# Songs recorded with alternate lyrics to the original but not for humor or satire

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**Tags:** music\
**Created:** [October 13, 2022, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-recorded-with-alternate-lyrics-to-the-original-but-not-for-humor-or-satire/973199 "2022-10-13T17:21:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2022, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-recorded-with-alternate-lyrics-to-the-original-but-not-for-humor-or-satire/973199/115 "2022-10-18T16:23:46Z")

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I’m crossposting this from the “Rock songs with non-English lyrics” thread because it fits in here just as well.

> [@Rock songs with non-English lyrics?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-songs-with-non-english-lyrics/151804/65):
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> I thought of an interesting one: German indie legends Flowerpornoes did a cover of R.E.M.'s “Losing My Religion” in 1993 called, well, “Remcover” in German. The lyrics are only loosely directly translated, but they keep most of the motives of the original. [[Flowerpornoes - REMCOVER] ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nq8lvgEKxzs)

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