Remixes that are actually cover versions.

I can only think of three or four, off the top of my head.

here are two good ones:

Herbert - The Audience (Jamie Lidell remix)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNPeDuMlMFw

Metronomy - Corinne (Benoit & Sergio Cover)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6Mj6hs4QXo

but I'm not sure whether the second one even applies since they were possibly asked to cover rather than remix the track.

I know that the Au Revoir Simone vocals were in the original, just barely audible, but I'd still count this for all intents and purposes:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYNTkAjybQg

it was that track that got me thinking about this, whether it counts or not.

this is probably stretching the definition

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dg4oNwrl3Sg

The Tiga remix of Madame Hollywood, i guess.

xpost In fact it isn't really a cover at all, it's just a remix with added vocals and new lyrics.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4si0GmGMzPk

Hot Chip did a few remixes around that time where they restructured the song like that Jnr Boys version. I also loved Tiga's schtick of dropping his own voice in on the title of the song, but Madame Hollywood does take it to cover-level extremes.

Sabres Of Paradise - Haunted Dancehall version off Versus is credited as "In The Nursery Mix" on 7" and "Performed By In The Nursery" on CD

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6cMY_ft3pw

madame hollywood!

that sabres/in the nursery thing is v good.

I still don't believe those Au Revoir Simone vocals are on the original

they're on the chorus.

nope, just listened again and i'm not buying it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Bd6pZ12PgE

Martini Bros remix of "Missy Queen's Gonna Die".

Geeneus ft. Katy B - Good Life (Remix)

idgi

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKvZtD8V6Kc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6d_de2as3I

um, i don't think that fits

idgi

It's a remix of the Inner City version where he completely replaced the vocals?

Isn't it a cover that's actually a cover?

Most of the original synths are intact

Aeroplane's version of Paris might qualify

Most of the original synths are intact

― The Reverend, Monday, 16 April 2012 2:28 AM (25 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

cover versions that are actually remixes.

Aeroplane's version of Paris might qualify

second post in the thread, and a discussion several posts above yours

Most of the original synths are intact

ehhh I'm not convinced, the synth lines are so buried and filtered that I never considered they might be sampled from the original, let alone actually taken off multitrack, and listening again now I don't hear anything strong enough to be sure

however I'm now going to listen to Big Fun so this afternoon worked out okay

Those are definitely the original synth tones, although Geeneus has manipulated them some. Maybe Finney is correct in his classification.

Doesn't Vitalic do this pretty often? I'm thinking "Cish Cash" and "Harder Better Faster Stronger"

Freeform Five's remix of Isolée's "Beau mot plage" has some of the original synths (I think), but mostly it's just a band playing the tune with real instruments and vocals.

And is lovely.

Yeah, I like it more than original.

Aphex Twin's Lemonheads remix story to thread. If true.

Actually, completely different, forget it.

There's another thread for that phenomenon:

Top 100 remixes that have little or nothing to do with the original.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohdRZ280LUE&feature=related

The first occurence of this I remember coming across. I didn't understand why it was credited that way. It's a really good cover too.