even re-record it — it was the original version, re-appearing on an album released over six years later.

* MarilynManson released "The Nobodies" as a single in 2000 and 2005: The first time it was a single, it was promoting the album ''Holy Wood (In The Valley Of The Shadow Of Death)'' and was identical to the album version. The second time, it was TheNotRemix ("The Nobodies - 2005 Against All Gods Mix") and was promoting ''[[GreatestHitsAlbum Lest We Forget: The Best Of]]''. Oddly, that Not Remix was exclusive to the single, and ''Lest We Forget'' still included the original mix of the song.
* In 1989, Music/BuckOwens re-recorded his 1963 BreakthroughHit "Act Naturally" as a duet with Music/RingoStarr, followed immediately by a re-recording of hs 1965 hit "Gonna Have Love".
* Countless Christmas songs in the CountryMusic genre were rereleased several times, thus causing them to re-chart for several years in a row. Among them were "Christmas in Dixie" and "Angels Among Us" by Music/{{Alabama}} (the former was first released in the early 80s, but began re-charting in the late 90s), "All I Want for Christmas Is You" by Vince Vance and the Valiants, "Here's Your Sign Christmas" by Creator/BillEngvall, and "Redneck 12 Days of Christmas" by Creator/JeffFoxworthy. After said songs were wrecking the charts every year with their re-entries, ''Billboard'' finally changed the chart methodology around Christmas 2000 to stop Christmas songs from re-entering. However, this still hasn't stopped ''new'' Christmas releases from clogging up the Country Airplay charts every year…
* 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.
* Music/BillyJoel rereleased "Shameless" as a single in 1991 after Music/GarthBrooks' cover hit the top of the country charts. The new single cover [[LampshadeHanging consisted of a letter from the record company congratulating Joel on his first country hit as a songwriter.]]
* Jeff Bates originally recorded "Long, Slow Kisses" on his 2003 debut album ''Rainbow Man''. He re-recorded it a year later and released the re-recording as a single from his second album, ''Leave the Light On''.
* After Music/DavidBowie became a GlamRock star, his former record company re-released both his first major hit "Space Oddity", and OldShame comedy number "The Laughing Gnome".
* After The Human League became a {{Synthpop}} success with "Don't You Want Me", their record company re-released "Being Boiled", a single previously released by the group's earlier, and very different, {{Industrial}} music incarnation. It still reached the top ten.
* The original release from Music/{{Prince}}'s breakout 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.
* Drew Davis Band released their debut single "Back There All the Time" twice: first in 2005 on an independent label, then again in 2008 on Neal [=McCoy's=] short-lived 903 Music imprint just before it closed. The second release made #58 on the country charts.

* 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.

* Three different versions of the {{Evanescence}} song "Whisper" exist: On the ''Sound Asleep'' EP, the ''Origin'' demo album, and the ''Fallen'' album.

* Pam Tillis first released "One of Those Things" in the 1980s when she was on Creator/WarnerBrosRecords, but it didn't chart. She later re-recorded the song for her first Arista Records album, and the re-recording was a top 10 hit.

* Music/DollyParton released "I Will Always Love You" twice: in 1974 and again in 1982. Both versions went to #1 on the country charts. She recorded a third version in 1995 as a duet with VinceGill, which got to #15 despite not being released as a single.

* Music/KellyClarkson re-recorded her 2005 single "Because of You" as a duet with RebaMcEntire. The duet version was sent to country radio in 2007.

* 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 and vocals) 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/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 and vocals) 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/FooFighters}} re-recorded the 1997 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 and vocals) 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.

* Fugazi first released "Provisional" on their 1989 ''Margin Walker'' EP, then re-recorded it for 1990's ''Repeater'', giving it the title "Reprovisional". The band may have decided they weren't happy with their original performance and/or production, because both versions are extremely similar in arrangement.

* Lee Greenwood re-released his SignatureSong "God Bless the USA" after 9/11. The re-release actually ''debuted'' at #16, an exorbitantly high debut on that chart, before falling back down again.

* And around the same time, BradPaisley re-recorded an album track, "Waitin' on a Woman", and released the new version as a single.

* BillyJoel rereleased "Shameless" as a single in 1991 after GarthBrooks' cover hit the top of the country charts. The new single cover [[LampshadeHanging consisted of a letter from the record company congratulating Joel on his first country hit as a songwriter.]]

* The original release from [[OneNameOnly Prince]]'s breakout 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.
* Drew Davis Band released their debut single "Back There All the Time" twice: first in 2005 on an independent label, then again in 2008 on Neal [=McCoy's=] short-lived 903 Music imprint just before it closed. The second release made #58 on the country charts.

* The original release from [[OneNameOnly Prince]]'s breakout 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.

* The original release from [[OneNameOnly Prince]]\'s breakout 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.

* After The Human League became a {{Synthpop}} success with "Don't You Want Me", their record company re-released "Being Boiled", a single previously released by the group's earlier, and very different, {{Industrial}} music incarnation. It still reached the top ten.

* After Music/DavidBowie became a GlamRock star, his former record company re-released both his first major hit "Space Oddity", and OldShame comedy number "The Laughing Gnome".

* Jeff Bates originally recorded "Long, Slow Kisses" on his 2003 debut album ''Rainbow Man''. He re-recorded it a year later and released the re-recording as a single from his second album, ''Leave the Light On''.

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* FaithNoMore's CoverVersion of [[TheBeeGees "I Started A Joke"]] was initially released in 1995, as a BSide of "Digging The Grave". It then became the band's final single in 1998, promoting the GreatestHitsAlbum ''Who Cares A Lot?''.
* Another BSide re-released as a single to promote a GreatestHitsAlbum was {{Soundgarden}}'s "Bleed Together": It was originally an outtake from ''Down On The Upside'' and first saw release as a b-side to "Burden In My Hand". Then it was one of two b-sides placed on the GreatestHitsAlbum ''A-Sides'' and became a single of it's own. The song was an outtake to begin with because the band couldn't find a mix they were happy with until after ''Down On The Upside'' came out (as well as because they thought the album might end up being a little too long anyway).

* BillyJoel rereleased "Shameless" as a single in 1991 after GarthBrooks' cover hit the top of the country charts. The new single cover [[LampshadeHanging consisted of a letter from the record company congratulating Joel on his first country hit as a songwriter.]]

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* 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 recordings as possible, there were inevitable differences since vocalist Mike Muir was [[IAmTheBand the only original member left]], and even Muir himself had significantly changed his singing style over the course of 10 years.

* Music/KeithUrban found that "You Look Good in My Shirt" (from the album ''Golden Road'') was getting positive reception whenever he played in concert, and several stations were playing it even though it wasn't a single at the time (the unsolicited airplay even got it on the charts). He re-recorded the song in 2008 and released it from a GreatestHitsAlbum.

* AlanJackson wanted to release "Home" from his debut album, but decided against it because another singer had a song called "Home" out at the same time. He later included the original on a GreatestHitsAlbum and released it as a single in 1996.
** And later on, he re-recorded "A Woman's Love", an album cut from 1998's ''High Mileage'', and released the re-recording in 2007.
* Pam Tillis first released "One of Those Things" in the 1980s when she was on Creator/WarnerBrosRecords. It didn't chart. She later re-recorded the song for her first Arista Records album, and the re-recording was a top 10 hit.