Editing Cover version (section)

==Updating older songs==
Cover versions (as the term is now used) are often contemporary versions of familiar songs. For example, "[[Singin' in the Rain (song)|Singin' in the Rain]]" was originally introduced by [[Cliff Edwards]] in the film ''[[The Hollywood Revue of 1929]]''. The famous [[Gene Kelly]] version was a revision that brought it up to date for a 1950s Hollywood musical, and was used in the 1952 film ''Singin' in the Rain''. In 1978, it was covered by French singer [[Sheila (French singer)|Sheila]], accompanied by the [[B. Devotion]] group, as a [[disco]] song, once more updating it to suit the musical taste of the era. During the disco era there was a trend of taking well known songs and recording them in the disco style. More recently "Singin' in the Rain" has been covered and remixed by British act [[Mint Royale]] for a television commercial for [[Volkswagen]]. Another example of this, from a different angle, is the tune "[[Blueberry Hill (song)|Blueberry Hill]]", many mistakenly believe the [[Fats Domino]] 1956 release to be the original recording and artist. In fact, it was originally introduced on film by [[Gene Autry]] and popularized on the record Hit Parade of [[1940 in music|1940]] by Glenn Miller. The Fats Domino [[rock and roll]] version is the only one that might currently get widespread airplay on most media. Similarly, "[[Unchained Melody]]" was originally performed by [[Todd Duncan]], featured in the 1955 film ''[[Unchained (film)|Unchained]]'' (based on the non-fiction story ''Prisoners are People'' by Kenyon J. Scudder); [[Al Hibbler]] having the biggest number of worldwide record sales for the vocal version with Jimmy Young's cover version rival outdoing this in the UK,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.everyhit.com/retros/index.php?page=rchart&y1=1955&m1=06&y2=1955&m2=06&sent=1&day1=3&day2=3 |title=Retro Charts |website=EveryHit.com |date=2000-03-16 |access-date=2016-11-21}}</ref> Les Baxter's Orchestra gaining the big instrumentalist sales, reaching the US Hit Parade number one spot in May 1955,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cashboxmagazine.com/archives/50s_files/19550521.html |title=Cash Box Top Singles 5/21/55 |access-date=2008-11-06 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081122001651/http://www.cashboxmagazine.com/archives/50s_files/19550521.html |archive-date=2008-11-22 }}</ref> but [[the Righteous Brothers]]' later version (top five on the US Hit Parade of September 1965<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cashboxmagazine.com/archives/60s_files/19650828.html |title=Cash Box Top 100 8/28/65 |access-date=2009-08-23 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091111055259/http://www.cashboxmagazine.com/archives/60s_files/19650828.html |archive-date=2009-11-11 }}</ref> stalling at number 14 in the UK in August) is by far the wider known version, and especially so following its appearance in the 1990 film ''[[Ghost (1990 film)|Ghost]]''. "[[House of the Rising Sun]]" has hundreds of versions and in many genres such as [[Folk music|folk]], [[blues rock]] and [[Punk rock|punk]] as well as dance and [[dubstep]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.houseoftherisingsuns.com/cover_list.php |title=List of House of the Rising Sun covers with Youtube videos |publisher=Houseoftherisingsuns.com |access-date=2012-11-08 |archive-date=2013-01-25 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130125142333/http://www.houseoftherisingsuns.com/cover_list.php |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Director [[Baz Luhrmann]] has contemporized and stylized older songs for use in his films. New or cover versions such as [[John Paul Young]]'s "Love Is in the Air" occur in ''[[Strictly Ballroom]]'', [[Candi Staton]]'s "Young Hearts Run Free" appear in ''[[Romeo + Juliet]]'', and adaptations of artists such as [[Nat King Cole]], [[Nirvana (band)|Nirvana]], [[Kiss (band)|Kiss]], [[Elton John]], [[Thelma Houston]], [[Marilyn Monroe]], [[Madonna]], [[T. Rex (band)|T. Rex]], [[David Bowie]], [[Queen (band)|Queen]], and [[the Police]] are used in ''[[Moulin Rouge!]]''. The covers are carefully designed to fit into the structure of each film and suit the taste of the intended audience.

Other artists release new versions of their own songs, like German singer [[Nena]] who recorded an entire album with great success, with new versions of older hits. Cover songs can be used to display creativity of a performers work through the talent of another artist's previous production. Not to be confused with a [[remix]], which is defined as altering or distorting the original sound electronically; cover versions give a performer the ability to adapt music to their own style, typically allowing them to change the genre of a song and recreating it to their own taste. For example, in 2008, [[Fall Out Boy]] covered [[Michael Jackson]]'s hit song "[[Beat It]]", changing the genre from [[pop rock]] to a more [[punk rock]] feel. Another example is when [[My Chemical Romance]] covered the [[Bob Dylan]] track "[[Desolation Row]]".  This is more common with today's covers, taking older popular music and revamping it to compare with modern popular music. [[Aretha Franklin]]'s cover of [[Otis Redding]]'s "[[Respect (song)|Respect]]" was voted the greatest cover song of all time, according to Forbes.com.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://popdose.com/the-popdose-100-the-greatest-cover-songs-of-all-time/ |title=The Popdose 100: The Greatest Cover Songs of All Time |website=Popdose.com |date=2011-08-31 |access-date=2016-11-21}}</ref>