# Songs where the second part doesn't match the first part

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** music\
**Created:** [December 9, 2020, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-the-second-part-doesnt-match-the-first-part/927655 "2020-12-09T17:32:54Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 9, 2020, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-the-second-part-doesnt-match-the-first-part/927655/13 "2020-12-09T20:38:59Z")

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> [@Songs that change completely (and stay that way) somewhere in the song.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-change-completely-and-stay-that-way-somewhere-in-the-song/705310):
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> I’m talking about songs that start out and establish a certain tune and melody and speed…and then it gets totally changed (almost to a whole new song) somewhere in it and stays like that (or continues to change) for the rest. I’m not talking about the chorus, which is different from the song, but that most songs have. I’m talking about a complete change in everything. Here’s some examples: [Take Me Out (at :56)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ijk4j-r7qPA)[We Are Young (at :49)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sv6dMFF_yts)[Paradise By the Dashboard Light (first at 3:17 and then aga…](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C11MzbEcHlw)

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